Friday May 9th is the last Are You Game? Teen Open Game Night of the school year. Teen Open Game Night will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Hewlett Room at the library. Teens ages 13-18 are welcome. Play Nintendo Wii and PS2. Show off your moves with DDR and Guitar Hero. Challenge someone to a board or card game. Bring your friends and your own games. We’ll have drinks and munchies on hand.

Never fear though, there will be plenty to do at GPL during the summer including a DDR tournament in June and a Guitar Hero tournament in July as part of the teen summer program. Game On! TTR.08 is the theme this year. In June and July come to GPL to play and have fun. Besides the two tournaments there will be a writing workshop, x-treme paintball balloon art, rockwall climbing, anime, a murder mystery party, giant board game day, rocket building and launching, a martial arts demonstration, a chocolate tasting party, and a pool party at the end. Stay tuned for further updates and information- including a promotional video.

Yo dawg! Wut up? This summa there be a poppin’ par-tay at the GPL. The GPL is where all da action be at. Everyone be hangin’ out playin’ (games) and eatin sum free foodies.

Seriously, this summer the teens are going to have a section all to themselves. Push aside that kiddie table and move on upstairs to the real party. The “teens only” summer reading program will include all sorts of events that are sure to be an enjoyable way to spend your long and boring summer hours. Invite all your friends for a good time at the GPL. And the best part is that it’s all free!

June events start off with a fiction writing workshop with young adult author Suzanne Harper. Other events include a DDR tournament, an X-treme paintball art party, climbing a rockwall, anime showing of Hikaru No Go, and a mystery murder party.

July begins with a giant games day including giant chess and an inflatable bungee run and Velcro wall. Have more fun with slime concoctions, rocket building and launching, a martial arts demonstration, a Guitar Hero Tournament, a chocolate tasting party, and the wrap up pool party.

For more information go to:

http://library.georgetown.org/ya.teen.summer.php

So, check out the video and run it on over to GPL and getcha Game On!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahma5Nu4Bs

(Thanks to guest blogger Sarah Rafique)

I am doing a happy dance right now. Yes, right now as I type, which is really quite difficult.Why am I doing a happy dance? Because, the physical Teen Area @ GPL just got a little bit cooler. The walls are red. The Blik stickers are stuck on the walls. The stickers were tricky and not nearly as easy to get on the wall as the company made it seem. But worth it. A big happy dance thank you to Jason, Miss Rachael, and Mr. Billy for their help. Two new rugs decorate the floor. The booths and tables have arrived! (Yeah, more happy dancing.) Now you can sit and eat, drink, hang out, work and do your own happy dance in the teen area. A ginormous heartfelt thank you to the Friends of the Library for making all this possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you. So stop by and check it out.

This Wednesday and Thursday – June 4 & 5 from 2 – 4 pm- marks the beginning of Game On! TTR.08. We start with a two day writing workshop with author Suzanne Harper. Suzanne will talk about the publishing industry and how to get started as a writer. She will also lead teens through fun writing exercises to help hone their writing skills. Suzanne Harper is the author of two young adult books- “The Secret Life of Sparrow Delany” and the “The Juliet Club”. The workshop is free and is open to teens ages 12-18. For more information call Bethni King at 512.930.3551 or visits http://library.georgetwon.org/ya.teen.summer.php