Thanks to Celebration Cinema North for playing the teen filmmaking contest entries on the big screen!  It was so much fun to see our films in technicolor and surround sound!  We had 14 entries and 141 people in attendance.  Our judges, Dan Mish, John Serba and Ben Utter paid close attention to the films and gave our teen producers some great feedback.  Thanks again to everyone who made this event such a success.  We look forward to the Teen Filmmaking Contest in 2011!

Don’t despair, there’s still time to enter the KDL Teen Film Festival.  Check out the KDL website for rules and an application, then get out your camera, get together with friends and make a great short film.  You can submit your disk by mail or in person to: Dana Donnell, KDL Kentwood, 4700 Kalamazoo SE, Kentwood MI 49508.  The deadline is January 29th–so go start filming!

All Kent County teens, grades 6-12, are invited to enter films in KDL’s 4th Annual Teen Filmmaking Contest. Films selected from the contest will be screened at the KDL Film Festival at Celebration! Cinema North from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 2010. Over $200 in prize money will be awarded for the best films in various categories. For additional information, see the contest rules and entry form. All submissions must be in by January 16, 2010, so grab your camera for “take 1″!

Teen Librarians are asking, “Where’s the love?” KDL’s Teen Surveys reveal that very few of you come to the library to seek the help of a librarian.  But we love you guys…really.  And we want to help you find stuff for homework and fun reading.  We’d like to get to know you so we can tell you when some of your favorite materials arrive at the library.  So don’t be shy!  Stop by and visit your Teen and Youth Librarians.  We can’t wait to see you!

Lost your copy of the Odyssey?  Report due tomorrow?  Check out KDL’s online reference resources at www.kdl.org.  If you choose the Teen tab and then select Reference, you’ll see a link to KDL Recommended Sites.  Under Books and Reading you can get the complete text of the Odyssey from Bartleby.com.  Need a map to go with that report?  Choose the link to MeL.  Select SIRS Discoverer Deluxe from the MeL Databases link.  You’ll find a map of Ancient Greece in the collection of Maps of the World.  Report done!  Whew!

Have you found other great “saves” for school assignments at KDL.org?  Write back to the blog and share them with others.