Metamorphosis @ Your Library!

Make sure to stop in to pick up your Summer Reading Program packet. You earn prizes by reading and attending programs. We're giving away a incentive gift card every week in addition to other cool prizes. Our first H.Y.P.E. Night was quite a success! We had so much fun. The next one will be July 25th. Make sure to call and pre-register at 313-833-4791. Also, we will be having H.Y.P.E. Talent Night from 5:30-7:30 that evening too. If you're interested, stop in Tuesday evening at 6:00 for auditions.

H.Y.P.E. Night this Friday!

Our first monthly H.Y.P.E. Night is this Friday (6/20/08)!

H.Y.P.E. Night is a teen dance party at the H.Y.P.E. Teen Center running from 8-11pm.

Pre-Registration is required, please call 833-4791 to reserve your spot.

Refreshments will be served, so come out and have a good time at H.Y.P.E. Night!

Video Game Tournament this Friday!

Hey everyone! We will be having a Game Wars video game competition on Friday (6/13/08) from 5-7pm. Games for the competition will be Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Mario Kart for the Nintendo Wii.

You might have noticed it will be Friday the 13th the day of the event, so make sure to bring lots of good luck.

Food and Prizes will be provided, so come down the H.Y.P.E. Teen Center to test your gaming skills and make new friends!

Registration is the day of the event, and doesn't cost anything, just get there a little before 5pm.

Players will be able to sign up for both competitions.

Early rounds in each tournament will be a "Round Robin" style, so every player is guaranteed to play in at least two matches for a chance to advance.

Hope to see you there!

Homework Help Saturday Afternoons

H.Y.P.E. launches homework help sessions every Saturday afternoon from 2:00-4:00p.m. Come get (or give) help with school assignments.

H.Y.P.E. card required for admission.

Game Wars Video Game Competition

H.Y.P.E. will host its next Game Wars competition Saturday, June 7, 2:00-4:00p.m.

You can compete for prizes during our monthly Game Wars competitions, the second Friday of each month.

H.Y.P.E. card required for admission.

H.Y.P.E. Teen Advisory Board meeting

Come to the Explorers’ Room at 4:00 on Thursday, June 5, to have your voice heard on teen programs and activities at the main branch of DPL.

The Teen Advisory Board meets the first Thursday of each month. If you can’t join us this Thursday, please come join us in the future.

Free Software Series

The H.Y.P.E. Center kicks off our Free Software Series of classes on Tuesday, June 3, with an introduction to Open Office, a free productivity software package that includes word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation programs. Class runs from 4:00-5:30p.m. Everyone who takes the class can get a free copy of Open Office software to take home.

H.Y.P.E. card required for admission.

Teen Readers' Theater, Tuesday, June 3

Join the talented teens of DPL’s Teen Readers’ Theater for their performance of the original play “Who,” by Toynetta Daniels and Rhiannon Grissom.

These pictures are from earlier Teen Readers’ Theater performances.

H.Y.P.E. Opens!!!

After a great week of family activities, the H.Y.P.E. Teen Center at the main library opened on May 15. Here are some scenes from the ribbon-cutting:

Celebrations continued with a fashion show and dance party on Friday, featuring local designers and Naima, 2005 winner of “America’s Next Top Model.” Naima stayed on for photographs and autographs after the show.




















Saturday featured a festival with vendors and performers, including live broadcasts by WJLB.













H.Y.P.E.’s first Game Wars video game tournament started at 1:00 on Saturday.










For more information about H.Y.P.E. and other teen activities, go to www.dplhype.org. (You can also reach the blog from there.)