This week in brief: Yesterday was Tuesday; I hope you had fun ducking thundershowers.

WEDNESDAY: We will have Teen Council at 4:30pm! We will talk summer planning and Amazing Race. And don’t forget, we’ll have Free Pizza.

THURSDAY: Will be our last major round for planting the vegetable garden. Any help in the garden will be rewarded with stars for the Amazing Race.

FRIDAY: LASER TAG AT HUBBARD PARK! Following dinner, from 7-9pm! We have permission slips at the Basement that we need your parents to sign. Please make sure that you do this because YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY WITHOUT A SIGNED PERMISSION SLIP! We have copies at the Basement or you can click the following link if you would like to download and print it from somewhere else: Laser-tag Permission Form

This is a very powerful documentary. If you do not think that bullying is a major negative factor locally, think again. Following the screening, there will be a discussion with local experts on the issue of bullying that can help us to better understand this most dismaying of subjects. Student discount applies to any teens who would like to attend.

For more info on Bully, visit the film website: http://thebullyproject.com/

MONDAY was yesterday.

A couple BIG events this week; on Friday the Basement will be hosting an Open Mic night! If you have a band or a song that you would like to play, or if you know someone who might, this is your Friday!

To prepare, might I suggest coming to the Basement on TUESDAY for “Turn it Up Tuesday!”? It’s the perfect day to hone your craft and come up with something awesome for Friday!

WEDNESDAY: Art workshop with Heidi!

THURSDAY: Farmer Graham will be bringing some more plants for us to add to the Basement’s garden! Come by to check it out or lend a hand in planting. And if you’re interested in gardening, who knows, we might have some extra to take home with you.

Later on THURSDAY, after the Basement closes, the Washington County Youth Service Bureau will be hosting a discussion following the 6:30pm screening of the documentary Bully at the Savoy Theater. Anyone from the Basement who wants to attend will get their ticket discounted! Ask Tyler for more info!

FRIDAY: Dinner and Open Mic Night!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Basement will be closing early on TUESDAY  for the documentary screening and will be closed all of THURSDAY. See below for more info.

This week:

MONDAY will be Mad Science Monday! We’ll have some fun experiments, so be sure that you stop by!

TUESDAY:

The Basement Teen Center and Main Street Middle School will be showing two youth documentaries at the Savoy Theater in Montpelier! The first will be Main Street Middle School’s Downtown Connection. The second will be the Basement’s documentary that we made last summer. This will be a great opportunity to further community connections while giving us a launching pad for ideas about the video project that we will be doing this Summer at the Basement! The videos will begin at 5:15pm so we will be closing the Basement at 5pm and encourage everyone to head on over to the Savoy at that point!

WEDNESDAY will be an Art Day with Heidi. Stop by the Basement and find out what she has planned.

The Basement will be CLOSED on THURSDAY for staff training.

On FRIDAY, our parent organization, the Washington County Youth Service Bureau, is hosting a silent auction at Capitol Plaza from 6-10pm. In lieu of this event, we will be closing the Basement a 7pm. We still plan on having dinner, so you should still plan on coming to the Basement around 6pm if you’re stomach gets hungry.

May might just be my favorite month. It’s usually warm enough to do most outdoor activities, but not too hot or humid; everything is getting nice and green, and you still have all of the summer to look forward to and the threat of major snow is close to nil.

I hope that everyone got to enjoy school vacation last week. The Basement is back to it’s regular hours this week… Well, probably, mostly (I’ll explain below).

MONDAY: Casey will be at the Basement with me (Tyler). It’s a beautiful day out. Perfect for taking pictures! Or making a Spring video.

TUESDAY: “Turn it Up Tuesday!” Music Mentor Nick will be at the Basement from 4-6pm. I think I’m going to try to teach myself a song this week, for real.

WEDNESDAY is Garden Day! We planted some seeds in the ground last week and others are in little starts. Let’s hope we don’t have too many more nights below freezing.

THURSDAY and FRIDAY are up in the air. Nick is away this week and Casey and I have training on Thursday and Friday. We will have people filling in with Heidi, we just don’t know exactly what the hours will be, so keep checking back here or on Facebook later in the week for updates.

The week is starting warm and it’s got me itching to get that garden going! Beside that, we have a lot of exciting stuff happening this week!

MONDAY: Prepare that garden for planting. Perhaps we’ll get some Frisbee or Cornhole going, too.

TUESDAY: We welcome Heidi, the new Activities Specialist for the Basement! We’re all very excited to have her on the team and it would be great if we could have a bunch of folks here on Tuesday to welcome her. Also on Tuesday is “Turn it Up Tuesday” with Music Mentor Nick.

WEDNESDAY: Teen Council, that time of the month when you tell us what you want to happen at the Basement in the coming month. And, of course, there will be free pizza.

THURSDAY: Photography workshop. It is also the day of the “Youth of the Year” conference. Because of the conference, we will be closing the Basement at 5pm on Thursday.

FRIDAY: By request, we will be having a Cooking Competition. Anyone who wants to show off their cooking skills, or if you just want to know more about cooking, this Friday will be the night for you. We’ll be preparing for it during the week so talk to Nick, Tyler, or Heidi if you want to know more info.

ATTENTION: The Basement Teen Center will be closed on WEDNESDAY, April 11!

MONDAY: Mad Science Monday!

TUESDAY: “Turn it Up Tuesday”! This week we’ll have two, yes two, music mentors! Let’s get another good jam going!

WEDNESDAY: The Basement will be closed. Apologies.

THURSDAY: Photography workshop!

FRIDAY: April is the month of the Military Child and this Friday (the 13th!) is “Purple Up for Military Kids” day, so wear any purple that you may have to show support for your peers with family in the military! We will also have dinner and fun activities going on, so you should stop by. We’ll keep y0u up-to-date as we make more definite plans! We had a lot of fun with everyone last Friday. We should do something similar again this Friday!

We played some good music jams on Tuesday! If you missed out this week, be sure to stop by next Tuesday.

For the rest of this week we have some fun stuff planned, too!

WEDNESDAY: Video Challenge: Make a mock sports announcer video. I’ll have more details at the Basement this afternoon.

THURSDAY: We will start planning and plotting the Basement garden. We will have a special guest come down to help us plan and give us information into how to make our garden really successful. Be there to tell us what you want to grow.

FRIDAY: Pool tournament! We’ll have repaired and/or new pool cues! Tell your friends. We’ll be open until 10pm as usual and will be serving dinner between 5:30 and 6pm.

The 70s has turned to 30s and 20s, hopefully it’s not too long before the nicer weather returns.

In the meantime, we’ve got plenty of stuff that can entertain you at the Basement.

MONDAY: Photography Triptych workshop. Learn how to use photoshop to make your photos into a triptych.

TUESDAY: Turn it Up Tuesday is back with a new music mentor, Nick!

WEDNESDAY: Teen Council! That is if enough people show up. There will be free pizza! We will also begin planning the garden for the summer!

THURSDAY: Video challenge! Be here Thursday to find out more. (and if you borrowed a Flip Cam from the Basement, we need it back)

FRIDAY: Dinner and a movie. Tell us what you would like to eat and what you would like to watch.