Join us every second and fourth Monday at Shepherd Park Library for a teen game night!
We will have different Wii and Playstation 2 games available as well as board games to play.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
5:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Beginning Monday, April 2, 2013, Chess Instruction for children and teens will be held on Mondays at 5:30 p.m.
There is no change for chess instruction for younger children ages 2- 6 on Thursdays.
Best for ages 7-16.
5:30 p.m.
Come learn about the underground Riot Grrl movement of the 1990s and make your own handmade zine to photocopy and share.
5:30 p.m.
Albus Cavus is a collective of artists, scientists and educators who improve quality of urban life through community based public art and creative participatory events.
Discover the wonderful and unexplored world of color around us! Why is a sunset red and a rainbow always the same? To answer these questions, we will look at color from the perspective of an artist, physicist, neuroscientist, biologist, philosopher and even a linguist. Create your own rainbows with diffraction grating and mess around with LEDs, paint and more!
Ages 13-19.
6:30 p.m.
Come join the Southwest Neighborhood Library for game nights!
Come play a host of Wii video games or enjoy a nice board game.
Game nights will be every Monday and Wednesday night.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
5:30 p.m.
Albus Cavus is a collective of artists, scientists and educators who improve quality of urban life through community based public art and creative participatory events.
Discover the wonderful and unexplored world of color around us. Why is a sunset red and a rainbow always the same?
To answer these questions, we will look at color from the perspective of an artist, physicist, neuroscientist, biologist, philosopher, and even a linguist. Create your own rainbows with diffraction grating and mess around with LEDs, paint and more!
Ages 13-19.
7:00 p.m.
Join us every Tuesday evening for open chess play in the Bellevue Teen Room.
Players of any skill level are invited to hone their skills or learn to play in an informal and welcoming environment. Learn the fundamentals or practice for the next tournament with other teenage king slayers!
7:00 p.m.
The DC Public Library is pleased to welcome Karin Silverman for a workshop titled "Leading a Life of Balance and Peace Through Meditation."
The workshop will take place in Room 221.
The workshop is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information, please call Information Services at (202) 727-1291.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
11:30 a.m.
Come join us for some food, fun and music as we kick off Books & Bites -- a limited engagement with some of D.C.'s tastiest food trucks in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
And if you can't make it out on Wednesday, the trucks will be back next week. But this food truck special is only for a limited time, so don't dally.
1:00 p.m.
How well do you know your local transit system? Come out for a trivia contest about our local underground train system.
Participants will be quizzed on historic sites, popular restaurants, libraries and other points of interest accessible via "the underground."
Participants will be quizzed on historic sites, popular restaurants, libraries and other points of interest accessible via "the underground."
3:30 p.m.
Albus Cavus is a collective of artists, scientists and educators who improve quality of urban life through community based public art and creative participatory events.
Discover the wonderful and unexplored world of color around us! Why is a sunset red and a rainbow always the same? To answer these questions, we will look at color from the perspective of an artist, physicist, neuroscientist, biologist, philosopher, and even a linguist. Create your own rainbows with diffraction grating and mess around with LEDs, paint, and more!
Ages 13-19.
4:00 p.m.
Do you have mad videogame skillz? Come test them out during our Wii Wednesday program, running twice monthly in the MLK Teen Space.
Show your platforming prowess in a Mario game, bust a move in Just Dance 3, or have some fun fencing in Wii Sports Resort.
The possibilities are endless...
5:30 p.m.
The Francis A. Gregory Library Chess Club meets weekly on Wednesday nights from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
We welcome players of all ages and abilities.
5:30 p.m.
Head to the Teen Space for board games and Wii games.
Ages 12 - 19.
6:30 p.m.
Come join the Southwest Neighborhood Library for game nights!
Come play a host of Wii video games or enjoy a nice board game.
Game nights will be every Monday and Wednesday night.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
3:00 p.m.
Need a place to sit and chat with friends, play games, or just chill?
Come to the teen café at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library.
4:00 p.m.
This workshop/performance with Christylez Bacon and Nistha Raj will present genres of music native to their cultural upbringings reflecting hip-hop, go-go and Hindustani Classical music.
The audience will get the opportunity to hear both distinct genres in their original forms, before learning about the specific techniques and components that will ultimately result in uniting both styles of music, creating an entirely new sound and intersection for people of Indian and African-American heritage to recognize their commonalities beneath the surface of our perceived differences.
For ages 13-19.
4:00 p.m.
Write & draw comics in your own zine - a mini, self-published magazine.
Make copies and swap zines with other teens.
5:00 p.m.
Join us at Northwest One for Wii game night.
We provide the Wii, Games and controllers, all you need to do is show up! Game nights are for an hour on Thursdays.
Friday, June 21, 2013
3:00 p.m.
Come to Shepherd Park Library and learn how to make T-shirts with your favorite superhero's logo on it.
3:15 p.m.
Join us at the MLK Teen Space for a great movie in our Teen Lounge every Friday afternoon.
We show many popular movies as soon as they are released on DVD and in the library collection, and the fourth Friday of every month we show an anime show or movie to tie into the Manga Club program at Teen Space.
3:30 p.m.
Teen Game Night is every Friday until 4:30 p.m. in the Teen Space.
Teens can participate by playing video games, board games and trading card games.
Games played during Teen Game Night are appropriate for teens ages 12-19.
3:30 p.m.
Play a variety of Wii games in the teen room and enjoy books and snacks.
Monday, June 24, 2013
4:30 p.m.
Do you have the skills with a Wii or Xbox controller?
Come every Monday until 6 p.m., starting April 1, in the large meeting room on the first floor.
Wii and Xbox games will be played, so come with friends ages 12-19 years old.
5:00 p.m.
Explore groundbreaking artists, art forms, and art works each week at the Beneath the Surface Art Club! You will have an opportunity to create artwork of your own each week – art you then can enter in our summer long art contest happening on Monday, Aug. 12!
Check dclibrary.org/francis for more information on workshops topics. All supplies provided.
5:30 p.m.
Albus Cavus is a collective of artists, scientists and educators who improve quality of urban life through community based public art and creative participatory events.
Learn the history and various styles of stylized letter writing. Study various artistic forms of letter writing through analyzing images from classic typography to contemporary graffiti. Learn how to develop your own lettering style by learning outlining, fillings, shadowing, and 3-D effects.
Ages 13-19.
6:30 p.m.
Come join the Southwest Neighborhood Library for game nights!
Come play a host of Wii video games or enjoy a nice board game.
Game nights will be every Monday and Wednesday night.
6:30 p.m.
Join the Francis A. Gregory Library Teen Book Club! See Ms. Bobbie for this month's selection.
April: Myths and Legends
May: TBD at April TAG meeting
June: LGBTQ Fiction
July: Summer Reading List
August: Summer Reading List
Ages 12 to 19.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
2:00 p.m.
Join us at MLK Teen Space for this incredible series of workshops offered by the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League.
These workshops are run by teens and for teens. They will cover a variety of topics, with a focus on issues specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth.
Stay informed and active!
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