Film Festivals

March 13, 2015 by Heather Booth

View From the Director’s Chair: It’s a Wrap – Guest post by Lynette Pitrak

I previously submitted a post detailing the first few weeks of an exciting documentary film making program for teenagers that the Downers Grove Public Library was providing for the first time. Now that the program is finished, I would love to share how everything turned out!! After learning camera, lighting, and audio techniques from our […]

November 24, 2014 by Heather Booth

View from the Director’s Chair: Guest post by Lynette Pitrak

Downers Grove Public Library just finished a large redesign project, and two of the major changes were a brand new Teen Central area and a Digital Media Lab. While the Digital Media Lab is open to all ages, we thought that our teen patrons would be especially excited about this area’s advanced video, music, and […]

January 23, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

90-Second Newbery Film Festival

The Newbery Medal presented by ALA Next Monday, the 27th of January, the Youth Media Awards will be presented. These awards highlight the best literature of 2013 as chosen by various committees of librarians. Among those awards presented will be the John Newbery Medal for children’s literature. The Newbery Medal is awarded to books that […]