RVC Public Library Teen Advisory Group

Summertime EVENTS!

2010-05-09T06:03:00.000-07:00

Feeling tired?
Take heart: the school year is almost over!!
Whether you're making the transition from elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, or high school to college (and anywhere in between!), we have a boatload of events for tweens and teens!

Start off Summer with a BANG! Battle of The Bands will be held on July 1st, tentatively from 5-9PM. We've already booked the following bands:
Wilbur
Riverside
Suspicious Activity
Common Misconception
The Line
Inmate
Nothing Epic!

Contrary to the last band's name, I'm sure it will be QUITE epic! =D

In the middle of July is the aforementioned Anime Tosho-Con! Information about which can be seen in the post below: http://rvcpltag.blogspot.com/2010/03/anime-tosho-con-shameless-plug.html

We will be putting out the SUMMER issue of "The Paper" (I ask again, can you believe it's been a whole YEAR??), once a week.

Also on Wednesdays will be the tryouts for RVC's Got Talent!! Finale will be on Thursday, August 12th!!

More information as it's confirmed. DON'T MISS OUT!!!

~DK

Anime Tosho-Con: Shameless Plug

2010-03-24T12:17:00.000-07:00

So the library's not all music and singing. We've got our very own anime convention that will be held this summer. Not just your typical library event; we've got manga artist Misako Rocks as a guest speaker.
Clear your schedule now for Saturday, July 24th. All all day affair, come anytime between 10AM and 5PM! Check out the flier!

AMERICAN IDOL!

2010-03-19T03:04:00.000-07:00

Below you'll find a copy of our auditions!

The American Idol Finale will be held on Thursday, March 25th (that's NEXT WEEK!) at 7PM!!
You'll have the chance to vote for your favorite; the winner gets a 50 dollar iTunes gift card, and 2nd and 3rd place each get a 25 dollar card! Doesn't it sound exciting?? Hope to see you there!

TAG! YOU'RE IT!

2009-12-18T18:24:00.000-08:00

To my faithful readers:

Ever wish you could get involved in the greatest teen organization in Rockville Centre? Well, now's your chance!

We're having an open meeting for new members; check the flier above for information!

Hope to see you all there!!

MOVIE NIGHT OH-NINE!

2009-12-07T08:27:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!

The holiday time is upon us, and what better way to ring in the season than to come on down to the Rockville Centre Public Library on Tuesday, December 22nd, for the Finding Nemo Movie Night! As the title implies, we'll be showing Nemo after showing a special Christmas episode of The Simpsons!

Admission is free, and pizza will be served!

I attached a copy of the flier; send it to your friends!

Welcome Back!!

2009-09-22T17:12:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!!

After a quick summer vacation, here we find ourselves at school again. I hope everyone enjoyed the various and sundry summer activities that took place. American Idol was a tremendous success, and congratulations to Crystalyn Wynter, the 2009 American Idol Champ! For those who were there, it will be held again: likely in March or April, so more people can perform! We TAG-ers will be hard at work over the next few months to make this year as excellent as last year! Be sure to comment on the blog if you have any questions or...well...comments! Or feel free to e-mail us at iTag91@gmail.com We'll let you know as soon as we have a schedule for the next few months. Keep your ears open and this website bookmarked; it's going to be a fun year!!

And if you're free Mondays @ 7PM, stop by Kim's Corner for "The Paper"! After a successful summer run (our product, "Snippets of Summer" can be found at the library), we're continuing the program through December, and likely through the end of the year, and the summer...and so on, so forth!

Hope everyone's had a smooth transition from summer to school; where did the time go, anyway?!

That's all for now; remember to check for updates!!!

Don't Forget...

2009-08-05T10:14:00.000-07:00

American Idol is tonight at the library!!
The show starts at 7 and will likely end somewhere between 9 and 9:15. Bring your friends, and don't forget: YOU pick the winner! That's right; we have 8 contestants ready to sing their hearts out and you vote for the contestant you like the best! Prizes go to the winner!

