Lucius Beebe Memorial Library » Things for Teens To Do

YA Activities

Nancy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:47:53 +0000

Young Adults wanted! If you are going into fifth grade or higher, Beebe Library needs YOU!

Friday, June 24 at 3:00
Karaoke Party!
Blow off steam after the last day of school with our karaoke DJ.

Wednesday, June 29 at 7:00
Talent Show!
Talent wanted! No act too small. Perform for family and friends. Bring your own props and music. Rehearse the day before. Sign up by June 28 at the Youth Desk.

Thursday, June 30 at 3:00
Video Games
Open gaming day. Wii, Xbox, Playstation 2 platforms. Snacks served.

Wednesday, July 6 at 12:30
Curious Creatures
Live animal demonstration. See exotic animals and reptiles. The animal handler may even let the kids hold one!

Friday, July 8 at 3:00
Knit Graffiti!
Cover the library in colorful knitted graffiti! Join this group during the summer to learn how to knit, increase your skills, and meet other knitters. We’ll be making an art project to display in the library. All levels of skill are welcome. Some materials will be provided.

Monday, July 11 at 5:30pm or 6:30pm
One Sky, Many Stories
Registration Required.
Boston’s Museum of Science brings their traveling planetarium. Join us for an evening of astronomical wonders. Click here to sign up online.

Wednesday, July 13 at 3:00
Young Adult Advisory Board
Help plan events! All are welcome. Snacks served.

Tuesday, July 19 at 6:00
Karaoke Party!
Join us once again for the latest karaoke hits!

Thursday, July 21 at 2:00
Create a Journal
Registration Required
Use cool papers and notebooks to make your own journal! Materials are provided. Click here to sign up online.

Friday, July 22 at 3:00
Video Games
Open gaming day. Wii, Xbox, Playstation 2 platforms. Snacks served.

Tuesday, July 26 at 6:00
Bollywood Dancing
Registration Required
Learn to dance like the Bollywood Beauties of India! Click here to sign up online.

Thursday, July 28 at 3:00
Bubble Rockets
Explosions! Tiny ones! Play with chemistry on the library steps!

Saturday, July 30 at 2:00
Anime Club
Come watch Anime in the air-conditioned lecture hall!

Tuesday, August 2 at 2:30
Video Game Party!
Open gaming day. Wii, Xbox, Playstation 2 platforms. Snacks served.

Wednesday, August 3 at 6:00
Guard Up! Kendo Demonstration
Registration is required
Weapons demonstration with Guard Up. Learn about the Japanese martial art of Kendo. Click here to sign up online.

Monday, August 8 at 2:00
Knit Graffiti
Cover the library in colorful knitted graffiti without getting in trouble! Come to this group during the summer to learn how to knit, increase your skills, and meet other knitters. We’ll be making an art project to display in the library. All levels of skill are welcome, some materials will be provided.

Friday, August 5 at 2:00
Comic Cover Art Workshop
Draw your own cover for a comic book! Materials are provided.

Wednesday, August 10 at 3:00
Young Adult Advisory Board Meeting
Help plan events! All are welcome. Snacks served.

Tuesday, August 16 at 3:00
Scavenger Hunt
Join us for a library-wide scavenger hunt with fabulous prizes!

Thursday, August 18 at 3:00
Video Game Party!
Open gaming day. Wii, Xbox, Playstation 2 platforms. Snacks served.

Quiz Show!

wagner — Mon, 16 May 2011 19:59:49 +0000

Tuesday, May 17 at 6pm, kids in grades 5 & up are invited to a Quiz Show party at the library! A professional Quiz Master will be here with a game show set to put your trivia knowledge to the test! Compete with your friends and answer questions about sports, television, music, movies, and more!

Young Adult Anime Club

wagner — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:48:42 +0000

The library is starting an Anime Club for kids in grades 5 and up! The first meeting will take place on Saturday, January 15 from 2-3pm in the Lecture Hall. The club will meet once a month to watch and discuss anime as a group. All kids in grades 5 and up are welcome.

If you’re already an anime and manga fan, come to the first meeting ready to discuss your favorite titles, characters, and genres. This is a chance to meet new friends with similar interests and find new favorites to read and watch.

If you are new to anime but are interested in the form, come to the club and start discovering your new favorites!

