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• Teens @ RPL January 2019 Newsletter •
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Minute to Win It Teen Challenge Teens ages 12-18, you are invited to compete in this special Minute to Win It Teen Challenge! Compete with other teens to successfully complete assigned challenges in just one minute! Prizes will be awarded to all Minute to Win It champions. Free and registration is not required! North Avenue- Thursday, 1/10 3:30-4:30pm East End- Monday, 1/14 4:30-5:30pm Hull Street- Wednesday, 1/23 4:00-5:00pm Westover Hills- Saturday, 1/26 3:00-4:00pm
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Steampunk Crafts Join us for an afternoon of steampunk-inspired crafts. Steampunk is not only a fiction genre, it is a fashion trend, a type of crafting and a maker movement. Learn how to make a steampunk ear cuff, or get creative with a steampunk bookmark and journal. Various metal, gears, and other odds and ends will be available to help inspire you! Free and registration is not required! Ginter Park- Wednesday, 1/9 4:30-5:30pm Belmont- Thursday, 1/17 4:00-5:00pm Main- Wednesday, 1/23 4:00-5:00pm Broad Rock- Saturday, 1/26 2:00-3:00pm West End- Tuesday, 1/29 6:30-7:30pm
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New Year, New Book Start the year off with a new book! Bring in an old book and swap it for a new one. If you don't have a library card yet, this is the perfect time to get one and have full access to the library for 2019! Date: Friday, January 4, 2019Time: 4;00-5:00pmLocation: North Avenue
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"We Girls Today Have It Good!" Author Talk & Living History Event Experience Revolutionary history up close with author Libby Carty McNamee and historian/re-enactor Cheryl Childress. Date: Saturday, January 5, 2019 Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Main, Annex
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College Talk Are you ready? Do you have a plan for after high school? Teens and parents are invited to “College Talk” with Beth Baines, former educator and advisor. Learn the ins and outs of all things to get ready for your next step. She will be discussing choosing a career path, choosing between a university or community college, and financial aid. Come with questions, we have answers! Date: Wenesday, January 9, 2019 Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Westover Hills
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Bullet Journaling Workshop Start of the new year by learning a new way to get organized. Bullet journaling is a flexible way to keep track of everything in your life. From calendars, to sketches, to assignments, to goals and dreams, a bullet journal can hold it all. Join us for this fun workshop with local blogger, Rachel Dawson, to learn the basics of bullet journaling and craft your own one-of-a-kind journal. All supplies are provided. Come get organized…and creative! Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019 Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location: Main, Annex
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Teen Scene Join us for a movie at 2:00 pm. On Saturday, January 12 we'll be showing A Wrinkle In Time rated PG and on Saturday, January 26 we'll be showing Black Panther rated PG-13. Date: Saturdays, January 12 & 26, 2019 Time: 2:00-4:00pm Location: North Avenue
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Teen Digital Media Info Session Learn all about the digital services offered by the Richmond Public Library and how you can take advantage of our FREE online catalog. Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 Time: 4:30-5:30pm Location: North Avenue
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Financial Aid 101 Workshop with GRASP In our Financial Aid 101 presentation, you will learn the basics of college financial aid, about the different types of aid available and how to find them, as well as useful tips and insights on budgeting and paying for college. Our knowledgeable GRASP Advisor will be there to answer any questions that students and families have about the sometimes murky college financial aid process. A pizza dinner will be provided to all attending teens and their caregivers. Registration is required. For more information or to register, please visit rvalibrary.org/libcal/ or contact Jenn Deuell at 646-4740 or jennifer.deuell@richmondgov.com. Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 Time: 6:30-8:00pm Location: Broad Rock
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Learn HTML, CSS, and Twitter Bootstrap @ RPL! Want to start your web coding career in just 2 hours? Want to build a fully functional website? Sign up for this hands-on web coding class. This is a three week course. Join us and you’ll learn the essentials to build your first sites and pave the beginnings of your web development career. Registration is required. Date: Tuesdays, January 15, 22, & 29, 2019 Time: 6:00-8:00pm Location: Main, 2nd Floor Computer Lab
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#wereaddiversebooks Teen Book Club Teens, 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. January's selection is Fresh Ink edited by Lamar Giles. To pick up your copy, contact Jenn Deuell at 646-4740 or jennifer.deuell@richmondgov.com. Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 Time: 6:00-7:00pm Location: Main, Annex
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Rock Painting! 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, January 18, 2019 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: Broad Rock
