Research Databases @ Oak Lawn Public Library

Lots of great sources to help you with your research papers and projects!

http://www.oaklawnlibrary.org/YS_research_tools/YS_research_tools.html

Make Waves @ Your Library - Summer Reading 2010

YouTube Night: The Complete Lineup

On Thursday night, 38 teens came out to our YouTube Night event! While eating snacks, we watched a wide variety of videos submitted by our teens, plus a few extra. It was like our very own film festival. At the end, we voted on the best video in the following categories: Music, Animated, Scary, and Funny. The winners took home boxes of movie candy (or ate them during the extra clips).

In case you weren't one of the lucky ones to see it, here are the videos:










The Lion Sleeps Tonight (embedding disabled)

YouTube Night: Send Us Your Clips

On YouTube Night, we'll be showing clips submitted by everyone who signed up for the program. If you've registered, please give us your clips, either at the desk or by copying and pasting the link into a comment on this post.

To get you in the mood, here's a starter clip: "Pigeon: Impossible."

Monday Night Movie Club: The Lineup

On Monday, the Monday Night Movie Club had its first screening, Jaws, and voted on the rest of the movies it will watch this summer. The lineup is as follows:

June 21 - Splash (PG, 1984) - An ordinary man falls in love with a mermaid. Starring Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah.

June 28 - Jurassic Park (PG-13, 1993) - Based on the book by Michael Crichton. A paleontologist and others visit a theme park full of living dinosaurs.












July 12 - Clue (PG, 1985) - Based on the popular board game. Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet, and several other suspects try to solve who killed Mr. Boddy. With three different endings. Can you guess who really did it?











July 19 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (PG, 2010) - Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of a Greek god and must clear his name by discovering who stole Zeus's master lightning bolt. Based on the book by Rick Riordan.

Ghosts Haunt the NYPL

As if the New York Public Library system didn't have it bad enough: The system is facing major cutbacks in service and staffing. Now the main branch is getting haunted again. Who you gonna call?




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And speaking of movies coming alive at the library, don't miss Oak Lawn Public Library's Monday Night Movie Club, starting June 14 with a 6 p.m. screening of Jaws. To sign up for Movie Club, register for the Summer Reading Club starting June 1.

How Do You Use Your Cell Phone?

A recent study by Pew Internet Research shows that about 75% of teens now have a cell phone. Do you? How does your use compare to those in the study?

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Chains book talk

Chains book talk

Make Waves at Your Library

Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer

Scat by Carl Hiaasen

All Shook Up by Shelley Pearsall

Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti

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Game Night Next Wednesday

Our next Teen Game Night will be Wednesday, May 12, from 7 to 8:30 in the Lower Level Meeting Room. Play XBox 360, Wii, and Guitar Hero. You are welcome to bring your own systems, controllers, and games (E or T games only). Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Make Waves at Your Library

Who: Oak Lawn students going into grades 6-12
What: Summer Reading Club - reading for fun and prizes, + programs
When: June 1 to July 31
Where: Oak Lawn Public Library – Youth Services, the Help Desk, and Reference

For students going into grades 6-8:

• Beginning June 1, register at the Youth Services Department with your library card.
  
• Read library books.
  
• For every 3 hours you read, receive a prize, up to 18 hours and six prizes.
  
• You may report up to once per week and take advantage of our weekly contest.

For students going into grades 9-12:

• Register at the Help Desk with your library card - first 120 win a beach bag.
  
• Read, listen, or view any combination of 10 books, CDs, audio books, or movies.
  
• Win prizes, including beach mats. Grand prizes: Flip video camcorder; 2 tickets to opening night of Traces @ Broadway Playhouse in Water Tower Place.
  
• Solve the Summer Reading Program Scavenger Hunt in the upstairs Reference Department for a chance to win a grand prize.

Programs and events are available to students in Grades 6 to 10 registered for Make Waves:

• GAME TIME
  Wednesday, June 9; 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. OR 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
  No registration required
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  Start off your summer with open game play on Xbox360, Wii, Rock Band, and more. Snacks and drinks will be provided.



• MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE CLUB
  Mondays, June 14, 21, 28; July 12 and 19; 6 to 8:30 p.m.
  No registration required
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  See a variety of PG/PG-13 movies followed by a discussion over snacks. Come to the first show to help vote on upcoming films.
  June 14 – Jaws
  June 21 – Splash



• JUNIOR FRIENDS
  Registration begins June 1
  Limit 15
  Orientation meeting: Monday, June 7, 4 to 4:30 p.m.
  Volunteer to help in the Youth Services Department. 1 hour per week for 10 weeks.
  
  
• BOOK BUDDIES
  Tuesdays, 1:00 to 1:30 p.m.
  June 15, 22, and 29, July 6, 13, and 20
  Limit 40
  Registration Begins June 1
  Orientation Meeting: Tuesday, June 8, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Volunteer to read to future readers (ages 3 to 6) for a half hour each week. All older readers earn service hour credit.



• FLIP FLOP WORKSHOP
  Grades 6 to 10
  Wednesday, June 16, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. OR 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  Limit 20
  Registration Begins June 1
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  Use your creativity and turn a pair of plain flip flops into a fashion wonder, using a few decorations and a glue gun. Participants must bring in their own pair of flip flops to decorate – Flip Flops will not be provided. Beads and all other supplies will be provided.



• SIGN LANGUAGE
  Grades 5 to 10
  Thursdays, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., June 17 to July 8
  Limit 30
  Registration begins June 1
  Learn sign language this summer! Participants will master the manual alphabet and many basic signs, which are used in daily life by many speech and hearing-impaired people in the United States. Each week new signs will be learned and incorporated into stories and songs.

• YOUTUBE NIGHT
  Grades 6 to 10
  Thursday, June 24, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
  Registration begins June 1
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  (Registration is required to submit a clip; all others may come for the show.)
  After you sign up, send us one of your favorite YouTube clips. On the night of the show, we’ll break out the snacks and the beanbag chairs and, watch the clips together. The group will vote on the best clips in these categories: Funny; Sad; Scary; Musical; Animated. Winners will receive movie candy as prizes.



• WATER OLYMPICS
  Grades 5 to 10
  Tuesday, June 29, 11:00 a.m. to noon OR 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
  Limit 30
  Registration begins June 1
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  Go for the gold this summer during our Water Olympics! Test your balancing skills on a penny, race a water-drop through a maze, stretch water to its breaking point, and compete for fastest boater and more during this wet and wild program. Awards will be given to the top three athletes for each event.



• SPArty!
  Wednesday, June 30, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. OR 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  Limit 20
  Registration begins June 1
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  Ahhh…summer is the time for fun and relaxation! Join us for a spa party where you can make your own lip gloss, paint your nails, enjoy some summer snacks, and more! Please wear old, comfortable clothes to the program. Relaxing can get messy!



• WHO’S TELLING THIS STORY, ANYHOW?
  Tuesday, July 6, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. or 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  Game rules and registration available beginning June 1
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  Calling all wannabe actors, show-offs, and class clowns! Join us for some improv games starring you! Teams of two to three will take turns playing games involving scenes from books and movies in our collection. Bring a couple of stories you know and love (or hate) – we’ll provide more. Games may include: Backwards Stories; Crazy Props; and Standing, Sitting, and Lying Down.



• PERCY JACKSON AND THE POSEIDON PARTY
  Grades 5 to 10
  Tuesday, July 13, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. OR 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  Limit 25 per session
  Registration begins June 28
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  Take an epic quest with Percy Jackson as you explore the world of Greek myths and legends in a series of games and challenges. From Mount Olympus to the Underworld, you’ll stare down Medusa, lock horns with the Minotaur, and find the Golden Fleece.