It's going to be a blast!!!!

American Idol Tryouts: Day 1

2009-07-15T19:04:00.000-07:00

So we were a bit disarmed by how few people tried out today. Blame it on the Harry Potter premiere, I say.

Here's the one audition we did get: Jasmine Garcia singing "White Flag" by Dido:

SUMMERStage: In Case You Missed It!

2009-07-02T16:46:00.001-07:00

Last night's SUMMERStage was "Something Epic" (bad joke! :P) Here are some highlights that we uploaded on our new Youtube Account (see post below!!)

Falls of Lana:

Wilbur:

Something Epic:

Shield Themselves:

Enjoy, Rate, Comment, and SUBSCRIBE!!!!!

TAGTube: Up And Running!

2009-07-02T16:44:00.000-07:00

We now have our own Youtube account where we'll be uploading all our activities! This should be added incentive to show up to TAG events: you could end up being in a viral video!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TAGTube07

Rate, Subcribe, and Comment on the various and sundry videos!

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

2009-06-26T04:40:00.000-07:00

So let the summer activities begin!
Wednesday July 1st: SummerStage. (aka our second annual Plugged/Unplugged). It'll be from 7-9:15. Admission is free!! (How can you resist that?)
Bands playing include Wilbur, Something Epic and many more!

And Starting July 15th, Open calls for American Idol begin!!

There are two other open calls the 22nd and 29th! Don't worry, only come to one! Bring a cd with the song you want to sing. If you e-mail me (at radicalbeeblebobble@yahoo.com) and tell me the song & artist, i'll probably be able to get you a karaoke version of the song (so you're not competing with the singer on the tape!)
The finale is August 5th, also at 7.

It's going to be a lot of fun! So don't miss either event!!

And Here's One Last Reminder!

2009-03-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

The CD Drive has hit a bit of a snag. We need more album recommendations for CD Drive 08/09!!

Here's the link to the original post I made about this:

http://rvcpltag.blogspot.com/2008/11/cd-drive-08.html

It's got a long list of albums and artists. E-mail me at iTag91@gmail.com with albums YOU want at the library!

There's still time; don't miss out! :D

Book Discussion Time!

2009-03-20T19:11:00.000-07:00

Have you recently read a book that you just HAVE to talk about? Well, here's your outlet! E-mail us at iTag91@gmail.com with a book review! Be sure to include its TAG (Title Author & Genre), a little summary without giving too much away, and who you'd recommend the book to.

Here's an example:

The Edible Woman

By Margaret Atwood

Fiction

I just finished reading prolific author Margaret Atwood's first novel, The Edible Woman. The novel follows Marian McAlpin, and her impending marriage to Peter Wollander and how she gradually loses her sense of self before realizing that she must get it back. Atwood gives the novel a unique twist by manifesting Marian's loss of self in an inability to eat. Marian begins to attribute human qualities to almost all food put in front of her, refusing to partake in what she deems cannibalism. Considering the book was published in 1969 and written a few years before, Atwood proves to be years ahead of her time when addressing issues such as feminism and the patriarchal society Marian lives in. I'd definitely recommend this book to teens grades 10 or above. It's a quick read but it's certainly worth it!

Now your turn! :D

Aforementioned Summertime Merriment!!

2009-03-20T18:39:00.000-07:00

We TAG-ers have been hard at work planning loads of summertime activities, all to be held at your very own library! We're going to kick things off with a bang with SummerStage (gotta love the alliteration) on Tuesday July 1st. Think of last year's Plugged/Unplugged, but with a different name. And it's in summer. If it's half as good as last year, get ready for some fantastic performances!

Yours truly will be teaching a Journalism class this summer as well, which I'm very excited about (if you couldn't tell by the excessive/obsessive use of LOLCats!). That'll be on Tuesday nights from July 7th to August 11th. Think MTV's The Paper, but better! :D

Ok let's calm down (a little..)

