Video Snapshot - Wood Walkers

This week's Video Snapshot spotlights the Wood Walkers, a fitness-social group sponsored by Wood Library. The group meets on Mondays at 9 AM in the library parking lot and decides where to walk. After the walk, they go to a local cafe for refreshment or sometimes back to the library for a program. No registration is needed--just drop by and join in. Recently, we picked up the Wood Walkers' trail down at Kershaw Park along the lake shore. Here's some video scenes.

Teen Theater "Traffic Circle" Coming Soon

If you are looking for quality home grown local theater, look no further. Wood Library's annual Teen Theater will present "Traffic Circle" next week. Attend a showing of this original screenplay written and acted by teens - with teachers John Michalko and Scott Schauman. Discussion follows the performance. There are two free public performances - Friday, July 25, 7 PM at All Things Art, 65 S. Main St. and Saturday, July 26 at Noon at Wood Library, 134 N. Main St. in Canandaigua.

Each summer Wood Library runs a Teen Theater program led by two teachers from the Canandaigua City School District. Teens develop, write, and then perform a play on a topic of importance to them. Past productions have centered on teen issues including mental health and family dynamics. Support for this year's project was provided by the F.F. Thompson Foundation and Wal-Mart. For more information about the play or project, call Jenny Goodemote, Young Adult Services Librarian at 585-394-1381.

Turn your book knowledge into gas!

Want to win $50 worth of gas? Who wouldn't with the prices out there. You could win by entering the summer Meta-Morph Adult Reading Trivia Contest now through July 31. The winner will be announced August 1 at 3pm. Test your knowledge of morphed characters in fiction. Morphed characters are anthropomorphic characters that have human attributes but are not human. Or they are humans who have taken on the appearance of animals. Your task is to name the author and book (or series) in which each of ten morphed characters appear. All ten characters and clues are on display on the main floor at the library. Here's one them to get your started.

Clue No. 9: Medical thriller Bonobos get genetic tweaking and become human prototypes for organ harvests. Watch out humans! What is the title of the book and who is the author?

Grand prize winner will receive a $50 gas card (or a local shoppers card if you prefer). To enter: see the contest display at the library's main floor, use the clues to complete the entry form and give it to the clerk at the desk. Contest Rules: For adults only, age 18 or over. One entry per person. The entry with the most correct answers is the winner. If there is a tie, a drawing will determine the final winner. Entry deadline is July 31 at 9pm.

Bug of the Week on TV

The children's summer program "Bug of the Week" got a video Bright Spot on Channel 13 WHAM-TV. Bug of the Week introduces a different live critter each Monday morning at 10:30am in the Children's Room at Wood Library. The video highlights the Defenders of Wild Life, a pre-vocational community program sponsored by Bridges for Brain Injury, a new non-profit agency that just opened in June. The agency is located at 5297 Parkside Drive, Suite 307, in Canandaigua and can be reached at (585) 396-0070. Go watch the video.