Great Irish Stories for St. Patrick’s Day

  March to me means two things- NCAA March Madness and Saint Patrick’s Day.  I’ve always loved Saint Patrick’s Day and my family always had a huge party to celebrate.  Of course my grandparents last names were Murphy, Mulligan, McGillicuddy, and Carney.  So, yeah we’re pretty Irish!  We still have a while to go until the actual Saint Patrick’s Day, [...]

Winter Break Boredom.

Happy Winter Break! It is now December 23rd and winter break has just begun. Once all the eating and gift giving subsides you will definitely be looking for some free or low-cost fun! Here are my top five suggestions! 1. Visit your local library for a free program! You can make a winter bracelet at Hazelwood or a party hat at [...]

Tell us what you want!

We’re asking teens all over the city of Pittsburgh  what you want from your library. Please take a few minutes and fill out this survey HERE. Give us your honest opinion, and we’ll look to your answers when creating future library programs! Thanks! ~LeeAnn Anna

Saying Good-bye

Something that I learned when I was a teenager is that saying good-bye is not easy but it is an inevitable part of life. People come into our lives sometimes briefly, sometimes forever. We move from place to place. We graduate high school and then college and later grad school saying good-bye to the friends [...]

Design challenged? This is the post for you!

I recently moved into a new apartment and am super duper excited about it.  This is not my apartment, but an example of what I would like it to look like after I decorate: It’s sunnier, bigger, and just all around better than my last place.  I spent this Monday and Tuesday unpacking boxes, jammin’ to Alanis [...]

Coffee – A Loaded Cup, Even Without Cream and Sugar.

I’m almost positive that you are like me in that it’s been pretty hard to hold your eyes open over the last week or so, due to the sleep-inducing weather we’ve been having lately.  How do I combat this lethargy, you ask? COFFEE Oh, the brown sludgy delicious nectar of the awake and ready for [...]

The Hear Me Project

Have you ever had something super interesting/exciting/massively sad/overwhelming to say?  Have you put it up on your Facebook wall, tweeted it, told your BFF, blogged about it, told your cat, shouted from the rooftops, and yet….still…you aren’t satisfied? Well.  Have we got a venue for you and your raves, vents, chatters, and stories: The Hear [...]

International Manga Library!

Last month Meiji University in Tokyo opened the International Manga Library on its Surugadai campus.   According to this article from the Japan Times Online, the library has over 2 million volumes of manga, and if you’re ever in Tokyo, you could become a one-day member. The Carnegie Library system doesn’t have a manga collection that’s [...]

Keeping Ya Off the Streets

I’m always at a loss for what to blog about.  So yesterday, when I started to work on this post,  I asked  Kwame what I should write about.  Kwame: “You should write about keeping me off the streets.” Me: “What?” Kwame: “You know, I stay out of trouble after school because I come to the [...]

DIY SPA @ CLP-Brookline

Wednesday, July 9; 4:00 PM @ CLP-Brookline It’s like being a mad scientist for beauty instead of chaos. We’ll be making bath salts and body glitter from ordinary ingredients you can find around the house instead of making a monster from body parts you can find around the cemetery. Beauty: it’s alive! Grade 6-12 Registration [...]