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Library Events for the Next 7 Days
Constant Readers Book Club (NIC)
Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 7:00 PM -- Nichols LibraryOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Humanity survives despite the implications of technology
Join us and expand your reading horizons! Ages 18+.
Naperville Community Heritage Month (NPL)
Friday, May 31, 2013 at All Day -- All LibrariesMay 2013 - All Month Long
Check out the displays in Children's, Adult & Teen Services departments at all three libraries to learn more about Naperville.
So, You Think You Know Naperville? Challenge yourself by answering questions about our community's history. Participants can pick up a quiz at any Naperville Public Library location. Complete the quiz and drop it in a raffle box for a chance to win a prize. Prize winners will be contacted starting June 3. This quiz is for teens in grades 6 - 12 and adults. A current Naperville Public Library card is required to participate. For more information, please contact the Nichols Library Adult Services Desk at
630-961-4100, ext. 6311.
Submit Kids' Stories:Theme -- Traveling! (NIC)
Friday, May 31, 2013 at All Day -- Nichols LibraryThe Contest - Monday, May 6 - Sunday, June 30
Are you a young author entering 3rd - 5th grade next year? Write a story on the theme of traveling. It could be about a real trip you took once or a zany imaginary journey. Characters could be your family or animals or silly outer-space monkeys - anyone you can imagine. Write the story on your own and bring it to the Children's Services Desk for submission. Pick up the complete rules and some tips for creative writing at the Children's Services Desk beginning May 6.
All submissions must be received by June 30.
SHOW TIME!
In early July we will select 2 - 5 of the stories submitted to our writing contest to be adapted for a performance. If your story is selected, library staff will call you. On August 14, library staff will read your story aloud adding enhancements like puppets, props, sound effects or costumes. We invite everyone to come see what the selected authors have written for us at this performance.
Community Room, Wednesday, August 14, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Kids' Stories Come To Life At The Library! (NIC)
Friday, May 31, 2013 at All Day -- Nichols LibraryThe Contest - Monday, May 6 - Sunday, June 30
Are you a young author entering 3rd - 5th grade next year? Write a story on the theme of traveling. It could be about a real trip you took once or a zany imaginary journey. Characters could be your family or animals or silly outer-space monkeys - anyone you can imagine. Write the story on your own and bring it to the Children's Services Desk for submission. Pick up the complete rules and some tips for creative writing at the Children's Services Desk beginning May 6.
All submissions must be received by June 30.
SHOW TIME!
In early July we will select 2 - 5 of the stories submitted to our writing contest to be adapted for a performance. If your story is selected, library staff will call you. On August 14, library staff will read your story aloud adding enhancements like puppets, props, sound effects or costumes. We invite everyone to come see what the selected authors have written for us at this performance.
Community Room, Wednesday, August 14, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Teen Movie Series (NBL)
Friday, May 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM -- Naper Boulevard LibraryFerris Bueller's Day Off (PG-13)
Bueller? Bueller? You may get three months off, but Ferris Bueller only needed one day of playing hooky from school to have enough adventures to last a lifetime! Join us as we watch this cult movie classic, starring Matthew Broderick, and kick back and relax with some snacks! Free Teen Movie Night at the Library!
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