We’re getting excited for next Saturday’s (the 11th) annual Anime and Manga Festival for teens here at the Iowa City Public Library! This year we’ll be showing :
Trigun
Fairy Tail
Shattered Angels
There will be lots of food, including candy sushi (of course). This year we’re super happy to have the help of some of the stylists from local G-Spot Hair Design who will be here to help you craft Anime Hair! So come in cosplay dress!
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to a marathon showing of the two “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” films back to back on the big screen in Meeting Room A. on Friday, January 27th. There will be food and drinks so you can make it through the almost five hours of awesomeness!
Part 1 will start as close to 4:00 p.m. as possible so hurry on down after school. Part 2 will follow at around 6:45 p.m. The library is officially closed and locked at 8:00 p.m. so arrange to meet your ride outside, we should be done by 9:00 p.m.
Coffeehouse–Project Art Live Performances Program with the Recliners Friday, Jan. 20 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Beadology
220 Washington Street, Iowa City. Phone (319) 338-1566. $5 donation.
Hear some music and support a good cause! Join the Recliners as they play a benefit in the Bead Lab to supply equipment and materials for live performances at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Money raised will buy sheet music and sound equipment. Project Art is committed to providing an environment that promotes healing shaped by a rich dose of art exhibits and performances.
Photo from Flickr user: http://www.flickr.com/photos/estonia76/
Knitters’ Breakfast at Home Ec. Workshop Saturday, Jan. 21 10:00 a.m. at Home Ec. Workshop 21207 N. Linn St., Iowa City. Phone: 337-4775.
Get an early start on Saturday with crafts! Home Ec. offers fresh hot quiche, coffee cake and cookies for sale. Eat, enjoy a hot or cold drink and knit and craft in good company!
Giant Punk Rock Show Saturday, Jan 21st 6:00-10:00 p.m. at Gabe’s 330 E Washington St. Iowa City
$5 entrance, $9 if you want to go to both this show and the Yacht Club 9th Anniversary show (see next).
All ages until 10 p.m.
Lineup:
Muddy Rails 6:20-6:50
The Ills 7:10-7:40
Drawn to Fury 8:00-8:30
Toe Tappingly Tragic 8:50-9:20
Nebula Was 9:40-10:10
http://www.facebook.com/events/322175177802705/
Iowa City Yacht Club’s 9th Anniversary Party Saturday, Jan 21st 4:00-10:00 p.m. at Yacht Club. 13 South Linn St., Iowa City
$9 entrance.
All ages until 10 p.m.
Yacht Club is also doing Punk Farm 2012 (see above) at Gabe’s so this will be a “two venues-one cover” deal if you want to diversify.
Lineup:
Gone South 4:00-4:45
Caterwaulla 5:00-5:45
Limbs 6:00-7:00
Tallgrass 7:15-8:15
Whistle Pigs 8:30-9:30
Aaron Kamm & the One Drops 9:45-10:45
http://www.facebook.com/events/139923762781168/
Photo from Flickr user Hawk Eyes http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpardue/6721132273/sizes/m/in/photostream/
NFL Conference Championship games Sunday, January 22 on CBS and FOX
I’m not the biggest fan of NFL Football but even I’m going to be watching one of these conference championship games if only for the chance to see some new blood in the Super Bowl. I’ll be cheering for the Ravens (they’ve only been once before) and the 49ers (who haven’t been in since the early 1990s…plus their uniforms are horrible).
AFC: Ravens vs Patriots starts at 2:00 PM on CBS.
NFC: Giants vs 49ers at 5:30 PM on FOX.
30 Rock Returns! Thursday, January 12th at 7:00 p.m. on NBC
Winter may have officially started on December 22nd, but the snow didn’t arrive until today. School happened regardless of the snow and wind so why not treat yourself tonight; skip the homework and watch some of the best comedy on tv. 30 Rock is back (they promise Community will return later) and Parks and Rec follows. Heck, I’d even say you should stick around for The Office even though that show’s best years are long gone.
City vs. West Varsity Basketball Games
Friday, January 13th at 6:00 (girls) and 7:30 (boys) at West High School
Can the West High varsity teams maintain their perfect record?
Google Science Fair Saturday, January 14th
It’s time to start planning for the 2012 Google Science Fair! Check out the intro video and think about what questions you want the answers to. Let us know if you need help with the technical aspects of your presentation at teens[at]icpl.org (substitute @ for [at]).
