Teen Cosplay Party

Barth Community Room
Oct 22nd @ 3:15pm

San Gabriel Valley teens (grades 7-12) are invited to celebrate Halloween early at the Crowell Public Library’s first-ever Teen Cosplay Party. The party will be held in the Barth Community Room on Friday, October 22nd at 3:15pm. Teens are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite anime or manga character. Other inspirations for cosplay include: superheroes, sci-fi and fantasy characters, American cartoon characters, and any other literary and film characters or even concepts!

Cosplay can be summed up in this simple equation: Cosplay=Costume+Roleplay. Cosplay can be much more than being in costume—cosplayers walk like their character, talk like their character, dress like their character, be their character.

There’s more: festivities include games, treats, music and prizes. Games include speed charades, Mafia--with an anime role-playing twist!-- and Apples to Apples. Party-goers will enjoy Japanese snacks and desserts and make their own candy sushi. The first thirty guests to arrive will receive a raffle ticket for a Borders gift-card. Prizes will also be awarded for the best costume.

Teens are encouraged to bring their friends to the Teen Cosplay Party. Registration is not required and the event is free! Teens wearing inappropriate attire will not be admitted. No weapons or masks, please. Call the library for details or e-mail Carrie Wilson at cwilson@cityofsanmarino.org. The Teen Cosplay Halloween Party is sponsored by the Friends of the Crowell Public Library.

Teens: Join the Anime Club!

Meets monthly, second Friday of the month at 3:15pm in the Barth Community Room
Meetings this Fall: September 10th, October 8th, November 12th and December 10th

Middle School and High School students (grades 7-12) from far and wide are invited to Crowell Public Library’s Anime Club. To satisfy teens’ appetite for anime, we hold free screenings of episodes of popular anime shows as well as feature-length anime films! Japanese snacks and popcorn are served at all anime club meetings.

Look forward to starting this fall with a screenings of Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street, which is about the young detective Conan Edogawa, whose latest case brings him to 19th century London, pitting him against the notorious Jack the Ripper! (September 10th; rated TVPG), Other titles to look forward to this fall include Black Cat and Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE: Volume 1! We meet monthly on Fridays at 3:15 pm in the Barth Community Room. Meetings this fall are September 10th, October 8th, November 12th and December 10th.

Anime Club is intended for teens; parents may accompany their teens, but content may not be suitable for younger children. Teens are encouraged to bring their friends. All teens attending films rated PG-13 or TV-14 must present a signed parental waiver. Call the library for details or e-mail Carrie Wilson at cwilson@cityofsanmarino.org. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Crowell Public Library and Funimation’s Operation Anime!