BPL will be at the 2017 Geek’d Con event inside the Shreveport Convention Center at 400 Caddo Street in Shreveport. The dates and times are: August 18, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM; August 19, 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM; and August 20, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This year the library’s theme is Steampunk.
Community Engagement Librarians Mandi Johnson and Kristin Kennedy will be in costume at the BPL booth promoting library services. Johnson announced, “the Library to Go collection will be available for check-out with subjects on manga, graphic novels, and books related to cosplay such as costume design, special effects makeup, etc. We will also be ready to sign people up for library cards on the spot.”
It will be “three days of amazing fun, filled with comic books, cosplay, art, games, and more. Join us Friday night for a vendor preview, and Saturday and Sunday, full of vendors, artists, talent, panels, and entertainment.” (http://geekdcon.com/shreveport/ ) And, you can have your photo taken with your favorite stars and characters.
Put on your best Geek’d Con costume and meet us at the Shreveport Convention Center for one of the areas’ most exciting events, 2017 Geek’d Con.
Building a Better Bossier!
Make a note:
*Beginning Monday, July 31 the BPL East 80 Branch at 1050 Bellevue Road Haughton, LA will have new operating hours:
Monday—Thursday—9a.m. to 8p.m.
Friday—9a.m. to 6p.m.
Saturday—9a.m. to 5p.m.
Sunday—2p.m. to 5p.m.
Aulds Branch 742-2337
TBA
Benton Branch 965 -2751
TBA
Bossier Central 746-1693
Tues., Aug. 15 from 5:30 to 7p.m., for ages 18 and up—Annual Open House, with Local Author Event in the History Center
Thur., Aug. 17 from 6 to 7p.m., for ages 18 and up—the Bossier Central Book Club will discuss “A Redbird Christmas” by Fannie Flagg
Fri., Aug. 18 at 3:30p.m., for ages 6 to 8—Adventures in Writing; registration required
East 80 Branch 949-2665
Thurs., Aug. 17 at 3p.m., for ages 7 and up—Kid Movie Day; registration required
Sat., Aug., 19 at 1:30p.m., for ages 13 to 18—Escape Room, sign up today
Haughton Branch 949-0196
Sat., Aug. 19 at 2p.m., for all ages—Movie Matinee
Mon., Aug. 21 at 10a.m., for ages 18 and up—Monday Morning Crafts, Marble Painting
Plain Dealing Branch 326-4233
Fri., Aug. 18 at 3p.m., for ages 8 and up—Painting with a Librarian
Sat., Aug. 19 at 1:00p.m., for all ages— Movie Day, “Secret Life of Pets”
Tooke Branch 987-3915
Saturdays, all day, for ages 4 to 14— Lego Club
Tues., Aug. 22 at 11:30a.m., for ages 18 and up—Adult BINGO
New Books
Fiction
“Less” by Andrew Sean Greer
“The Writing Desk” by Rachel Hauck
“Beautiful Tempest” by Johanna Lindsey
“The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr” by Frances Maynard
“Gladden the Heart” by Olivia Newport
“The Devil’s Triangle” by Howard Owen
“The Reason You’re Alive” by Matthew Quick
“Abiding Mercy” by Ruth Reid
“The Library of Light and Shadow” by M.J. Rose
“After Life” by Marcus Sakey
Nonfiction
“Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich” by Norman Ohler
“The Russian Revolution” by Sean McMeekin
“The Loyal Son” by Daniel Mark Epstein
“Lincoln’s Lieutenants” by Stephen Sears
“Legends & Lies: The Civil War” by Bill O’Reilly
“The Best Land Under Heaven” by Michael Wallis
“The Phenomenon” by Rick Ankeil
“I Can’t Make This Up” by Kevin Hart
“Papi: My Story” by David Ortiz
“Memory’s Last Breath” by Gerda Saunders
