TEEN MOVIE THIS FRIDAY!

See Shrek The Third this Friday @ 5:00 pm! Snacks will be served as Shrek and his friends try to find a suitable heir to the throne before Shrek becomes king of Far Far Away.

Rated PG ; for some crude humor, suggestive content and swashbuckling action

All Guitar Hero Fans take notice…

On Saturday, November 3rd we will be having a day of Guitar Hero!!!

Joe Freyre of Eastport Music Scene will be at the library to teach everyone how to the skills needed to be a legendary Guitar Hero! Program will begin @ 10:00 AM. Make sure to bring a pad & pencil to take notes.

Then you can try your new skills on the library’s very our own Guitar Hero game for the Xbox 360 beginning @ 3:00 PM!

This Week is Teen Read Week!!!

This week we are celebrating reading "For The Fun Of It!" It's a week long celebration / campaign to remind everyone that reading does't have to be a chore... You can read for fun! AND read what you like & want! So here at the library we are going to be taking surveys of your favorite books.
At the end of the week, I will be making a "catalog" of your favorite books, and posting them on Library Thing. library Thing is an online book Catalog that you create! Once we have this catalog started, I will continually keep updating it with book titles YOU CHOOSE!
And... When you come to the library all this week, make sure to see me (Librarian Dave Jones) for a free gift!
It's our way of saying thanks for using & supporting our library, and celebrating Teen Read Week! And be sure to keep checking for our new personal Teen Catalog of books chosen by you!

- Dave "The Librarian" Jones

WHB Chorus sings Chocolate Rain

It was brought to my attention that I would find this video on YouTube. It’s the Westhampton Beach Chorus singing Tay Zonday’s “Chocolate Rain” with the Library’s own Dominic Pesce playing the piano!

Halo 3 Now In Stores! & Halo 1 Tournament Sat. Sept. 29th @ 5:00 PM

This past Tuesday marked the long awaited release of Microsoft / Bungie's Halo 3. The (supposed) last chapter in the Halo trilogy takes place on Earth, with its defensive forces all but obliterated. The planet has fallen to the unstoppable might of the Covenant. The Master Chief's AI companion Cortana is still trapped in the clutches of the Gravemind - a horrifying Flood intelligence, and a civil war is raging in the heart of the Covenant. This is how the world ends... But there is more when the aliens discoverer something beneath the ancient African sands called the "Forerunners". The Forerunners are an extinct alien race that built the huge artificial ringworlds called Halos, and all the Halo games have focused on the mystery surrounding these strange objects.

Below is the official trailer that goes with the plot summary.



Now, below you will find my ALL-TIME favorite video game trailer. Now that it is becoming popular for video game makers to promote their games with movie trailers, let me know what is your favorite.

Talk Like A Pirate Day

Wednesday, September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
This is your once-a-year chance to don an eye patch, sport a ridiculously large hat and keep on saying "Arrrrr.

Some cool websites include...

Offical 2007 Talk Like A Pirate website
Wikipedia's "Talk Like A Pirate"
Talk like A Pirate Translator

End of Summer Halo 2 Tournament!

August 25 2007, The Westhampton library held it’s second Halo2 Tournament.

8 teams played in a 2 Vs.2 competition...

Team names included…

Da Kr3w
We Be Pirates… YAR!
The Sexy Squad
Dragonites
Fruitcakes
We Eat Babies
Sons of Dr. Evil
Fuzzy Bears

Rounds were played based on Major League Gaming (MLG) Rules, best 2 out of three games (Slayer, Capture the Flag & Oddball). Match ups were chosen by a random drawing.

