Do you need help crafting the perfect college essay? Join Lisa Desberg of Slay the Essay for a 3 day workshop to write a stellar essay! You will receive professional guidance and immediate feedback from someone who has 20 years experience teaching English and helping hundreds of seniors write their essays! Bring your laptop or […]
Wednesday, July 20 at 4pm Join local YA author Marisa Urgo to discuss her debut novel The Gravity of Missing Things! Talk about the book, ask her about her writing process, how she got published – anything you want! “Flight 133 disappeared over the ocean. No wreckage. No distress signal. Just gone. Suddenly, everyone on […]
Wednesday, July 13 at 3pm Cynde McInnis shares her story about how she took her childhood passion for whales and made it her career. She will introduce students to whales and how they are researched today illustrating that you can take many different paths to find the career that you are looking for. Science, technology, […]
It’s Pride month and we’re celebrating with several teen events! Drop by the Teen Zone on June 8 between 3 and 5pm to make Pride buttons!
June 14 at 7pm Join debut author Andrew Joseph White for a Pride Month discussion about his YA horror dystopia novel, Hell Followed With Us, about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed […]
Wednesday, May 18 at 4:30pm Follow along as a member of the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project shows step by step how to make a lovely lotus flower lantern using colored paper and wire frames. A short documentary will follow. This class will be held over Zoom and kits will be available to pick up […]
Every Thursday in May! May is Mental Health Awareness Month and to help with teen mental health and calming minds, we will be offering virtual meditation classes with Amy Rutledge every Thursday afternoon at 4:30! Each week will feature a different meditation technique. See the class descriptions below and register by clicking the button. May […]
Tuesday, April 19 at 2pm This playful workshop invites participants to draw and sketch in an open and relaxed environment. We begin with a few simple sketching games meant to inspire our imagination. As the session progresses, we generate interesting characters and settings. We then explore how words and pictures can come together to build […]
Wednesday, April 13 at 4:30pm Many adults have trouble answering the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up.” So, one can only imagine the difficulty young people have with the question. This program is designed to help young people figure out their options. We do this through some easy assignments and […]
Monday, March 21 at 7pm During this workshop, a trained facilitator shares their experience of surviving stress and depression throughout their teen and young adult life. Participants will learn the signs of stress and depression, identify strategies to manage day-to-day stress, and begin to create a survival guide of their own! Presented by Families for […]