P.L.A.C.E. Multicultural Children's Festival
Come to the P.L.A.C.E. 6th Annual Multicultural Children's Festival on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 10am-4pm at Town Center Park, 2761 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, CT.
This year's festival will feature --
Art Activities for All Ages
Multicultural Kids Fashion Show
Local Crafts, Vendors & Artists
Moon Bounces & Slide
Face Painting
The Fryborg Food Truck
Cupcakes from Around the World
Raffles from Caseus, Elm City Market, Ritzy Rings & More
Free Books from New Haven Reads
The Hamden Fire Truck
...and performances include
Yale Jashan Bhangra
Yale Konjo! African Dance Troupe
Lady Dragon Steppers
Ken Coulson Funk Ukele
Sirius Coyote, Magical Sounds & Music of the Americas
Bhoga Yoga featuring Music by Piyush
UC ThundeRaas, Traditional Dance from Gujarat, India
Cheezi Tang Soo Do, Korean Martial Arts Demonstration
P.L.A.C.E. is a non-profit organization that provides multicultural after-school and Saturday art programs, vocational services for persons with disability, film and media workshops for middle school aged kids, media internship programs and free community programs.
It Came From a Book!
The Library as Incubator Project is proud to announce their partnership with TLT: Teen Librarian’s Toolbox, The Real Fauxtographer , and EgmontUSA. Together, they will be hosting a Teen Read Week art contest called It Came From a Book!
The contest begins June 21st, and runs through September 30th. They will be collecting entries and announcing the winners on The Library as Incubator Project website during Teen Read Week, October 14th-20th, 2012.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Here are the basics: read any book and create a piece of art inspired by the story. Your artwork can be any type– photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, manga– whatever you choose! Submit a digital photograph of your work to trwartcontest2012@gmail.com by 11:59 PM CST September 30th, 2012. Be sure to include the following information with your entry to ensure that it is eligible:
- Make sure your entry has the subject heading TRW Art Contest
- Include your full name, your library (school or public), and the title and author of the book that inspired your art.
- Include the statement “I affirm that this is an original piece of artwork.”
During Teen Read Week, the Library as Incubator Project will host a digital art gallery of all entries to the It Came From a Book! TRW Art Contest, and we will also collect votes on the best library-incubated artwork. The winner will be announced on the site the following week.
PRIZES
- $50 Amazon giftcard
- Original art from The Real Fauxtographer
- Library as Incubator Project t-shirts
- Signed books from hot YA authors
Video Games
The Library has video games in a variety of formats available in our Young Adult collection! Games go out for 7 days, no renewals. Two games may be checked at a time, and you are allowed to reserve titles. Late charges are $1 a day.
Wii Games
Fragile Dreams. Farewell ruins of the moon
The Legend of Zelda
Mario Party 9
Rayman Origins
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Zumba fitness 2: party yourself into shape
PS3 Games
Final fantasy XIII-2
Need for speed. The run
SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
Soul Calibur V
Zumba Fitness: Join the Party
Xbox 360 Games
Apache air assault
Arcania gothic 4
Batman, Arkham Asylum
Batman, Arkham City
The Black Eyed Peas experience
Captain America : super soldier
Dance central
Enslaved
Forza motorsport 3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Just dance 3
Kinect sports
Madden NFL 12
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of two worlds
Matrix: Path of Neo.
NBA 2K11
NBA live 07
NHL 12
Rock band 3
Self-defense training camp
Skate 3
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
WW '12