- CHOCOLATE! for Lovers and Others
- Who: Teens: Grades 7-12
- Date: Tuesday, February 12
- Time: 3:15-4:30 P.M.
- Where: Friends Room
- Registration required, beginning January 28.
- If you love chocolate, this is the program for you. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, too! Dip chocolates, mold chocolates, eat chocolates - we’ll do it all. We’ll also play some chocolate-related games. Three guesses what the winners get to take home!
- ANIME CLUB
- Who: Teens: Grades 7-12
- Date: Tuesday, March 4, April 1, May 6
- Time: 7:00-8:30 P.M.
- Where: Friends Room
- Topic: Welles-Turner Memorial Library will host an Anime Club for teens who want to discuss (and watch) anime and manga.
- No registration required. If you are not yet thirteen, please bring a note signed by your parent/guardian giving you permission to watch movies rated 13+.
- Note: Attendees should arrive no earlier than 6:45 p.m. and are expected to abide by the Anime Club rules.
- MAGIC THE GATHERING
- Who: Teens: Grades 7-12
- Dates: First and third Thursdays of each month: February 21, March 6 & 20, April 3 & 17, May 1 & 15
- Time: 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
- Details:Players of all levels welcome. Please bring your own cards.
- Refreshments will be served.
- PAGETURNERS: Teen Book Discussion Group
- Who: Students in grades 7-12 who enjoy reading and talking about books
- When: Thursdays, February 21, April 24, May 22 (No March meeting)
- Time: 3:30-4:45 P.M.
- Where: Glastonbury Room
- What We're Reading: We're open to suggestions!
- Details: Each month, members choose a book to read and discuss at the following meeting. No vocabulary tests or discussions about underlying themes...we just dish about why we liked or didn't like it, what we thought about the characters, and so on. February book: The Burn Jounals by Brent Runyon. Upcoming: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Details: Refreshments will be served.
- New members are requested to contact Miriam Neiman, Teen Librarian, at 652-7720 or by email before attending a meeting.
- TAB (Teen Advisory Board)
- Who: Teens grades 7-12
- Date: Mondays, December 10, January 7, February 11, March 3 (tentative), April 7, May 12>
- Time: 3:30-5:00 P.M.
- Where: Friends Room
- Topic: The TAB meets monthly during the school year to discuss programs for teens and to help select materials for the Teen Room.
- Contact Miriam Neiman at 652-7720 or by email if you are interested in joining.
- KNIT & LIT
- Who: Sixth graders through adults
- Date: Third Tuesday of the month: February 19, March 18, April 15, May 20
- Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
- Where: Glastonbury Room
- Note: Registration NOT required
For knitters of all levels. If you don't know how to knit but want to learn, we'll show you how to cast on, knit, purl, and bind off, and will also provide ideas for some easy projects. Knitters are also encouraged to informally share titles of books they've enjoyed reading.
- Poetry Cafe
- Who: Teens: Grades 7-12
- Date: Tuesday, April 22
- Time: 7:00-8:30 P.M.
- Where: Friends Room
- Note:Registration not required
Back by request! If you are a poet, here’s a chance to share your poetry with others. And if you just like to listen, that’s fine too! We will also share a few poems by famous Italian poets, as part of the library’s month-long WOW celebration of Italy. Refreshments will be served.
- Film Festival
- Who: Teens: Grades 7-12
- Date: Thursday, May 22
- Time: 7:00-8:30 P.M.
- Where: Friends Room
- Note:Registration not required to attend, but participants must submit films by the due date.
Does Glastonbury have a future Academy Award-winning actor, writer, or director in its midst? Come to the Teen Film Festival to see for yourself. All videos shown will be written, directed, and produced by area teens in grades 7-12. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be served. If you would like to submit a film, please see this page for rules and details.
