A Poetry slam is a competition between poets who perform their own original work in about 3 minutes or less. Judges, chosen randomly from the audience score them Olympic style from 0 – 10. 10 being the best!

Still not sure what a poetry slam is? Come find out!

Teens Especially Welcome!

Saturday Nov. 14

2:00-4:30 p.m.

Marlborough Public Library

Bigelow Auditorium

For More Info Contact: David

509-624-6900

dmackenzie@cwmars.org

Demonstration by the Worcester Youth Poetry Slam and other area poets.

http://worcesteryouthslam.com/

MaLTZ

the Marlborough Library Teen Zombies.  Plan stuff, eat stuff, do stuff.

Operation Otaku

all otaku welcome!  join us to play games, watch movies, and obsess about anime and manga

Teen Book Club

read books, then talk about them.  eat pizza while talking.

Headed to Anime Boston?

Come work on your costume!

When: Sunday May 17

Time: 1:30 – 4:00

Where: Auditorium

You need to bring your own materials, but we will have snacks available!

Contact: dmackenzie@cwmars.org , also in face book as Operation Otaku!

okay, the votes have been cast and the result is in . . . we’ll be watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  Wednesday (tommorrow, aka Nov 19th), 5:30-7, at the library.  “It has some quite funny moments, a fairly exciting story, and some low budget adventure.”  Intellectual midgets and gigglers welcome.  Not to mention ducks!!

okay,  so you’ll be voting for what to watch on movie night instead of president, but hey, it’s an important issue that MAY AFFECT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY FOREVER!!!!  AHHHHH!!!!!!

Here are your choices:

Spirited Away

Iron Giant

Toy Story

My Neighbor Totoro

Disturbia (rated R)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

You can vote for more than one, or write your vote in!  See, isn’t that almost kinda as good as voting for president?  Email your choice(s) to Eliza, or stop by the library to cast your ballot.  We’ll decide on November 12, exactly one week before Movie Night which will be on

Wednesday, November 19th, 5:30PM, here at the library!!!

Planning meeting coming up – MALTZ on September 17th, 5:30-6:30PM.  Also,

Operation Otaku on Tuesday, September 23rd from 2:30-4

Book Club on Saturday, September 27th from 2:30-4

Stay posted!!!!

Sign up for our teen summer reading program! Raffle prizes every week! Click HERE to sign up and log your books on line!

Coming up at the library . . .

Board Games and Pizza, Monday, June 30, 3-5PM

Board Games and Pizza, Wednesday, July 9th, 3-5PM

Rock Band AND Guitar Hero, Friday, July 18th, 1-3PM

MaLTZ meeting, Wednesday, July 23rd, 5:30-6:30

Good Omens book discussion, Monday, July 28th, 6-7:30

Breaking Dawn Release Party, planners needed, Friday, August 1, 3-5PM

Board Games and Pizza, Thursday, August 14th, 3-5PM

End of Summer Video Game Party, Wednesday, August 20th, 3-5

Don’t forget to stop by and enter our weekly trivia contest. This week’s prize: Sixis by Asmadi games

PAST EVENTS

Death Note Movie Marathon, Thursday, June 19th, 3-7PM

Super Smash Bros Tournament, Tuesday, June 24th, 3-5PM

Stay tuned!  Detailed summer program info coming soon . . .

(do you want a hint?  how about board games and pizza, an actual trip to Dairy Queen (finally!), more Super Smash Bros, and a double-feature of Death Note.  Plus prizes for reading!  Check back soon!)

next Tuesday the 13th we have

1) Operation Otaku, our anime and manga fan club (as always!) from 2:30-4

but wait there is more!

2) all new Graphic Novel club from 7-8

bring GNs to share/discuss

contact Eliza for more info

1) hang out with Operation Otaku on Tuesday afternoon (1-4ish).  Play board games and cards, eat pizza, maybe even watch a movie.

2) MaLTZ meeting on Wednesday night (5:30-6:30).  Brainstorm ideas for the summer (more Super Smash Bros?  Rock Band?  what else?), random fun, eat more pizza.