March 2012 edition- At the Library SFPL

March 2012
Vol. 43 No. 3
The Puppets Are Coming
to a Library Near You
Check Out
Our eBooks
Did you get a new Kindle, iPad or
Nook? Did you know that you can
check out books for free on your
eReader? San Francisco Public
Library has thousands of popular
titles available for check out, just
like physical books. Browse our
collections of eResources online
at sfpl.org/ebooks. And if you need
help downloading eBooks to your
device, consider attending one of
our free Workshops.
eReader Workshops in March:
March 7, 6-7:30 p.m., Mission Bay
March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 6:30 p.m.,
Potrero
March 20, 8 p.m., Bernal Heights
March 20, 6:30 p.m., West Portal
March 29, 6 p.m., Main Library,
Sycip Conference Room, 4th Floor
Check the online calendar at
sfpl.org/classes for more workshops every month.
San Francisco Public Library is pleased to host the 2012 Puppet Festival with shows by
five puppet troupes at 26 locations throughout March.
Il Teatro Calamari’s Tim Guigni’s shows exhibit a wacky sense of humor and very
creative take on puppetry. Hansel and Gretel uses Eastern European “Icon Puppetry.”
You’ll find Bunraku puppetry and masks in the
audience-directed Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Il Teatro Calamari’s Three Billy
Odyssey features the Tortoise and the Hare,
Goats Gruff
retold with some very unusual kitchen
items, and the silliness of the Three Little Pigs is fun for the younger set.
California Puppets’ Jungle Joe features a ventriloquist style show,
Animal Trainer, in which the animals turn the tables and start to teach tricks
to the trainer. The show is full of interaction with lots of variety and comedy,
performed by local puppeteer Naceur Boujja.
Puppeteer and master puppet builder Nick Barone brings Tales from the
Enchanted Forest, which features two original short stories back-to-back with
a cast of 20 puppets. Or you can see Puss in Boots, a comical retelling of the
Daniel Barash’s Shadow Puppet Workshop
classic tale, loved everywhere funny-looking talking green cats are welcome.
Tony Borders , puppeteer, ventriloquist and magician, is new to the Library festival, but not to Bay Area performing.
Cool, Crazy Critters is a ventriloquism and magic show where observers travel to different continents to meet animals
who love to talk about themselves, such as a magic orangutan, a kangaroo, a dolphin, and an elephant
who thinks he can fly!
Daniel Barash’s Shadow Puppet Workshop’s Spin Me a Shadow, Tell Me a Tale,
will introduce audiences to the art of shadow puppetry and perform shadow
puppetry versions of well loved stories from around the world. Audience members
are encouraged to participate.
Check the calendar, page 6, to see where you can catch these talented performers
and enter the imaginative world of puppets.
Tony Borders’ Cool, Crazy Critters
Women’s Film Festival Preview
Bring your own device to the class.
get social!
Bay Reads Blog
http://bayreads.sfpl.org/
We are staff of the San Francisco
Public Library, and we love to read.
Our interests are varied, from
popular to obscure, from serious
to seriously wacky. This blog
highlights fiction and nonfiction
materials from our collections that
are new or maybe just new to you.
Enjoy!
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Library, is collaborating with the San Francisco
International Women’s Film Festival to present “Women Behind the Camera: Celebrating the power of independent film and the voices of women worldwide.”
Executive Director Scarlett Shepard and guest filmmakers offer a special behindthe-scenes sneak peek of the 2012 San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival
lineup. Enjoy clips from this year’s selection of diverse films that celebrate the exceptional contributions of women in the world of cinema and represent a convergence of
excellence in filmmaking from around the globe.
Some of the selected clips include the acclaimed Sundance feature documentary,
Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology by filmaker Tiffany Shlain.
The film offers an exhilarating, stream-of-consciousness ride through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century.
