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Outer Space It’s June. Time to gear up for Summer Reading. Don your spacesuit and get ready to take a literary spacewalk as you explore the Universe of Stories out there waiting for you to discover. Reading is its own reward, but Summer Reading offers even more rewards. Sign up beginning Saturday, June 1, for either the Kids, Teens or Adult programs.
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Inner Space Meanwhile, spacey things are happening in the library, too. We’re making some changes and moving some collections. While it’s still a work in progress, you may have already noticed some of those changes: a new Teen Scene space on the first floor where the audio-visual materials used to be. DVDs, Blu-rays and books on CD have rocketed upstairs and are located in the former Young Adult space. Music CDs also have a new home upstairs behind the magazines.Teens were instrumental in the design and development of the room. (See Brandon’s profile below)
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Get Social Have you checked out the Library’s social media lately? We’re on If not, here’s what you missed. How to get a library card just in time for summer reading. Did you know we also have an e-access card for those who prefer to go digital? It allows you to access e-books, streaming videos, on-line learning and more. You can sign up for the e-access card online. You can also see the debut of our beautiful, artistic fireplace screen in the Houghton Room. And we stimulate your mind with the occasional brain twister. The Library is now on Instagram, too!
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Adult Summer Reading Kickoff w/ Chicamarimba Sunday, June 2 | 1-2 p.m. | Adults Celebrate the arrival of summer and the beginning of the 2019 Adult Summer Reading program with a lively, upbeat musical performance by local favorites Chicamarimba. With their special polyrhythmic blend of African and Latin sounds, they’ve become a tradition at our summer reading kickoff. Sign up between dances.
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Teen Scene: After Hours Party Saturday, June 29 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Teen Scene Grades 6-12 Teens, come celebrate your new space in the library after the library is closed. We’ll have an indoor miniature golf course, photo scavenger hunts, snacks and video games. Registration required. Stop by the Children’s Reference Desk or call 503-718-2656.
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Kids Summer Reading Kickoff: Angel Ocasio’s Comedy Show Tuesday, June 18 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. A wacky show filled with silly antics, magic and fun ukulele sing-alongs.
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From the Farm to Your Mouth For those who love farm-fresh ingredients, this is the most wonderful time of the year. Farmers’ Markets are abundant in the Portland area. The Willamette Valley produces a bounty of fruits, vegetables, nuts, honey and more. These cookbooks offer recipes of mouth-watering dishes made from Oregon’s rich harvest. Check out the entire list, take your reusable bag and hit the markets.
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It's a Matter of Pride To celebrate Pride Month, check out some books about gender, sexuality and identity for teens. (Or any human who reads.)
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New, New, New Books Hot off the press…or at least hot on our shelves. Check out these juvenile fiction titles that we’ve recently added to the collection. You might be the first to check them out!
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1. Why do you think a new teen room is important? I think we need to bring more teens into the library. When I look at the other teen rooms from the other libraries I see that there are a lot of teens there. I feel like there isn’t a permanent space here for us. We have our little teen area upstairs, but I feel like we need a bigger area that’s more geared for us and that’s just a space of our own. 2. What are you most excited about? I’m very excited to see what activities we can do in this new teen room instead of holding them in any other rooms at the library. I’m excited to see the new alcove, which looks like it could turn into a lot of different things. 3. What do you think is the first thing you’ll do there? Probably try to find my own space in there and just feel it out and see if it’s a space to bring friends in to study a lot or just have fun there and build a small community with. 4. What would you tell other teens to encourage them to use the room? I would tell them that our new teen room is a space meant for teens, a space that’s all-inclusive for all teens and a space that would be really for them to do their own things in and to be with other people our age. Lisa interjects: Brandon’s taste has had a big impact on this project. He's had very thoughtful things to say about colors and textures and patterns that would go together. 5. In addition to colors and patterns, what other things have you suggested? In the alcove, when we were deciding what should go in there, the shelves were sort of my group’s addition. We were thinking of more of an aesthetic design. We were trying to replicate some of the designs from places that are popular with teens. We looked at a lot of places like Bubble Tea shops, which are surging in popularity and coffee shops like Symposium and Primo Espresso. Those are places where a lot of teens go to after school to study and hang out. We tried taking some inspiration from those places, like with the shelves and some of the darker colors in Primo and Symposium.
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