YDL-TEEN VOICES Winter 2012
Volume 2, Issue 1
Teen Zone Manga Mural At the end of 2010, the Ypsilanti District Library Board of Directors approved the construction of a new teen space at Michigan Avenue. The details of architect Dan Whistler’s design were negotiated with administration during the
winter, and in June, with donations from many community members and library funds, construction began. One wall was removed, a glass partition and shelves added, new computers installed, as well as a flat screen TV and an xbox—and the new Teen Zone gradually took shape! At the same time, Michigan Avenue Teen Advisory Group (TAG) members worked with local artist Terrence Thompson on plans for a Manga Mural to be displayed on the magnetic galvanized backdrop along one wall of the new space.
Shout It Out In August 2011, the library partnered with the Ozone House Ypsilanti’s Project Speak Out Poetry Team, 826michigan, and Community Records, and staged an outdoor exhibit of teen talent on the Library Plaza Stage as part of the Ypsilanti Crossroads Music Festival. (continued on page 7)
Inside this issue: Teen Zone Art
2-6
Shout It Out
8
Poetry/Student Writing
9-13
Five Bowls of Oatmeal
12-18
Photos from Downtown Scavenger Hunt
19
After Hours Celebration of Writing
20
Adom on guitar at Shout it Out