• WATER MYSTERIES
  Wednesday, July 14, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
  Limit 30 Participants
  Registration begins June 28
  Lower Level Meeting Room
  Put on your detective hat to solve puzzles and mysteries on the lakes and in the rivers. You’ll learn how real-life experts track pollution and other threats to waterways. Then you’ll face the same type of challenges, using maps and clues to trace these environmental hazards to their source.



• WHERE AM I?
  Wednesday, July 21, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. OR 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
  Limit 20 per session
  Registration begins June 28
  Outside in the park next to the Library
  Learn how to go on a high-tech treasure hunt called “geocaching.” Figure out where you are and how to get where you want to be using compasses and hand held GPS devices. Join us on the Village Green and experience the thrill of the hunt.

Yummy Recipes for Cinco de Mayo



Many Americans believe that Cinco de Mayo ("May 5th" in Spanish) commemorates Mexico's independence from Spain. In fact, it began as a local holiday that celebrated Mexico's defeat of the French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.



http://allrecipes.com//Info/Holidays-Events-and-Occasions/Cinco-de-Mayo/Main.aspx

Simmons Middle School Booktalks 4/26/10

Brooks, Kevin
Martyn Pig

Dowell, Frances
Chicken Boy

Fleischman, John
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

Giles, Gail
Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters

Klass, Sheila
Soldier’s Secret: The Story of Deborah Sampson

Paulsen Gary
How Angel Peterson Got His Name

Pearsall, Shelley
All Shook Up

Peck, Robert
The Teacher’s Funeral

Potter, Ellen
Olivia Kidney

Sanderson, Brandon
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Sonnenblick, Jordan
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

Tashjian, Janet
Gospel According to Larry

Turner, Tracey
World of the Weird

EARTH DAY

Photo from: http://www.changethethought.com/wp-content/earthday2008.jpg

Click on the link below to find out what you can do:

http://www.earthday.net/node/145

April Teen Craft Night

Make your own cell phone case!

Wedesday, April 28 - 7-8pm

Art made out of Peeps!

http://www.peepsshow.com/

Teen Craft Night

Who:Students in grades 6-8

What:Gift Box Craft

Where:Oak Lawn Public Library

When:Wednesday, March 31 @ 7pm






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Shrinky Dink Craft Night!

When: Wednesday, February 24 from 7-8pm
Where: Oak Lawn Public Library
What: Make shrinky dinks and eat snacks.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre, 1929

Posing as police officers conducting a routine raid on February 14, 1929, four men entered a warehouse at 2122 N. Clark Street, used by George “Bugs” Moran and his gang to store liquor. The impostors lined up six gang members and a hanger-on against a wall, produced machine guns from under their overcoats, and opened fire.
The prime suspect was Al Capone, head of Chicago's crime syndicate. Moran's North Side gang, the largest obstacle to the Capone organization's power in metropolitan Chicago, had hijacked Capone's liquor shipments, competed in protection rackets, and murdered Capone allies. Law enforcement officials could not prove any involvement by Capone, who was in Miami at the time. No one was ever tried for the killings.
The raid's cold-blooded efficiency left the public in shock, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre came to symbolize gang violence. It confirmed popular images associating Chicago with mobsters, crime, and spectacular carnage. The site of the warehouse, razed in 1967, continues to draw tourists from around the world.

Christopher P. Thale

Bibliography
Ruth, David E. Inventing the Public Enemy: The Gangsters in American Culture, 1918–1934. 1996.
Schoenberg, Robert J. Mr. Capone. 1992.
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1191.html

January Programs @ the Library

Starting this month, teen programs will be held every Wednesday night! Programs include a movie the first week, a game night the second, and a craft or project on the fourth week. During the third week, we hold our Teen Advisory Board, where you can come, eat snacks, and help us plan future programs. (It counts as volunteer service, too.)

This month's schedule:

• January 6 - Star Trek (2009), 6:30-8:30 p.m.


• January 13 - Game Night


• January 20 - Teen Advisory Board


• January 27 - Make Your Own Mardi Gras Mask

New Year's Celebrations Around the World

Here's a look at how people celebrated the arrival of 2010 from around the world.

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