Imani Winds are mindblowing

Happy Leap Day! In honor of this day, my post will be a little scattered: I’m going to start in one place and leap to whatever subjects it brings to my mind. Last night I went to see a concert put on by the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society. How fitting that during Black History Month [...]

DIY T-Shirt Boa Scarf

Picture from Generation T website I have what feels like, a million t-shirts laying around. I wanted a quick and easy project to use up some of my t-shirts.  I love this one!  All the cutting required takes a little bit of time, but you can do it while you watch tv, so it’s not too [...]

Taylor Swift~2012

Taylor Swift is only 22-years old, but she’s been part of the show biz scene for more than 6 years now.  It looks like 2012 is going to be a very big year for her! Taylor was on the cover of VOGUE magazine in February! That’s right, VOGUE!  Taylor has been on the cover of hundreds of magazines. Taylor [...]

Mysterious Mass Hysteria

There’s been a bizarre story trailing through the news over the last month, and as a collector of bizarre stories, this one has really got me interested. Back in the fall, a couple of teenage girls in LeRoy, New York suddenly came down with some strange symptoms: involuntary muscle spasms, twitching, shouting, clapping and other [...]

Why We Liked (or Didn’t Like) Why We Broke Up

Joseph: Okay, CLPTeensburgh readers, this is Joseph from the Main-Teen Department… Morgan: And Morgan, also from Main-Teen. Joseph: We’re here to talk about the book “Why We Broke Up,” a Printz honor book and one that was named to a number of best of 2011 lists. Morgan, can you start us off with a brief [...]

The Birth of Your Apple Product

A few months ago, Corey blogged about an iphone app game that details the beginnings of an iphone, complete with “NES-style graphics, mini games, slave labor, and suicide”. Lately, there has been a lot more talk and news coming out regarding Apple’s labor practices, particularly in China. After visiting the country and interviewing workers at [...]

New Teen Book Club at CLP Main

I love to read and discuss books- that’s why I became a librarian!  Strangely though, I’ve always been reluctant to join a book club.  I find that the hardest part about committing to one is being required to read a specific book- the same one as everyone else!  Maybe I have a problem with authority, [...]

Music Streaming With Spotify

I first met my friend Dan in fifth grade homeroom. Starting Middle School was a stressful time–students from two elementary schools came together which meant a lot of new kids were in my grade. We were also in a new building (a much larger building) and we had lockers for the first time. All of [...]

Big Changes @ Your Library: CLP Increases Hours at Most Branch Locations

If you call one of our branch libraries home, expect big changes starting next week.  As of Monday, February 20, every location (with the exception of Downtown and Business and the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped) will be open six days a week!  That means that every day after school your library will [...]

Teen Kindle Book Club!

Come join us for the first ever Teen Kindle® Book Club at the Hazelwood Library! Don’t have an e-reader? You will have access to a Kindle Fire® to use at the Library! Even better yet, pizza will be provided! Open to all middle and high school students. Sponsored by Duquesne University School of Education. Contact [...]