Niles Public Library Teen Scene Blog

Everyone is invited to a free performance at the library this Saturday, July 19!  Local teens will be performing “Danny and the Fableworld” an original play that they’ve written and rehearsed over the past five weeks.  The show begins at 2:00 pm in the large meeting room, and will last approximately 30 minutes.

We hope to see you there!

Download an entry form for a chance to win dinner with teen author Simone Elkeles on July 22.  Elkeles is the author of How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, How to Ruin My Teenage Life, and Leaving Paradise.  Entry forms are due July 20.

Cover Image for the July 15 issue of Entertainment Weekly

Twilight is featured on Entertainment Weekly’s cover this week.  There has already been some backlash over the image.  What do you think?

 Do you know any African American males who are seniors in high school who want to go to college out of state for FREE?  Several Black Colleges are looking for future black male teachers and will send them to school for 4 years.

The ‘Call Me MISTER’  program is an effort to address the critical shortage of African American male teachers particularly among South Carolina ’s lowest performing public schools.  Program participants are selected from among under-served, socio-economically disadvantaged and educationally at-risk communities.

The program is a collaboration between Clemson University and four historically black colleges in South Carolina: Benedict College, Claflin University, Morris College, and South Carolina State University.

The project provides:

-Tuition for admitted students pursuing approved programs of study at participating colleges.

-An academic support system to help assure their success.

-A cohort system for social and cultural support.

Visit:

http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm for more details.

Random House and Teen Vogue are giving teens a chance to win a trip to New York City and get a behind-the-scenes day at the Teen Vogue office as part of its promotion of Catwalk, a new novel from Deborah Gregory, author of the popular Cheetah Girls.  Visit the Teen Vogue Promo website to enter.

Congrats go out the nine bands who competed in the Battle of the Bands last Saturday night.  24*13 was the audience favorite, while the Green Tangerines claimed the judge’s prize.