Cleveland Park
Neighborhood Library

Well, yes, Hoopla is the art of unexpected embroidery. So far we have no embroiders, but whatever your prefered craft, we invite you to select from free, donated, high-quality yarn in small quantities to excite your imagination and create something unexpected.  In the past, a small amount of hemp became a stunning belt; a combination of partial skeins became fingerless gauntlets in jewel stripes, unique scarves and hats, and decorative vases in Tunisian crochet.  Surprise yourself, and us, with your inspired creativity.

Don't forget to join us on May 18 at 2 p.m. for this month's Teen Book Club! We'll be reading John Green's Paper Towns. Quentin and Margo are neighbors, childhood friends who have drifted in their older years. Q and Margo reunite only for Q to find that Margo has run away. But not without leaving a trail of clues behind. Quentin must now track her down, before its too late and she's gone forever. 

Rookie Yearbook One is not just a style guide. Tavi Gevinson is the editor of the book and founder of the website Rookie. Rookie Yearbook One is a compilation of articles, photos and stories from the website and from Tavi's mind.

April is National Poetry Month; In celebration we are posting a new public domain poem every Monday.

"Spring Storm" by William Carlos Williams    

The sky has given over
its bitterness.
Out of the dark change
all day long
rain falls and falls
as if it would never end.
Still the snow keeps
its hold on the ground.
But water, water
from a thousand runnels!
It collects swiftly,
dappled with black
cuts a way for itself
through green ice in the gutters.
Drop after drop it falls
from the withered grass-stems
of the overhanging embankment.