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of
the Civil Rights Movement, directed by Robin
Fryday and Gail Dolgin, features an 85-year-old
African American barber in Birmingham, Ala.,
as he experiences the manifestation of an
unimaginable dream: the election of the first
African American president.
Also check out the 8th Annual San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival,
April 13-15. The festival has reserved a limited number of free tickets for San Francisco
Public Library card holders, 18 years or older, to enjoy and experience the voices of
women worldwide. This offer is good for one free admission to film festival screenings and events. Admission is available on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive
15 or 20 minutes prior to screening to redeem your seat. This offer is not valid for
Opening and Closing night film screenings/events. For general information about
the Festival, visit: sfiwff.com.
Women Behind the Camera – March 6, 5:30 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium.
A brief Q & A with Scarlett Shepard and Tiffany Shlain follows the screening.
Coming Up:
SFPL.ORG
APRIL 1-MAY 31
Innocents Abroad:
Travels with the Schmulowitz
Collection of Wit & Humor
Exhibition
Skylight Gallery, Main Library
APRIL 4
Author Dorka Keehn
Eco Amazons: 20 Women Who
Are Transforming the World
Main Library, 6 p.m.
APRIL 4
Screening: Moneyball
Celebrate Baseball Season
Mission Bay Branch Library,
5 p.m.
APRIL 14
Ballet Movement
Workshops for Families
Main Library
AT THE LIBRARY MARCH 2012 1
Collections and Services
Bookmobile
Schedules
Bayview Bookmobile
195 Kiska Road, in front of
Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club
Second and Fourth Wednesdays
of the month, 3–5 p.m.
In Other Words—A Reading List
S
an Francisco Public Library has created a book
list featuring a selection of classic, offbeat and
interesting books about language, in collaboration with Intersection for the Arts’ group exhibition
on view through March 24, which looks at language
and its capacity to convene and separate, clarify and
confuse, inspire and discourage.
All titles are available at the library. Find out more
about the exhibition at http://theintersection.org/.
Selected titles from list include:
Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile
World by Naomi S. Baron
Baron explores how online and mobile technologies-including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis--are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but
not in the ways we might suppose.
I is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it
Shapes the Way We See the World by James Geary
From President Obama’s political rhetoric to the
bursting of the housing bubble, from conversations
to commercials, Geary shows that every aspect of our
day-to-day experience is molded by metaphor.
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock
Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad
Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language by
Arika Okrent
In this original new addition to the booming category of language books , author Arika Okrent tells the
fascinating and highly entertaining history of man’s
enduring quest to build a better language.
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into
Human Nature by Steven Pinker
What does swearing reveal about our emotions?
Why does innuendo disclose something about relationships? Pinker reveals how our use of prepositions
and tenses taps into peculiarly human concepts of
space and time, and how our nouns and verbs speak
to our notions of matter.
Early Literacy Mobile
Schedule of child care center visits
@ sfpl.org.
Swing into Stories
Golden Gate Park Children’s
Playground
295 Bowling Green Drive (off Martin
Luther King Drive)
First Tuesday of the month
9:30 a.m.–12 noon
Parque Niños Unidos
23rd & Treat Streets
Second Tuesday of the month
9:30 a.m.–12 noon
Helen Wills Playground
Broadway & Larkin Streets
Third Tuesday of the month
9:30 a.m.–12 noon
Potrero Hill Recreation Center
801 Arkansas Street (at Madera)
Fourth Tuesday of the month
9:30 a.m.–12 noon
Green Bookmobile
The Barbara Grier-Naiad
Press Collection
T
his month we highlight the Library’s Barbara Grier-Naiad Press
Collection, 1956-1999. Barbara Grier was a writer, editor, and publisher
of books by and about lesbians. She passed away in November 2011
at the age of 78.
