Just another Heights Library Thing

Ready to kick those winter blues? Put on your dancing shoes! Swing by the Lee Road library Monday, December 29th at 3pm and learn how to Latin dance! No experience necessary!

On Tuesday, also at 3pm, we’ll be learning how to SWING!

And be sure to stop in Wednesday the 31st from 3-5pm for our Pre-New Years Dance Party. There will be PIZZA!

I’m thinking about getting a rock band tournament going for Saturday, January 24th at 1pm.  Reply to this post if you think you can get together 3 or 4 friends for your band by this date.

this is one of my favorites…metallica “one”

For all of you have been frustrated by the lack of guitars to play, it’s been solved. Stop by and give the wireless guitars a try. I got in a song today and they work great!

Check out these fantastic art classes offered by HeightsArts, located across the bridge from the Lee Road Library (Community Office, 1st Floor). There’s something here for everyone and financial aid is available to students 18 yrs and younger! Pick up a registration form in the teen room at Lee Road or call 371-3457 to register. For more information, or to register online, visit the HeightsArts website.

REGISTRATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 7

Ages 8-12
How About Some Printmaking? With Nusrat Mehdi
Saturdays 10am - noon
January 10 – February 7

This class will introduce basic tools and vocabulary of printmaking and students will be encouraged to be creative and imaginative. At the end of the five week session, having focused on the techniques of monoprinting and collagraph, the students will leave with creative prints, collaged plates and tons of enthusiasm for the art of printmaking.
$70 ($63 Heights Arts Members) Financial aid available.

Ages 10-13
Cut and Print Rubberstamps with Helen Lardner
Wednesdays 4 - 6pm
January 14 - February 11

Design and cut your own rubber stamps and use them to create a set of handmade cards. By combining simple printing techniques with collage, students will produce a collection of cards that can be used for a variety of occasions.
$70 ($63 Heights Arts Members) Financial aid available.

AGES 13-ADULT
Mind Over Metal with Catherine Butler
Mondays 6:30-8:45pm
January 12 – February 9 (NO CLASS January 19)

A class for those with a curiosity and a desire to work with metal and found materials, and ideas about jewelry and wearable objects. We will focus on both simple cold working techniques using copper, brass, aluminum and annealed steel, and concepts about jewelry as an expressive art form. Beginners are welcome! Advanced students can challenge themselves with experimentation and new ways of approaching their own work. Check out the supply list for this class.
$73 ($66 Heights Arts Members) Financial aid available.

AGE 16 – ADULT
Fiber ARTS with Kris Barnes
Saturdays, 1 - 4pm
January 10 - February 7

A great chance to explore the fiber arts and create some wonderful treasures with many different techniques! We will be making a recycled fabrics weaving, felted beads and jewelry, and basketry including a variation on Native American pine needle basketry using wire. Beginners are welcome. Check out the supply list for this class.
$87 ($79 Heights Arts Members) Financial aid available.

Ages 16 - ADULT
Watercolor Painting with Robert Raack
Sundays 1:30 – 4:30pm
January 11 – February 8

Subjects include still life, botanical subjects and the human figure (no photographs). Class size is small, and each student is taught at his or her level of experience with the medium. Check out the supply list for this class.
$105 ($95 Heights Arts Members) Financial aid available.

Ages 16 - ADULT
Introduction to Calligraphy with Diane Q. Klann
Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:45pm
January 13 – February 10

Learn simple ways to give your documents an artistic touch. Discover design elements that you can only get by using calligraphy tools. Learn the correct way to stroke, identify fonts, copy a font style, create drop shadows and add flourishes and filigrees to your work.
$79 ($72 Heights Arts Members) Financial aid available.

A little science experiment to transform a planet into a sun awakens a long-lost civilization. Oops! Come to the Lee Road Library at 6pm this Thursday (12/11) for the Sci-Fi Book Club. We will be discussing Hidden Empire by Kevin Anderson. There will be PIZZA!

Don’t miss this great opportunity: Monday, December 22-31 at 3pm

Come dance away your winter blues at the Lee Road Library with various dance instructors as they show off their skills in swing, hip hop, latin and ballroom dancing.  Each day will have a different theme followed by a dance party on New Year’s Eve!

Strategy Gaming Club, Fri. Dec. 5, 4pm
Hone your skills at chess, checkers, and other strategy games.

Otaku Connection: Japanese Culture Club
Tuesdays at 3:30pm
Into anime, manga, or… sushi? This is the club for you!

Sci-Fi Book Club, Thurs. Dec. 11, 6pm. PIZZA PROVIDED!
This month’s pick is Hidden Empire by Kevin Anderson.

Teens’ Advisory Board, Mon. Dec. 1, 6:30pm
Have a say in what we do here at the library. Help plan cool programs, contests, and future events.

Call (216) 932-3600 to register for a program, or feel free to just show up!

Please stop by the Lee Road Library at 4pm, tomorrow (Wednesday 11/26) as our director Nancy Levin says a few informal words about Diona.

This will be a short memorial, probably about 15 minutes.  We hope to see you there.

Finally, they’re up and working.  They work really well, too.  I played the Tony Hawk game today…very fun.  Come on by and check them out!

Over 8,000 teens voted in this year’s “Teens’ Top Ten” for their favorite reads of 2008. Here are the results:

1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Click here to check out the complete list of contenders, book descriptions, and previous years’ winners.