B.L.A.H Club!

What is the Teen BLAH Club?

Well, BLAH stands for

Books,

Libraries,

Activities, &

Humans.

We have the first three, we just need more Humans, specifically teens! It will be great fun, so please stop by at 5:00pm on Tuesdays for fun activities at the Carnegie Library of Homestead!

The first several meetings will be GAMING nights! Come play video games at the library!

Happy Summer!

Hey everyone!

Just a quick reminder that the Teen Summer Reading Program is kicking off on Wednesday, June 18 at 3pm!

The theme this year is Metamorphosis @ Your Library, and we will be doing all kinds of cool activities and programs.

You can sign up online for the Summer Reading Program here.

The first program after the kick-party is a Teen Movie Time on Thursday, June 19th at 5pm! In honor of the summer reading theme, we are going to watch a monster movie!

AND THE NOMINEES ARE:

1. Evolution

2. Men in Black

3. Tremors

4. Arachnophobia

Vote for the movie YOU want to watch on or before Tuesday, June 17th. You can fill out a ballot at the library or you can leave a comment on this blog!

Summer Reading Announcement

Hey everyone!

Teen Summer Reading will kick off on Wednesday, June 18th, at 3pm. Mark your calendars!

To celebrate, we will be decorating and altering tshirts to make them our own.

All the supplies (including the tshirts!) will be provided, so just bring yourself, your creativity, and maybe some of your friends:)

See you there!

Teen Movie Time - Thursday, May 15

Hey everyone! Join us at the library on Thursday, May 15 at 5pm for the May edition of Teen Movie Time. This months choices are:















Vote for your favorite on or before Tuesday, May 13! The movie with the most votes will be shown at the May Teen Movie Time!

Congrats to the National Champion!

Ajoura Gwinn, one of our local teens who was named a WrestleMania Reading Challenge Regional Champion back in February, just won the National Competition in Orlando, Florida! For all of her hard work, she won ringside seats at WrestleMania XXIV and got to rub elbows with wrestlers and celebrities like Raven-Symone! Be sure to congratulate Ajoura if you see her around!

WrestleMania Party!

Tomorrow (Friday, March 28) our lucky and talented WrestleMania Reading Challenge regional winners, Ajoura and Laquan, are leaving for sunny Orlando! We wish them both the best of luck in the final competition and hope they have loads of fun at WrestleMania XXIV!



Last week we threw them a party to celebrate and wish them good luck. Here are some pictures of the event:

WrestleMania Winners!

Congratulations to Ajoura and Laquan, who won this years' WrestleMania Reading Challenge Regional Competition! They both won a trip for two to Orlando, Florida (airfare, hotel, and spending money) and tickets to WrestleMania 24! While in Orlando they will be competing against 4 other finalists for the grand prize of ringside seats at WrestleMania 24!

Ajoura and Laquan not only won prizes for themselves, but they have also won money for the library! We will use that money to put more books, graphic novels, movies, CDs, and video games in the Young Adult Area for everyone to enjoy!

Join us in thanking Ajoura and Laquan for all they have done for the community at a WrestleMania-themed party on Wednesday, March 19 at 5:00pm. We will play video games, make WrestleMania themed crafts, eat good food and cake, and have a great time! All are welcome. Bring your friends and parents!

Hey all you writers!

Ralph Munn Creative Writing Workshop and Contest

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is sponsoring a series of writing workshops just for teens! A short fiction workshop will be held on Saturday, March 1 or Sunday March 2 at 1pm, a creative nonfiction workshop will be held on Saturday, March 8 or Sunday, March 9 at 1pm, and a poetry workshop will be held on Saturday, March 15 or Sunday, March 16 at 1pm. Saturday Workshops will be held at the Brookline Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and the Sunday workshops will be at the Main library in Oakland.

In addition to the workshops, there will also be contests with awesome prizes in the categories of Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry. First prize is $250, and second prize is $100!!! All entries must be received by April 15, 2008.

For more info on the workshops and contests, visit CLPs website at http://www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/library/special/RalphMunnCreativeWriting.html.

Coming Soon!

Here are some books that will be landing on our shelves in the next couple of weeks. Be sure to check them out!

Congratulations!

Congrats to Ajoura and Laquan, the winners of the WrestleMania Reading Challenge here at the library!

They won free books from the library and a t-shirt and DVD from World Wrestling Entertainment. Their winning essays will be sent to the regional competitions, and hopefully from there to the national championships in Orlando, Florida, where they could ringside seats at WrestleMania 24 . Good luck, guys!

WrestleMania!

