It’s almost Teen Read Week, which means teen librarians will be visiting middle schools all over Pittsburgh promoting the pleasures of recreational reading and making a few recommendations while we’re at it.
It also means, if you’re lucky enough to be a middle schooler at Pittsburgh Sterrett or Pittsburgh CAPA, you’ve probably seen me fail massively [...]
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M.I.A. or Colbie Caillat?
Juno or The Incredible Hulk?
It’s your turn to choose the winners of the Second Annual CLP Teen Awards. We’ve received your nominations and narrowed down the choices to the top picks in every category. Let your voice be heard!
At an after-hours event on Friday, December 12th, we’ll announce the winners!
See you there!
Holly
Carnegie [...]
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School’s underway, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening @ CLP TEEN this fall! Get a sample of what’s poppin’ by taking a look at the events below (and please make sure you register by clicking on the links!):
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Does your bands sound need a little edge?
Are you tired of using the same samples over and over?
Have you always secretly wanted to start a jug band but just didn’t know where to begin?
What you need is the sultry twang of a juguitar!
Why spend hundreds of dollars on fancy designer juguitars when you can make [...]
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Pop Princess
By: Rachel Cohn
Pop Princess is a great book about a 15 year old teenager named Wonder. She had a sister that was on her way to being a pop-star, but while she was on the way of making that dream complete she died. Then Wonder ended up getting a record contract. When she took [...]
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So you’re hanging out with your friends in the park and telling them about your new favorite song. You have it on your mp3 player but you only have one set of headphones. If you only you had some portable speakers for your mp3 player so you could all listen together!
Dream no more.
On Saturday, July [...]
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Six teens at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh recently talked to us about the whens, whys, and hows of their music listening habits. Watch the video here and leave your own thoughts in the comments (or stop by the library and check out the hundreds of CDs we have available, from Lil Wayne to [...]
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