2015 Calendar
Planning. It takes, well, planning. What kind of displays do I want to do? What kinds of programming? Here are some upcoming events that I am using to help me plan. I am a big movie junkie so I like to do tie-ins when I can, even if it is just a genre display. And of course there are a lot of educational events that happen throughout the year which are important. I’m trying to work on a calendar list. Here’s what I have so far. Please let me know what’s on your calendar that isn’t on mine.
February
Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Month – Call your local hospital and ask if they have a Sexual Assualt Nurse Examiner (SANE), they sometimes do educational programs on the topics of healthy relationships
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2: Youth Media Awards are announced
6: Jupiter Ascending movie opens (science fiction)
20: The Duff movie opens (based on the book by Kody Keplinger)
22-28: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
March
8-14: Teen Tech Week
13: Live action Cinderella movie opens
20: Insurgent movie opens
April
Drop Everything and Read
3: Furious 7 (Fast and the Furious part 7)
16: Celebrate Teen Lit Day
12-18: National Library Week
18-25: Money Smart Week
May
1-7: Choose Privacy Week
1: The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron movie opens
15: Pitch Perfect 2 movie opens
22: Tomorrowland movie opens
June
GLBTQ Book Month, Audio Book Month
12: Jurassic World movie opens
19: Paper Towns movie opens, based on the book by John Green
July
18: Ant Man movie opens, Marvel comics
August
7: The Fantastic four movie opens (again)
7: Goosebumps movie opens
September
Library Card Sign Up Month
4: Kitchen Sink movie opens
“In the town of Dillford, it used to be that vampires, humans and zombies used to get along, but then something unexpected arrived and now it’s humans vs. vampires vs. zombies in all-out mortal combat. Now three teenagers must try to get things back to ‘normal'” – Wikipedia
18: The Scorch Trials movie opens
25: Hotel Transylvania II movie opens
27-Oct 3: Banned books Week
October
Will there be a Star Wars Reads Day in 2015? I haven’t seen a date mentioned yet. But with the new Star Wars movie coming out in December, it seems likely.
18-24: Teen Read Week
23: Jem and the Holograms movie opens
30: Scouts Vs. Zombies movie opens
“Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.” – IMDB
November
20: Mockingjay Part 2
December
8: Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
What other dates/events do you have on your calendar? Let us know in the comments!
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About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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