Library to host Wii Wednesdays for teens, tweens on August 4

The Asheboro library will host a Wii Wednesday for teens and tweens ages 10 to 18 at 3 p.m. August 4.

The free gaming event is last Wii Wednesday of the summer, but the popular series may continue as the school year gets underway.

Games will include Wii Sports, Wii Resort Sports, Band Hero, and Super Mario Brothers. Board games will also be available.

Registration is required; please visit the Asheboro Reference Desk to sign-up or call 318-6803. The Wii, games and other equipment are provided by the Friends of the Library.

Go "Where the Wild Things Are" on library’s Teen Movie Monday, August 2

Find out what happens then you’re sent to bed without your supper in Where the Wild Things Are, the Asheboro Public Library’s Teen Movie Monday at 2 p.m. August 2.

Director Spike Jonze’s vision of the classic children’s story by Maurice Sendak follows disobedient Max as he creates an imaginary forest world populated by the wild things, exotic monsters and ferocious creatures who embrace Max as their ruler.

The movie is free and anyone ages 12-18 is invited; refreshments will be served. Find our more here, or call 318-6824.

Asheboro library Movie Monday to feature "When in Rome"

An amorous group of suitors pursues a surprised American woman in When in Rome, the Asheboro Public Library’s Movie Monday for Adults, 2 p.m. July 26.

Beth Harper (Kristen Bell) is a young, successful real estate agent in New York who’s completely unlucky in love. When she travels to Rome to see her newlywed sister, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love.

She then finds herself sought after by a band of wannabe lovers in this romantic comedy.

The movie is free and the public is invited; refreshments will be served. Find our more here, or call 318-6801.

Go "Up" at the Asheboro library's Family Movie Friday

A 78-year-old man, his balloon-powered house, and an eight-year-old stow-away take a hilarious, adventurous journey in Up, the Asheboro Public Library’s Family Movie Friday, 7 p.m. July 23.

In Pixar’s modern animated classic, Carl Fredricksen (voice of Ed Asner) has spent a lifetime dreaming of exploring the globe, and launches his house into the sky via thousands of balloons. After liftoff he discovers he has a stowaway in the form of an over-optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell

The movie is free and the public is invited. Refreshments will be served.

Family Movie Fridays are part of “Make A Splash: Read!”, The Randolph County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program. Visit here for the full schedule of summer movies, and here for all the Summer Reading Program events.

Return to Wonderland at Asheboro library’s Teen Movie Monday, July 19

Return to Wonderland with a grown-up Alice in director Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the Asheboro Public Library’s Teen Movie Monday at 2 p.m. July 19.

In Burton’s unique take on the classic Lewis Carroll story, 19-year-old Alice falls back into the fantasy realm populated by talking playing cards, the raging Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) and a stark raving Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp).

The movie is free and anyone ages 12-18 is invited; refreshments will be served. Find our more at here, or call 318-6824.

Magical storyteller Mark Daniel returns to Randolph libraries

Magical Storyteller Mark Daniel will return to Randolph County’s public libraries this summer with his unique blend of magic, puppetry and stories.

He will appear at all seven libraries, beginning in Liberty at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, and at the other libraries as follows:

Archdale, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 27;

Asheboro, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 (at the Sunset Theatre);

Franklinville, 2 p.m. Thursday, July 29;

Ramseur, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 29;

Randleman, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 22;

Seagrove, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 27.

Daniel’s performances, part of “Make a Splash: Read!”, the Randolph County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, are free and the public is invited.

Daniel has been a mainstay of summer reading programs for more than 20 years. His programs have inspired over three million children in thousands of schools and libraries, celebrating the joy of reading and great books.

For more information about Daniel, go here. For a complete schedule of summer events at the libraries, go here.

Asheboro to host another Wii Wednesday, July 21

The Asheboro library will host a Wii Wednesday for teens and tweens ages 10 to 18 at 3 p.m. July 21.

The free gaming event is next in a series of Wii Wednesdays, with another one scheduled for August 4.

Games will include Wii Sports, Wii Resort Sports, Band Hero, and Super Mario Brothers. Board games will also be available.

Registration is required; please visit the Asheboro Reference Desk to sign-up or call 318-6803. The Wii, games and other equipment are provided by the Friends of the Library.