Dance Dance Revolution

Dance the night away on our Cobalt Flux dance pads with the PS2--DDR and Karaoke Revolution is on Thursday night from 6-8. Snacks provided, including plenty of water! Thanks to the Friends of the Library for providing these arcade-style pads. And remember the teen council meeting Friday at 4 pm in the Teenscape.

King Tut and Ancient Egypt

"He could have won a Grammy -- buried in his 'jammies -- King Tut"
- the King Tut song, Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons, Saturday Night Live 4/22/1978.

I got to see the King Tutankhamun exhibit at Chicago's Field museum recently, and it is an awesome sight. If you are able to make the trip up north to the windy city, I highly recommend it. Make sure and buy your tickets online in advance. If you can't make it, peruse the photos of the personal belongings and all those funerary articles here.

Of course, you can always transport yourself to ancient Egypt via movies and books, like in THE MUMMY. The library has older versions as well as the 1999 adventure we all know and love, featuring a librarian as one of the main characters (I had to put that one in). One book that may have slipped through the cracks is Gillian Bradshaw's THE DRAGON AND THE THIEF, where an unlucky guy meets a wealthy dragon and adventure ensues. And it has a dragon in it! You can't beat that, Eragon fans.