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by Stephanie C., Main Library  The Super Summer Challenge is on the horizon! With about one month of school left and the weather heating up, it's not hard to be dreaming of summer right now. At the City Library we are busy getting ready for our biggest event of the year, the Super Summer Challenge, which runs from June 1st to August 13th. The Super Summer Challenge is our version of a summer reading program, and while reading is a big part of it (because it's important to keep exercising that muscle over the summer), we also incorporate lots of other fun activities into the challenge, so there is something for everyone. I mean that literally. Anyone can participate, it's not just for kids. We have separate challenge trackers for Babies & Toddlers, Kids, Teens, and Adults too! You can get together with friends to complete challenges as a group, or do activities as a family and everyone wins. Most activities don't even require you to be at the Library. In fact, we want you to get out there and explore your city, world, and beyond this summer. What's that you say? Are there prizes? Well, yes, of course! Not only do you get a prize for every level of the challenge you complete, you also get a prize just for signing up. If you sign up early, you'll have your pick between a sticker sheet, enamel pin, or library tote bag for your sign up prize. Here's a sneak peak of this year's enamel pin. Shhh!  An image of the enamel pin design, which features a sailing ship atop an open book and the words Oceans of Possibilities. The top of the blue background reads The City Library, The Salt Lake City Public Library, and the bottom reads Super Summer Challenge 2022. Oh, and in case you haven't heard, we've started doing in-person events again. So, if you do want to hang out at the Library this summer, we've got you covered. You can always find a cool place to hang out, geek out, art out, and check out your favorite books and movies this summer. Starting June 1st, set a course for any City Library location to grab your FREE Super Summer Challenge Tracker, or you can go paperless by tracking your progress online with Beanstack or by downloading the Beanstack Tracker app. Are you still reading this? Nice! If you are really really excited about the Super Summer Challenge and can't wait to tell everyone about it, you might want to consider being one of our Teen Squad volunteers this summer. Tweens and Teens ages 11-17 can volunteer in the Library this summer, helping to sign folks up for the Super Summer Challenge, giving out prizes, and congratulating participants for all of their accomplishments. If that sounds fun to you, head over to our Teen Squad page to learn more. See you at the Library soon!
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By Sarah Phillips Glendale Teensquad  We are hosting a drabble challenge for teens! The challenge begins February 2nd and ends on February 25th. A drabble is a short story that is exactly one hundred words long and it tends to focus on the smaller details rather than the big picture. It may seem easy to write but it is a test on the limits of your creativity. It is recommended that you type it out in a document so you can check the word count. Once you are finished you can submit here The theme of the challenge is Winter Wonderland. All entries submitted will be put into a collection which can be viewed digitally on Bibliboard. You can submit more than one Drabble if you like. Guidelines:
Do you accept this challenge? If yes, get to writing! Remember to have fun:) You can access other examples of Drabbles from our blog. Check them out! 100 word Stories Dribble Drabble  by Rebecca, Main Library  UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. Please join us March 12th for a panel about Environmental Activism. Hosted in collaboration with YouthCity Government and the Mayor’s Office, Teens Talk is a virtual panel series where local students present and lead discussions about the important social issues that affect our communities. We strive to promote honest conversations between teens and adults by giving teens a platform to share their ideas with peers, parents, teachers, and legislators. Our January panel event will be on the topic of Immigration and Refugee Experiences and facilitated by the International Rescue Committee’s Speaker’s Bureau member Yusuf Maung. Are you a teen interested in speaking on this panel? There’s still time to apply! This event will be hosted virtually and we hope you will join us on Saturday, January 22 at 2pm on Zoom. Zoom meeting information can be found on our calendar event here. by Claire, Anderson-Foothill Branch  UPDATE: Spots for these workshops are now full Teens can learn coding and robotics basics with these two free sets of virtual classes, led by West High Teen Robotics teams.  "Team Red Rocks" will be teaching Python programming fundamentals of OOP CS using python, with research/ML-based applications as an extension!  Team Red Rocks will have a lesson on the third Saturday 2-3pm of each month from January- March. January 15th - 1st Online Lesson: Python Programming 101 Learn the basics of the coding language Python. Python is used to build websites and software, automate tasks, and conduct data analysis. February 19th - 2nd Online Lesson: Fundamentals of Python with data Learn to input commands into Python as well as how to store data March 19th - 3rd Online Lesson: Python Control Statements Arrays and Loops. Learn how to store your data, and make loop commands.  “Team Overclocked” will be teaching 3D modeling. Team Overclocked will have a lesson on the third Tuesdays 4-5pm of each month from January- March. January 18th - 1st Online Lesson: Tinkercad Learn to use the online coding site Tinkercad and learn how to model shapes February 15th - 2nd Online Lesson: Onshape Learn to Model 3D parts with extruding and Make 2D sketches come to life. March 15th - 3rd Online Lesson: Onshape Drawings Learn more techniques of making 3D objects come to life! These workshops are for tweens and teens ages 11–17. For registration information and the class schedule, visit slcpl.org/events. All lessons are taught by teens with the help of a Librarian! by Becca, Main Library  Calling all zine makers, creatives, writers, and artists! We want you to join Teen Zine Team! What is a zine? A zine is a self-published magazine that comes in any shape and size and can be about any topic. Did you know The City Library has a large collection of zines that you can check out? Visit the Main Library to browse this great, eclectic, and interesting collection.   The Teen Lounge on Level 2 of the Main Library also has its own Teen Zine wall. All of the zines you’ll find on this wall are made by teens and are free to take! No checkout necessary.  If you want to learn more about this awesome form of alternative press, we would love to have you join us at Teen Zine Team. Teen Zine Team is a weekly meetup with Grid Zine Fest and The City Library where you can explore your creativity by working on individual zines, collaborative projects, bookbinding, and more. No experience needed! If you’re brand new to zines, we’ll show you how to get started. In the past, Teen Zine Team members have attended events such as Grid Zine Fest’s summer zine swap and picnic, Alt Press Fest’s writing and zine-making workshops, and we table together at local zine festivals.  Teen Zine Team is held on Thursdays from 4-5pm on Zoom until we can meet in person again. If you don’t have zine making supplies at home, sign up here for your own zine-making kit. We hope to see you there! Click here to join the zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 984 1761 2674 Passcode: 834217 Held in partnership with Grid Zine Fest.  by Lexi Johnson, Day-Riverside Branch  Are you a fan of ghosts? Interested in the paranormal? Surprise, we are too. If you are looking to interact with something otherworldly this October, join us on October 22nd for a ghost hunt at Chapman! The event will be virtual - kind of like watching a live episode of the Ghost Whisperer or Ghost Adventures but better, because we are exploring our own turf! We will work side-by-side with the Advanced Paranormal Services, a group of ghost hunting professionals, to see what might be haunting the halls of Chapman. The building is 103 years old and seems to have collected ghostly visitors over the years. Staff have reported seeing a woman and a few children, puppets moving of their own accord and an apparition of a woman in a column of light. Don’t believe us? Well, many years ago, staff decorated a Christmas tree in the building only to find that - the next morning - all the decorations had been removed from the tree and placed in a neat circle around it. No one had entered the building during the course of the night. Still don’t believe us? Tune in to see if we find any! We will be raffling off several dowsing rods, digital EMF readers and an analog EMF meter. Any teen who shows up for the virtual hunt will be entered into the raffle - they do not need to have completed the City-wide Scavenger Haunt. The Advanced Paranormal Services will offer up a presentation on ghost hunting techniques that would pair very well with any hardwon ghost hunting tools! Click below to join the event (and enter code 805268) on October 22nd at 5:30pm! |