Midnight parties
Storyopolis and Barnes & Noble book stores are having midnight parties for the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on July 20.
Two parties are planned at Storyopolis in Studio City, one at 11 a.m. and a second at 11 p.m. The 11 p.m. party will include the midnight release of the "Deathly Hallows."
Barnes & Noble stores throughout the Valley have special activities, from costumes contests to potion demonstrations planned for their midnight parties.
For more information on the Storyopolis partie, go to the store's website: http://www.storyopolis.com/index.html
For more on the Barnes & Noble parties and what each store is planning, go to MidnightMagic
Storyopolis in Studio City is having a couple Harry Potter parties with raffles, prizes, games and activities planned throughout the day before the release of "The Deathly Hallows," the final installment in the Harry Potter saga.
There will be a midnight party and a daytime party on July 20 at the store. The midnight party begins at 11 p.m. and will include the midnight release of the book. Anyone who preorders the book through the store will receive a 25 percernt discount and be entered in a raffle for either a framed Harry Potter print or a stuffed dragon. The midnight party will end at 2 a.m. on July 21.
The daytime party begins on July 20 at 11 a.m. when the store opens and ends at 2 p.m. There is another raffle for the daytime party for a bushel of books, which includes all seven Harry Potter novels, and a stuffed dragon.
In addition to the parties, there is a Harry Potter carnival in the store's very own Diagon Alley. There will be pretzel wand making, tea leaf readings, Harry Potter trivia contests, face painting and a snack table in Diagon Alley, which is located in the store's art gallery.
Partygoers will also be sorted into houses by the store's Sorting Hat.