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Financial Aid Advising with GRASP Need money for college? Financial Aid advisors will be available, free of charge, to answer financial aid questions and help you complete the FAFSA. Schedule your hour-long appointment today! Call: (804) 527-7772 Date: Saturday, January 19, 2019 Time: 10:00am-4:00pm Location: Main, Auditorium
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Teen Relaxation Hour Teen Relaxation Hour Join us every last Friday of the Month at 4:00PM for the Teen Relaxation Hour. During this time, you will have access to the library conference room all to yourselves. There will be light refreshments and soft music while you read or relax with one of our quiet activities. Come and go as you please, but no loud talking or noise. Date: Friday, January 25, 2019 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: North Avenue
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Teen Advisory Group (TAG) MeetingCurrent and prospective TAG members, join us for our monthly meeting held on the 4th Monday 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. For more information contact Jenn Deuell at 646-4740 or jennifer.deuell@richmondgov.com Date: Monday, January 28, 2019 Time: 6:00-7:00pm Location: Main, Teen Space
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Bad Art Night Leave your talent at the door and come make something terrible with us. Bad Art Night is a laid-back, fun event of wild inspiration and crazy craft to create the worst of the worst. No skills required. The most dreadful creation will be awarded a prize! Bad art and craft supplies will be provided. Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Time: 6:00-7:30pm Location: Westover Hills
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Story Warriors Looking for a few great kids (ages 6-16) who would like to add their voice to our story telling group! Coached by Les Schaffer, we have presented our tales for libraries to the State Capital! Date: Every other Tuesday (call 646-4474 for exact dates) Time: 4:00-5:30pm Location: East End
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Teen English Learners Reading Club Middle and High School students are welcome to practice their reading skills. Contact Aanu Adewusi at 601-0041 for more information.
Date: Call for dates (646-8488) Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Broad Rock
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GRASP's Financial Aid Assistance Need money for college? GRASP provides advisors, free of charge, to anwer financial questions and inform you about the FAFSA process. To receive any federal student aid, you must complete the FAFSA. By appointment only. Date: Wednesdays Time: 6:00pm - 7:45pm Location: Belmont
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Teen Color TimeTeens...Do you love to color? Come in, relax and create beautiful artwork with our assortment of coloring books, colored pencils and markers. Date: Thursdays Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: East End
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Pokemon Go Catch extra Pokemon and have fun with other Pokemon fans! Date: Call for date (646-8488) Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm Location: Broad Rock Meeting Room
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My Brother's Keeper of Greater Richmond Manhood and Fatherhood training offered by My Brother's Keeper of Greater Richmond. For teens and young adults. Date: Call for dates (646-8488) Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Broad Rock
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Tiffany Sly lives here now
by Dana Davis
Tiffany comes to live with her wealthy biological father, whom she has never met, and his family after her mother's death, but her position in her very strict new home is threatened when another man claims to be her father.
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Hey, kiddo
by Jarrett Krosoczka
A powerful graphic memoir by the award-winning author of Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute traces the author's unconventional coming of age with a drug-addict mother, an absent father and two lovingly opinionated grandparents.
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Unbroken : 13 stories starring disabled teens
by Marieke Nijkamp
Edited by the best-selling author of This Is Where It Ends, an inspirational anthology of stories featuring disabled and neurodiverse teen main characters includes contributions by such leading authors as Kody Keplinger, Katherine Locke and Fox Benwell.
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We'll fly away
by Bryan Bliss
Alternating between a third-person account of senior year and letters from death row, a young man untangles a chain of devastating circumstances that led to his conviction, from changes in a lifelong best friendship and the pursuit of an athletic scholarship to the possible losses of siblings in the wake of an alcoholic parent's incestuous attacks.
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Orphan monster spy
by Matt Killeen
When her mother is shot at a checkpoint in 1939 Germany, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jewish teen agrees to help a mysterious man who asks her to help the resistance against the Third Reich by posing as the daughter of a wealthy Nazi to gain access to a scientist's weapon designs.
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Social Media Reading Challenge
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December A book of short stories.
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January The 1st book in a series.
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February A book with a red cover.
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Richmond Public Library 101 E. Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804)646-7223
rvalibrary.org
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