THIS CHRISTMAS

THIS CHRISTMAS

The movie “This Christmas” starring the famous r&b singer Chris Brown, and famous actress Lauren London is about family conflict, and family gatherings! “Chris Brown” plays “Baby”, a young man who is having a problem telling his mother Medea that he wants to sing, but he is afraid to leave her because his brothers and sisters have left and she will be alone! So his older brother talks to him about telling their mom but Baby is still scared, but she happens to be listening at the door so he just tells her what is going on, and just just wont put up with it! So to find out what happens go see the movie with your family or friends this weekend!

Audrey, student, Bayview

New LOL Humor list on SFPL Teen homepage

Looking for a book to make you laugh? Click here for a brand-new list on the SFPL Teen homepage:

http://sfpl.org/sfplonline/teen/booklists/lol.htm

Make a bracelet!

Then give it to someone.
Or wrap it up real nice and give it to yourself and pretend to be surprised.
Did I mention it's a wire-wrapped bracelet?
This teen event is free, as always.

Friday, Sept 21
3:30-5:30pm

Anza Branch Library
550 37th Ave @ Geary
415-355-5717
info: mbergman@sfpl.org

more pRimp your librarian photos

Hello again from the Bayview library! Here is a link to more photos from last week's pRimp your librarian program and presentation to the Library Commission:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11511208@N02/

I will add more pics as I get permissions from teen participants. Comments welcome!

pRimp your librarian re-cap

pRimp your librarian, held last Thursday night at the Bayview branch library, was a huge success! Conveniently coinciding with the Library Commission meeting in the next room, the program encouraged teens to do two things at once: give their Teen Librarian a new look (well, several new looks!) and speak out publicly about teens in the public library.

New looks meant different clothes, makeup, and accessories for Teen Librarian Wendy. Basic categories included Classic, Sporty, and Sexy, with a few that were a little of all three! To the left is the "Before" picture.

To the right is the librarian in the bulletin board-converted "dressing room:"



















Check back soon for pics of the Bayview Teen Librarian dressed in different outfits, along with pics of participating Teens!

Get Your Game On!

Strum those notes on Guitar Hero, show your moves on DDR, and play other video games on PS2 and Wii!

Fri, July 20
2-5pm
Anza Branch
550 37th Ave (off Geary)
415.355.5717
for more info, email Marla: mbergman@sfpl.org

Stop by Anza Branch Library and bring your friends for an afternoon of summer gaming.

Bayview Shutterbug Exhibit

Here are some up-close pics from our Shutterbug Exhibit, on display here at the Bayview branch library. We had a 2-part photography workshop, where we took photos of the neighborhood with disposible cameras, then made collages with the photos. For the exhibit, we combined our photo-collages with reproductions of clippings and photos from the past, including articles from a Bayview newspaper called The Spokesman, published in the 1960s.





Here's an eyecatching headline















In loving memory













Collage by Joshua Smallwood














Yesterday and today



















Cut-ups

Do you like FREE

entertainment & refreshments?

Then come to Mission Library's

Open House

on Saturday, May 19th!!

300 Bartlett Street 12-3 p.m.

COLORED INK will be there to bring down the house with their conscious rhythms & rhymes!

Here's their MySpace page: http://tinyurl.com/yuoqzp

Come check them out and more!!

Call 355-2800 for more info.

Just Gimme the Mic 3

JUST GIMME THE MIC 3 Poetry Slam is this Friday Apr. 27 at 7:00 p.m. Come hear the finest, spittin'-est wOrDs of WiZdOm. Watch & judge as poets compete for cash prizes.

Food & drink. Free!

At the Bayview Branch Library

5075 Third Street (at Revere)

on the T-line

415-355-5757

Baseball book reviews

Baseball season is upon us! Here are two quick reviews of the Baseball Card Adventures Series, from our very own Joshua S., 9th grade:






Abner and me
by Dan Gutman

Joe Stoshack has the ability to travel through time using baseball cards. This time he goes to meet the man who invented baseball, and try to stop the Lincoln assassination. Abner and me is a real adventure.


Mickey and me
by Dan Gutman

With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards, Joe Stoshack goes back in time to meet Mickey Mantle. Mickey and Me had a great story line. 2 thumbs up!

