The Dresden Files Continue
In April, Changes, Jim Butcher’s 12th novel featuring hard-boiled wizard Harry Dresden will be released. This gives you a couple of months to introduce or reacquaint yourself with this fast paced urban-fantasy series.
Butcher provides Harry with a noir sensibility mixed a wicked sense of humor. Every title finds him battling a long list of bloodthirsty enemies with cast of allies that include werewolves, pizza loving fairies and a lovelorn talking skull. Put Changes on hold for later or start at the beginning with Storm Front.
~Kimberly
Add comment February 6, 2010
Mini-Akon III Was a Success!
Winners of Prize Drawings and Cosplay Contest
DPL’s Mini A-Kon III was a great success! Anime and manga fans came to the North Branch Library in droves this past Saturday to participate in gaming, see guest speakers, and participate in art and cosplay contests.
The Denton Public Library would like to thank everyone listed below. You all contributed greatly to Mini A-Kon III’s enormous success!
- A-Kon
- VIZ Media
- DFW Games
- Role2Play Games
- David Brehm, director/animation producer
- FUNimation
- Ian Bailon, graphic artist
- Tyler Walker, voice director
- Stephanie Young-Brehm, voice actor
- James McGrath, voice actor
- all the anime lovers who attended Mini A-Kon III!
1 comment February 3, 2010
Get Up and Dance!
The Denton Public Library will host “Just Dance!” a dance instruction program at the Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street, on Sunday, February 14th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Virginia Rainey, trained dance professional, will instruct participants in the 2-step waltz, East Coast Swing, and finish off with some line dancing. Refreshments will be provided. Get in on the dance craze! This is the perfect Valentine treat – full of fun, close to home and free of charge. Please call 940.349.8256 to register.
For more information please call Jess Turner at 940.349.8256, or e-mail Jess.Turner@cityofdenton.com.
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Add comment February 1, 2010
Crafty People Meeting in Denton
Come join the morning gang & work on the craft of your choice! Everyone is welcome to bring a craft & work with other crafters, exchanging tips & techniques or just enjoying the company. The group meets on Thursday mornings in the Emily Fowler Central Library program room from 9:30 to 11:30 am.
For more information, contact Mary Cresson, Public Services Librarian, at 940-349-8753 or at Mary.Cresson@cityofdenton.com.
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Add comment January 30, 2010
Free Income Tax Assistance
Are you stressed about preparing your income taxes? Don’t panic! Free income tax assistance is available at the North Branch Library from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays beginning February 6 and ending April 10. There will be additional Tuesday night sessions from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on February 9, February 16 and April 6. This program is made possible by the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, courtesy of United Way of Denton County, the Internal Revenue Service and the Denton Public Library.
For more information please call Stacy Sizemore at 940.349.8761 , or e-mail stacy.sizemore@cityofdenton.com.
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Add comment January 29, 2010
Basic Crochet for Adults
Making out a list of things to do in the new year? Want to get an early start on gifts? Denton Public Library is offering a series of classes for adults who never learned to crochet or learned long ago and have forgotten how. A Crochet 101 program will be held at the Emily Fowler Central Library from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on three Thursdays, February 11, 18, and 25. Librarians and volunteers will demonstrate basic stitches and how to read patterns, and attendees can choose project patterns from among a scarf, a draw-string bag, and a teddy bear. Yarns and hooks will be provided for practice, but feel free to bring supplies from your own “stash” if you have one.
The program is free, but space is limited, so please call to register. To register, or for more information, please call 940-349-8753.
For more information, contact Mary Cresson, Public Services Librarian, at 940.349.8753 or at Mary.Cresson@cityofdenton.com
For other news items on the City of Denton, visit our website at www.cityofdenton.com, go to Quick Information, and click on Press Releases.
Add comment January 29, 2010
Woody Guthrie’s Bound For Glory
Join us at 7:00 pm on Monday, February 8 for a special session of the popular Professor’s Corner series. Dr. David Taylor of the University of North Texas will speak and lead a discussion about Woody Guthrie’s 1943 autobiography Bound for Glory. This program is the first of two Professor’s Corner programs to be presented in the second week of February. Dr. Taylor will highlight the examples of Modernist literary technique in this important work.
Where: Denton Public Library, South Branch
3228 Teasley Lane, Denton
When: Monday, February 8 at 7:00 pm
For more information, please call 940-349-8796. Please leave a message and we will get back with you. You may also e-mail Kimberly.Wells@cityofdenton.com.
For other news items on the City of Denton, visit our website at www.cityofdenton.com, go to Quick Information and click on Press Releases.
Add comment January 29, 2010
Fowler Magazine Exchange
Greetings all you periodical people.
This coming Saturday January 30th from 10-4pm, the Emily Fowler Library will be hosting the quarterly Magazine Exchange. Bring old magazines you don’t want to the exchange and/or just come and take a few. Its always free and the titles range from those you see in our magazine racks to whatever the public brings in!
Have a doctor’s office that needs browsing materials? Going on a trip? Want to expand your reading without paying for it? Come get some!
Old magazines will be recycled.
Add comment January 27, 2010
Patron Review: Nine Pounds of Fantastic Fantasy
The Nine Pound Hammer, a stunning debut novel by John Claude Bemis, is a thrilling adventure that no fantasy reader should miss. The twelve-year-old protagonist Ray, who is an orphan, decides to join up with a circus and leave his sister, Sally. Ray believes that Sally has a better chance of being adopted without him, so he leaves her on a train. Ray soon finds out that an evil man, the Gog, is trying to capture a siren for evil purposes. Ray must try to protect a siren, Jolie, whom he meets at the circus from the Gog. Will Ray be able to protect Jolie? To find out, read The Nine Pound Hammer by John Claude Bemis. This book is an exceptional read for fantasy lovers — a five out of five. -William Root
Interested in getting your book review published on our blog? Email your review to dana.zakrzewski@cityofdenton.com.
Add comment January 26, 2010
New Movies
We just ordered these upcoming DVD’s which means you can put them on hold! Just click the title, and it will take you to our catalog.
3. Old Dogs
Add comment January 22, 2010
