Teen Night at the Library

 

Every Thursday night is Teen Night at the library - that's right - we kick out the adults, order pizza, and have special events for teens.

 

This Thursday's activity - Breakdancing! We'll be watching the movie "Step Up," having breakdancing demonstrations from our area breakdancing club, Theater on the Edge! Sign up for this event here.

 

Schedule of Events:

7:00 Sign in

7:30-9:00 Step Up viewing

9:00-10:00 Breakdancing Demonstration and Q&A Session

 

Check it out:

Check out videos of our library teens practicing their breakdancing skills. Post your own videos on here to share!

 

 

Book Recommendations

Here are some book recommendations from our Teen Library intern Dawn Sommers. Click here to recommend a book to Dawn. Post your own favorites here. You can also download this guide to books here.Break dancing.doc

 

 

Category - Break Dancing Non-fiction
Break Dancing	Jim Haskins	GV1796.B74H37 1985	Presents a history of break dancing, instructions for break dance steps, and profiles of some of today's famous performers.
Break Dance	Bonnie Nadell	GV1796.B74N33 1984	Text and illustrations offer instructions in the various steps and techniques of break dancing.
Breaking and the New York City Breakers	Michael Holman	GV1796.B74H65 1984	Traces the history of break dancing, demonstrates basic dance moves, and offers profiles of top New York break dancers.
We b* Girlz	Martha Cooper	GV1796.B74 C66 2005	The first handbook for accomplished or aspiring B-Girlz and the boys who admire them—showcases the dynamic style and nonstop energy of B-Girlz in action, in practice, and on stage. Providing inspiring insight into a previously little-known subculture that has swept the world.
Category - Hip Hop Culture Non-Fiction
Hip Hop Files : Photographs, 1979-1984	Martha Cooper	ML3531 .C6674 2004	Martha Cooper, considered the first and foremost photographer of hip-hop culture in New York City, documents the people that created the music, dance, and art that became known worldwide as the hip-hop culture.
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation	Jeff Chang	ML3531 .C5 200	Hip-hop crystallized a multiracial generation’s worldview, and forever transformed politics and culture. But the epic story of how that happened has not been told...until now.
Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement	S. Craig Watkins	ML3531 .W38 2005	Avoiding the easy definitions and caricatures that tend to celebrate or condemn the "hip hop generation," Hip Hop Matters focuses on the fierce and far-reaching battles being waged in politics, pop culture, and academe to assert greater control over the movement.
The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture	Bakari Kitwana		The Hip Hop Generation is an eloquent testament for black youth culture at the turn of the century. The only in-depth study of the first generation to grow up in post-segregation America, it combines culture and politics into a pivotal work in American studies.
Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America	Bakari Kitwana	ML3531 .K58 2005	In this bold book, Bakari Kitwana argues that hip hop has broken down more racial barriers than any other social development of the past three decades
Westside: Young Men and Hip Hop in L.A	William Shaw	F869.L89 N4 2000	From acclaimed author and journalist William Shaw comes this probing exploration of the dreams and realities of seven young African-American men struggling to make it in Southcentral Los Angeles, the world capital of gangsta rap and West Coast hip hop.
Category - Fiction
Kid B	Linden Dalecki	TEEN FICTION	Barely making it through high school, Breslin--known as Kid B--longs to escape from Beaumont, Texas, and pursue his talents as a break dancer.

 

 

Movie Recommendations

Style wars	DVD GT3913.N72 N478 2003	A documentary exploration of the subculture of New York's young graffiti writers and break dancers, showing their activities and aspirations and the social and aesthetic controversies surrounding New York graffiti. Dramatizes conflicts between graffitists and the city, as well as among the graffitists themselves.
Beat Street		Beat Street delves into the hip-hop culture of New York's streets to uncover the despairs, dreams, and triumphs of an emerging generation. Before the backdrop of wild rhythms and whirling bodies lies a tableau of young, aspiring young artists, striving to turn their fever into fame.
Shake City 101: Gettcha Krump On!	DVD GV1624.5.L7 S53 2003	Go to the streets of LA to experience the excitement and true essence of Krump dancing the hottest street dance scene since break dancing.
Krump	DVD GV1796.K78 H43 2005	Two of the originators of Krump, Tight Eyez and Big Mijo, present the history of Krump with a true timeline charting the evolution of the dance to it's present form

 

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