A freelance writer and lecturer, Grier wrote The Ladder’s “Lesbiana”
column from 1957-1962, and was its fiction and poetry editor between 19661967, editor from 1968-1972, and publisher from 1970-1972. In 1973 Grier, along
Barbara Grier-Naiad
with her life partner Donna McBride, and author Sarah Aldridge and her partner,
founded Naiad Press. Naiad Press was unique in that the books they published featured a lesbian protagonist
who did not have to suffer painful consequences for being homosexual, or to ultimately marry a man. Grier
rejected criticism that Naiad published “Harlequin novels for lesbians” and said she aimed to reach lesbians
throughout the country who needed books to be written about them. Some of the well-known authors published by Naiad Press included Jane Rule, Rita Mae Brown, Ann Bannon and Katherine Forrest. Naiad Press
received much attention in 1985 when the book Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence was published. The authors,
Nancy Manahan and Rosemary Curb, were former nuns who included interviews with 50 other former and
active nuns in the book. Naiad Books was sold to Bella Books when Grier retired in 2003.
In 1992, she established the Naiad Collection at the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center of the San
Francisco Public Library. Her personal papers include correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, research
notes and draft manuscripts of The Lesbian in Literature (a bibliography she wrote) and other works. Grier
maintained an active correspondence with many lesbian authors, some of whom were published by Naiad
and others who were personal friends. The most notable of these include Marion Zimmer Bradley, May Sarton,
Elsa Gidlow, Jeannette Foster, Jane Rule, Valerie Taylor, and Sheila Ortiz Taylor. The press records include author
correspondence, draft manuscripts, and publicity files. Grier told writer Victoria Brownworth that it took two
vans to deliver the entirety of books, letters, magazines and other memorabilia such as T-shirts, posters, buttons and the like, which she had painstakingly archived over the years from her home in Tallahassee, to the
San Francisco Public Library.
This collection is open to the public. Visitors may use the collection at the San Francisco History Center,
6th Floor, Main Library.
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Exploratorium
3601 Lyon Street, Palace of Fine Arts
First Wednesday of the month
12 noon to 4 p.m.
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive,
Golden Gate Park
Free Admission Sundays
February 5, June 3, September 16,
December 9
12 noon to 4 p.m.
SF Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street
First Tuesday of the month
11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Library on Wheels/Senior
Bookmobile
Schedule of service locations @ sfpl.org
Treasure Island Bookmobile
Parking Lot at 850 D Avenue
Every Monday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Every Thursday, 2 p.m.–6 p.m.
Exhibitions
March 2012
Subscribe to the monthly Exhibitions and Adult
Programming newsletter at www.sfpl.org/nextreads.
Unless indicated otherwise, all exhibitions listed
below are located at the Main.
Jewett Gallery
*Acknowledged Photographer Joe Ramos’ portraits of
Project Homeless Connect (PHC) clients, give a personal
face to homelessness and a voice to the people depicted.
More than 50 black and white and color photographs on
view include people of all ages and backgrounds.
Through Mar. 25. Main, Lower Level. Related Program:
See Adults, March 15 (page 5).
Skylight Gallery
Skylight Gallery Open Hours: same as Main
Skylight Gallery Closes: Mon.-Sat. at 6 p.m.; Sun. at 5 p.m.
*BiblioTech Juried exhibition planned to illuminate the
College Book Art Association (CBAA) conference theme,
“Time Sequence and Technology.” Works feature a broad
range of technologies employed in making artists’ books
and reveal a bridge between the traditional and the digital.
Through March 11. Main, 6th Floor. Related Exhibit: Book
Arts: Treasures from the Robert Grabhorn Collection on the
History of Printing and the Development of the Book.
Other Exhibits and Displays
in the Library
Conceptual
Elegance:
The Art of
Jason Munn
T
he San Francisco Public Library’s Art,
Music and Recreation Department is
proud to present an exhibit of posters
created by Oakland graphic artist Jason
Munn. His trademark is conceptually rich, yet simple designs. In this exhibit, on view through March 31 at
the Main Library, Fourth Floor, visitors can track the seed of the idea in sketch form to the finished poster.
