SWAMPSCOTT CALLING: TEEN BAND CONCERT

SWAMPSCOTT CALLING!

The Swampscott Public Library local teen band concert, SWAMPSCOTT CALLING!, will be held Saturday, July 11th 3pm to 9pm at Fisherman’s Beach. Bands include Red Rock, Anything Goes, and The Ones on the Left. The concert will be followed by a bonfire on the beach, weather permitting. THINK SUN!!! For more information, call Sandy Moltz @ Swampscott Public Library 781-596-8867.

COOKING WITH KATIE

TEEN AREA PROGRAMS:
COOKING WITH KATIE

Join Katie for a hands-on cooking class on Wednesday, July 22nd, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm where students will makes fun finger foods, including deviled eggs, pizza wontons, and parmesan pita triangles. And if you’re thirsty, you’ll be making yogurt fruit shakes, too. Program is for 9-14 year olds, and is limited to 15 participants. Call 781-596-8867 to register, beginning on Monday, July 13th.

Summer Reading Lists for Swampscott Middle & High Schools

As of today, May 29, 2009, we have a tentative list for the Swampscott Middle School and a final list for The Swampscott High School. Both lists are posted on the sub-page marked Summer Reading on the right hand part of this page.

Common hosts book club

Common’s Corner Book Club
Musician Common is running an online book club for teens called The Corner Book Club. Check it out!

Go Donated by American Go Foundation

The American Go Foundation has donated a Go set to the Swampscott Public Library. If you know someone who is interested in playing or starting a Go Club, please contact Sandy, Young Adult Librarian, 781-596-8867.

The latest game craze from Japan is actually a 4,000 year old board game called Go. Thanks to the massive popularity of the Hikaru no Go manga (comic) in Shonen Jump, US kids are flocking to learn this timeless game. Teen Go clubs have formed across the nation.

The rules of Go are so simple they can be taught in a few minutes, but it can take a lifetime to master the game. Go is about five times more complex than Chess and is played professionally in China, Korea and Japan. Players compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money and big tournaments are televised to rapt international audiences.

Swampscott Library on Facebook

Swampscott Library on Facebook is the library Facebook page. We’ll use it to add events.

Buy a Teen Book & Help the Library!

Thinking of a holiday gift for your favorite teen? Kindly consider supporting the Friends of the Swampscott Public Library by buying Intrigue in the House of Wong from Amazon ($12 with free shipping) or Barnes and NobleBarnes & Noble. The book is also available from local booksellers Cornerstone Books in Salem Cornerstone Booksand The Spirit of ‘76 Bookstore Spirit of ‘76 Bookstore in Marblehead. Copy us on your order and the author, Amy S. Kwei, will donate $3 for each book to the Friends of the Swampscott Public Library.

The book is a fun and fast read that combines Chinese immigration history and elements of Confucian culture to the adventures of kidnap, rescue and inter-racial romance. It also induces dialogue on Stereotyping and prejudice.

For more information see our flyer and a short video.

Dungeons & Dragons

Wizards of the Coast have donated a basic Dungeons & Dragons game to our library. If you and your friends would like to play, or set up a tournament, please contact Sandy, Young Adult Librarian, at swa@noblenet.org or 781-596-8867. Thank you to the Wizards of the Coast for their support of libraries.

Text from library catalog to your cell phone!

Let’s say you’ve searched the Swampscott Public Library catalog, and you’re viewing the record for a book you want. You could:

* Print it out, which is a waste of paper and toner
* Get a scrap of paper, find a pencil buried somewhere, write down the call number and hope you don’t misplace it
* OR Use our new feature for texting this information to your cellphone or BlackBerry

Simply click on the Send via Text Message button, enter your 10-digit number (no dashes), select your carrier, and click on the Send to Phone button. The message will contain all the information you need to retrieve the book at the Swampscott Public Library. You can even send the message to a friend or family member.

Carrier charges may apply. Happy texting.

TEEN READ WEEK PROGRAMS

BOOKS WITH BITE @ YOUR LIBRARY DURING TEEN READ WEEK OCTOBER 2008
Teen Read Week is a nation-wide program sponsored by the American Library Association.

This year’s theme is Books with Bite @ your library! To celebrate, we had the following programs:

A SPECIAL THANK YOU! TO WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC. FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF REFRESHMENTS FOR THESE PROGRAMS!

• Monday, October 6th 6:30pm Monstrous Makeup
  
  

  Erik Rodenhiser

  
  
  Erik Rodenhiser, artistic director of the Griffen Theatre, gave a workshop teaching teens how to create scars, bruises, gashes, and generally gross makeup using latex and stage blood!
• Wednesday, October 8th 5:30 Mini-Makeovers by LuxeBeautique                                                    NEWS FLASH! LUXEBEAUTIQUE NAMED BEST  DAY SPA NORTH OF BOSTON BY BOSTON MAGAZINE!
  

  Luxebeautique

  
  As part of our Teen Read Week celebration, LUXEBEAUTIQUE Cosmetic Studio and Luxury Spa will helped teens perfect their back to school look. Amy DePerrior, owner of LUXEBEAUTIQUE Cosmetic Studio and Luxury Spa, and her staff will came to the library and showed the teens that natural looking makeup can give you an elegant and eye-catching look, without an exaggerated made-up look.
• Clear your Swampscott Public Library fines! Pick up a coupon in the Teen Area.