Scratch Day @ CLP Main- Teen: Saturday 5/19 from 1 to 4

IMAGINE + PROGRAM + SHARE Are you interested in creating digital videos, games, and animation?  Do you have a vision and passion for digital art, but lack the technical skills?  If you answered yes, then  Scratch is the perfect programming language for you.  Scratch is a visual programming language that was developed by MIT students in [...]

Gamers are Readers Too

So, how many of you got new video games over the holidays? And how many of you have spent every waking minute absorbed in these games? I’m not even a gamer, but since Christmas morning, I have spent all of my non-eating, non-sleeping, and non-working time playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (a super amazing game, by [...]

Gaming for Change

If those of you reading this are anything like the teens who come into the Sheraden branch of CLP (where I work), then you like to play games on the computer.  Really really like it.  If you like playing games AND learning about global issues, then School Library Journal has just the list for you. [...]

Madden NFL 10 Teen Tournament & Super Bowl Pre-Game Party

. Think you got what it takes to win in Madden NFL 10 for the Xbox 360? Join up to sixteen teens as they compete for prizes and prestige. Registration is required. Sign up by January 31st for your chance to win, or just come enjoy some free food before the Super Bowl. Register for [...]

NATIONAL GAMING DAY @ your library

 Hundreds of libraries across the country will be celebrating National Gaming Day this Saturday, November 14, 2009.  The American Library Association (ALA) is sponsoring this event.  The National Gaming Day programs will include board games, card games, computer games and video games.  Did you know that games have been played in libraries for more than [...]

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh System-Wide Video Game Tournament : featuring Rock Band (Wii)

Think you and your friends have what it takes to win Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Battle of the Bands?  Prove it! Starting this Friday, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is hosting its first ever Teen System-Wide Video Game Tournament!  Sign up for one of our Semi-Finals for your chance to compete in the Finals and win [...]

Pre-Register for the Teen Madden 09 Tournament

Think you got what it takes to challenge Pittsburgh teens in Madden supremacy and win a $50 check card? Join us at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Teen space (4400 Forbes Ave., in Oakland), where 16 players will take to the field on Sunday, January 25th @ 12:30 PM for all the big plays and [...]

Second Annual CLP Teen Awards

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 [...]

Congrats to the 412 Brawl Team for an Impressive Showing

On Friday, August 22nd the 412 Brawl Team faced off against teens from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. We kept up with them match for match, going down 0-1, evening the score 1-1, going down 1-2, then evening the score again 2-2. In an impressive come from behind victory, the 412 Brawl [...]

Who’s Ready to Brawl? CLP Is Ready to Brawl!

CLP Teen is still gathering players from the Pittsburgh area to take on the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. The tournament takes place at the Main library Teen section before moving to the basement for the Teen End of Summer Party. If you can’t make it, we will be broadcasting the tournament LIVE [...]