Teens can yuk it up at the library
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer ()
The Young Adult Library Services Association is encouraging teens to read for the fun of it during Teen Read Week, Oct. 14-20, at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. This year’s theme is “Laugh Out Loud at Your Library.”
The library is inviting laughter through humorous books, film comedies, and “LOL” programs such as comic anime and movie marathons, cartooning workshops and social gaming tournaments.
Also, kids ages 12-18 can enter the library’s fifth annual Teen Photography Contest by snapping a photo and dropping it off at any library location during the month of October.
LaRosa’s Pizzeria will give two grand prize pizza parties for winners of each age category, ages 12-14 and 15-18.
More information, visit TeenSpace.CincinnatiLibrary.org.
SEVEN HILLS BESTOWS HONOR
Carolyn Giles, head of the fine and performing arts department at Seven Hills Middle School, has won the Elise Eaton Allen Faculty Chair, one of the school’s highest honors.
The endowed faculty chair carries with it special financial awards and a Seven Hills armchair symbolic of the honor.
Giles, of Spring Grove Village, teaches theater. She was selected in 2005 to participate in the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program in Japan. The experience led her to create a unit on the history and practices of Bunraku puppetry, including an investigation of traditional Japanese folktales.
“As a drama teacher, Carolyn Giles has taken middle school students to places they have never been before,” said Ted Blackwell, head of Seven Hills Middle School. Through the use of masks and mime, costumes and characters, she has expanded the program and enriched the experience of our students.”
FUNDRAISER AT SALON
A Salon-a-Thon will be 5-10 p.m. Thursday at Beauty First, 3764 Paxton Ave. in Oakley, to raise funds for Daniel Menefee, 9, who has a rare immunodeficiency disorder.
Daniel has had two bone-marrow transplants. He …