Reading on the Rails Sunday, January 15th from 12:00 to 5:45 (varies)
For only the 2nd time in 55 years One Book Two Book organizers have made arrangements to run the Hawkeye Express train on the historic CRANDIC railroad.
See details at the One Book Two Book sunday site. Tickets purchased online will only be available for pick-up from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Children’s Book Fair, Saturday January 14 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Iowa City. No Exceptions!
Flight Skool hip hop dance (bonus day Champloo!) Monday, January 16, 4pm – 7pm at UAY Youth Center – 355 Iowa Avenue
Flight Skool is Iowa City’s newest young hip-hop dance group, formed in September 2009 in the halls of West High. Their mission is to create a positive reputation for themselves and their peers through participation, performance, and education in hip-dop dance. Dancers rehearse once a week at the UAY Youth Center, where they create original choreography based on popular hip-hop dance and music. Open to all youth, ages 12-18 contact Erin Shaw for more information : erin.shaw[at]unitedactionforyouth. (substitute @ for [at])
Greater Iowa City Dollars for Scholars – Show Choir Concert
Thursday, January 5th at 7:30 p.m. in the West High Auditorium. $3.00 tickets for students
Your $3.00 won’t be wasted! Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Greater Iowa City Dollars for Scholars, which awards post-secondary education scholarships to graduates of City, West, Tate, and Regina High Schools. The concert features West High’s Showtime and Good Time Company and City High’s City Lights and Fourth Avenue Jazz Company.
Portlandia – Season 2 Premiere
Friday, January 6th at 9:00 p.m. on IFC
Features a guest spot by SNL’s Andy Samberg!
Coralville Public Library Scrabble Club
Saturday, January 7th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bring a friend or come solo to play some Scrabble with our friends over at the Coralville Public Library.
Obliterate Your Room With Stickers Your room, all day Sunday
When your parents furiously ask where you got the idea don’t tell them it was us! This exhibition by Yayoi Kusama installed for the Queensland Art Gallery has been going viral on Facebook and Boing Boing this week. See the gallery’s amazing transformation at Colassal.
Saw Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows on Christmas Day, The Dark Knight Rises and Jack the Giant Killer trailers looked really good, thought I would share.
Saturday, December 24, 7:00 p.m. on NBC. 1946 Christmas film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story “The Greatest Gift” written by Philip Van Doren Stern. An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.
Sunday, December 25, starting at 1:00 p.m. on ABC.
Miami at Dallas. Finals rematch! The Finals loss was a tough pill to swallow for the Heat. How will they come out after being forced to watch the Mavericks raise their championship banner right before tip-off.
Chicago at Los Angeles Lakers. Reigning MVP Derrick Rose and 2008 winner Kobe Bryant headline season-opening action at Staples Center. Mike Brown debuts as Lakers head coach, taking over for 11-time champion Phil Jackson.
Magic the Gathering @ UAY
Thursday, December 29, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. It’s that time again! Legacy Constructed, Pizza, Soda, and an opportunity to get out of the house over break. If you missed the last one, $1 door eliminated so it’s free!
Voting has concluded for the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards chosen by readers, for readers.
Goodreads, a social network for readers, has announced its best books of the year according to a poll opened up to its more than 6.5 million users. Check out the list of winners!
Thursday, December 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Englert Theatre (221 East Washington Street). Free and open to the public. Kick off the holidays with free hot cocoa, sing-a-longs, special performances by the Old Capitol Chorus, Saffron Henke, Dave Moore, Alan Swanson, Ghrá Na Gaeilge Irish Dancers, Katie Roche, and a visit by Santa!
Performances by Chimaira, Unearth, SKELETONWITCH, and Molotov Solution. Friday, December 16 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets $20 day of show.
WWE: Tribute to the Troops
Saturday, December 17 at 8:00 p.m. NBC will join forces with the WWE once again to honor the United States Armed Forces with the fourth annual holiday telecast of “WWE Tribute to the Troops.” This year, WWE’s biggest Superstars, Divas and special guest stars, will travel to Fort Bragg, North Carolina for the hour-long special.
Performances by Mary J. Blige, Nickelback, George Wallace, and WWE’s biggest Superstars and Divas for thousands of Fort Bragg military personnel and their families at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, NC. Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella will make a special appearance along with Extra’s Maria Menounos, who will lace up her boots and step into the ring for a special Diva’s match. The special will also include messages of encouragement and thanks from various celebrities such as Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Jackman, The Muppets, Robin Williams, Bradley Cooper and Nicole Kidman among others.
