Geek Out! ‘FanNation 2024’ Coming to the Ocean County Library Toms River Branch

TOMS RIVER – Time to get your geek on! The 2024 edition of “FanNation: The Geekstravaganza” will be non-stop action in the Ocean County Library Toms River Branch, 10 AM through 4 PM Saturday, October 5.

Step up to the lobby information tables for details about the scavenger hunt for dragon’s eggs throughout the Branch, and register for the cosplay contest. See the winning entries in the 2024 FanNation Art Contest in the McConnell Gallery.

Then dive into the activities, including:

• Children’s Padawan Training Class – Learn how to “Use the Force” from costumed Jedi instructors. Practice your lightsaber and self-defense skills in this non-contact presentation.
• Escape Room: “Trapped in Time” - Help a hapless time traveler find the key to the time machine before it leaves without you.
• Cosplay Contest – Represent your fandom and perhaps you’ll be one of the top three cosplayers who’ll walk off with prizes.
• Meet & Greet Storytimes – Youngsters can meet a Tinker Fairy and a Mermaid during themed storytimes for each.
• Crafts Everywhere! – Decorate a Kokeshi doll and make fandom coasters, 3D printed nerdy things and Pokémon ornaments in the Atrium. Create a Neverland Pirate Spy Bottle in the Discovery Room. Decorate a reusable bag and use 3D doodler pens and buttons in the Maker Space.

Up for more? Sit in on our SciFi Roundup of the best and worst of 2024. Test your anime trivia knowledge. Take a Dungeons & Dragons® crash course. Jump into all day video and tabletop games in the Teen Zone. Take a green screen photo with your choice of FanNation backgrounds.

And if that isn’t enough, stay plugged into our specially curated Freegal© playlist, check out archival FanNation YouTube videos and all through September, catch our weekly Fandom Friday podcasts on Spotify.

For more information, stop by the OCL Toms River Branch, 101 Washington Street, call (732) 349-6200  or visit https://theoceancountylibrary.org/fannation.

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