There will also likely be an art class taught by another resident TAG-er, Steve Maher. Dates and times are TBD. Steve's a great artist so it's sure to be a great experience for anyone who wants to partake. For lack of a better explanation, here's what the class may look like:

And finally, what better way to end a summer at the library with the Rockville Centre Public Library's own American Idol. We're planning to gather some of RVC's most talented teens and you, the audience, pick the winner! That is scheduled for August 5th.

You definitely don't want to miss any of these events, so mark your calendars now!!! =D

Let's Pretend It Hasn't Been 2 Months...

2009-03-20T18:31:00.000-07:00

...since I last posted! But what can I say? February was a bit of a slow month. The teens came together once before President's Week Break to make some Sweet Treats with little kids! Everyone had a lot of fun, and we're definitely going to do something like that again, so don't be bummed if you missed out!

The next big TAG-sponsored event is "Book Swap" on Saturday, March 28th. Teens can come bring in books they'd like to trade, and for every book they bring, they get to bring a different book home! What better way to get into some new books and talk about what you've read (I'll get into that later...)

After that, it seems like we'll all be looking forward to the summer, and all the summertime merriment the Rockville Centre Public Library has to offer!

New & Exciting Events!

2009-01-19T16:06:00.000-08:00

2009 is already underway, and the TAG-ers have been hard at work planning upcoming events to make this year even better than last year!

On February 6th at 4 PM, we'll be hosting a Sweet Treats Event for young kids. Sign up at the library if you wish to volunteer to be a helper!!

On February 9th, the first meeting of the Rockville Centre Public Library's Review Crew will be taking place. All are welcome: especially if you love to write! Participants will be writing book reviews and anything in the venue of creative writing. Express Yourself!*

*That wasn't subliminal advertising this year's summer theme at the library at all...*

Also in the next few months, there will be a Book Swap, where teens will get to bring in books, and trade them with other books brought in. It'll be a great way to read new books, and share books you like with others!

That brings us into the Summer!! It's just around the corner, and we have plenty of things lined up for summer already! Stay tuned...:)

It's Gonna Be A Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T16:16:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year, All! The Tina Fey Movie Night was loads of fun. Plenty of laughs throughout. Attendance wasn't spectacular, but perhaps there were more people on vacation than we anticipated! No worries if you couldn't make it, we have plenty of fun things coming down the pike for 2009!

Next meeting is on Thursday, January 8th, which means I'll have oodles of updates next weekend! If something comes up before then, there will be updates earlier than that, for sure.

Again, Happy New Year! :D

Less Than A Fortnight.../Miscommunications

2008-12-18T15:55:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of posts; it's been a quiet December! Guess everyone's busy indulging in activities and other holiday merriment. With the Holiday Vacation fast approaching, don't forget about the Movie Night! You can pick up a copy of the flier at the Library!

Here's something I forgot to add before:

http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20287615262

Join TAG's facebook group! You get up-to-the-minute information, and some funny misunderstandings amongst the members on the wall! Guess the holiday season has everyone a little edgy! =D

Plus, a second facebook event was added:

http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=41312032830

Aren't miscommunications a gas?

Success!!

2008-12-06T16:08:00.001-08:00

Congratulations for those who participated in TAG's Holiday Greeting event. 18 teens (and TAGers) hauled it over to the library at 4 PM on the 1st of December, and by 5:30, 100 cards were made! That's EPIC!! I'm sure we made some homebound seniors' holidays much brighter!

Keep up the good work, everyone!! :D

Yes, It's Early. But...

2008-12-06T16:01:00.000-08:00

In January, TAG will be one year ~~old~~ young! Just think, this time last year, there was no TAG. What a sad, sad world we lived in! But now it's here, and is continuing to go strong! Want to help maintain it? Then get involved! Opportunities abound at the Rockville Centre Public Library!

