Archive for October, 2011
Listen and Learn: Saxophone
Listen and learn about the artistic sounds of the saxophone from professional musician and music teacher Josh Ferman at the Denton Public Library. This event will take place Friday, November 4 at noon at the South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. This program is for home-schooled children ages 8 and up.
For more information, contact Rebecca Ivey, Public Services Librarian, at 940-349-8724 or at rebecca.ivey@cityofdenton.com
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Read Like a Zombie
The living dead will rise tonight at 6 p.m. at the South Branch Library to put on their faces (zombie makeup), practice their pageant walk (walk and dance like zombies), and throw brains around (zombies obviously don’t have very good manners).
If you really want to join the ranks of the reanimated, here are some last-minute reads to help you become the best zombie you can be:
Fiction:
Zombie Queen of Newbury High – Amanda Ashby
Zombies vs. Unicorns - Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks - Max Brooks
Play Dead - Ryan Brown
The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses - Ty Drago
Zombies Don’t Cry - Rusty Fischer
The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology - Christopher Golden
The Smoky Corridor - Chris Grabenstein
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Zombies - Brent Hartinger
Dawn of the Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith
You are So Undead to Me - Stacy Jay
Undead Much - Stacy Jay
Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead - Scott Kenemore
Infinity – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Gil’s All Fright Diner - A. Lee Martinez
Strange Angels - Lili St. Crow
Zombies: The Recent Dead - edited by Paula Guran
Non-Fiction:
Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse - Brad Steiger
How to be a Zombie: The essential guide for anyone who craves brains - Serena Valentino
The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks
Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime - Michael Spradlin
It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Zombies - Michael Spradlin
Travel Club Visits the Ozarks
Photo by Wayne Angel Courtesy of World Wildlife Fund
Emily Fowler Central Library at 503 Oakland St. will host a virtual tour through NW Arkansas on Saturday, November 5, at 2:00 pm. Come and sample the Ozark Mountains, a nearby, affordable destination ablaze in fall colors. Attendees are invited to bring their own pictures and souvenirs of the region to share. The group will view some slides and peruse maps and tourist information. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call Terri Gibbs at 940.349.8776, or e-mail terri.gibbs@cityofdenton.com
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Halloween at the South Branch
Join us for some Halloween fun at the South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Program dates, times, and details are as follows:
Night of the Living Zombie
Step into the undead life of a zombie. Learn how to become a zombie by applying gruesome makeup, and dancing and acting like the walking dead. We will create our own edible graves and play ghastly games. Best for ages 11-18.
10/26/10 South Branch Library 6:00 pm
Alien Grossology
Make fake alien snot, vomit, and perform an alien autopsy. But beware…you may learn some science in the process! For ages 8-12. Space is limited so call 349-8752 to register.
10/28/11 South Branch Library 4:00 pm
For more information, contact Rebecca Ivey at 940-349-8724, or rebecca.ivey@cityofdenton.com, or visit .
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Halloween Grossology
Come to the North Branch Library and make fake blood, vomit and other disgusting things just in time for Halloween. But beware…you may learn some science in the process! Join us on Thursday, October 27 at 4 p.m. for Halloween Grossology and take part in some educational, hands-on experiments to learn more about the grossness that exists in the world around us. This program is for children ages 8-12. Seating for this program is limited and pre-registration is required. Please call 940.349.8752 or stop by the library to register.
For more information, contact Dana Tucker, Public Services Librarian at 940.349.8715 or at dana.tucker@cityofdenton.com, or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.
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Day of the Jack O’ Lanterns
Join us for Day of the Jack O’ Lanterns at the North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. On Wednesday, October 26 at 4:30 p.m., we will read jack o’ lantern stories and do jack o’ lantern activities and crafts. This program is for children in grades K-3. Seating for this program is limited. Please call 940-349-8752 to register.
For more information, contact Dana Tucker, Public Services Librarian at 940.349.8715 or at dana.tucker@cityofdenton.com, or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.
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Volunteer Fair
Are you looking for a new challenge or to share your knowledge with others? The Denton Public Library wants to match enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers with a variety of projects in need of their skills.
A library volunteer fair will be held on October 22 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the Emily Fowler Central Library located at 502 Oakland Street. This is an opportunity to find out what types of volunteer jobs are available and share your interests with the librarians to see if you can be matched to the perfect position. Volunteer positions are available covering a wide variety of interests including computer instruction, outreach to child care centers, assisting with both adult and children programs and adult literacy tutors. For more information please contact the Denton Public Library at 940-349-8752.
For more information, contact Kimberly Wells at 940.349.8796 or at Kimberly.Wells@cityofdenton.com
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Spooky StoryTime
Join us at all three branches of the Denton Public Library for not-so-spooky stories, songs and puppets. Wear your costumes and go on a Halloween trick-or-treating parade after the program! For ages 1-5.
Tuesday, October 25 at 7 p.m. at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.
Friday, October 28 at 10 a.m. at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Ln.
Saturday, October 29 at 11 a.m. at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St.
For more information, contact Dana Tucker, Public Services Librarian, at 940-349-8715 or at dana.tucker@cityofdenton.com
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History of KDNT Radio in Denton, Texas with WBAP’s Mike Shannon
KDNT Mobile Unit
North Texas radio and television historian Mike Shannon has been tracking changes up and down the local dial since 1984. His website, www.knus99.com, is the culmination of years of research, and covers the entire history of North Texas broadcasting since 1920. Shannon’s name and voice may be familiar to some, as he spent most of the last decade reporting traffic over WBAP-AM in Fort Worth and WFAA-TV in Dallas, and currently hosts a syndicated radio program, “The Hi-Fi Club.” But his on-air roots began right here in Denton as a news anchor at both KDNT-AM and KNTU-FM while attending school at the University of North Texas in the late 1980s. In fact, the latest addition to Shannon’s historical website is a thorough tribute to Denton radio station KDNT, complete with hundreds of photographs and interviews with former station personnel, including the son of original station owner and founder, the late Harwell V. Shepard. “Although my employment at KDNT was brief,” Shannon said, “I was so proud to be a part of a local tradition. Cataloging the history of KDNT was my way of preserving something I learned was very important to this community, and then doing so before the storytellers and storymakers were gone.”
Mike will share the history of KDNT on Saturday, November 12th at 2 p.m. at the Emily Fowler Central Library. For more information contact Leslie.Couture@cityofdenton.com.
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