The Business of Show Business

Hey all!
I attended this program at Wayne County Community College District (WCCD). I was wondering is anyone else was there. If you were, message me. I want to compare notes!

Thanx :P

New PC Games Installed!

HYPE Teen Center now has four PC games available!

On our four Dell XPS Gaming Computers we now have the following titles:

• The Sims 2 Deluxe
• Pirates
• Age of Empires 3
• Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Come try out these fun PC games next time you visit the HYPE Teen Center!

Anime Club

This Friday is our monthly Anime Club at the HYPE Teen Center!

Come join us from 4-6pm as we discuss and view the latest in Japanese Anime.

Videos will be shown on our video projector in the HYPE Teen Center.

A Yu-Gi-Oh card game tournament for fun will also take place.

Volunteer Opportunities

Friday, March 16, 4-5pm

Learn about volunteer opportunities in the Detroit Metro Area.

Volunteering gets teens good practical experience, and provides valuable service to the community.

Many high schools are now requiring a certain number of volunteer hours to be completed before graduation.

Please join us as we go over positions that are available right now!

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January Events

We have not been able to get the January '09 events up yet because we have had a busy Christmas/New Years' Break. But we have got some great stuff happening!

January 9th- 6-8 pm- Game Wars

January 8th- 4-5:30 pm- Teen Advisory Board Meeting

January 10th- 3-4:30 pm- Dr. James Perkins, Author will discuss his book Playbook for Christian Manhood:12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys (Judson Press, 2008). Books will be available for sale from Bookbeat.

January 23rd- 4-6 pm- Anime Club:

January 24th- 4-5:45 pm- Science Career Workshop (Registration Required)

January 31st- 2-4 pm- Scrabble Tournament

Teens Top Ten Books

Teen readers selected the 2008 Teens Top Ten(TTT) books during Teen Read Week in October 2008.Youth across the country voted for their favorites among twenty-six nominated titles. More than 8,000 online ballots in addition to votes from the TTT groups, determined the top books of the year. The list below is ranked by the number of votes received.

1. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Rachel Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Information taken from Voya Magazine, Volume 31, Number 5 December 2008

Noel Night

Hi Everyone, this coming Saturday will have an evening of fun at the HYPE Teen Center.

The 36th Annual Noel Night will be taking place in Detroit's Cultural Center.

Many cultural institutions will be open from 5-9pm free of charge!

These include, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Detroit Historical Center, Wayne State University, and The Detroit Public Library.
The HYPE Teen Center will feature a preview performance by the Teen Readers' Theater.

So come out and enjoy the holidays with a fun Saturday night in the Cultural Center!

New HYPE Anime Club!

The HYPE Teen Center is starting a brand new Anime Club!

Come join us as we discuss the latest Anime to come out of Japan, along with some of the classics.

Videos will be shown on our video projector in the HYPE Teen Center.

We need you to help us, since the club gets better with each persons knowledge and participation.

The first HYPE Anime Club Meeting will be held on Friday, November 21, 4:00-6:00pm.

See you there!

More Gaming Coming Soon...

The ALA TechSource Gaming, Libraries, and Learning Symposium has been in session over the past three days.

We've heard a lot of great ideas for expanding gaming and learning at the HYPE Teen Center. Video game programming and collaboraing on group projects are themes we will be promoting in the new year. Mini Golf as a library fundraising event was also discussed, with a real mini golf course for us to try out. A few pictures from the meeting are posted below.

If you have any ideas for games, video or analog, please let us know!