Beyond Photoshop YA Workshop

wagner — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:58:14 +0000

Kids in grades 5 and up are invited to take advantage of a day off from school to come learn how to make the most of Photoshop’s many effects and filters!
Wednesday, December 15 there will be two classes with Peter Simeti of Painted Heroes which will focus on using effects and filters in Adobe Photoshop. Registration is required as space is limited in these two classes. Classes will take place from noon to 1:30, and 2:30-4pm. Some familiarity with Photoshop is recommended, but not required. This will be a hands-on workshop where kids can practice using the software to create their own art.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and matching funds from the Beebe Friends of the Library, the Youth Room has Photoshop installed on all public computers on the lower level, and has ten WACOM Bamboo graphic tablets available for in-library use. Come by the Youth Desk for more information on the tablets or software!

To sign up for one of the class sessions, click here.

Twitter for Teens

wagner — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:59:15 +0000

Hey kids, ever wonder why anyone uses Twitter? Maybe you’ve thought, “It seems interesting, but what would I do with it? Why should I try this instead of Facebook?” If you’re curious about the microblogging world of Twitter, come to the Twitter for Teens Workshop! Tuesday, December 7 at 3pm in the Program Room.

This program is for kids in grades 5 and up, and registration is required. To register for this program, click here.

Twitter is a microblogging service that encourages short status updates and conversation among users worldwide. Many popular YA and children’s authors use Twitter to answer fan questions and talk about upcoming projects. Kids can use Twitter to make connections with friends and celebrities they admire.

This is the second in a series of technology workshops for kids and teens held at the library.

To register for this program, click here.

YA Manga Swap

wagner — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:30:15 +0000

On Tuesday, November 9 at 2:30, kids in grades 5 and up are invited to a manga swap in the lecture hall.

Manga is the name for Japanese comic books, which often have a distinctive artistic style and format. Manga is becoming incredibly popular here in the States, and Beebe Library used grants from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to add to the comics and manga collection in the Young Adult section.

Manga fans, are you running out of space for your books? Ready to read something new, but need to clear away some of the old stuff? Bring your manga books to the library and trade with other kids! This will give you a chance to find your next favorite series and get a start on it for free! You can talk about your favorite stories and characters with other fans, clear out your bookshelves, and take home new things to fill the shelves back up with! The swap will happen Tuesday, November 9 at 2:30 in the Beebe Lecture Hall. Snacks and soda will be served.

Need another reason to come to the swap? We’re going to be discussing the formation of a library Anime Club! Even if you don’t have books to swap, come anyway and find out what kinds of things we’ll be doing in the club, and get involved!

Mask Making Workshop

wagner — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:45:12 +0000

Are you ready for Halloween? Come make a leather mask with Amanda Leetch of The Uncommon Façade on Saturday, October 23 from 2:30-4:30pm ! Design, cut, and mold leather into fantasy creature masks.

Amanda can even help you make a mask to be worn with glasses, if you don’t want to take them off while you trick or treat!

This program is for kids in grades 5 & up, and registration is required. Materials are provided.

For more examples of Amanda’s work go to her Etsy shop. Workshop will take place in the Lecture Hall on Saturday, October 23 from 2:30-4:30.

To register, click here.

See Live Owls Tuesday, October 5

Mark Sardella — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:45:50 +0000

Kids in Grades 5 & up invited to program by “Wingmasters”
Wingmasters and Guardians of Ga’Hoole. . .To celebrate the release of the movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, based on Kathryn Lasky’s series of books The Guardians of Ga’Hoole, kids in grades 5 and up are invited to a presentation by Wingmasters on The World of Owls on Tuesday, October 5, 3-4 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. Wingmasters will have live, wild owls and present facts and information about different owls and how they live.

Digital Natives Young Adult Art Show

wagner — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:53:37 +0000

There’s still time to submit for the art show! Kids grades 5 and up can submit original works of art, digital art, or digitally edited pieces at the Youth Room desk before 5pm Friday, September 24th. All works will be considered, with priority given to digitally created or manipulated works. Pieces should be submitted with the name and phone number of the artist. Works that are not original but have been digitally edited should include a short artist’s statement about the process used.

The Digital Natives Young Adult Art Show will be taking place Saturday, September 25 from 3-4:30pm in the Beebe Library Lecture Hall. All artists are encouraged to attend. Refreshments and soft drinks will be served. Come enjoy an evening of art, conversation, and fun!

The art show will be open for gallery hours September 27-30, 2-5pm.

More Comics Workshops in September!

wagner — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:56:05 +0000

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.