“Monster” by Walter Dean Myers

Wrong place at the wrong time.  Bang Bang.  Everyone runs, store clerk gasping for air, choking on his own blood.
Now in a courtroom, on the stand,  everyone thinking he’s a monster.  Guilty or not guilty, is the question.  Heart beating fast, balls up his sweaty palms, wishing he could close his eyes and be gone!!!
This [...]

Guitar Hero Heroes and Other Game Afficinados, Join Us for a Lock-in at Beechview Library

    Know any better way to spend a summer night than three hours of competing against other Guitar Heroes? Or hanging around playing Twister, Scattegories, Cranium, Trivial Pursuit Greatest Hits or Monopoly Here and Now with friends? If this sounds like your kind of fun (or if you just want to get out of the [...]

Bookface Revisited

I know you all have been waiting eagerly by your computers since bookface was posted on here a couple of weeks ago.
You’ve been checking the blog everyday and wondering “Are we ever going to see the results of this photographic experiment?” 
The answer is yes.
Here of some of the pictoral illusions we created at Woods Run two weeks [...]

Ever hear of altered art? Well, it’s time you did!

CLP – Homewood. Wednesday. July 2nd. 2:00.
Ripping. Painting. Cutting. Folding. Gluing.
Deconstruct old donated books and make them your own!
Check out this gallery for ideas.
-LeeAnn

Do you have the skills, young Jedi?

You know how you can’t be a Jedi unless you train as a Jedi apprentice and do everything the Jedi Masters tell you to do (well, almost everything, right Anakin?) so you’ll have the skills needed to resist when the Dark Side of the Force comes calling (right, Anakin?!!), well pretty soon your apprenticeship (i.e. high school) [...]

Model Behavior

I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m hooked on a bunch of reality TV shows. My top choices are the design shows — Project Runway and Design Star are both very special — and cooking shows like Hell’s Kitchen and Top Chef aren’t far behind. Between the designing and the cooking, though, is [...]

My first video

Last year, CLP Teen Services ran our first ever video contest, and it was great. This year we’re doing it again — only now we have our own video cameras that you can borrow!
I figured that it would probably be a good idea to learn how to use the videos so I can help [...]

SAGDA Meeting Minutes 06/07/08

Welcome to the meeting minutes from SAGDA, Pittsburgh’s Teen Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance. For those still not in the know, SAGDA is a meeting group where lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, genderqueer, intersex, questionining, non-identified, and straight/cisgendered teens can come together for information-swapping, discussion, Apples to Apples, and more (whew)! We meet [...]

This 16 year old must really want to escape his parents!

U.S. Teen Sailor Takes on the World
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7454345.stm

Jen, CLP West End

Jewelry (For Real)

Hazelwood ladies (and maybe gents, too, if you’re not too scared), on Thursday, June 26th at 5:00 p.m. we will be making some jewelry. Options will include beading, wire, and construction element (nuts, screws, washers, etc.) jewelry-making. My sister (an art education major and wire jewelry and sculpture expert) will be here helping out. So [...]