Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 by fillups
April is National Poetry Month and the Milpitas Library is celebrating on Wednesday nights. We start our celebration with a Poetry Slam on April 3rd starting at 6:00 pm. Our emcee will be renowned Poetry Slammer David Perez. April 10th at 6:00 pm we will host an Open Mic. All interested poets and musicians are encouraged to share your art! Refreshments will be served. April . . . more »
Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 by fillups
This is the SEVENTH Annual SCCLD Teen Poetry Contest! You may submit up to three poems through the website or to your local SCCLD library Information Desk by May 1st, 2013. Free verse, sonnets, haiku and any other poetry form is welcome. Two Winning poems will be chosen from each library in the SCCLD system in the Middle School and High School categories. Besides joining . . . more »
Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by fillups
With this weekend's release of Oz, the Great and Powerful, I started thinking about the most bizarre Oz tie-in, I've ever experienced. If the idea of the cartoon characters Tom and Jerry cutting capers while Dorothy Gale croons out "Over the Rainbow" gives you pause, you should definitely avoid this 2011 direct to video mash up of the creations of L. Frank Baum, William Hanna . . . more »
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2013 by jtakagihsu
Every Day By David Levithan Grade 9+ 324 Pages What makes us fall in love--and what makes us who we are? Every day A wakes up in a different body: Male, female, gay, straight, different races and religions, A has been everything. There’s no telling who it will be, and there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. All A knows is . . . more »
