Presenters: Jessica Zaker, Branch Supervisor, Sacramento Public Library, Lori Easterwood, Programming Supervisor, Sacramento Public Library, Meg Dana, alt+library Friends
Check out these notes from the blog, RA for All:
Other libraries that target this age group include Oak Park (Genre X) and
Denver Public Library (Fresh City Life)
20-40% of cardholders are in this age group, but most do not
participate in the library community.
Look at what interests this group.
Suggestions:
- Craft programs work well, but call them ‘retro crafts’, not ‘hipster crafts’.
- DIY programs
- Herb Garden Mixology—gardening tips dispensed along with non-alcoholic drinks (or alcoholic, see: Herb Garden Mixology: Nitelife at the Yorba Linda Public Library: From the farm to the glass, learn how to incorporate fresh herbs in to cocktails and infusions. An mixologist from the Orange County Bartending school will teach you a little about the history of mixology, different uses for various herbs and fruit in cocktails, and how to use herbs to create a simple syrup. Gardening tips will be dispensed along with (non-alcoholic) drinks.
- Sacramento Public Library used nonalcoholic drinks. Participants learned how to make them, sampled them and then made concoctions of their own.
- Raw Food Workshop (Participants learned about the health benefits and wonderful taste of raw food. Presenters demonstrated recipes and gave hints on how to create a fantastic raw food menu. Attendees could sample three delicious raw food recipes and learn about many more. They had raw brownies and raw lasagna. This was presented by librarians familiar with this food choice lifestyle.
- Bollywood Spectacular was an afterhours program. Sixty attended. They had a Henna artist, Indian food, a Bollywood movie, and a Bollywood dance lesson.
- For the Spell of It: Spelling Bee for adults (At a time when so many of us are lost without spell check, the library will celebrate those who can spell the old fashioned way—standing in front of a crowd with a number pinned to their shirt. It is one of alt+library’s First Friday events, This is a spelling bee for adults, and with a twist—cheating is allowed, for a price—for $1 you can ask a member of the audience for spelling help and $5 gets you 20 seconds with a dictionary. Any funds raised will benefit the alt+library Friends group which supports fun and innovative library programs for adults. Prizes will be awarded for first and last place–Book Lovers Scrabble and a dictionary respectively. First, second, and third place also net you bragging rights and alt+library swag.)
- Super Happy Fun Karaoke Dance Party—gaming and karaoke. (Karaoke, Wii, and Kinect Just Dance gaming with Japanese snacks. Game night for grown-ups only. Gamers and novices alike were invited “to tear up the mic or rock the library with your sweet sweet dance moves.”)
- Speed Dating for Book Lovers (write-up: “Looking for a literate love interest? Tired of meeting bozos at bars? Try Speed Dating with a twist: bring a book you love or hate as a talking point for your 5 minute speed dates. Join us for this free dating meet up for ages 18 and up. Registration required.”)
- Bad Art Night: all supplies on hand to create the worst art you can for a prize. (Good, bad, ugly) This program has morphed into a family program.
- Broke Ass Holidays: Let’s Make Stuff
- Guilty Pleasures—a trashy book book club Group performed downtown clean-up in a related event.
- Hippie to Hipster
- Zombie Scavenger Hunt
Publicize with flyers that have a look
to them that will appeal to this age group. Get friends to talk about the
programs—word of mouth!
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