“Reading Minds” Interview: Summer at the Library
In this NewsOK.com “Reading Minds” video interview, I talked to two of the Metropolitan Library System’s awesome Outreach Coordinators, Emily Williams and Lisa Wood, about the library’s biggest annual event: the Summer at the Library reading program for children and teenagers.
This summer almost 20,000 kids are expected to participate in a variety of reading contests, arts programs, music concerts and other cool activities available for free at all 17 Metropolitan Library locations around Oklahoma County.
The theme of this year’s children’s program is “Be Creative,” and a fantastic variety of music, art, dance, and theater events will be featured at libraries around the county. For teens, the ”Express Yourself” events include hip hop dance, henna art, and graffitti programs. Local performers like the Lucky Penny Players and Rhythmically Speaking will also perform at special library programs all through the summer.
This year’s ”Summer at the Library” features more cool music events than ever before, including the first ever Metro Music Fest with acclaimed children’s rock bands from around the country. On June 9 at the Midwest City Library, the third annual all-ages Wizard Rock Concert presents a lineup of four Harry Potter-inspired bands, including the Remus Lupins and the Whomping Willows, scheduled to rock people’s faces off starting at 6:00 p.m.
The summer library programs are a great way to keep kids reading after the school year is over, and lots of cool prizes are on offer as an extra incentive. When kids read eight books, 800 pages, or spend eight hours reading, additional prizes are given along with entry into grand prize drawings at the end of the summer and tickets to the Oklahoma City Red Hawks’ “Library Night at the Ballpark” on August 3.
Kids can register at any Metropolitan Library location through June and July, and they’ll receive a cool packet of stuff as soon as they sign up.
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