Express Yourself @ Your Library

Sign-ups for our summer reading club, Express Yourself @ Your Library has begun! Sign up today and you'll have the ticket to amazing programs and great prizes all summer long! You can even register and submit your reading reviews for the SRC on-line (see the link under programs, to the left). We will be raffling off gift cards to Target and Dunkin' Donuts, tote bags, water bottles, and the grand prize........(wait for it)........A DIGITAL CAMERA!!! The more you read, the better your chances, so sign-up today and get all the info you need.

Summer Reading Club Kick-off/CR@SH featuring GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR

Seriously, how much fun can you cram into one night?!!?? July 10th marks the kick-off of our summer long series of amazing programs, so we are celebrating in style with a little Guitar Hero action. If you are entering grades 7-12 in the fall, you MUST come down to the library from 5-7 and join in on the fun. If this is your first chance to come to CR@SH, get ready for tons of video game fun, lots of food, and more! You can sign up for our summer reading club too -- and I know you won't want to miss out on that. Our grand prize is a DIGITAL CAMERA.

No sign-up required, but if you have a group of four people that you want to compete with, register your band in advance, it will make things easier to get everyone started in the competition.

As always, we will have other gaming systems set up in the back. You are welcome to bring your own games, controllers or systems, but you are responsible for you own stuff, and nothing rated M please!

Friday, July 10th
5p-7p

Program - Green Beads

Green Beads
Go Green! Learn how to make your own beads using recycled magazines. We’ll create dazzling jewelry with them too!
July 16th 3pm-4pm

Program - Pizza and a Movie

July 23rd 3pm-5:30pm
Come and make your own personal pizza. Cover it with all the toppings you want, we’ll bake it up in the oven, and then you can kick back and watch the movie PUSH, starring Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans

Program - Zentangle Drawing

July 30th
3pm-4:30pm
One Stroke at a Time! That is how you can express yourself with Zentangle, a type of drawing that allows you to create beautiful images, even if you think you can’t draw. It is fun and relaxing – you’ll be surprised at what you can do!

Program - Yoga for Teens

August 5th and August 12th 4pm - 5pm
Discover the many joys of yoga. Build strength, flexibility, and self-confidence through yoga postures, breathing techniques, and meditation. Yoga is fun, challenging, and helps you learn about the most important subject...You!
Wear comfortable clothes, and bring a bottle of water and a yoga mat (if you have one)

Book Review - If the Witness Lied by Caronline B. Cooney

It seems like a new reality show pops up every time you turn on the television. And every day, someone sells their terrible tragedy to the news media for their fifteen minutes of fame. This is the story of the Fountain family, who has been torn apart by the untimely death of their mother and father. The two girls, Madison and Smithy, unable to handle their awful situation, have escaped it. Madison has moved in with her godparents and Smithy attends a boarding school far away from her remaining two brothers. They have little to no contact with Jack and Tris. It seems that Tris is responsible not only for the death of his mother, but his father's as well. The boys legal guardian is their Aunt Cheryl, who is eager to sell the family story to tabloid television, never mind the fact that it will surely ruin baby Tris' life. Jack can't even fathom the idea of Tris being forever known as a killer and will do anything he can to save his family. Madison, Smithy, and Jack find a common enemy in their Aunt Cheryl, the only witness to their father's "accidental" death and they band together to save their family from her and the prying eyes of the television cameras.

I really enjoyed this fast-paced read. Aunt Cheryl is pure evil, and I was definitely rooting for Jack, the best big brother in the world.