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• Teens @ RPL October 2019 Newsletter •
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Innovation Lab Richmond Public Library’s new Innovation Lab is now open! The Innovation Lab is a digital lab and makerspace for children, teens, and adults. In it you will find tools and technology for learning, exploring, designing, creating, and innovating. Let your imagination run! October Classes: Registration is encouraged for all Innovation Lab classes.
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Mini Pumpkin PaintingTeens, looking for a fun way to decorate for Fall? Well, look no more. Have fun socializing and decorating a mini pumpkin supplied by the library or bring your own medium-sized pumpkin and use our supplies to create a festive fall decoration. Main- Tuesday, 10/15 6:00pm Belmont- Monday, 10/21 3:30pm Ginter Park- Wednesday, 10/23 5:00pm Hull Street- Thursday, 10/24 4:30pm East End- Friday, 10/25 4:00pm North Avenue- Monday, 10/28 4:30pm West End- Tuesday, 10/29 4:30pm
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Zine Workshop Come learn from local artists and writers how to make your own tiny books. No experience needed! Just bring your ideas and creativity and go home with a zine of your own. Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Location: Main, Innovation Lab
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Girls Night InTeens girls and caregivers: join us for games, talk, and refreshments in a supportive environment. Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Location: Hull Street
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#wereaddiversebooks Teen Book ClubTeens, join us the 3rd Wednesday of every month for the #wereaddiversebooks Teen Book Club. Each month we will read and discuss a new selection featuring a book with diverse characters. Call the East End branch to find out this month's copy! Please contact or visit the East End Branch at 646-4474 to pick up your copy. Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: East End
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Halloween Movie Night Hey, teens! Join us @ Broad Rock Library as we get ready to get spooky for Halloween! Zombie fans rejoice -- we'll be watching World War Z! Popcorn and lemonade provided. Recommended for ages 13+. Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm Location: Broad Rock
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Painted Rocks Come join us as we tap into our creativity and use colorful sharpies or paint pens to transform our rocks into pieces of art! All supplies included. Recommended ages 12+, but everyone is invited! Date: Friday, October 18, 2019 Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Broad Rock
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Sculpey WorkshopIn this workshop, local artist Laura Mae will teach a variety of methods in working with sculpey clay. You'll also create a fun, imaginative charm and/or keychain to take home. Registration is required. You can register here. Date: Saturday, October 19, 2019 Time: 10:30am-12:00pm Location: Main, Innovation Lab
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Special FX Makeup Join us to learn the ins and outs of special effects makeup. Learn to make cuts, sores, bruises and more to get ready for your upcoming Halloween parties. Date: Saturday, October 19, 2019 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Westover Hills
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Teen Advisory Group (TAG) Current and prospective TAG members, join us for our monthly meeting held on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Help us plan teen programs, give feedback on the YA collection, and have your voices heard concerning all things TEEN at the library. Snacks will be provided. Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Westover Hills
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Creative Clothing Construction: VMFA Fashion Institute Mixed Media Workshop The focus of this workshop is to give students, grades 6 – 12, the opportunity to create a wearable piece of art that explores cultural trends, nontraditional materials, and fine art processes. Similar to the Project Runway design style, students make wearable art by reconstructing clothing, found objects, and recycled materials. Inspiration comes from the VMFA collection, artists, and fashion designers. Workshop attendance also gives students a snapshot of the annual Teen Stylin’ runway show held each year in December and open to all teens living in Virginia. Registration is required. You can register here. Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019 Time: 10:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Main, Annex
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" Mock Trial with the Poe Museum Join us for a special evening at the Library in celebration of the life and works of Edgar Allen Poe. A speaker from The Poe Museum will discuss Poe's life and perform a dramatic reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart." The audience will then engage in a lively debate in the form of a mock trial to determine whether or not the defendant is guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity. Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Main, Gellman Room
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Trunk-or-TreatHey all you monsters and ghoulies! Make Broad Rock Library one of your trick-or-treating stops! We'll be giving away free candy to anyone dressed in a Halloween costume! Grown-ups, would you like to join the staff as we give out candy in the parking lot? Give us a call at 804-646-8488! Date: Thursday, October 31, 2019 Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Broad Rock
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Library YarnsIf you like to knit or crochet, join this fun time of creativity at the Belmont Library. Bring your portable handwork project for an informal group experience. Teens and adults are welcome. Date: Thursdays Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm Location: Belmont
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New Books We're Excited About
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The girl the sea gave back
by Adrienne Young
Tova lives amongst the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue, but when two neighboring clans bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse.
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Slay
by Brittney Morris
Hiding her identity as the developer of an elite online role-playing game, a talented teen, one of the only black students in her school, is targeted with violent racism when an in-game dispute escalates into a player’s murder.
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Frankly in Love
by David Yoon
Torn between his love for his white girlfriend and his sense of duty to the matchmaking parents who made hard sacrifices to move to the United States, a Korean American teen looks for solutions along with a friend who has a similar problem.
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Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
by Maika Moulite
Told in epistolary style through letters, articles, emails and diary entries, a debut novel by sister authors follows the experiences of a Haitian American teen who is sent to work in a Haitian nonprofit, where she learns about local culture and her family heritage.
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Verify
by Joelle Charbonneau
Chicago teen Meri Beckley's pride of living in a land of peace, prosperity, and truth crumbles when questions following her mother's death reveal buried facts, especially that words can have great power.
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Wayward son
by Rainbow Rowell
A highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Carry On finds an overwhelmed Simon joining Penny and Bax on a trip to the American West in a vintage convertible, only to be confronted by dragons, vampires and gun-toting skunks.
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