The library doesn't have these two yet, but you can find others from the same series in the catalog.

Have another book about either baseball or time travel? Shout out a Comment!

Youth Poetry Workshop at Bayview canceled for Thurs. Apr. 5

Please make a note of it: our fabulous instructor has been called away on family business for this week. Workshop resumes next Thurs. Apr. 12 at 4:30 p.m.

Thank you!

Youth Poetry Workshop at Bayview canceled for Thurs. Apr. 5

Please make a note of it: our fabulous instructor has been called away on family visit for this week. Workshop resumes next Thurs. Apr. 12 at 4:30 p.m.

Thank you!

Bayview Teen Advisory Council Meeting tonight

B-TAC meets tonight from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Bayview Branch Library, 5075 Third St. @ Revere.

If you live in 94124 or 94134 or use this library, and you are 13-18, and want to help plan what happens here for teens, this meeting is for you. If you like to socialize, organize, and make things happen, come to our monthly meeting.

There will be pizza!

RSVP Wendy at 355-2860

MARCH MADNESS at Bayview

March Madness is upon us! Come pick your NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship winners and you could win NCAA gear or gift certificate. Hurry, entries accepted up until the first game begins Thurs. March 15 9:20 a.m. West Coast time!!

Must visit the Bayview Branch in person during open hours:

5075 Third St. (at Revere)

415-355-2860

Ask for librarians Wendy or Darcel

Chinatown Teen'Zine Annual Showcase Celebration

We are please to invite you to our Chinatown Teen'Zine Annual Showcase Celebration
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Time: 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Place: San Francisco Public Library, Chinatown Branch - Community Room
The Chinatown Branch Library is located at 1135 Powell Street (near Jackson Street)
Chinatown Teen'Zine is an online magazine for teens, written by teens. Through the Teen'Zine program, teens learn writing skills, computer skills and about Asian American history & Chinese culture. We hope you could celebrate with us and see what we have accomplished this year. Join us for games, snacks, music and more!
Schedule of Events
12:30 - 1pm Program Introduction
1 - 2pm Teen Presentations
2 - 2:30pm Q & A Session
Seats are limited. Please call Jewel: 415.355.2888 for reservation
All programs at the Library are free. Sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library

What do you think of CITY BEAT booklist?

Ms. Bosslady from the YMCA Just for Girls afterschool program has read practically every title on this list! Maybe you have, too. Here are her one-word opinions:

Tyrell WEAK

Money Hungry TIGHT




Who am I Without Him? Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives GOOD

Bronx Masquerade GOOD


Teenage Bluez GOOD

Bluford Series GOOD



Harlem Hustle TIGHT

Street Love GREAT

Hip-Hop High School GOOD

Flyy Girl GOOD

Ballad of a Ghetto Poet WEAK

Now, I know a lot of y'all out there will DISAGREE. So give us some comments!!!!!

This Sat. Feb. 24th

Comics Club

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Bayview Library

5075 Third St. @ Revere

415-355-2860

Manga giveaways to first 10 participants

See ya there!

Chinatown Teen'Zine Annual Showcase Celebration

We are pleased to invite you to our

Chinatown Teen’Zine
Showcase Celebration

Date: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Time: 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Place: San Francisco Public Library
Chinatown Branch - Community Room
The Chinatown Branch Library is located at 1135 Powell Street (Near Jackson Street)

Chinatown Teen’Zine is an online magazine for teens, written by
teens. Through the Teen’Zine program, teens learn writing skills,
computer skills, and about Asian American history and Chinese
culture. With the help of our sponsor, our program has been a
big success! We hope that you can celebrate with us and see
what we have accomplished this year.
Join us for games, snacks, music, and more!

Schedule of Events

12:30 - 1:00 Program Introduction
Come in and meet our teen members.
View some of the projects we have completed this year.

1:00 - 2:00 Teen Presentations
Our teen members would like to highlight some of the works that
they are especially proud of. View some of our special projects
and get a first hand view of what it is like to be part of Chinatown
Teen’Zine.

2:00 - 2:30 Q & A Session
Meet the teen members one-on-one over refreshments and snacks.

Seats are limited. Please call Jewel: 415.355.2888 for reservations
All programs at the Library are free. Sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library