WPK party central for valentine's day!

the VIDEO GAMES are coming!!! the video games are coming!!!!

the VIDEO GAMES are coming!!!

the VIDEO GAMES are coming!!!
the VIDEO GAMES are coming!!!
the VIDEO GAMES are coming!!!
It's almost too exciting to say much more- but soon, people of Washington Park, the video games will be on the shelf!

WPK Library is adding about 30 video games and if things go well, we will keep adding them. Once we have them, they will go out for one week, with overdue fines of 25¢ a day. Like our DVDs, you won't be able to renew them.

So... our first purchase went like this. Sir Tim of Gamestop (I call him that, but I'm guessing other people call him Tim) put together a package of games from lists different kids had made, according to our budget. We decided to only buy games rated Everyone through Teen so that pretty much everyone who wants these games can play all of them at a good comfort level.

We will not reveal the full list of games here and now, but I will say that someone named Mario appears more than once.

It's snowing!

It's snowing and we've got our holiday spirit going on-
check it out!


Silvio, our Foster Grandparent, 
with Santa!

The all silver tree!

Leilani, with Santa!                                                        

Julio, our security guard, with Santa!?!















Brenlee and her 
close personal friend, Santa!                                                                  

3D at WPK

Sometimes, after school on a not very beautiful afternoon, there's nothing much better than sharing some 3D glasses and a movie at the library.

Non-Violence

Many people will speak about non-violence. I think that very few people explain it, if you're just used to more violent thinking. The fact is: you, yourself, don't have to be part of that.
On the left: Malcolm X. He struggled personally, and went through early life as a petty thief, and through a period of deep anger when he worked to secure equal rights for black americans during the violence of the American civil rights era. As he engaged in the struggle for black rights, he became a person who worked to define those rights, and he made a deeply felt commitment to achieving change through non-violent actions.
It would be fair to say that as Malcolm X travelled widely, and spoke to more people from more cultures who had increasingly wider ideas, Malcolm became increasingly inclined towards peace. Unfortunately Malcolm's life was cut short, as was Doctor King's. Let's all take a moment to think on what the ideas of peace and non-violence mean.

Dr. Spock wants you to join Chess Club

Chess Club is back, every Thursday afternoon from 4-5:30 pm. ( But not this week; we're closed in honor of Veterans Day.) The usual suspects will be coaching: Sam L and Jorge B, and also continuing their ongoing grudge match.
Nuno and Starlyn are willing to instruct beginners. Join us next Thursday, November 18th, when we will celebrate Chess Club with pizza, which makes everything great.

Upcoming: a visit from Jeff Knight,  the inventor of Plunder Chess, who'll show us an awesome variation of chess, described below:

"Imagine what would happen in a game of chess, if your chessmen could acquire additional moving capabilities as they played? What if your queen could move as a queen or a knight and your pawn could move as a pawn or a bishop? How about escaping check by letting your king move as a rook?"

All ages and skill levels are welcome- come to play, learn to play, or come to watch. We'll see you then!

Comics Consortium!

Hey! Picture of Walker Mettling with his students in the Comics Consortium, at Washington Park Library below. And in the spirit of comics, colored for your viewing pleasure.Some of the characters students in the Consortium have created include Monster Arms, who loves fake noses; Queeny, who can freeze you, wants chocolate, and fears lions;  Sharp Tooth, who wants to save people and still fight- his enemy is Chinman; and Fat Chicken, who wants money and has the enemy of Skinny Chicken.
So stay tuned, for these adventures and more!