Munn studied commercial art at the Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin. About 10 years ago he
began to make posters for local bands and venues under the name Small Stakes. Now he works under his own
name and concentrates on posters, design and illustration commissions. His clients include musicians such as
Mark Kozelek, the Books, and Stars. He has also worked for Wired Magazine, Best Made Co. and SFMOMA.
Four of the posters in this collection are from the SFMOMA’s, “Artist Series,” where the image of an eye represents each of the four departments: Painting + Sculpture, Architecture + Design, Media Arts, and Photography.
These images can now be seen on posters, t-shirts, bags, journals, and mugs sold through the SFMOMA store.
Munn has generously donated the posters on display to the Library’s Art and Music Department’s
Poster Collection.
Adapt! Climate Change Hits Home: What the Bay Area
Needs to Do Exhibition, created by San Francisco Planning
& Urban Research (SPUR)*, surveys the likely impacts of
climate change to the San Francisco Bay Area, which will
worsen over the next 100 years and beyond. SPUR recommends more than 30 adaptation strategies for minimizing
our region’s vulnerabilities to the potentially catastrophic
effects of uncontrolled global warming. Through Aug. 2.
Main, 5th Floor.
Author, Author A photo retrospective of more than 40
intimate and original portraits of writers, screenwriters
and playwrights taken by Michael Childers from the 1960s
through today. Through March 22. Main, 3rd Floor. Related
Program: See Adults, March 7 (page 5).
Book Arts: Treasures from the Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of
the Book Drawn from inspiring materials in the Marjorie
G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts and Special Collections
Center. Through March 11. Main, 6th Floor, SF History Center
Exhibit Space. Related Exhibit: BiblioTech.
Conceptual Elegance: The Art of Jason Munn
Display highlights music posters donated to the Library’s
Art, Music and Recreation Dept. by Oakland graphic artist
Jason Munn. Display shows the seed of Munn’s idea from
sketch form to finished posters created for local bands and
venues. Through March 31. Main, 4th Floor, Art Music &
Recreation Center Exhibit Space.
The Magic City: Treasures from San Francisco’s Golden
Gate International Exposition 1939-1940 The Golden
Gate International Exposition was rich in artwork and
featured the Art in Action program in 1940. A selection of
items which highlight the sculpture, artwork, music, performing arts, and photography of the fair will be exhibited.
Presented by the Treasure Island Museum Association.
Curated by Maureen Bourbin. March 24 through June 3.
Main, 6th Floor exhibition area.
Put a Librarian on It Display of nine portraits of people
who work in the library, screen printed on collages of reused materials. Through April 19. Main, Lower Level, Library
Café display case.
L to R: Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee by Michael Childers
Meet Photographer Michael Childers
F
ounding photographer of Interview Magazine, Michael Childers is known for his fine art photographs
of legendary movie stars, artists and other iconic luminaries. In the exhibit, Author, Author, on view
through March 22 at the San Francisco Main Library, Third Floor, Childers offer a photo retrospective
of more than 40 intimate and original portraits of writers, screenwriters and playwrights taken from the
1960s through today. Childers’ photographs turn the spotlight on a number of literary stars who are better
known for staying behind the scenes and letting their written prose gain the attention. Among the writers
featured in the exhibit are Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee and Amy Tan. Childers, who spent many years in
Hollywood with his life partner, the late director John Schlesinger, is currently completing his autobiography,
And I Have the Pictures to Prove It.
Meet the Artist and Exhibit Walk Through – March 7, 5 p.m., Main Library, General Collections Center,
Third Floor followed by an artist talk at 6 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium.
Why Taiwan Matters:
The Island’s Soft
Power in the World
They Were First: African Americans in Sports Exhibit pays
tribute to the long list of African American athletes of the
past who paved the way for others, including Fritz Pollard,
the first to helm a National Football League team, Oliver
Lewis, the first winner of the Kentucky Derby, and Vonetta
Flowers, the first to win a medal in the winter Olympics.
