For Teens / Left

We’re showing Pirates of the Caribbean:  The Curse of the Black Pearl this Thursday night. Come sit out under the stars on our new carpet and pillows, or bring your own chair. Enjoy snacks and bring a book for the book exchange table. It may be a bit cold so you might want to bring a snuggly!

“So, there is a curse? That’s interesting”

~Captain Jack Sparrow

Thursday, July 29th

7:00-9:30 pm

Peninsula Center Library Roof

The PVLD Teen Summer Reading program begins June 1st. We’re changing it up a bit from previous years. This year you can earn points based on reading and other activities. When you’ve earned 1,000 points you’ll receive a $5 Borders gift card and an entry into a drawing for other cool prizes we’ll be having at our end-of-the summer “beach” party (you don’t need to be there to win stuff). You can repeat and earn an additional 1,000 points for another drawing entry (but no second Border’s card, sorry!). In addition to the whole earning-points thing, we’ll be having lots of fun stuff going on all summer long like celebrity cookie decorating, outdoor movies, urban legends-fact or fiction? cooking, and more! Just drop by any PVLD library and pick up a Teen Summer Reading log beginning June 1st. Any teen going into 6th through 12th grade can participate OR if you’re going into your junior or senior year, you can choose to do the adult summer reading program, “Explore a Distant Shore”, check out the Adult Services blog for more on that or ask about it at any PVLD library.

Take the plunge and Make Waves at your library this summer!

“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” We’ve all heard this and now you have an opportunity to bring this phrase to life! On August 21st, the library will be holding a “Living Books” program where people will be able to “check-out” other people for a one-on-one conversation. The “people books” (book people?) will be first- or second-generation Americans with stories to tell about their immigration and/or cultural experiences from other countries. If you think you would like to volunteer to be a “book for a day” here is what you need to know:

when: Saturday, August 21st
what time: 1-4 pm
where: Peninsula Center Library
contact: Ashley Burdick (310) 921-7558 aburdick@pvld.org

Lots of other libraries have done this and they say that teens are often the most popular “books” for check out (of course). If you want to know more about this unique program, visit this website:
http://humanlibrary.org

Louise
High School Services Librarian

OK, it was a little cold and started out windy, and I know next time we do something on the roof I’ll bring my snuggi. Hopefully you all drank chai and ate some spicy food to keep you warm, like I did. Everyone kept the mehndi artist busy getting henna tattoos (thanks Vaishali!), several people worked on a beautiful rangoli sand painting, lots of you tried the snacks and drinks and downward dog was appreciated by everyone who tried the yoga (thanks Shelagh for leading us). To top it off, Bride and Prejudice was great. I hadn’t seen the movie before, but the combination of colors, music, dancing (and Naveen Andrews!) makes it for sures I’ll be putting more Bollywood movies in my Netflix que.
Check out the pics and let us know if you’d like to try more nights like this. Meanwhile, check your email. Someone won a Borders gift card for filling out an evaluation form on Bollywood Night. Maybe it was you…

Namaste’
Deb the intern