In August, as part of the Summer Reading Program, kids were taught to use graphic tablets and Photoshop to create their own digital art. In September, two more workshops will be taking place, taught by Peter Simeti of Painted Heroes. Classes will be taking place on September 9 from 3-5 pm, and September 11 from 2-4 pm, and are for kids in grades 5 and up.  Sign up for either session here.

In addition to these workshops, young adults can check out the graphic tablets for two hours at a time with their library cards for use at any of the computers in the Youth Room. All computers on the lower level are equipped with Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements, and can be used with the tablets to edit photos, create movies, or paint and draw.

September is Art Month for Young Adults at Beebe!

After teaching our young adults to use this technology for creating art, we want to show it off! There will be an Art Show happening the last week of September at the library. Submissions of all kind will be considered from kids in grades 5 and up, with a preference given to art that has been digitally created or manipulated in some way. More details about the show and submission guidelines will be coming soon.

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Adler, Elizabeth A. It all began in Monte Carlo.
Romantic Suspense Jewelry theft

Albert, Susan Wittig. The Darling Dahlias and the cucumber tree. MYSTERY. Continue »

Beebe Library is pleased to announce the 2010-2011 schedule for children’s story times. Registration begins September 7. Mother Goose on the Loose is a nationally acclaimed story time program that uses music, movement, books, ritual and nursery rhymes to help develop pre-reading skills in infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Continue »

Last Spring, Wakefield teens participated in a video game creation program using the Scratch game creation language. Their games are now available on the Young Adults section of Beebe Library’s website, and are free to play.

Kids age 5 and under are invited to join popular children’s entertainer Peter Sheridan on Monday, August 16 at 10:30 a.m. for familiar songs and stories for young children.

On Tuesday, August 17 at 6 p.m. kids in grade 5 and older are invited to a medieval weapons demonstration with “Guard Up.” Sign up online

On Wednesday, August 18 at 10:30 a.m., Wingmasters brings the World of Owls to Beebe Library for kids in grade 2 and older. Jim Parks of Wingmasters will bring five different types of owls and talk about how these birds of prey eat, hunt and survive in the wild.

On Thursday, August 19 at 4 p.m., kids in grade 5 and older are invited to create their own comics with Photoshop. Comics produced will be displayed in the library. Sign up online

“Friday the 13th may not be exactly unlucky, but it hasn’t done us a whole lot of good.”
— Will Rogers

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13, and today is Friday the 13th, the day of the year that, except for Halloween, creates the most fear. (By the way, the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia.)
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