The Art Lab @ HAW: Watercolor Painting
August 1 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Hawthorne Branch
You asked for it, and here it is! Judy Harris is back with her fabulously popular and engaging watercolor class. No previous drawing or painting experience is required. Class is limited to 12 students - you can register online through our Events page or you can call the Hawthorne Branch at 352-481-1920 to reserve your spot. We supply all the materials - all you need to bring is your creativity! Teens and adults are welcome.
Teen Gaming
August 3 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Archer Branch
Come to the Archer Branch Library during Summer at the Library and play games on our Xbox One console! Play a variety of available games and compete with your friends! Attendance is limited to the first 8 people. If there are more than 8 teens interested in one session, a rotating system will be implemented in order to ensure everyone is allowed to play at some point during the program.
Drawing Club
August 3 | 3:15-4:00 p.m. | Newberry Branch
Come hang out and draw with new friends. Get sketchy and practice your drawing skills at the Newberry Branch Library. All ages 5+ welcome.
Pathways to Programming - Ozobots
August 4 | 3:00-5:30 p.m. | Millhopper Branch
Join us for an introduction to computational thinking with Ozobots and color codes, short sequences of color drawn with markers on paper that tell Ozobots what to do. After a brief demonstration, participants will be supplied with Ozobots, coding templates, and instructions. They will then create their own pattern codes to control the Ozobots.
- Registration is required at least 12 hours before the event to guarantee admission.
- Attendance is limited, so please include all attendees in your group as individual attendees or guests.
- Check-in will start 15 minutes prior to the program’s start time.
- If registered attendee and guests are not present 5 minutes prior to the start time, seats may be given away on a first come, first serve basis.
Mosquito Madness
August 4 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Cone Park Branch
Join our friends from the City of Gainesville Public Works Department as they talk about insect identification, habitats, and mosquito control methods. Look at live bugs under a microscope while learning how to stay bite-free!
Creativity for Change - Stamp Making
August 9 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Archer Branch
Join us as we carve our own stamps and discuss how we can positively create change in our communities.
Teen Crafts: Create Your Own Accessories
August 9 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Tower Road Branch
It's all about accessorizing! Join us and get a chance to DIY some of your own accessories to show off your individuality. Crafts will include shrink plastic (AKA Shrinky Dink) and alphabet pony beads.
Teen Book Discussion
August 9 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Online eBranch
Virtual Teen Book Discussion program where participants have a friendly discussion to share their favorite book they read this month via camera, audio, or chatbox. This group will be different from the teen book club in that each participant will choose his or her own book to read each month and tell us about it as a jumping-off point for conversation and discussion. Here is the zoom link to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85746919097?pwd=cDl1RWtYTmwvcDBldTAvRDRUZkliQT09
Mandala Mania
August 10 | 3:15-4:00 p.m. | Newberry Branch
Gain some inner peace with the relaxing art of drawing mandalas. If you think mandalas are too complicated for you to draw, think again! Come join us at the Newberry Branch Library to learn how to draw one. All ages 5+ welcome.
ChillSpace
August 10-31 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Library Partnership Branch
Teens can come to hang out after school every Monday through Friday starting August 10. Play games, build stuff, do puzzles, watch movies, make arts and crafts, and more.
Create @ Archer - Collage
August 11 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Archer Branch
Learn how to recycle magazine images to create collage pieces of art! Teens and adults are welcome.
Anime Club
August 11 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Cone Park Branch
Join us for our teen Anime Club meeting in the Cone Park meeting room! We will be watching anime movies and shows, encouraging the reading and discussion of manga, and deepening their appreciation of another culture. There will be an emphasis put on reading manga to go along with the shows and movies we love, learning the rules of games related to anime, and getting a better understanding of Japanese culture and language.
Teen Gaming
August 11 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | High Springs Branch
Bring a friend and join us in playing some Nintendo Switch games at the High Springs branch!
