March 8, 2010

Tea Time at the Chelsea House Victorian Inn: Somewhere in Time comes to Chelsea

Filed under: Elementary students, History, Movies, Parents, Preschoolers, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 8:41 pm

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On Sunday, March 7th, library patrons sipped in style at the Chelsea House Victorian Inn, an 1880’s Queen Ann Victorian Inn run by Jim and Kim Myles.  Part of the Chelsea Reads Together:  Wheels to Reels events, the tea was in celebration of the film Somewhere in Time, which was shot almost in entirety at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.   Participants enjoyed Darjeeling Tea and homemade fruit crepes, eclairs and scones as they discussed fascinating facts about the movie.  Did you know that Richard Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton were at one time considered for the leads instead of Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour?

 

 

Many guests arrived in costume for the event

Many guests arrived in costume for the event

The fabulous a cappella group the Meadowlarks entertained with Victorian era songs

The fabulous a cappella group the Meadowlarks entertained with Victorian era songs

Patrons enjoyed viewing the many beautiful items in the inn.

Patrons enjoyed viewing the many beautiful items in the inn.

Librarians Karen and Lisa model beautiful hats generously lent to tea guests by Helen Welford

Librarians Karen and Lisa model beautiful hats generously lent to tea guests by Helen Welford

Everyone had a simply delicious time!

Everyone had a simply delicious time!

If you would like to join in our next celebration, please consider coming to our fabulous Gala Finale, preceded by our Pre-Gala Reception.   We’ll have lights, red carpet, velvet ropes, professional photographer Mark Bogarin, delicious catered hors d’oeuvres, jazz pianist Brian Brill, and academy award winner Sue Marks, a Michigan filmmaker.  See the Oscar up close! 
Check out our many fine programs during the Chelsea Reads Together Wheels to Reels:  Movie-Making in Michigan event here.

March 5, 2010

Jazz & Chocolate: A Feast for the Senses! Saturday, April 10, 2010

Filed under: Elementary students, Music, Parents, Preschoolers, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 4:46 pm

chocolateHave a taste for great music and great chocolate?  Try three fun youth programs that mix both in a feast for the senses!

Jazz Jam Jr. (ages 3-6, 10 am) is an hour of jazz fun and stories focused on improvisation and movement.  Wiggle your toes to hot tunes!  Instructor Tara Vesprini.

Jazz Jam (ages 7-11,  11 am) mixes the fun of jazz exploration with increased rhythmic and harmonic complexity.  Jump and jive your socks off!  Instructor Tara Vesprini.

At the American Songbook Performance (all ages, 12 pm) CCA middle and high-school students will perform Jazz and Musical Theatre from the 20th century.  A treat for the ears mixed with chocolate treats!

Programs are presented in partnership with the Chelsea Center for the Arts.  Patrons should register for each program by calling the Chelsea Center for the Arts at (734) 433-2787 (no library registration).  For more information click here.

March 3, 2010

Trivia Contest This Month!

Filed under: Elementary students, Reading, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 8:25 pm

How much do you know about The Lightning Thief? Show us!
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Enter The Lightning Thief Trivia Contest in the youth department! Win a treasure chest full of Percy Jackson stuff–The Lightning Thief book, Percy Jackson action figure, light pen, trading cards and more!

The winner will be drawn from correct entries on March 31.

February 26, 2010

6-11 Club Flashback from the Past!

Filed under: Elementary students, Funny, Holidays, Parents, Preschoolers, Reading — Youth Blog @ 3:33 pm

Have you enjoyed the wonderfully crazy, bouncy, educational, silly, creepy, sticky, happy experience that is the 6-11 Club over the years?  Take a look at some fun photos that we have archived before the arrival of our blog, and see how much you have grown!

Keep that candy on the house!  Holidays 2008

Keep that candy on the house! Holidays 2008

Mixing up a bilious brew at the Roald Dahl party

Mixing up a bilious brew at the Roald Dahl party

A teen helper eats some wormy spaghetti at the Roald Dahl party

A teen helper eats some wormy spaghetti at the Roald Dahl party

Kids race in flippers at the Under the Sea party

Kids race in flippers at the Under the Sea party

Crafts of Then and Now on Veterans Day

Crafts of Then and Now on Veterans Day

Decorating Pots with Tantre Farm

Decorating Pots with Tantre Farm

Paper tricks in a paper story on Paper Day!