Through April 12. Main, 3rd Floor, African American Center
Exhibit Space.
A panel exhibit on view in the Main Library’s
Chinese Center, Third Floor, through May 24,
explores the vitality and creativity that can be
seen in all aspects of modern Taiwan. On the
occasion of the centennial anniversary of the
founding of the Republic of China, this exhibit
illuminates Taiwan’s experience of innovation
and development.
Why Taiwan Matters: The Island’s Soft Power in the
World Exhibit explores the vitality and creativity that can
be seen in all aspects of modern Taiwan, from health, industry, technology, art, music and religion. Commemorating
the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Republic
of China, the exhibit shares Taiwan’s experience of innovation and development. Through May 24. Main, 3rd Floor,
Chinese Center Exhibit Space
Taipei, Taiwan
*Funded by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
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March 2012
Pick for March and April
The Best of It:
New and Selected Poems
by Kay Ryan
“[Ryan’s] tiny, skinny poems pack a punch unlike anything else in contemporary
poetry, though not unlike haiku, if haiku could be cut with a dash of Groucho
Marx. This, her first retrospective volume, which also contains a book’s worth of
new poems, is a much-needed introduction to the work of one of our best and
most accessible poets.” – Publishers Weekly
In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, SFPL has selected Marin County
poet and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Kay Ryan’s most recent collection for On the
Same Page. In their review of The Best of It, the New York Times says,“Kay Ryan’s
poems are as slim as runway models, so tiny you could almost tweet them. Their
compact refinement, though, does not suggest ease or chic. Her voice is quizzical and impertinent, funny in uncomfortable ways, scuffed by failure and loss.
Her mastery, like Emily Dickinson’s, has some awkwardness in it, some essential
gawkiness that draws you close.”
The two hundred poems in The Best of It offer a stunning retrospective of her
work, as well as a swath of never-before-published poems-all of which are sure
to appeal equally to longtime fans and new readers.
Born in California in 1945, Kay Ryan grew up in the
small towns of the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave
Desert. She received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree
from UCLA. Since 1971, she has lived in Marin County.
Ryan has published several collections of poetry and
her awards include the Pulitzer Prize in 2011, the Ruth Lilly
Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, an Ingram Merrill
Award, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the
Kay Ryan
Arts, the Union League Poetry Prize, the Maurice English
Poetry Award, and three Pushcart Prizes. In 2008, Ryan was appointed the Library
of Congress’s sixteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
Get Geeky With LEGOs® @ Your Library!
The Library is celebrating Teen Tech
Week by inviting teens to come and
get geeky at the library with more than
100,000 pieces of LEGOS! Teen Tech
Week is an annual national initiative
sponsored by the Young Adult Library
Services Association to ensure that
teens are competent users of technologies. In celebration, the San Francisco
Public Library is excited to host the funfilled educational engineering programs of Play-Well Teknologies. For over
20 years, Play-Well Teknologies has the led the way in offering entertaining
and educational LEGO programs for children and teens. Participating libraries will host one of two programs:
Engineering Challenge: Teens will apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture while they design and build motorized
machines, catapults, demolition derby cars, and other constructions out of
LEGO® bricks.
Flight Club: Teens will have fun learning, building, and experimenting
with paper airplanes, helicopters, parachutes, rockets, and a wide variety of
aerospace designs. This class is both interactive and educational with an emphasis on building and having fun with things that fly.
March 4-10, celebrate Teen Tech Week and get geeky @ your library!
Ages 12-18. Space is limited so please sign up in advance. For more information, please call one of the participating libraries: Ortega, Parkside, Glen Park,
Excelsior, Visitacion Valley, Main Library, Portola, and Chinatown. See the
teen calendar, Page 5, for schedule.
