Slam! Poetry TODAY!!!

Get your poems ready for our October Slam!

Poetry Event!

The Field Library in Peekskill is proud to present Chris August*!

Chris August will hold a series of workshops and performances at Peekskill’s Middle and High schools with a culminating public performance and open mike, for all ages at 3:30 p.m. in the Field Library.

One and all are welcome to attend and PARTICIPATE, so bring along some of your own best poetry, or a favorite poem that you would like to share.

Pizza and refreshments  will be served.

The Field Library is wheelchair-accessible, and is located at 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, NY. For more information, please contact Nancy Lee Lewis, Teen Librarian at 914.737.4390 or NLewis@wlsmail.org.

Chris August Bio:

Chris August, a writer and special educator from Baltimore, Maryland. Chris has been a part of the national poetry slam community since 2002. In that time, he has been ranked among the top ten performance poets in the world and has performed and competed across the country. He is the author of several self published collections of poetry.

*Our originally scheduled poet, Dawn Saylor, had to reschedule.  Fortunately for all of us, our amazing Slam Master Zork has many poets up his sleeve and we are very excited for the return of Chris August!

Banned Books Week

Hey everyone, Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2011 celebrates the first amendment right to free speech, which includes the right to read and write books that are considered unorthodox or controversial. So be prepared to read books that the government considers unorthodox.  READ WHAT YOU WANT!

Come join us at the Field Library and check out our display for banned books week.

Links:

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm?gclid=CKaHttqRqqsCFcEa6wodPjkbzQ

http://www.banned-books.com/

http://www.banned-books.com/bblista-i.html

Field Library CD’S

Wondering if the Field Library has cd’s?

Of course we do: from r&b to pop even classics.  Come check them out!!!

Here are just a few of the cd’s we have.  Something you want but can’t find?  Let us know!

                                    Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liqour

System of a Down- Hypnotize

Middle School Book Club- New Date!

Putting off signing up for out Field Library Teen Middle School Book Club?  You are in luck.  The date has been extended to October 3rd.  Come by the Field Library and pick up a copy of Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, today!

New Ya Books!!!

Come check out some of the new books that we have added to our collection.

How I Stole Johhny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend by Gray Ghislain

David Gershwin’s summer is about to take a turn for the weird. When his dad’s new patient Zelda tells him shes from outer space and on a quest to take Johnny Depp back to her planet, he knows he should run away screaming. But with one look from her mean, green eyes, David’s hooked, and soon he’s leaping across rooftops, running from police, and stealing cars just to stay by her side. He might not be a typical hero, but David’s going to get the girl even if it takes him to the ends of the earth or beyond.

Slam! Poetry at the Field Library is back!

Get your poems ready for our October Slam!

Poetry Event!

On Wednesday, October 5th, The Field Library in Peekskill is proud to present Dawn Saylor!

Dawn Saylor will hold a series of workshops and performances at Peekskill’s Middle and High schools with a culminating public performance and open mike, for all ages at 3:30 p.m. in the Field Library.

One and all are welcome to attend and PARTICIPATE, so bring along some of your own best poetry, or a favorite poem that you would like to share.

Pizza and refreshments  will be served.

The Field Library is wheelchair-accessible, and is located at 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, NY. For more information, please contact Nancy Lee Lewis, Teen Librarian at 914.737.4390 or NLewis@wlsmail.org.

Dawn Saylor Bio:

Born the daughter of itinerant Christian ministers, Dawn Saylor grew up under revival tents in Pennsylvania.

One of the original spoken words poets to appear on HBO’s Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry, her powerful work has been described as “cutting like a broken bottle with the soul of a butterfly.”

Saylor is an eloquent spokesperson for the human heart in all its fragile beauty and resilience. She has captained three poetry slam teams (from Kalamazoo, MI) all the way to the National Poetry Slam championships and is a master of the “group piece,” or multi-voiced poem. Taking cues from Janis Joplin, Sandra Cisneros, and Liesel Mueller, she weaves the vivid patterns of her tremendous mythology into pure magic. While pursuing a degree in education from Goddard College’s low-residency program, Dawn also helps manage the Bowery Poetry Club, New York City’s only club devoted entirely to poetry and spoken word..

Field Library High School Book Club

Hey high school students come hang out with the Field Library Book Club!!! The first 10 registries will be given a free book, so HURRY AND REGISTER!!! REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!!!

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Field Library Middle School Book Club

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All middle school students come join the Field Library Middle School book club!!!! REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!!!!

Bakklash at the Field Library/ Summer Reading Challenge!

Look out this coming Thursday, August 18th!  It’s Bakklash!  Live at the Field Library!

Celebrate the  Summer with the Field Library Teens!

Awards will be given to Summer Reading Challenge winners!

If you haven’t entered, do it before next Thursday!

For more information, visit http://fieldlibraryteens.wordpress.com/summer-2011/

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Pizza and a Movie – Monday Night

All teens are welcome!  Show up early so we can make sure to order enough pizza for everyone!