You are hereby cordially invited to have fun at the library all summer long. So put away that wool coat and find your flip flops. It's time for Greenapalooza!
Greenapalooza is about books, comedy, crafts, music, movies, prizes, pizza, pop, park passes and The Prince of Persia.
The book part is the Teen Summer Reading Club for teens in 7th to 12th grade. For our "5/25/$5" club , all you need to do is read 5 books or read for 25 hours, and you will soon be the proud owner of a $5 gift card for Barnes & Noble or Borders. Register online at http://dpplawesome.blogspot.com
For the writers among you, there's a contest for best book review or related entry. Prizes are $20 gift cards to Barnes & Noble or Borders, one for entries in the 7th-8th grade range, and one for high schoolers.
The non-book part, well....
We kick off the summer on Friday night June 11 with Battle of the Bands. Sign up for one of the six available slots and compete for a $200 cash prize. Bring your friends to root you on. There's going to be a glorious mess of pizza and reduced-price park passes and pop and music, baby, music.
On Wednesday afternoon June 16, we'll see you at Paint It and Pot It. Master gardener Linda Knorr teaches us how to have fun in the dirt. First, paint the pot and then pot a plant. Materials will be provided but you can bring your own extra bling for your pot. More prizes! More food!
On Friday night July 9, we put out the clarion call for all storytellers, poets, actors and stand-up comics. Open Mike & Pepperoni provides 7-minute slots for you, a microphone and words. Express yourself, then hit the pizza. All participants get prizes. All teens get pizza, so lure your friends to come and hear you with bait made of cheese!
On Friday night July 16, improve your gaming skills with the new Prince of Persia wii game. Who knows - Jake Gyllenhaal might show up. But if he doesn't, there's always free food and pop.
Last but certainly not least, we'll see you on Friday night, July 23 for an encounter of a blue kind. It's Avatar - the biggest blockbuster of them all. Watch the flick with friends and yeah, yeah, yeah - you know the part about the food.
Participants for all events must be teens. Spectators for all events can be any old age they want.
A special thanks to The Friends of the Library and the Des Plaines Park District who have donated all prizes.