Pencil Bag Decorating
August 12 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Cone Park Branch
Using some fabric paint, we will be decorating pencil bags and getting ready for the start of the school year. Supplies will be provided, but space is limited.
August 13 & 27 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Micanopy Branch
Are you curious about virtual reality? Join us to experience VR with Oculus Rift and Google Expedition VR headsets. All ages 5+ welcome.
- Registration is required at least 12 hours before the event to guarantee admission.
- Attendance is limited, so please include all attendees in your group as individual attendees or guests.
- Check-in will start 15 minutes prior to the program’s start time.
- If registered attendee and guests are not present 5 minutes prior to the start time, seats may be given away on a first come, first serve basis.
Chess Club
August 14 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Millhopper Branch
Join the Millhopper Chess Club and learn to play or challenge a friend to a game.
August 18 | 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Hawthorne Branch
Join us at the Hawthorne branch for our new venture, the Gaming Club! Using modern and not-so-modern technology, we'll create and play all kinds of games, video and otherwise. Bring your creativity along for this wild ride!
- Registration is required at least 12 hours before the event to guarantee admission.
- Attendance is limited, so please include all attendees in your group as individual attendees or guests.
- Check-in will start 15 minutes prior to the program’s start time.
- If registered attendee and guests are not present 5 minutes prior to the start time, seats may be given away on a first come, first serve basis.
Sea Salt Watercolor Painting
August 20 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Micanopy Branch
Learn about the Hygroscopic properties of salt while having fun creating ocean scenes in a project that combines science and art.
Teen Writing Club
August 23 | 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Tower Road Branch
Are you a teen writer looking to connect and discuss with other teen writers? Come to the teen writing club! We'll provide writing resources, writing exercises (for those interested), and conversation and support for all the teen writers out there. Novelists, fic writers, poets, journalists--all are welcome at our writing club.
August 24 | 3:15-4:00 p.m. | Newberry Branch
We are back from our break! In August, we will be reading Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.
- Registration is required at least 12 hours before the event to guarantee admission.
- Attendance is limited, so please include all attendees in your group as individual attendees or guests.
- Check-in will start 15 minutes prior to the program’s start time.
- If registered attendee and guests are not present 5 minutes prior to the start time, seats may be given away on a first come, first serve basis.
Gaming Corner
August 25 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Cone Park Branch
An hour of board games, card games, and fun! Teens can get together and enjoy lightly competitive gameplay. There will be an emphasis on learning the rules of each game and good sportsmanship.
August 27 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Archer Branch
We'll show you how to use stuff you've already got lying around the house to make fun STEAM activities, while also talking about the science behind what we're looking at that week. Ages 5+ welcome.
- Registration is required at least 12 hours before the event to guarantee admission.
- Attendance is limited, so please include all attendees in your group as individual attendees or guests.
- Check-in will start 15 minutes prior to the program’s start time.
- If registered attendee and guests are not present 5 minutes prior to the start time, seats may be given away on a first come, first serve basis.
Teen Space
August 31 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Alachua Branch
Teens, unleash your creativity and invention skills at this STEAM program! Library staff will have various art and maker tools available for teens to experiment with.
August 31 | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Headquarters Library
The Teen/Tween Book Club at the Headquarters Branch of the Alachua County Library District has been around for over three years and has now moved to GoodReads! This virtual platform allows us to safely hear from all of our members (past and present) and to add new members from all around the district! We love reading the best new YA fantasy and sci-fi, but also enjoy slice-of-life novels and great bios. We'll even throw in the occasional graphic novel for fun! Check out what we're reading and join us for some scintillating conversation on the last Wednesday of each month.
- Registration is required at least 12 hours before the event to guarantee admission.
- Attendance is limited, so please include all attendees in your group as individual attendees or guests.
- Check-in will start 15 minutes prior to the program’s start time.
- If registered attendee and guests are not present 5 minutes prior to the start time, seats may be given away on a first come, first serve basis.