2016 Summer Clubs & Workshops for Teens at the Library

**We won!** Our teen advisory board, the Teen Think Tank, created a video, Rock Your Game at the Library, to enter in the Collaborative Summer Library Program's 2016 Teen Video Challenge. The challenge was to create a promotional video about this year's teen summer reading theme: Get in the Game: Read. The TTT's video won for the state of Massachusetts this year.
See the winning videos from other states here: http://www.cslpreads.org/2016-teen-video-challenge/



Summer clubs and workshops for teens are listed below.
All are free. Some of them require advance registration as space is limited. Sign up at the Reference desk or call 978-468-5577.

June

Teen Think Tank Meeting  
For ages 11 18. Thurs. June 2, 6:30 to 7:55 PM

The TTT is our teen advisory board. The TTT works with the Teen Librarian to improve library collections, and to create programs and services designed for teens. Come share your bright ideas! Earn community service credit for school! We meet 11 times a year. To join, contact Kim at: kclaire@hwlibrary.org.

Magic the Gathering Club  For ages 10+. 

Saturdays: 2:00 to 4:00 PM,  June 25 to August 27

Magic the Gathering is a strategy based card game, for those who enjoy magical creatures battling each other. It is easy to learn. The club is for all levels, from beginners to people who already enjoy playing the game. Come try out your decks! For more info. contact Ari at: aristotle_massos at students.hwschools.net.

M.A.G.E. (Minecraft and Assorted Games for Everyone) Tuesdays, 5:00 to 7:00 PM, June 28 to Aug. 30 MAGE is run by teens, for all ages who play well with others. Bring your own laptop and have an active Minecraft membership. Beginners and advance players welcome. One Rule: No griefing. (During the summer months MAGE meets on Tuesday evenings. During the school year they meet on Wednesday afternoon.)

Dungeons & Dragons Club   For ages 14+  

First meeting will be Saturday, June 25, noon to 4PM, to make the schedule for the rest of the summer. D & D is the world’s leading tabletop RPG. Fifth edition rulesets are generally used over a variety of running campaigns. Some experience with roleplaying games is preferred, but not necessary. Beginners welcome. 
For more info. contact Kim at: kclaire@hwlibrary.org.

Youth Book Sale and Two Movies

Wednesday, June 29 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Stock up for the summer at this one-day-only youth book sale, organized by the Friends of the Hamilton-Wenham Library. Credit cards accepted. 
Two movies will be shown:

Pixar Shorts 1 & 2,  1:00 to 3:15 PM, (rated G)

Inside Out, 3:30 to 5:10 PM (rated PG)

July

Frisbee Show and Play with Todd Brodeur 

Thursday, July 7, 6:30 to 8:00 PM

Two-time World Class Champion Todd Brodeur will present a brief history of the Frisbee and discuss the aerodynamics of the game. Then, learn how to do tricks, throws, catches and combinations, and see Todd’s collection of rare flying discs. No registration required.

Get in the Game: Sport Story Photography with Toni Carolina  
For ages 11 to 18.  

This is a 2-part workshop:

1st part meets:   Thu., July 14, 3:00 to 4:30 PM

2nd part meets: Tue., August 2, 3:00 to 4:00 PM

On July 14 bring a camera (cell phone camera not acceptable). Learn how to tell a sport story in 3 to 5 images. Return on August 2nd with prints of your shots to create a sport story photography exhibit in the Young Adult area. Register at the Reference desk. Space limited.

Teen Think Tank shopping spree to Barnes &Noble

Saturday, July 9, 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Participants will choose books for the library’s collections. To participate you must have attended at least one previous Teen Think Tank meeting. 
To attend, call Kim Claire at: 978-468-5577 x14.

Martial Arts with Deb Mahoney  For ages 12 and up.

Monday, July 18, 4:00 to 5:00 PM    Join Tashi Deb, a 5th degree black belt from Mark Warner’s Professional Martial Arts Academy.  Learn beginning and more advanced defense techniques depending on needs/wants of the group. No registration required.

Get in the Game Still Life Pastel Painting

with Greg Maichack  For ages 11 to adult.

Thursday, July 21, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Join Greg Maichack for a hands-on pastel painting workshop. Greg will demonstrate how beginners to accomplished artists can easily pastel paint a still life that incorporates game pieces and words. Essential techniques of pastel painting will be demonstrated. Professional grade pastels, paper, and materials are included. Register at the Reference desk. Space limited.

CAD Bring Your Own Ideas with Jeffrey Walsh

For ages 11 and up (including adults).  
Two sessions:

Thursday, July 28, 3:00 to 5:00 PM -or-

Saturday, July 30, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM 

Is there an object you would like to make on our 3-D printer, but need help designing? Bring your idea to this workshop. Jeff will help you create your design using Tinkercad, a free program available online. 
Participants must bring a laptop for this workshop. 
Register at the Reference desk. Space limited.

