What is the Teen Advisory Board? Better yet, WHO is the Teen Advisory Board? It’s been a long time since I was a teen myself, and what’s popular with teens is always changing. It’s especially challenging because teens are difficult to engage. Yes, I’m talking about you! Everyone’s busy worrying […]
Medical Training Scholarship from ACLS
Published on :ACLS Medical Training Scholarship Program is offering a $1,000 unrestricted scholarship to a high school senior or college student interested in medical training. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2014. Click for details: http://www.aclsmedicaltraining.com/scholarship/ For tips about college, check out our College and Financial Aid Libguide: http://cityofpasadena.libguides.com/college_and_financial_aid
Roaring 20’s Poetry Night
Published on :Hats, beads, glitter! It’s a 1920’s party with the added benefit of poetry. In Roaring 20’s fashion, teens shared their self-written poems under the spotlight. The performers were teens from all over our community—some from our own writing workshops and many from our local high schools. With the help of many […]
Unlocking the Secret Art Contest
Published on :The Pasadena Public Library and Art Center College of Design presents… Teen artists were challenged to depict a scene inspired by Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, our 2014 One City, One Story selection. The first place winner received free tuition for a Saturday High class at Art Center (valued up to […]
Student Open Mic Poetry Night
Published on :It was an exciting night filled with poems, art, music, and performances. In celebration of National Poetry Month, we held several poetry nights for middle school students and teens. Students in grades 6-8 from PUSD LEARNS after school program share their own self-written poems on stage. As part of a writing […]
Found Poetry – teens write!
Published on :Our March creative writing workshop was dedicated to blackout and found poetry. Blackout poetry is the poetic form of taking an existing text and blacking out words and lines to leave a new poem… The act of redacting or recomposing the original text by presenting the remaining non-blackened text as […]
Divergent
Published on :During February’s YA Book Group meeting, we discussed the Divergent series by Veronica Roth and got an opportunity to watch an advance screening of the movie! Basic facts: It’s a YA dystopian trilogy (well, how many YA dystopians are not trilogies? =) Summary: In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior […]
The Fault in Our Stars
Published on :What’s hot in YA right now? This is probably old news, but since its publication in 2012, The Fault in Our Stars has been getting some serious hype. John Green gains status as a household name, and our title request list continues to climb–at one point, at the height of […]
Steampunk Gifts
Published on :Description of program: Create fun steampunk style jewelry using watch parts, gears, brass and copper charms. And, back by popular demand, create a working clock using a recycled book! Great for gifts! Saturday, December 14 • 2 p.m. • Central Library/Teen Central Steampunk Jewelry (photos by Alethea […]
How to make your own book clock
Published on :Instructions for clocks made from recycled books; these are the clocks we made at the Steampunk Gifts and the Clocks and Cookies programs. Tools & supplies All of these supplies can be purchased from Michaels. old hardcover books acrylic paints paint brushes cups (with water for the paints) […]