“Hayward Through Our Eyes”
Exhibit now on display at Weekes Branch Library.

Teens in Hayward are expressing themselves with Photos and Writing this summer. They are part of 2009’s “Hayward Through Our Eyes” teen photo & writing program. The 2nd year of this program took place at both the Main Library in downtown Hayward and the Weekes Branch Library in South Hayward.

Check out the photos on the Library’s Flickr page.

Fall session is open now.  Walk ins welcome. Learn more.

Monday, November 23, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Main Library)

Stand up and get your voice heard. Join the Teen Advisory Group as we plan programs, decide the teen collection and much more. Get volunteer hours and have a say in what the library does for teens. Applications are always being accepted. Grades 6 to 12 only. Contact Shawna with questions: 510-881-7946 or shawna.sherman@hayward-ca.gov.

Wednesday, November 25th @ 2:00 p.m. (Weekes Branch)

Hang out with your friends and play PlayStation 2 and Wii games on the big screen. Bring your own games too! Open to ages 10-18.

Tuesday, December 1, 6:30 p.m.   (Main Library)

Georgette Heyer’s mystery is a wonderful example of a classic British country house mystery.  Written in 1939, it features the superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway who is confronted by a seemingly impossible murder, no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired!  All the various participants on the scene are suspicious and then there’s the blackmail plot……..

Facilitated by heidi.ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7975

Wednesday, December 9th @ 2:00 p.m. (Weekes Branch)

Hang out with your friends and play PlayStation 2 and Wii games on the big screen. Bring your own games too! Open to ages 10-18.

Tuesday, December 15th, 4:00 p.m.  (Weekes Library)

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta — Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity, family history and role in the secret territory wars at a boarding school in Australia.

Read the book and talk about it with other teens. Open to grades 7-12. Copies of the book are available from the Weekes Branch Library. For more information contact rob.spitzel@hayward-ca.gov or call 510-293-5065.