Check this page to find out what’s new for teens at NOPL.
Want to get even more involved? Check out the Teen Advisory Board and come to a meeting, or find us on Facebook.
Familiarize yourself with some of this year’s nominated for Best Picture by viewing them at the library according to the following schedule.
Popcorn will be served. All movies have been rated PG-13.
Moneyball
Friday Feb 17
1:00pm
at the Cicero Library
The Help
Wednesday Feb 15, 4:00pm
North Syracuse Library
Wednesday Feb 22, 6:00pm
Cicero Library
Real Steel
Friday Feb 24
1:00 pm
North Syracuse Library
On July 6th at the Ciceo Library, 5 teams of tweens competed in an Iron Chef-style competition, combining various ingredients to create a delicious, original afterschool snack. All of the teams came up with tasty and creative inventions, but the dish that garnered the highest scores from the three judges was “Mickey Ears”, made by Team Bacon! (Jacob Ankeny, Ava Field, and Teryn Field).
The winning team with their dish.
Team Bacon! graciously agreed to let us publish the recipe for their winning dish, “Mickey Ears”.
Mickey Ears (serves 1-2)
- Bed of lettuce leaves and chopped celery
- Granny Smith apple, sliced
- 3/4 c. chocolate chips, melted
- 1 banana, sliced
- 3-4 saltine crackers, crushed
- Handful of mini marshmallows
- 2-3 Red Vines, snipped into pieces
Layer the ingredients in the order given. Make sure to get as many different items in one bite as possible.
Tuesday April 19 6:30-8:00
“Let’s Celebrates Spring” Party for Teens Games,refreshments and more!!!
Wednesday April 20 1:30 Join us for a recently released feature film about a girl with VERY long hair
Thursday April 21 1:00 -3:00 Drop-In to make an Earth Day Poster!!!!
Need something to do over Spring Break? NOPL at Cicero will be hosting activities for all ages. Please call 699-2032 to register.
LaVallee’s Karate Demonstration and Child Safety Program
Monday, April 18 2 pm
LaValle’s USA Black Belt champions will give a karate demonstration and child safety program for school age children.
Seed Bombs (for preschool and up; grownups welcome!)
Wednesday, April 20 1 pm
What’s a seed bomb? It’s a little ball with everything you need to grow a plant: clay, compost, and wildflower seeds. Rain melts the clay to expose the seeds, and they’ll grow almost anywhere you throw them. Don’t wear your good clothes – we’ll be playing with mud and dirt, and will meet outside, weather-permitting.
Tween/Teen Craft: Earbud Holders
Thursday, April 21 1 pm
Earbud cord tangles are annoying and can make your earbuds wear out faster. Corral incorrigible cords with a custom earbud winder made from recycled materials. For grades 5 and up.
A chocolate extravaganza just for teens. Make molded chocolate candies, dipped items, and other treats. We’ll also have a chocolate tasting, sampling familiar and unusual chocolates. Please be sure to bring ALL your tastebuds.
Thursday, Feb. 24
2 PM – 3 PM
NOPL at Cicero
Register at the library or call 699-2032
The LibraryFarm is an organic community garden on one-half acre of land owned by Northern Onondaga Public Library in Cicero, NY. Anyone can “check out” a plot for no cost. It’s purpose is to teach and learn “food literacy,” as well as to preserve knowledge that our grandparents might have had but that never got passed down, and to provide fresh organic produce for local food pantries.
If you check out a plot (see a PDF map of individual plots here), you plant whatever you want to do whatever you please with the harvest. By signing up, gardeners agree to follow organic growing practices, meaning no one can spray pesticides or add chemical herbicides or fertilizer to the soil. Don’t know how to make stuff grow without juicing it? No problem, we’ve got people involved who can help. Learning is whole point, so you’ll find support. Organic gardening works: one of our gardener’s cucumbers won first prize at the State Fair last year (Congrats again, Patti Herrmann).
Just under half of the lot is dedicated to a shared, public plot, where anyone can plant, work, and pick from. This shared lot allows people who can not commit to maintaining a garden here to still benefit from and be involved in the LibraryFarm. Most of the harvest from this area will get donated to local food shelters, but anyone can forage in it. The guiding rule is that you simply contribute the amount of labor that is commensurate with the food you pick. It’s such an easy, honor-based ethic. It works because think about it: are you comfortable mooching? Neither are the rest of us.
Saturday, June 18 Herbs.
January 8 Succession planting. Ordering seeds.
February 19 Starting seeds indoors.
March 19 Compost, Compost, Compost!
April 9 Watering, fertilizing.
May 2-4,
6-8pm each day
Master Composting Class, with OCRRA’s Greg Gelewski ($15, registration required)
May 14 Pests and other problems.
May 21 LibraryFarm Kickoff event. Wear grubby clothes, bring your tools, your seeds, your kids, and your friends. Boy scouts will be hard at work building raised beds and compost bins. We’ll dig, haul compost, plant seedlings, paint signs. The more the merrier.
See what others are saying about NOPL’s LibraryFarm
Gardening humor from LibraryFarmer Patti:
You know you’re addicted to gardening when…
-Your neighbors recognize you in your pajamas, rubber clogs, and a cup of coffee.
-You grab other people’s banana peels, coffee grinds, apple cores, etc. for your compost pile.
-You have to wash your hair to get your fingernails clean.
-All your neighbors come and ask you questions.
Survey Results. We asked, 1200 of you responded. See what you all said.
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