Paper tricks in a paper story on Paper Day!

Ready, set, go! on Paper Day

Ready, set, go! on Paper Day

Kids plant seeds in artistic tubs with the Garden Club

Kids plant seeds in artistic tubs with the Garden Club

Kids read and draw comics with Jerzy

Kids read and draw comics with Jerzy

Beware the colorful Stegasaurus at the Dinosaur Party!

Beware the colorful Stegasaurus at the Dinosaur Party!

Skeletons grin for the Day of the Dead at the 2009 Holiday Party

Skeletons grin for the Day of the Dead at the 2009 Holiday Party

What fun we all have at the 6-11 Club!

What fun we all have at the 6-11 Club!

February 20, 2010

How to Train Your Dragon movie trailer

Filed under: Elementary students, Funny, Movies, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 5:36 pm

how-to-train-your-dragonRead the book! Before the movie comes out March 26.

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell is about a young heir to a Viking chiefdom who must hunt down the fiercest dragon in the land, but ends up with the smallest, most ornery dragon.

February 16, 2010

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Filed under: Elementary students, Movies, Reading, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 12:25 am

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So have you seen The Lightning Thief movie yet? It came out last Friday and all the Percy Jackson books are flying off the shelf! There’s a waiting list for most of them, but if you need a Percy Jackson fix, visit the cool series website.

The Guys Read Book Club will be discussing The Lightning Thief (the book, not the movie!) (OK, maybe we’ll discuss the movie a little bit) on Wednesday, February 17 at 3:30pm in the McKune room. Bring your FREE copy of the book that you received when you signed up for the Book Club.

February 12, 2010

Who are Sumi, Quatchi and Miga?

Filed under: Elementary students, Sports, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 5:45 pm

The three Olympic mascots are shown, Miga, a snowboarding bear; Quatchi, a hockey-loving sasquatch; and Sumi, an animal spirit.They are the official Winter Olympics mascots!

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver are here!

Check out this fun website where you can learn all about the Olympic mascots and play games, watch videos, and connect to the official Winter Olympics website.

February 11, 2010

Icky and Stinky Fun: Who Cleans Up Chelsea? I Need to Read Monday Feb. 22, 4-5pm

Filed under: Elementary students, Funny, Reading, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 12:22 pm

cartoon garbage truck spills garbageIf you like all things icky, yucky, and stinky, come learn about who cleans up Chelsea and how they do it!  Find out how much garbage we really toss.  Learn about how sewage helps grow crops!  See what we take out of the water we drink.   

a cartoon family puts trash in recycle containers

Discover ways to save our town from being overrun with garbage today and in the future!  Fun give-aways and tasty refreshments!  Lots of things to see and touch!  Sign up today!  Registration.

February 10, 2010

Kideos!

Filed under: Animals, Elementary students, Funny, Tweens, Videos — Youth Blog @ 1:42 pm

 

Whoa! Look who’s coming in the cat door!

Looking for fun videos, just for kids? Check out www.kideos.com.

You’ll find Cute Animals! Cartoon Characters! Cats! Dogs! Muppets! Check it out.

February 9, 2010

February is Black History Month

Filed under: Elementary students, History, Tweens — Youth Blog @ 11:47 pm

A yellow, red, black and green striped box (like Kente cloth) provides the background for the words: Celebrate Black History MonthWe owe the celebration of Black History Month, and more importantly, the study of black history, to Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Born to parents who were former slaves, he spent his childhood working in the Kentucky coal mines and enrolled in high school at age twenty. He graduated within two years and later went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard.

The scholar was disturbed to find in his studies that history books largely ignored the black American population-and when blacks did figure into the picture, it was generally in ways that reflected the inferior social position they were assigned at the time.

Woodson decided to take on the challenge of writing black Americans into the nation’s history. In 1926, he launched Negro History Week as an initiative to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history.

Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because it marks the A black and white photograph of Carter Woodson is placed here.birthdays of two men who greatly influenced the black American population, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. However, February has much more than Douglass and Lincoln to show for its significance in black American history. For example:

For more information on Black History Month, including an interactive timeline, click here.

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