April 30, 2009

MAY PROGRAMS

Chess Club
Children (3rd-6th Grades) 7:00-7:55pm YA & Adults (7th-Adult) 8:00-8:55pm Our chess club will meet on the following Tuesdays: May 12th and 26th and June 9th and 23rd. New players welcome! Register on any night the club meets.

Computer Animation
Tuesday, May 5th 6:30- 8:30pmLearn how to use your computer to create web-based computer animation. Create and edit animated GIFs and much more. Laptops will be provided. Sign-up at the Adult Reference Desk – space is limited!

Knit ‘N Sit
Join Mrs. Tymecki to make quilt squares which will be donated to Project Linus, a charity that provides blankets to sick children. Beginner and experienced crocheters and knitters are welcome. Knit, socialize and earn community service hours too! All are welcome. If you have your own needles or hooks, please bring them with you.
Knit ‘N Sit will meet Tuesdays, May 12th and 26th from 4:30 – 5:30p.m.
We will be having a finale party for our Knit ‘N Sit Group on Tuesday June 16th from 4 – 6pm to thank all of the teens that participated.

Teen Movie
Saturday, May 16th 2 - 4pm
EHMAGAWD!!!! Your fave book is now on DVD. Bring your friends and settle in for a viewing of “The Clique” on our big screen. This teen comedy is based on the best-selling book series by Lisi Harrison, it follows Massie Block (Elizabeth McLaughlin), the leader of a group of privileged schoolgirls who arrogantly call themselves "The Pretty Committee." But Massie's life takes an unexpected turn when her parents' friends, a middle-class family with a self-assured teenage daughter (Ellen Marlow), move into the Blocks' guest house. All are welcome!

Wire Bead Jewelry
Tuesday, May 19th 7 – 8pm
Learn how to make wire bead necklaces and bracelets to accessorize your wardrobe. Please register in advance at the Adult Reference Desk. A $2 materials fee will be collected at registration.

Manga Club
Friday, May 29th, 3:30 - 5pm
Join us after school to read and discuss manga. We will chat about storylines, characters and artwork, and work together to add more manga to the YA collection! No registration necessary. New members welcome!

COMING IN JUNE…

Beach Bag Book Club
Thursday, June 18th 4:30pm
We have teamed up again with the Merrick, North Merrick and Bellmore Library to bring back the Beach Bag Book Club. We will meet three times this summer at the Merrick Library Wing on Merrick Avenue in Merrick. At each event, hosted by young adult author Jen Calonita (Secrets of My Hollywood Life series), teens will get to discuss a book pre-selected for them with not only Ms. Calonita, but with the author of the book itself. Our first book will be Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita. Sign up begins June 1st at the Adult Reference Desk. Everyone that signs up gets a beach bag to tote all of your favorite books around in this summer.