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Cupcakes + Red "Frosting" = Delicious Vampire Snack
New Moon, the second movie in the Twilight series, comes out on Friday! (You may have already heard...)We're going to celebrate by decorating some red cupcakes you can really sink your teeth into! Mmm, we even have a mysterious thick red liquid to go along if you get ... thirsty. Join us after school for Twilight books, music, coloring, and fang-licking fun! 3:30 in the program room downstairs. For tweens and teens.
Come to the Takoma Park, DC library to view possible art murals for the Takoma Metro Underpass! Five art proposals will be on display in the library on Thursday, November 19 from 6 - 8 pm, and Friday, November 20 from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm. Please come by and give your feedback on this initiative to make the Takoma community even better. The 5 semi-finalists are: Sam Gilliam, DCCheryl Foster, MDCity Arts, Inc., DCMixed Up Mosaics, NYMyklebust + Sears, WI
Join us for our monthly adult book group meeting on Thursday, November 19, at 7 pm. We'll be discussing Travels with Charley: In Search of America, by John Steinbeck. Copies of this book were given to the library by the National Endowment for the Humanities on the theme of "Picturing America." To find other Picturing America titles, contact your local branch for more information.
Get dressed up in your scariest costume and come to the library to get your Halloween celebration started! This Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 pm, join us in the program room downstairs for spooktacular crafts, games, and treats. All ages are welcome. Just don't come dressed up as a librarian. ;-)
Just in time for Halloween, DC Public Library received a new book to ensure us that the vampire craze is still in full swing. Dracula: The Undead is a sequel to Bram Stocker's classic, co-written by his direct descendant, Dacre Stoker. In this new tale, which picks up decades after the ending of the original, the characters are being hunted down by something suspiciously vampiric. Is Dracula still alive? er... undead? Or is someone else getting revenge on his bloodless behalf?
Celebrate Teen Read Week by Writing Beyond Reality
To celebrate this year's theme for Teen Read Week: Read Beyond Reality, enter a writing contest for teens at Takoma Park! Write your own ending for the best-selling "beyond reality" series, Twilight. What do you think should have happened to Edward, Bella, Jacob, or the other characters? Change an aspect of the story and submit your writing (1 - 3 pages in length) to Miss Heather by October 31. The winner will receive a movie gift certificate! Winner will be announced at our party celebrating the release of the New Moon movie on November
This morning, instead of our regular preschool story time, we are proudly presenting local Takoma Park author Carolivia Herron, author of Nappy Hair and other children's books. She will present a story session this morning at 10:30 a.m. We hope to see you there!
We had a great first meeting for our adult book group at the library. We will be discussing The Sister by Poppy Adams on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.All are welcome to attend, even if you missed tonight's initial meeting. Place your own hold on the book, or call 202-576-7252 and we'll order you a copy. Hope to see you there!Check out this review from Publishers Weekly:
