Learn Hip Hop with Dyalekt!
Calling young hip-hop enthusiasts! Now's your chance to get the basics on how to drop your rhymes. Join us for two classes with educator and performer Dyalekt. On the first session Dyalekt will teach you the basics. Then on the second session you can try out what you learned! Registration required, this event holds up to 15 people. This event will be held over Zoom, registrants will be emailed a link prior to the event. Please call librarian Eric Horwitz if you have questions: (718) 398-8713. This program is brought to you by a generous grant from the Kaplan Fund. …
Teens Create!
It's been a hard year, but Brooklynites know that when times get tough the tough get going! Young Adults in Brooklyn remain undaunted by the many challenges that 2020 brought. Instead they found an opportunity to create, explore, and grow. Whether it's a community service, an artistic endeavor, a fun program, or even the next great American novel, young people in our community know how to step it up! Here are a few of the many great things created by community teens this year: Young adults in our Best Buy Teen Tech Center at the King's Highway branch have certainly kept busy. One BBTTC…
Read and Play: Teddy Bear Sleepover!
EricThere are probably lots of kids who would love to stay overnight at the library. Unfortunately we can't let them, but at the Gerritsen Beach Library we discovered the next best thing. The Teddy Bear Sleepover let kids come over for a pajama party and then leave their stuffed animals behind for a night of fun. The kids came for a storytime and a movie, and then signed "permission slips" for the stuffed animals to stay overnight. We then took pictures of the great night the stuffed animals had. Here's one of them playing ping pong: This Ninja Turtle got hungry and called for pizza!…