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Tuesday, Feb 17, 2015

The Iowa Youth Writing Project is hosting a cool event for people in grades 7 - 12 who are songwriters or who want to learn more about the craft. The collaborative songwriting workshop will happen on February 28th at the Dream Center, from 10am -...

Saturday, Feb 7, 2015

Days like this, when the sun is out, the snow is melting, and people are out walking with no coats on, make me wish summer was a little nearer. Sure, it may be February. And maybe the temperature's going to drop again next week, but for one sunny...

Saturday, Jan 31, 2015

Full disclosure: I have not played Shadows Over Camelot . But it makes a one heck of a first impression (Omigosh, miniatures! Wooden Dice! Quests! Many tiny cardboard swords!). Shadows Over Camelot is another cooperative game . Each player is a...

Monday, Jan 12, 2015

The Juneteenth Committee and The  Dreamwell Theatre are co-sponsoring a Theatrical Experience in Movement for Teens. We are looking for high school and junior high youth of all ethnicities and backgrounds to come and join a community theatre...

Friday, Jan 9, 2015

I'm not really one for resolutions, but one thing I find myself doing in January is bringing with me the best stuff from the previous year. I clean an reorganize my kitchen, my computer, and my notebooks. I look over the things that accumulated in...

Saturday, Jan 3, 2015

I love Pandemic ! Unlike many games I've played, Pandemic is cooperative instead of competitive. Two to four people play (or up to five with the expansion) as an elite team working together to stop the spread of multiple infections across the globe.

Friday, Dec 19, 2014

Dominion is the original deck-building game . In it you are a medieval monarch, building a bigger and more prosperous kingdom. The cards in your deck represent all parts of your kingdom, and in each turn you try to accumulate more. Each player...

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014

Getting ready for a break from school? Me too! The Teen Center tech times will be expanded over the next two weeks, and we even have some special events planned. Get the rundown below:   Monday  12/22:  1:00  -  8:00 pm

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2014

...in case you're bored! For the next few weeks, I'll feature some of them. When you're off school for winter break come by and try them out. I'll put a few games out every evening, too.   We've got a couple classic card games. Uno (2 to 10...

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014

      I never got excited about Superman because I couldn’t relate to him. I have a friend who felt the same way, until he read   Superman For All Seasons . He said I should give it a shot. He was right – this book changes...

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