Round 1 match ups

The Sexy Squad vs. Sons of Dr. Evil [Winner – Sexy Squad]

Dragonites vs. We Eat Babies [Winner – We Eat Babies]

Da Kr3w vs. Fruitcakes [Winner – Da Kr3w]

We Be Pirates vs. Fuzzy Bears [Winner – Fuzzy bears]

Round 2 match ups (Loser Bracket)

Sons of Dr. Evil vs. Dragonites [Winner – Dragonites]

Fruitcakes vs. We Be Pirates [Winner – We Be Pirates]

Round 3 match ups (Winner Bracket)

Sexy Squad vs. We Eat Babies [Winner – We Eat Babies]

Da Kr3w vs. Fuzzy Bears [Winner – Da Kr3w]

Round 4 (Loser Bracket)

Sexy Squad vs. Fuzzy Bears [Winner – Fuzzy Bears]

Round 5 (Winner Bracket)

We Eat Babies vs. Da Kr3w [Winner – We Eat Babies]

Round #6 (Loser Bracket)

Da Kr3w vs. Fuzzy Bears [Winner – Da Kr3w]

Round #7 (Championship Round)

Called off due to Darkness [11:30 pm]

The Ipod Winners Are...

Congratulations to Dominic, Sara, Violet, Augusta, & Sam!

Each won an Ipod Nano from our 2007 Teen Summer Reading club Raffle.

Westhampton Free Library - Peace, Love & Ice Cream takes 8th place!

The " Westhampton Free Library - Peace, Love & Ice Cream" came in 8th place at the 2007 Suffolk County Battle of the Books. The County battle took place on Saturday, August 18 @ the Hilton Long Island in Huntington, NY.

Congratulations to Players Erica, Bella, Stephen, Rose, Violet, Sam, & Assistant Coach Sara for a job well done!!

Tomorrow is the Battle of the Books Regional Battle

@ the Long Island Hilton in Huntington NY.

Please wish our team members (Sara, Erica, Rose, Violet, Isabella, Sammy & Stephen) Luck as they compete against the rest of the Suffolk County Libraries!

Summer Nights @ The Library Winding Down

The Teen Summer Reading Club is winding down as we are having our "End of the Summer Reading Club Party" tonight @ 7:00 pm.

Here R Five reasons Why U Should Attend!
1. Pizza & Soda will be served
2. The video game systems will be out to play.
3. Music to listen to.
4. You will have fun with friends
5. We will be drawing 3 winners for a Ipod nano along with various other prizes.

Battle of the Books:Team 2007

lizzie says...LIKE OH MY GOD!
bob says.... o.m.g what?
lauren says.... We just got back from a BATTLE OF THE BOOKS meeting, and it was so awesome!
lizzie says... Yea, it really was! Today we got ice cream and last week we got pizza!
bob says... sweet! Tell me more!
lauren says... Well first... We would like to introduce you to the teen board advisor.
lizzie says.... It's Dave!!!
dave says.... Hey everyone! Come to the BATTLE OF THE BOOKS meeting and get some book bucks!
bob says... What are book bucks?
lauren says... A Book Buck is artificial money used to motivate the BATTLE OF THE BOOKS team members to work hard.
lizzie says.... You get book bucks for showing up to BATTLE OF THE BOOKS meetings, reading books, and answering questions about the books you read.
bob says.... What do you do with the book bucks after you earn them?
lauren says.... You can cash them in for prizes such as BLING RINGS, bracelets and other knick nacs.
lizzie says... And, you can also cash them in for raffle tickets!
bob says.... What are the raffle tickets for?
lauren says.... The raffle tickets go towards a contest in winning an Ipod nano!!!
bob says... Oh wow! That's so cool!
lizzie says.... So are you going to join us next week?!
bob says.... Definitely!!
lauren says.... Oh wait!! Now, we're meeting on Tuesdays @ 4 and Fridays @ 3:30.
lauren, lizzie, and bob say... CAN"T WAIT TO SEE YOU!!!

2007 Battle of the Books Titles

The 2007 Battle of the Books Titles Have Been Released!

They Are....

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.

Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

The City Of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.

No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman.

The Outcasts Of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg

Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz

Ruby Electric : A Novel by Theresa Nelson

The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

Travel Team by Mike Lupica

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park

Meetings begin today @ 3:00 PM!

Intro to Karate!

