Firelight

Check out this hilarious Twilight spoof:http://www.hulu.com/watch/107500/saturday-night-live-digital-short-firelight

Art Competition - Win $250 and share your art

If you have the best art design you can win big bucks.

Submit your art to the San Luis Obispo County Public Library, follow the rules, win $250 and have your art displayed on all the 2010 Summer Reading Program canvas bags.

Sponsored by the Cloud Star organic pet treats.

Click here for more information.

San Luis Obispo Library Teen Volunteers

Teen Summer Volunteer Brunch - Thanks for all the hard work!

Vote for your favorite teen books

2009 Teens Top Ten books:
Vote for your favorites online from
August 25- September 18
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=aljbsPGgcLZcE_2bKFze8DuA_3d_3d

Lego Mania

Unbelievable Lego creations:

• Sean Kenney is one of the best! Don't miss his 6' replication of Yankee Stadium, complete with the invisible man.
• Vignettebricks brings your favorite scenes to life, in Lego!
• Lego Universe: offical website for the Lego Toy Company.
• Hall of Bricks - Ever wondered what it would look like if Lego men raised the flag at Iwo Jima? Hall of Bricks has the best the Lego Designers have to offer.

If you have leftover Legos at your house, donate them to your library.

Volunteer at your Library

VolunteerMatch Can help you find a place at your library that you can volunteer and get service hours. Just click on this link!

http://californialibraries.volunteermatch.org/

Teen Book Discussions

Come join us for a view changing discussion of Sherman Alexie's novel "Absolutely True Diary of Part-Time Indian." Not only will you get to discuss one of the best Young Adult books out there, but teens who participate in a book discussion will get reserved seating when the author comes to the PAC at Cal Poly.

Discussions will be held at:
San Luis Obispo Public Library August 4th at 5PM with Native American host Paulette Wamego
Atascadero Public Library August 12th at 6:30PM
Arroyo Grande Public Library August 14th at 3:30PM

Mail Art X-change

Make art - and then mail it!

Mail art is art that is created, stamped, postmarked, and sent through the mail.

Teens and Tweens are invited to make it art at the SLO Public Library with artist Sara McGrath on Saturday June27th at 2PM.

This is a free art class, all materials will be provided, and art will be mailed to an art showcase at the Burbank Public Library.
Call 781-5775 to register.

Summer Fun for Teens at the Library

Express Yourself at the library this summer and have fun with your friends.

Try making ice cream, making robots, creating art for the mail, discussing a great book, or beating your friends at Mario Cart on the big screen, and much more! Call 781-5775 to find out what's happening at a library near you!

Read 10 books and earn great prizes from RoundTable Pizza, In n' Out, Legoland, Cloudstar, and more!

Just sign up at your library to find out all the great things you can get by reading!

Download a Free copy of The Alchemyst

Download a free copy of Michael Scott's The Alchemyst

History of Rock!

Roll Over Beethoven: A History of Rock n' Roll
Tuesday nights 6-8
with KCBX DJ Fred Friedman

Free Comic Book Day - May 2, 2009

Head to Captain Nemo's in SLO or Van Lith Games Exchange in Los Osos and pick up free comic books on May 2nd, 2009. Check out the web site:

www.freecomicbookday.com

Teen/Tween Reading Club

Teen Volunteers needed

Do you need service hours? Do you like kids? We need you. Come sign up at the Library and earn service hours doing things you like. We especially need teens that can help with our shows and movie days for kids.

Open Mike Poetry
Event for Tweens and Teens
hosted by Francesca Nemko
Come share your poetry at an Open Mike session.
Saturday, April 11 1:00-3:00
SLO Library Community Room
995 Palm St. SLO
For info call 781-5783

Sponsored by the SLO Friends of the Library

Boo-vie awards - Movies that get the book wrong, wrong, wrong!

Which movies just don't get the book right.
Let's start with:
Movies that change the ending of those books you have to read for class.....
(1971)- Okay, I guess I can't give all the REAL endings away but I will let you know that Burgess's message on the effects of domestic bliss are definitely changed in the movie version.
(1995)- I can't even begin to tell you where Demi Moore gets this one wrong.
(2007) - Classic Post-apocalyptic novel by Richard Matheson is redone in every way - in fact fans of the movie claim that the movie is great but shouldn't share the same title as the book!
These are the worst offenders, but there are many more out there.
Share which movies should be skipped if you want to know how the book ends!

Young Adult Art Competition winners announced

The winners of the San Luis Library/Cloud Star juried art competition have been announced! Congratulations to Lacey R. and Troy H. of San Luis Obispo. They were each awarded $250 by Cloud Star and will have their designs featured on book bags given out by the San Luis Obispo County Libraries during the 2009 Summer Reading Program.
Thank you to all the artists who entered. We had 59 wonderful submissions from all over the county. Overall, a great success!


Winning design for Teen Book Bag ------- Winning design for Kids' Book Bag

Video Games are here!

The San Luis Public Library is now supplying Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii games! These will be in the Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, and San Luis Libraries to start, but will be available to other libraries within the year. Don't be shy about telling us about your favorite games. Only E and T please!

Chinese New Year!

Celebrate the year of the Ox by learning about your own Chinese Zodiac sign.
Are you a placid ox? An intelligent monkey? A passionate snake?
Find out what your chinese zodiac sign says about you, your friends, your family, and who you are most compatible with.

To learn more about your Chinese zodiac sign click here!

What Should the library buy next?

Let us know what we don't have! Books, movies, music, video games, and more - we need to know what you want!