Category: Movies

The Muppets are back with a new movie, and nostalgic musicians are excited. OK Go, Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket and other groups have all added their spin on Muppet music classics. You can listen to the Muppet tribute The Green Album in it’s entirety on NPR.

We would like to thank Merkel Furniture and Carpet One for generously donating 30 lovely carpet squares for our youth programs.  We know that they will be tremendously useful for our younger patrons and our special needs patrons. 

This summer we will be having a Special Needs Movie Matinee on June 15, 2011, from 2:00-3:30.   We will be showing the funny film Yogi Bear for ages birth to 17 years, and carpet squares provide a comfortable, relaxing place to sit.

It’s that special time of year again, and special holiday stories and songs for children abound on TV, on CDs, and on library shelves.  Check out the holiday cart in the center of the Media Area for great family movies.  Holiday CDs are to the immediate right of the entrance to the Media Area. 

Christmas, Kwanza, and Hanukkah books can be found on display in the picture book area, but most are in the back right corner of the youth area, behind the chaper books.  Ask a librarian if you need help finding our special holiday materials!

Holiday TV Specials:   If you really like holiday TV specials, try Chiff.com  or classic-tv.com for a complete list!

Isn’t the holiday season so much fun? !!

Everyone had a spellbinding blast at Friday night’s Harry Potter Party, celebrating the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, on November 19th.

Library patrons were treated to an evening of magic, trivia, crafts, and Butterbeer.  Guests made broomstick bookmarks and protection charms,  created chocolate wands, had a spell dance-off, competed in a costume contest, and played advanced Hogwarts trivia for wonderful prizes.

Special guest Baffling Bill the Magician levitated his young assistant and kept the audience either gasping in awe or laughing at his jokes.

Check out some great pictures of the event, and remember to check out the Harry Potter books to get ready for the movie!

Coming soon to a Theater near you!
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is out in theaters on September 24th!  The movie is based on the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky, and if you haven’t read the books yet, check them out!

Every Monday (through July) we’re showing a great movie at 2:00pm in the McKune room, along with free drinks and popcorn–what could be better?

The brother and sister duo of Laura and Rob Sams from Sisbro Studios came to Chelsea on March 22 to teach children how to make movies when working with wildlife.  Part of the Chelsea Reads Together program Wheels to Reels:  Movie Making in Michigan, the program focused on the movie Stranger in the Woods, which was made in Michigan, as well as examined some of their other movies.

Children enjoyed learning the ins and outs of movie making, including how to take photographs.  The Sams told many fun stories about how they got a deer to eat a carrot from the nose of a snowman.

Children and parents alike listened intently to details about how to combine pictures with sound.  Everyone had fun pretending how to be a squirrel, a chickadee, or a drift of snow.

Laura and Rob played the piano, the guitar, and even the washboard to demonstrate what type of music goes best with what scene.

Children acted out different animals and people to see how an illustrator might paint a picture.  Here we see the kids swimming like a one-legged pirate in the sea!

Rob Sams even dressed up like a pirate from their book and movie, A Pirate’s Quest!

Everyone had a wonderful time, and we learned a lot about making movies and books!

All of  these books have been or will be released as movies!

The Frog Princess (The Princess and the Frog) by E. D. Baker (on dvd 3/16)

 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll  (3/5)

How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell  (3/26)

The Last Airbender by various authors (7/2)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (3/19)

The Lightning Thief by Richard Riordan (2/12)

On Sunday, March 7th, library patrons sipped in style at the Chelsea House Victorian Inn, an 1880’s Queen Ann Victorian Inn run by Jim and Kim Myles.  Part of the Chelsea Reads Together:  Wheels to Reels events, the tea was in celebration of the film Somewhere in Time, which was shot almost in entirety at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.   Participants enjoyed Darjeeling Tea and homemade fruit crepes, eclairs and scones as they discussed fascinating facts about the movie.  Did you know that Richard Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton were at one time considered for the leads instead of Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour?

Many guests arrived in costume for the event

The fabulous a cappella group the Meadowlarks entertained with Victorian era songs

Patrons enjoyed viewing the many beautiful items in the inn.

Librarians Karen and Lisa model beautiful hats generously lent to tea guests by Helen Welford

Everyone had a simply delicious time!

If you would like to join in our next celebration, please consider coming to our fabulous Gala Finale, preceded by our Pre-Gala Reception.   We’ll have lights, red carpet, velvet ropes, professional photographer Mark Bogarin, delicious catered hors d’oeuvres, jazz pianist Brian Brill, and academy award winner Sue Marks, a Michigan filmmaker.  See the Oscar up close! 

Check out our many fine programs during the Chelsea Reads Together Wheels to Reels:  Movie-Making in Michigan event here.