In celebration of Tim Burton’s new movie, Alice in Wonderland, Rincon Valley had a Mad Hatter Tea Party on Tuesday afternoon. Teens were invited to make a mad hat and have tea and cookies. The hats were made from brown paper bags, paint, ribbons and other odds and ends. Enjoy the pictures from this great teen event!
Teen Author Event @ Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma!
Lauren Conrad, star of MTV’s The Hills and author of L.A. Candy and her new book, Sweet Little Lies, will be at the Copperfield’s in Petaluma on Wednesday, February 17th at 7:00 pm. The line to get your books signed will start at 5 pm and you are allow to bring your cameras.
The library owns L.A. Candy and will be ordering her second book, Sweet Little Lies, soon!
We hope you have fun at this great teen book event!
Yesterday 20 teens participated in the Stuffed Creatures event at the Rincon Valley library. Some teens created ugly dolls, some created cute dolls and one boy created pacman! It was a lot of fun! Here are some of the finished stuffed creatures dolls made yesterday.
Did you know that the Rincon Valley library has a facebook page?!? You can find these pictures on their facebook page too!
What is NaNoWriMo?!?
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and its happening this November! Every November there is a challenge to write a whole novel during the 30 days of November. Do you like to write? Have you always wanted to write a novel? Here’s your chance!
This challenge is for all ages! Not just adults. The adult website challenges you to write 50,000 words which is roughly the size of The Great Gatsby. The young writer’s website challenges you to make your own writing goal. If you are over the age of 13 you can join the adult challenge if you wish. You can do the young writer’s challenge if you are under the age of 17. Which one will you go for?
NaNoWriMo doesn’t care about quality writing, they care about quantity. To get the words and ideas down on paper. Its all about output. This allows you to write without worry, to write with no risks, to just write.
To reach the 50,000 word challenge visit http://www.nanowrimo.org/.
To reach the Young Writer’s challenge visit http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/.
In 2008, 119,000 adults participated in the NaNoWriMo challenge and 22,000 participated in the Young Writer’s challenge.
Are you up to the challenge?!?
Teens at the Petaluma, Central, Rincon Valley and Healdsburg branch carved pumpkins last week and yesterday. The librarians took pictures of the pumpkins and the public are voting on their favorite pumpkin. The teens were creative in their designs and pumpkin names. In Petaluma teens named their pumpkins all sort of things like Jacka, A Trip to the Dentist and Cat got Mouse. Below are a sampling of the pumpkins carved at the branches. This event was a lot of fun but messy! Stop by Petaluma, Central, Rincon Valley or Healdsburg to vote for your favorite pumpkin!
Petaluma Branch
Petaluma Branch
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Petaluma Branch
Healdsburg Branch
Healdsburg Branch
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Central Branch
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Rincon Valley Branch
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In honor of Teen Read Week 2009 Sonoma County Library is hosting Teen Poetry Slams @ your local library! We hope to see you at one or more slams.
Wednesday, October 21st @ 3 pm @ Cloverdale Regional Library
Thursday, October 22nd @ 4 pm @ Rohnert Park-Cotati Regional Library
Friday, October 23rd @ 6:30 pm @ Northwest Regional Library
Friday, October 23rd @ 6:30 pm @ Petaluma Regional Library
Wednesday, October 28th @ 3:30 pm @ Central Santa Rosa Library
Wednesday, October 28th @ 7 pm @ Sonoma Valley Regional Library
There are prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place!
1st place: $25 gift card
2nd place: $15 gift card
3rd place: $10 gift card
Rules:
If you have any questions please contact your local branch!
If you don’t want to perform, no problem, come watch and support other teens!
Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins! We are beginning to see them everywhere. This year four branches are hosting a Pumpkin Carving Contest for Teens. We supply to pumpkins you supply the creativity. There is a grand prize at each branch for the best pumpkin voted by the public. We hope you come in and join the fun! Check back soon for pictures! Petaluma Library: Monday, October 19th @ 2 p.m. Central Library: Monday, October 19 @ 4 p.m. Rincon Valley Library: Thursday, October 22nd @ 3:30 p.m. Healdsburg Library: Tuesday, October 27th @ 3 p.m. If you need some inspiration check out this website. Or check out a book by Tom Nardone, he has some interesting ideas.
This Friday, October 9th, Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies, Peeps, and his new book Leviathan, will join Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon’s Lexicon, at Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma.
This event is happening at 4 pm with a Steampunk High Tea theme. For more information please visit Copperfield’s Books’ website.
This is an event you don’t want to miss!
The Race Equality Week and Festival starts this Sunday, September 13th. The purpose of this week is twofold: to spotlight the issues of racism and discrimination and the problems that many are still facing and to showcase what Santa Rosa and Sonoma County are doing to promote race equality and celebrate our diversity. There are several events happening around the county to celebrate Race Equality Week. For more information please visit: www.rewfestival.net.
Sunday, Sept 13th @ 3 pm @ Community Baptist Church, 1620 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”: Unite with fellow community members, share conversation and engage in dialogue that crosses boundaries and barriers in our social, cultural, economic, academic and political environment.
Tuesday, Sept. 15th @ 5 pm @ Northwest Library, Santa Rosa:
Dance Azteca Ohtl Yoliliztli Presents Aztec Dance & Culture Workshop using language, instruments and ragalia
Wednesday, Sept. 16th @ 6 pm @ Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, Rohnert Park:
Seminar/Demonstration, Multi-Cultural Tae Kwan Do
Wednesday, Sept. 16th @ 6:30 pm @ Central Library, Santa Rosa:
“I am from…” Cultural Awareness Workshop
Thursday, Sept. 17th @ 4 pm @ Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, Rohnert Park:
Chinese Culture Presentation & Calligraphy Writing Class
Friday, Sept. 18th @ 2 pm @ Rohnert Park-Cotati Library, Rohnert Park:
Storytelling Workshop
Friday, Sept. 18th @ 3 pm @ Rincon Valley Library, Santa Rosa:
Tae Kwan Do Workshop
Friday, Sept. 18th @ 3 pm @ Sonoma Valley Library, Sonoma:
Travadores Community Theater Presentation
Saturday, Sept. 19th @ 9 am @ Elsie Allen High School, Santa Rosa:
“Understanding Whiteness: Unraveling Racism” Workshop
Saturday, Sept. 19th @ 11 am @ Healdsburg Library, Healdsburg:
“Remembering our Manongs (Elders)”
Sunday, Sept. 20th @ 1 pm @ Elsie Allen High School, Santa Rosa:
Race Equality Week Festival: Free cultural arts presentations, children’s activities, and information tables; crafts and food sales
We hope to see you at some or all of these events!
Calling all Twi-Hards! Central Library is hosting “Twilight in the Afternoon” for Teens only this Saturday, August 29th from 3:30 to 5:30. Test your knowledge of the Twilight Saga with a Jeopardy game based on all four books. Get creative and make your own Twilight T-Shirt. We will provide the iron-ons but you will need to bring your own white t-shirt. You will have a chance to chat about the books while making duct tape roses. Refresments you can sink your teeth into will be served!
For more information please contact 545-0831 ext. 538.