Just a quick reminder that the WrestleMania Reading Challenge will ending soon, so those of you who are participating, be sure to finish up your reading, log, and essay and turn it all in before January 14, 2008.
If you haven’t yet signed up, you still have time! All you have to do is read 10 books by January 14 and keep a log of what you read, and you will be eligible for a prize from the WWE! In addition, you can write a 300-word essay about “Why WrestleMania Got Me Reading”, which will be entered in an essay contest at the Carnegie Library of Homestead. The winning essays will be entered in a regional competition that could win you a trip to WrestleMania 24 in Orlando, Florida!

If you would like to participate, contact Miss Eva at 412-462-3444 x231 or mayse@homesteadlibrary.org.

For more info about the contest go to: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2007/wrestlemania.cfm

Good luck, everybody!

Come see the Book Tree!

On Thursday, December 6 we made a Christmas Tree made completely out of books!

Thanks to all of you who helped out.

And for those of you who haven't seen it yet, be sure to drop by and see it in person!

Gaming News

AreYA Gaming?, the CLoH weekly gaming club, has moved to 5:30-6:45 pm on Wednesdays.

There are currently five PC games available: The Sims, Miss Popularity, Deal or No Deal, Family Feud, and Microsoft Flight Simulator. You get twenty minutes to play these games.

We will play a different game for Playstation 2 every week. If you would like to play a specific game, please let Miss Eva know, and she will try to locate a copy. You can play the PS2 game for 10 minutes.

--Miss Eva

New Stuff @ Your Library

Congratulations to Natisha and Jazmaine, who won the Teen Read Week Membership Drive Contest!


Starting in November, there will be new weekly programs in the AreYA (Young Adult Area). Here is the schedule:

Wednesdays are for GAMING!
5pm-6pm in the Board Room
There will be a variety of PC and PS2 Games to play, as well as snacks and socializing!

Thursdays are for ANYTHING!
5:00pm - 6:30pm in the AreYA
1st Thursday of the Month – Games Night
2nd Thursday of the Month – Crafts Night
3rd Thursday of the Month – Teen Movie Time (5-7pm)(in the Board Room)
4th Thursday of the Month – Art Project

Fridays are for Homework (and other projects too)
4:00pm - 5:00pm in the AreYA

Teen Read Week is Here!

Teen Read week is October 14-20!

There are lots of neat things to do to celebrate this week!

• Membership Drive - Win Best Buy and Movie Theater Gift Cards!

If you: register for a library card, bring a friend to the library to sign up for a library card, check out YA books, check out a Teen Top Ten 2007 nominee, vote online for a Teen Top Ten nominee, leave a comment on our MySpace page, or leave a comment on this blog you will earn tickets towards the Gift Card Raffle. The more tickets you collect, the better chance you have of winning!

• Dance Dance Revolution Party (Wednesday, October 17 @ 5pm)

Not only will there be DDR, but there will be games, crafts, snacks, and the chance to hang out with all your friends!

• Teen Movie Time (Thursday, October 18 @ 5pm)

You voted, and now you get to watch The Underclassman starring Nick Cannon! There will be pop and snacks to go around, so don't miss this fun event!

• WrestleMania Reading Challenge

Want to win cool prizes, and maybe even a chance to go to WrestleMania24 in Orlando? Sign up for the WrestleMania Reading Challenge today!

All you have to do is read 10 books and keep a log of your reading. Everyone who turns in a completed log by January 14, 2008 will get a prize. If you write a 300 word essay about "Why WrestleMania Got Me Reading", you will be entered in a contest to win tickets for ringside seats at WrestleMania 24! Pick up your rules sheet and reading log when you sign up!

This Thursday is OPENING NITE!

June 14th at 5 pm

Come to the kick off party for the teen summer reading program.

A gruesome discovery is made when the library is under construction. Can you and your friends figure out whodunnit? This is the kick-off event for the Teen Summer Reading Club. Stop by to sign up for the program and then have some spine-chilling fun!

We will also be having pizza!

Don't miss this event!

Summer Reading is coming up quick! The Kick Off Party will

be on June 14th from 5-6:30! Check back for more details.

What Miss Emily is reading right now.

www.cnn.com for the daily news.

A book for my lunch break.
It's Kind of a Funny Story

One to read before bed.
The History of The IRA

One for when I am thinking about the next painting I want to do.
James Rosenquist: A retrospective

Holidays at CLoH

Come see our awesome 18 foot Christmas tree! We also have an 8 foot tree and some other decorations. Here are some pics...

Hey everybody!
We have 2 new computers in the Teen Space! We hope to make more changes to the Teen Space, if you have any suggestions for it let me know!

Leave a comment so I know you are out there!

Miss Emily