Beginning next Wednesday, May 30 @ 4:00 pm, The library will be offering beginner Karate classes. This will be a 4 week course. Please remember to wear comfortable clothing

Runescape Club Tomorrow Night!

We will be having our 2nd Runescape Club Meeting of the month tomorrow night starting @ 5:00 pm. Please bring a laptop with WiFi capabilities if you have one, for our numbers and now getting so high, we are running out of computers! If you have any questions please call the Reference & Young Adult Desk @ 288-3335 ext. 14.

Photography Club Tonight @ 5:00 pm

There is a photography Club meeting tonight @ 5:00 pm. For those that attended last months program, please make sure to drop off your cameras before 3:00 pm so I can get them develpoed in time. You can drop off the cameras @ the Reference & Young Adult Desk.

ANIMENATION

We had a very successful Club Manga this week. We took a vote & reorganized the graphic novel/manga section & shifted all the magazines. Looks much better and now we have the real estate for more books and anime.

BUT >:

We're not putting in any orders until after the Anime Club meeting:

ANIME CLUB - Tuesday April 10 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm .

And incidentally, we took another vote and decided to show the following anime:

More Saiyuki.

Some Samurai 7.

Bleach or GetBackers.

See you Tuesday.

Manga Manga Manga

Don't forget Club Manga meets this Tuesday, April 3 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. We'll have an anime wish list to which you can add (we started it at the Anime Club, for those who missed it). We're also expect loot from the guys who went to ICon (you know who you are) and, of course, you'll want to check out the Saiyuki Pirates of the Caribbean trailer on YouTube.

You know you want to.

Post over to the manga link for more...

See you Tuesday.

BUFFY! BUFFY! BUFFY!

Okay, Buffy is back. Check it out.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6426191.html?nid=2789

ANIME CLUB! SAIYUKI! GET BACKERS! PIZZA!

Don't forget the Anime Club meets this Tuesday, March 20 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. We're going to eat a little pizza, watch a little Saiyuki and a little Get Backers and check out a looong list of anime titles to consider for the library wish list.

So be there.

Nola the Librarian

TEEN MOVIE THIS FRIDAY!

This Friday we are going to be showing The Guardian (PG13), Starring Kevin Costner & Ashton Kutcher. The movie starts @ 5:00 pm & running time is 2 hr. 19 min. Click here for more info on the movie!

New Magazines In The Teen Section!!!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we have new magazines in the library for Teens! Here is a quick look @ what we got so far...

Stop by & see what else we have gotten @ the Library!!!

Dave

March Programs!

Hey Everyone! We have a great lineup of programs for the month of March! Registration for March & April Programs begins Monday, March 5th at the Reference & Young Adult Services Desk.

On Saturday, March 3rd & March 17th The Runescape Club will meet from 5:00 – 7:30 pm.

Club Manga will meet on Tuesday March 6th 6:00 – 7:00 pm.

Friday March 9th @ 5:00 pm is Teen Movie Night! We’ll be showing The Guardian (PG13). Running time is 2 hr. 19 min. Bring your friends & enjoy your favorite snacks while watching this great movie starring Ashton Kutcher & Kevin Costner. Click here for more info on the movie.

The Photography Club will meet on Friday, March 16th. We will be choosing photos for our next display.

Saturday, March 17th the Video Game Club will be meeting @ 2:30 pm.

Do you want to help your community & Library? Do you have overdue library fines & want to earn credit to pay them off? Then join our Teen Advisory Group on Tuesday, march 20th @ 6:00 pm! Not only can you get your fines reduced, but you can also make the library a more exciting place for teens! Drinks & Snacks will be served!

Don't forget to keep checking for more important news on What we're adding to our collection!!!

See you @ The Library!

Dave

It's Snowing Outside!

This is the first week of the winter that we have been able to see snow on the ground here at the Westhampton Free Library!  I'm trying to make up a flirk account for the library, so make sure to chek back for some pics of our Library's first snowfall of the year!