August

Teen Think Tank Meeting

Thursday, August 4, 6:30 to 7:55 PM

Come share your bright ideas! Earn community service credit for school! We meet 11 times a year on the first Thursday of the month. To join, contact Kim Claire at kclaire@mvlc.org or call 978-468-5577 x14.

Interactive Sword Games with Guard Up!

For ages 11 to 16.  Thursday, August 4, 3:00 to 4:00 PM  
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early, by 2:45 PM. 

An hour of high energy interactive sword games, using foam swords, with instructors from Guard Up! Participants must wear loose-fitting pants (no shorts!), a t-shirt, and indoor shoes/sneakers (no flip flops or sandals). All attendees must provide a signed Guard Up Waiver filled out by parent or legal guardian. www.guardup.com/waiver.

Register at the Reference desk. Space limited.

Get in the Game: Eat to Win cooking with Liz Barbour  
For ages 11 to 18. Thursday, August 11, 3:00 to 4:00 PM

Chef & cooking instructor Liz Barbour will show you what to eat, when to eat, and how much you need to eat so you can perform at your highest level in this delicious program. Presentation will be followed by  demonstration and tasting of healthy snacks. 
Register at the Reference desk. Space limited.

Minecraft Club at the Library

The Library's Minecraft Club will start 

Wednesday, September 4, 2:30PM to 4:30PM. 

Bring your own laptop and have an active Minecraft membership.  

Registration will take place on club days.  Club is run by teens, for all ages who play well with others.
The club will meet every Wednesday at 2:30pm to 4:30pm.  

RULES: No griefing, raiding, or killing other players unless it is announced that a specific day will be a raiding and/or a player versus player day.  You will be banned until the next club meeting if you raid other players or engage in PVP on a no raiding/no PVP day. Three strikes and you will not be allowed to play with the club. You may ask the Op/Administrator (Daniel) to encase your house in bedrock if you do not want to play on a raiding or PVP day.

If you have a question or a comment use the comment section below.

Click this link to see: Minecraft Books in the Library's Catalog

Summer Programs for Teens

2013 Summer Programs 

for Teens on THURSDAYS at the 

Hamilton-Wenham Public Library

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 10 AM to 5 PM

RED CROSS BABYSITTING COURSE

For students 11 years of age and older. Taught by Red Cross instructors. Cost is $85, payable to the American Red Cross. Check is due at time of registration.  Register at the Library's 2nd floor Reference desk. 

A course designed by the American Red Cross to prepare youth with the training every parent wants in a babysitter: safety, basic child care, safe play, first aid and critical emergency skills, and professional leadership and care-giving skills.
In class, you learn how to:

• Respond to emergencies with first aid.
• Make good decisions under pressure.
• Communicate effectively with parents.
• Recognize safety and hygiene issues.
• Manage young children.
• Feed, diaper and care for infants.
• Start your babysitting business.

Each participant receives a complete Babysitter’s Training Participant’s Set, as well as the certificate which does not expire. ARC will mail certificates to the Library after the course. Participants must then come to the Library's Reference desk to pick up their certificate.

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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM and

THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM 

MACRO/CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPHY 

WORKSHOP & EXHIBIT

Join Toni Carolina for a two part photography workshop for teens. 

1st part meets on Thurs., July 11, 2pm to 3:30pm

This session will focus on how to shoot macro and close up images using your camera. Bring a camera with a macro lens or macro function setting.  You must also bring a tripod or a couple of bags of rice or beans to steady the camera shots.

2nd part meets on Thursday, July 25, 2pm to 3pm

This session will be so that you can bring your printed macro or close up images to the Library, to mount and hang in a show in the Young Adult area of the Library.

Open to teens 12-18 years old or to students entering grades 6-12 in 2012

Limited to 12 participants.  There is no charge to attend.

To attend: register at the Reference desk, or call 978-468-5577.

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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 7 PM to 9 PM

GRAVESTONE GIRLS present:

WELCOME TO THE GRAVEYARD

Learn about cemetery art, history and symbolism with a local twist.  Looking from colonial times to 21st century locations, we'll examine why we have cemeteries & gravestones and why they look like they do.  Be inspired to explore graveyards on your own with a greater appreciation and understanding.

This program is for teens and adults. 

There is no charge to attend.