Happy Birthday, TAG! :D

Project TAG: Logo Design

2008-12-06T15:51:00.000-08:00

Feeling creative? Do you have untapped artistic ability? Do you love the library so much that you check this blog regularly? Then this challenge is for you! The Teen Advisory Group, in all its prestige and glory, lacks an logo: nay, an insignia. Something we can use for fliers and other various and sundry things. If you have design in mind, e-mail it to radicalbeeblebobble@yahoo.com. It's preferable if it is a computer design, which makes the process of copying said logo easier.

Think you have what it takes? Go for it! (even if you don't, go for it anyway...we're kind of desparate...:D)

PS: Don't copy the one I have. That's just half of the TAG-Heuer logo...^_^

Status: Facebooking?

2008-12-05T17:18:00.000-08:00

If you're going to the movie night, join the facebook group!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=38207383541

Are you attending? :D

Movie Flier: Remixed

2008-12-05T13:39:00.000-08:00

After some tweaking (ok a lot of tweaking: I really got into it after a while :D), I remixed the Movie Night Flier. Same concept, just includes more information, and a cameo by a certain Alaskan governor...

You know you want to go to the Movie Night THAT MUCH MORE now!!

Speaking of the Movie Night...

2008-12-01T16:27:00.001-08:00

Here's a poster done by none other than the brother of The Blogger: Alex Kane, of the Publicity Division.

EPIC Card Making, Everyone!!

2008-12-01T16:03:00.001-08:00

Ok, for those who didn't show for today's (TAG sponsored) Greeting-Card event, you MISSED OUT!!! Teens from all over Rockville Centre showed up to make greeting cards for homebound senior citizens. And you missed the musical stylings of Kelly Clarkson, Natasha Bedingfield, Janet Jackson and Celine Dion: the only CDs in the library from the last 18 months. Goes to show why there's a CD Drive going on, eh? Don't forget to send me the artists and albums you like that are missing from the list (scroll ye mouse southward!)

For those who did make it today, thanks so much!! Everyone was incredibly helpful and made the process run quickly and smoothly. No doubt those cards are going to make a lot of people very happy this holiday season. Gotta love those non-denominational holiday cards! :D

Hopefully, I'll get some pictures I took soon, so you all get to see what you missed! They're the kind of pictures that you'll look at and say, "That crazy blogger was right! I should have gone to that card thing!"

There's plenty of other events this month. Culminating with the Tina Fey Movie Night to ring in the New Year; that's 12/30 --> 4-8:15!!

That'll be all for now. Check back soon for pictures, and a very special video!

~David

You Know Your Blog Has Made It When...

2008-11-19T16:58:00.001-08:00

It's a link on the Rockville Centre Public Library Teen Central Page!!!

...and I didn't even prepare a speech! :D

Want this kind of notoriety for yourself? Well maybe you should consider joining the Teen Advisory Group! Next event is December 1st (see a few posts down for other events).

Also a reminder, don't forget to e-mail me albums you want to see at the library!

Dial P for Palin - Tina Fey Movie Night Promo

2008-11-18T15:51:00.000-08:00

Why go to the Tina Fey Movie Night on the 30th? Here's a few reasons:

She's hysterical in these clips, and even funnier on the big screen!
DON'T MISS OUT!!

