…in grades 8 and up for our latest Reader’s Theatre production: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village.

This award-winning book tells the story of teenage life in the middle ages through monologues for 20 different characters. Because it is reader’s theatre, you don’t have to memorize anything. And because it is all monologues, we can rehearse during the week when you are available individually!

Auditions:

Friday, May 2 from 3 – 4 PM at the Main Library

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Saturday, May 3 from 3 to 4:30 PM at the Main Library

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By appointment from May 5 – 9. Call the Teen Services department for a time/place.

The performance will be Saturday, June14th. If you love to act, come to the auditions for a chance to shine! 

Despite the recent civil unrest in Tibet, the Olympics are going on as planned, beginning on 08/08/08. This summer’s reading game theme will reflect the Olympic spirit, and is titled Faster, Higher, Stronger (which is, by the way, the official Olympic motto.)

So, what does that mean, exactly? Well, we aren’t giving anything away yet, but you can be sure that sports books and a certain boy demigod will be involved…

In the meantime, prove that you are Faster - sign up for our Dance Dance Revolution Tournament during Spring Break. As always, you compete for your highest personal score and win honor, glory, prizes, and possibly the ever-popular ceramic bunny!

In celebration of Fairfield’s One Book, One Town celebration, the Teen Services department will sponsor the Extreme Everest Adventure on Saturday, March 29 from 1 to 4 PM at the Fairfield Woods Middle School.

At this event, you will prepare for a trek up the big mountain – Amazing Race-style! Find the best flight to Nepal, gather your gear, hire a guide and get to base camp! There are traps and challenges at every turn, and you’ll need to use your wits to get to the mountain on time. When you finally get to the summit, you’ll get to climb a rock wall.

Registration begins on March 3rd. Sign up early for this exciting, one-of-a-kind event!

The Teen Services department is holding it’s first-ever Guitar Hero tournament on Thursday, February 21 from 2 to 5 PM. Are you ready?

How it will work:

This ages 12-18 tourney will have brackets for Medium, Hard and Expert play. We will use Guitar Hero III (which is why there is no Freebird!)

There will be prizes for winning each bracket, a grand prize for the overall winner, and a special prize for best moves.

Songs will be chosen at random for the first two levels of each bracket. We will then move to a player’s choice stage.

Sign up now, as due to bracket restrictions, spaces are limited!

We will have a practice session on the Wednesday before the tournament, and doors will open at 1 PM. Get there early to choose your bracket! If your chosen bracket fills up before you get there, you might have to play at a different level than the one you had planned on!

Author D.J. MacHale will be at the library on Thursday, January 24 from 4 to 6 PM to sign books and talk about his magnificent and popular fantasy series, Pendragon.

Don’t miss it!

For more teen events, check out our newsletter!

This holiday season, take a day of your vacation and make the world a better place. Our second annual Teen Read-a-Thon will take place on Thursday, December 27 from 10 AM to 5 PM at both library branches.

During this time, teens will silently read to raise money (through pledges and donations) for the Central Asia Institute, a group that builds schools, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

It’s a fabulous chance to promote peace through education this holiday season. For more information, contact the Teen Librarian.

Come to the library and make a difference in the world.

Once again, the Teen Services department will be sponsoring a Teen Read-A-Thon during the Holiday break in order to raise money for a worthy cause.

This year’s Read-A-Thon will benefit the Central Asia Institute, a foundation that provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia.

This charity was selected as part of the upcoming One Book, One Town celebration, coming to Fairfield in March. The book selected for the town-wide read is Three Cups of Tea, the incredible and unforgettable story of CAI founder Greg Mortenson.

Print your pledge sheet and begin collecting donations today! For more information on how to participate in this year’s Read-A-Thon, visit the Teen page or contact the Teen Librarian.

(Who’s this guy? Keep reading and you’ll find out!) 

October is always a busy month at the library. Our marquee event, Mystery Night, will occur on October 20 at the Fairfield Woods Branch Library. While the event is full, put your name on the waiting list – we always manage to get most everyone in for the show.

We are having another Wizard Rock show: Friday, October 19 at 7 PM. See our Good Music post this month for more on that.

Then, all of a sudden, we have been offered the chance to play host to SCOTT WESTERFELD! That’s right, the author of the Uglies books will be here at the library on Thursday, October 25 at 4 PM. Register beginning on October 4th.

So, make sure you stop by the library in October – who knows what else might happen!

Due to popular (and persistent) demand, the Fairfield Public Library’s Rotary Room will be open on Friday afternoons from September to December from 3 to 4:30 PM for free play gaming.

Now what does that mean? It means we will have gaming consoles hooked up to our big screen, so stop by with your friends afterschool to play and snack. You can use our equipment, or bring your own games, consoles and controllers for everyone to share.

Thanks to everyone who attended our first Wizard Rock show on May 4th – all 135 of you! You might have noticed the video cameras shooting footage for a Harry Potter documentary…we will keep our eyes out for it! And a special thanks to those TAG members and others who helped decorate the library, and an extra-special thanks to Haley H. for suggesting the event!

I DARE YOU is here!

It’s almost time for our second annual Summer Reading Game. This summer’s theme is I DARE YOU, and all of our summer programs fit the theme. For a calendar of events, check out the Teen page.

And now for the fun stuff: As of right now, here are the prizes for our weekly raffles:

• $50 iTunes card

• $50 Starbucks card

• $50 Borders card

• $50 EB Games card

• Free books

• iDog

• Polaroid camera + film

And, our grand prizes at the Summer Reading Finale party?:

• iPod-ready messenger bag
• Ninetendo Wii
• $75 Borders card
• Flip Video Camcorder

How do you get in on all this prize-y goodness? Just read! Tell us what you have read in person, via this blog, or by email. Each week we pick a winner, and for every 100 pages you read, you get one raffle ticket towards our grand prizes.

For more rules and information, check out the Teen page, or call the Teen Librarian at (203)255-7394. And READ TO WIN!