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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 6 PM to 8 PM

MINECRAFT at the LIBRARY

Play Minecraft at the Library.  This program will be run by members of the Teen Think Tank (the Library's teen advisory board). You must sign up to attend: 
at the Reference desk on the 2nd floor 
-or- call 978-468-5577 and ask to sign up for Minecraft.
To participate: bring your own laptop and have an active Minecraft membership.
Beginners and advance players welcome.  
Pizza and drinks will be provided.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 7 PM to 9 PM 
PASTEL WORKSHOP for Teens and Adults 

Participants will receive a hands-on experience of basic pastel painting, as well as advanced techniques, using professional grade materials with award-winning artist, Gregory Maichack.

This workshop is designed for beginners to advanced participants who want to paint expressively. Maichack, a faculty member of the Springfield Museum Studio School, will explain Post Impressionist concepts and then start you off by sharing a fearless approach to drawing. Then work in tandem with Greg to draw van Gogh's Starry Night with white charcoal pencils on black paper.

Also, van Gogh’s painting Terrace of a Café at Night (Place du Forum) will be explored and displayed in a large format to paint from, enabling further mastery of van Gogh’s unique vision. A demo of pastel handling techniques that allow a command of edges, scumbling, blending, slurring, and layering, and a demonstration of various strokes will fully illustrate van Gogh’s successful expressive methods. 

This workshop includes all materials:
Indigo paper, white charcoal pencils, black paper, Rembrandt soft pastels, Nupastels, French and English pastel pencils, assorted colored mid-toned Canson pastel paper and other materials.

Class size is limited to 30.   To attend register at the Reference desk on the 2nd floor of the Library, or call 978-468-5577.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Hamilton-Wenham Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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5 THURSDAYS, AUGUST 1 to 29, 2 PM to 3 PM

INTRODUCTION TO MARTIAL ARTS: 
SOO BAHK DO MOO DUK KWAN  

This 5-week program will introduce the beginner student to the classical Korean martial art of Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan. Boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 17 are invited to participate in a short series of classes held on Thursdays, 2pm to 3pm, through the month of August, which will expose them to the many benefits of this ancient form of self defense.

Soo Bahk Do is a relatively modern martial art although its tradition and history date back many centuries. Developed by the late Grandmaster Hwang Kee. 

Soo Bahk Do is both a hard and soft style. Its kicking techniques for which it is renowned is only a small part of its effective combat application.
Moo Duk Kwan is the school of philosophy through which Soo Bahk Do is practiced. Translated as “school of martial virtue,” Moo Duk Kwan gives the direction and focus to our mental training.
Together, their purpose is to develop every aspect of the self in order to create a mature person who totally integrates his/her intellect, body, emotions and spirit.

The course will be taught by Master James Harwood, a 6th Degree Certified Master Instructor with more than 30 years of training and teaching experience in Soo Bahk Do. He is married and the father of two sons who also train and teach the art form. Formerly owner/chief instructor of The Karate Center (Bay State Soo Bahk Do) of Middleton, Massachusetts, he has now focused his energy in offering the same quality instruction here in Hamilton.

To attend please register at the Reference Desk located on the 2nd floor of the Library, or call the Reference Desk at 978-468-5577.  Class size is limited to 15 participants. There is no charge to attend.  This class requires participants to wear athletic clothing such as sweatpants, yoga pants, or shorts.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 6 PM to 8 PM

MINECRAFT at the LIBRARY

Play Minecraft at the Library.  This program will be run by members of the Teen Think Tank (the Library's teen advisory board). You must sign up to attend: 
at the Reference desk on the 2nd floor 
-or- call 978-468-5577 and ask to sign up for Minecraft.

To participate: bring your own laptop and have an active Minecraft membership.
Beginners and advance players welcome.  
Pizza and drinks will be provided.

Settlers Game Club

A Settlers of Catan (click on the link to learn how to play) strategy board game club for teens (ages 11-19) is forming at the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library. The first game day will be this Saturday, June 9, 10am to noon. The club plans to meet the 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am to noon, on:
June 9, July 14, August 4(first Saturday of August), and September 8. No registration, just drop in.

MAGIC THE GATHERING CARD GAME

A new club is forming at the Library to play Magic the Gathering.  Players in 3rd grade through 6th grade are invited to learn to play or improve their game.  
Ari Massos, a member of the Library's teen advisory board, the Teen Think Tank, will be leading the game.

Improve your game, Learn and Play

Magic The Gathering Cards 
This is an extremely fun game involving lots of 

thought and strategy, but it’s more fun than hard.

Hamilton-Wenham Library 
Phoenix room

Every Friday in November & December

Beginning Friday, November 4^th

3:45pm to 4:45pm

Hope to see you there.

Please bring your decks, 
if you have any.

Local Teens Go to Battle

Battle-Gaming of Massachusetts (BOM) was in the Salem News this past Thursday.  Great article.  Now I will have to assess the Warhammer series books in the Young Adult collection to see if we need some additions.  Any suggestions?

To read the Salem News article about BOM 
                               click here: Local Teens Go To Battle