Make Waves at the Baright Public Library!

Teens - Join us this summer for our Summer Reading Program - Make Waves at Your Library!



We've got some great events going on as well as some awesome prizes you can win!


Summer Reading Program
Read 12 hours this summer and write at least one book review for this blog between June 4 and July 18. You'll receive a prize when you register for the program and when you complete it. Everyone that

Rock Band Tournament Winners

Whether it was the beautiful weather or the Huskers spring game that kept people away, I can't be certain but we only had two contestants for our Rock Band Tournament on Saturday.

We decided to change up the rules a little to keep Gunther and Pat and their band "Tenacious D" in play.

They rotated picking 2 songs that each of them had to play on guitar, drums, mic and bass. We got to hear some

Happy National Library Week!

It's National Library Week!

Did you know that Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones has a secret longing to become a librarian?

Or that the New York Public Library system has more than 50 million items in its collection? Or that you can see pictures of it and eight other of America's Most Amazing Libraries and vote on which one is your favorite? I can't believe the Baright Library didn't make

Picturing America - March Winner

This month, we had some great responses to two great works of art - Dorthea Lange's "Migrant Mother" photograph and Thomas Hart Benton's "The Sources of Country Music" painting.

For "Migrant Mother" we asked:
Dorthea Lange took this picture during her month-long trip documenting the poor living conditions of migratory farm labor for a government agency. Why do you think the agency wanted

Get Ready To Make Some Noise!

In celebration of National Library Week, we'll be hosting a Teen Wii Rock Band Tournament on Saturday, April 17 from 2 - 4:30 in the Meeting Room.

7th - 12th graders, come with some band members, or we'll form bands that day with those that attend.

Door prizes include AMC movie tickets, Twilight Saga books and other YA books!
Special honors will go to Best Singer, Best Drummer, Best Guitarist,

Teen Tech Week - Digital Booktalk Contest

Enter for a chance to win a $20 Best Buy Gift Card!
Using programs online, create a "digital booktalk" that promotes one of your favorite books. It could be a video, picture or cartoon book trailer using Web sites like Animoto or Toon Do; a soundtrack playlist using sites like Project Playlist; a Glogster page; a Wordle image; or anything else you think would best show off your book.

The

Just in time for Valentine's Day

This month, we've got some great romance-related books on display:



Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

Also, don't

Postponed - January Teen Event Rescheduled Potluck and Gift Exchange

The potluck and gift exchange has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 12. Same location - Ralston High School Media Center and same time - 3:30-5 p.m. For more information, click here. Hope to see you there!

The teen potluck and gift exchange that was scheduled to be held on Jan. 8 has been postponed due to the middle school and high school being closed on Friday, Jan. 8. Stay tuned for a new date

New Picturing America poster and question are up!

Come on in to the library and respond to the question to enter for your chance to win this month's prize and be entered into our grand prize drawing in Spring 2010 to win a $10 gift card to either Barnes and Noble or Borders! Click HERE for more details.

January February Teen Event - Holiday Potluck and Gift Exchange

If you're the kind of person that just can't get enough holiday parties, you're in luck!

The Baright Library and the Ralston High School Media Center will be hosting one more holiday party for you in January February - so now the holiday season can last even longer!

On Jan. 8 (rescheduled to due weather) Feb. 12 we'll have an event up at the Ralston High School after school from 3:30-5 p.m..

Enter our Picturing America program for a chance to win monthly prizes!

This year, our library was awarded a grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) called "Picturing America." Through this grant, the library received 20 two-sided posters of American artwork that the NEH felt captures our nation's heritage. About every two weeks, a new poster is put on display and we'll be continuing to display them through Spring of next year.

Now here's