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Winter Wonderland: Holidays Around the World!

Oct 302024
 

Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 1-4pm at the library.

Patrons of all ages are invited to join us for a winter celebration. Grab a friend and your ugliest holiday sweater and make time for some fun with your neighbors this season.

Look for the DJ with the snow machine on our Powell Street sidewalk between 1 and 2pm. Watch out for snowballs.

We’ll have music, games for kids and adults, a hot chocolate bar, a winter photo set for your holiday pictures, gift making, gift wrapping, a wall of memories to say good-bye to our building before the renovation, and visits from Olaf and Frosty (1:30-2:30pm).  This event is free, but there will be a bake sale to benefit the Friends of the Library. (Donations are welcome.) You may also want to check out our Friends’ used holiday children’s books for sale while you are here.

 

Register under our events tab at https://mnl.libcal.com/event/13438088

Email Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org or call 610-278-5100 x400 with questions.

Teen Advisory Board

Oct 012024
 

 

 

 

Teens, now is your chance! We won a grant from PA Humanities this year to explore culture through food and we want you! The plan is to share food from various cultures and look at how that food was influenced by other cultures. We’ll cook, we’ll eat, we’ll do related projects. This is a youth-led program so you will have a lot of say in how it goes. You will also learn leadership skills and help the library be a better place for Norristown Area teens.

Here are the facts:

Regular attendance is required 2x a month on Wednesday afternoons/evenings (4:30-6pm).

Meetings:

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 4:30-6pm – Irish Night

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 4:30-6pm – Italian Night

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 4:30-6:30pm – African American Night

In 2025 we will meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month until the end of the school year (4:30-6:00/6:30pm). Students decide on themes and are looking toward doing a Vietnamese night, a Mexican night, a Japanese night, a Jamaican night and more.

Note: We’ll meet at the library, but the library will be moving to the PennDot building up Markley Street (behind the Royal Farms Store) around March. You will have to get there for the last 3 months. It is 9/10th of a mile away from our current location on Powell Street.

There is no cost to you thanks to a grant from PA Humanities. All the food and supplies will be provided.

We hope you will share recipes and culture from your house with us, but it is not required.

Ages 12-18.

If you are interested, REGISTER under our events tab at https://mnl.libcal.com/event/13466846

Email Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org with questions.  

This is a great activity to put on college applications and resumes, btw.

Thank you, PA Humanities!

Monday Art for Teens

Sep 272024
 

DROP IN ART

Drop in to create some art. Socialize. De-stress. Develop your skills. Whatever. We’ll have mini-projects to try together and open supplies like watercolors, markers, and colored pencils for you to do your own thing too. Ages 12+

4-5pm most Mondays during the school year.

Questions? Email Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org.

Pick Up Chess

Aug 222024
 

 

 

 

Play chess with other interested players on Tuesdays between 3-5pm. We are set up on the tables in the AV area on the first floor.  Bring your own board or use ours. No registration, drop in only.

Teen Game Days

Jun 162023
 

Meet up with local teens to play video games in the main library’s teen area most Tuesdays & Fridays.  Play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, join a friend to play Dragon Ball FighterZ on the PS4, or play throwback games on our XBox 360 and Wii. Teens only. Talk to Jamie at the circulation desk or email JAlbrecht@mclinc.org with questions. You may also be interested to join our Novel Knockout Smash Bros. Tournaments every 3rd Saturday of the month at 12:30pm in the community room (ages 13+).