…and they’ll offend you and you and YOU! Well, if I’m doing my job right they will. There are books in the library that offend everyone because there are books FOR everyone. It’s like going down the rabbit hole — follow me around that circular logic, my friends. Wheee! Just in time for Banned Books [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Where were you when the world stopped turning…?
Posted in book reviews, memorial, Neat - New - Interesting, tagged 9-11, 9-11 attack, 9-11 booklist, 9-11 books, 9-11 in fiction, books about 9-11, fiction books about 9-11, graphic novels, graphic novels about 9-11, public library, September 11 books, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001, World Trade Center memorial on September 12, 2010 |
For a lot of teenagers, 9-11 is their touchstone, the big event that mars their memory. I was sitting around with my friends one evening and we were reminiscing about where we were for the “big, terrible events” in the last 20-odd years…We all remembered the Shuttle Columbia disaster, Waco, the Virginia Tech massacre, the Oklahoma City [...]
Librari-Con 2010 pictures & video are up!
Posted in animeclubs, Librari-Con, local news and events, Neat - New - Interesting, teen programs, video and/or board games, tagged 501st legion, anime, anime convention, anime convention in a library, anime cosplay, Carolina Garrison of the 501st Legion of Stormtroopers, cosplay, cosplay pictures, cosplay runway, cosplay runway pictures, cosplay runway video, Eldanis Studios, graphic novels, Iron Clown Studios, Librari-Con, Librari-Con 2010 pictures, Librari-Con pictures, manga, public library, public library anime programs, public library teen programs, Snow Wildsmith, Star Wars cosplay, teen program, teens, teens in costume on September 9, 2010 |
You’re here? Why are you still here?!! Go look at the PICTURES! & now there’s video of the COSPLAY RUNWAY! ( added 9-10-10) Librari-Con 2010 Cosplay Runway: Part 1 Librari-Con 2010 Cosplay Runway: Part 2 Always, Missy
Librari-Con 2010, so much fun teens couldn’t stand still!
Posted in Librari-Con, local news and events, online participation, submissions requested, teen programs, tagged anime, anime convention, Caramelldansen, cosplay, free event, graphic novels, Librari-Con, Librari-Con 2010, manga, public library, teen program, teens, Uma uma dance on September 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Members of the Carolina Garrison of the 501st Legion menaced con-goers, to the delight of all. Librari-Con 2010 was a great success: teens came, they saw, they danced funny little dances (“Uma uma dance” anyone?) and it. was. kinda. awesome. We got a really nice write up in the Fayetteville Observer, too. Librari-Con: Fans of [...]
Librari-Con schedule for Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010
Posted in animeclubs, crafts, Librari-Con, local news and events, teen programs, writing and/or drawing, tagged anime, Anime Arsenal, anime convention, cosplay, Danny Hirajeta, Eldanis Studios, free event, Friends of the Library booksale, GnF, graphic novels, how to draw workshop, how to write workshop, Iron Clown Studios, keysha siemens, Librari-Con, public library, Snow Wildsmith, SRPE, teen program on September 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Librari-Con 2010 Convention Brochure See you at the Con! Always, Missy UPDATE: Anime Viewing starts at 10 AM and ends at 4:30 PM. (hosted by volunteers from SRPE) Shakugan no Shana Last Exile Pokemon FMA Brotherhood Sgt Frog tegami bachi Moribito KaKuRenBo
Holy Double Hurricane, Batman!
Posted in all ages programs, animeclubs, general library info and errata, Librari-Con, local news and events, snark and sarcasm (consider it creative writing), teen programs, tagged anime convention, apocalyptic jokes, apocalyptic references, cosplay, double hurricane, double rainbow, free event, Goodbye Earl, Hurricane Diane, Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Fiona, Librari-Con, public library, teen program, teens on September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hurricanes Diane and Earl tango over the Atlantic (August 29, 2010) (Image by NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team) Okay, all together now. We can DO this. “Double rainbow, double rainbow, double rainbow! Puppies and kittens and teenagers in cosplay!” Earl, Earl go away, come again some…NO, just go away! We’ve already had our flood (thanks to Tropical Storm Hanna), and [...]
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