Although you can’t start posting your books and collecting prizes until May 26th, you can sign up for Mythic Summer today at your library! You can either come on in to one of our branches or you can sign up from home by clicking on the Mythic Summer button on our homepage, ppld.org.Use your library card number and pin when signing up and don’t forget to pick up a Mythic Summer booklet and confirm your registration next time you are in the library!
Get ready to read your way through Mythic Summer!
Another sneak peak into Mythic Summer!
Are you a big fan of the myths and magic of movies? Have you ever wanted to make your own movie? Well, this summer you will have the chance to learn to use filming equipment and video editing software to make your own original film. The video workshops will be taking place under the tutelage of PPLD’s award winning video center. Registration will be limited to fifteen teens per class. The workshops will be on either Tuesday or Thursday from June 5th and 7th through July 24th and 26th.
Come on in and get signed up for the Teen Summer Reading program, Mythic Summer, at the end of this month to get more details and to find out how to register for the video workshops.
This summer PPLD will be proudly presenting Mythic Summer Teen Summer Reading Program. Besides reading books to earn prizes, you will also be able to attend and participate in tons of cool events that will make the “mythic” in Mythic Summer come to life. Check back here on the TeenZone blog for sneak previews of the events that will be coming up this summer.
And now, for your first sneak peak!
Shakespeare Summer 1607
Starting to make plans for your mythic teen summer? Blast back 400 years to relive the times of Will Shakespeare, Tuesdays at the Fountain Branch. You’ll have the chance to take on the role of an actual character of the time: actor, peasant, royalty, jester, businessperson, or explorer. Learn about the foods, clothes, and pastimes of the day. Explore Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, stage makeup and stage combat.
By the year 1607, Shakespeare had written many of his greatest plays. We will eavesdrop on the Kings Players and figure out how they planned a performance of Antony and Cleopatra, who played what parts, and what other plays they might have been performing at the same time. You won’t have to perform–unless you want to–but we’ll experiment and figure out how they did it. Ever see the movie Shakespeare in Love? That’s the idea.
So get ready for a wild ride back 400 years and plan on doing Shakespeare Summer 1607, at the Fountain Branch.