CD Drive 08

2008-11-18T14:06:00.000-08:00

For those who have seen (and smelled) the audio section of the Rockville Centre Public Library, one can quickly determine that it needs a bit of freshening up. A list has been compiled of albums and artists below:

19: Adele
Frank, Back To Black: Amy Winehouse
Alright, Still: Lily Allen
Little Voice: Sara Bareilles
Kala, Arular: MIA
Life in Cartoon Motion: Mika
The Doors: The Doors
Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam
Acoustic Soul: India.Arie
As I Am: Alicia Keys
One of the Boys: Katy Perry
The Real Thing: Jill Scott
Don’t Look Away: Kate Voegele
X: Kylie Minogue
We Started Nothing: The Ting Tings
Pop Up: Yelle
Fantasia Pop: Belanova
This is the Life: Amy MacDonald
Legend: Bob Marley
Rockferry: Duffy
Blink-182: Blink 182
Shine: Estelle
Little: Little
Homogenic, Vespertine: Bjork
Waves and the Both of Us: Charlotte Sometimes
Some People Have Real Problems: Sia
Sublime: Sublime
Viva La Cobra: Cobra Starship
Life For Rent: Dido
Like Blood Like Honey: Holly Brook
Girls and Boys: Ingrid Michaelson
Worrisome Heart: Melody Gardot
The Fame: Lady GaGa
Drastic Fantastic: KT Tunstall
The Purple Tape, Tails: Lisa Loeb
The Stoop: Lilttle Jackie
Meiko: Meiko
Lenka: Lenka
Introducing Joss Stone: Joss Stone
Robyn: Robyn
Funhouse: P!nk
I Am...Sasha Fierce: Beyonce
David Cook: David Cook
Circus: Britney Spears
Who Killed Amanda Palmer?: Amanda Palmer
Yes, Virginia: The Dresden Dolls
Sounds Like This: Eric Hutchinson
Ladyhawke: Ladyhawke
Good Girl Gone Bad: Rihanna
Paper Trail: TI
This is Alphabeat: Alphabeat
Riot!: Paramore
Flavors of Entanglement: Alanis Morrissette
Wreck of the Day: Anna Nalick
White Blood Cells: The White Stripes

Phew! That took forever. Now comes the fun part. Look through this list carefully. See an album you LOVE but isn't on this list? E-mail me at radicalbeeblebobble@yahoo.com (funny story behind that e-mail address, remind me to tell it later...), and tell me!!

Something like this: Hey Dave, send me *INSERT ALBUM HERE* by *INSERT ARTIST HERE*. Thanks; you're boss notch. From, *INSERT NAME HERE*

December Events!

2008-11-18T13:06:00.000-08:00

Monday, December 1: "Operation: Greeting Card"

From 4-6 PM, we'll be making greeting cards for homebound neighbors at the library to help them get into the holiday spirit. All are welcome.

Monday, December 29: "Video Game Extravaganza"

What's a great way to ring in 2009? With video games, of course. Come on down to the library to play the Wii and other game consoles. Don't forget to bring your friends; after all, the more, the merrier!

Tuesday, December 30: "Tina Fey Double Feature"

Don't spend the next day at home tending to your carpel tunnel; instead, come back to the library to see a double feature starring Tina Fey. Miss Fey has been launched into mainstream notoriety with her dead on impersonations of Vice-Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin, and her NBC sitcom 30 Rock helped her win a Primetime Emmy. We'll be watching Baby Mama, where Fey co-stars with another SNL alum, Amy Poehler. Second is Mean Girls, which was written by Tina and features her as co-star to Lindsay Lohan. Don't miss it!

iTag, do you?

2008-11-18T12:48:00.000-08:00

Well hello! Welcome to the Rockville Centre Public Library Teen Advisory Group (TAG)'s Blog. In this (environmentally conscious and thus green-colored) blog, you (the reader) will be updated on when meetings take place, events happening at the RVC Public Library and very soon, you'll get to see pictures and video from these events.

A typical TAG meeting takes place on the first Thursday of every month. The officers are:

President: Michael Bucaria

Vice President: David Kane

Secretary: Caitlin Morahan

Publicists: Alexander Kane & Hope Fusco

At these meetings, we'll be discussing events that need be planned, and throw around new ideas. All are welcome to throw their hats into the ring, and we hope to see you there! :)

More posts will be up in the next few minutes announcing our December events and projects that we need YOUR help on. Can you handle it? ;)

~David