Kay Ryan in Person – April 18, 6:30 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium.
Adults
1, 8, 15 & 22 Thursdays
Parenting Class For parents/
caregivers of children 0-12. Visitacion Valley, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
3, 10, 17, 24 Saturdays
Conversational Language
Groups Register: (415) 557-4251
or kaiwilson@sfpl.org. (English)
Main, 4th Floor Conf. Room,
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. (Spanish)
Main, 3rd Floor Conf. Room,
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
3 Saturday
African American Genealogy Workshop Register: (415)
557-4518. Main, 1st Floor Conf.
Room, 1–3 p.m.
Origami Club Bring your own
paper. Bernal Heights, 2–4 p.m.
*Chinese New Year Riddle
Contest (English, Chinese & Vietnamese) Chinatown, 2–4 p.m.
Three Generations of African
American Women Artists
Golden Gate Valley, 2–4 p.m.
Documentary: 442—Live
with Honor, Die with Dignity
Main, Koret, 2–5 p.m.
Visual Language/Storytelling for Families & Educators
Main, Latino/Hispanic Room,
3–5 p.m.
4 Sunday
Vincent Chin Film: Vincent
Who? (2009, 40 minutes)
Main, Latino/Hispanic Room,
12:30–2:30 p.m.
5, 12, 19 & 26 Mondays
Mental Aerobics Main, Latino/
Hispanic Room, 1–3:30 p.m.
OWL: Older Writers Laboratory Poetry Group. Bernal
Heights, 3:30 p.m.
5 Monday
*First Monday Movies @
Excelsior Morocco (1930, 97
mins). Excelsior, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Documentary: Sutro’s: The
Palace at Land’s End (84
minutes) Sunset, 7 p.m.
*Author Achy Obejas Main,
Koret, 6 p.m.
Movie Night The King’s Speech
Ortega, 6 p.m.
10 Saturday
Crossroads Irish American
Festival Main, Koret, 1 p.m.
16 Friday
*Koto & Kayageum Lecture/
Concert Main, Koret, 3–4 p.m.
*Chinese Papercutting
(Mandarin) Ortega, 3 p.m.
25 Sunday
Noe Valley Word Week: Winners Read Noe Valley, 4–5 p.m.
Soul Making Keats Literary
Awards Main, Koret, 1 p.m.
17 Saturday
Consumer Health Information & Alternative Medicine
Potrero, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Green Saturdays Ugly Arts &
Crafts. Bernal Heights, 2 p.m.
*Chinese Brush Painting Ages
10+. Register: (415) 355-5770.
Parkside, 1–2:30 p.m.
*Safety Workshop for Women
Mission, 2 p.m.
*Knitting Main, 2nd Floor,
Creative Center, 2–4 p.m.
11 Sunday
19 Monday
Write Your Will with Stuart
Bronstein. Pre-registration
required: (415) 355-5600.
Richmond, 2–3:30 p.m.
Noe Valley Word Week: My Favorite Book Noe Valley, 3–4 p.m.
*Documentary - Millennium:
The Story Mission, 6:30 p.m.
S.F. Shakespeare: Macbeth
Main, Koret, 6 p.m.
*The Life of Urban Bees
Eureka Valley, 7 p.m.
12 Monday
20 Tuesday
6, 13, 20 & 27 Tuesdays
Senior Care Planning Tips
Western Addition, 6:30–8 p.m.
ITVS Community Cinema Revenge of the Electric Car
Main, Koret, 5:45 p.m.
6 Tuesday
Women Behind the Camera
Preview 2012 SF International
Women’s Film Festival. Main,
Koret, 5:30 p.m.
Get Published with Elizabeth
Pomada & Michael Larsen. Main,
Latino/Hispanic Room, 6 p.m.
Conversational French Language Group Register: (415)
557-4251 or kaiwilson@sfpl.org.
Main, 3rd Floor Conf. Room,
6:30 p.m.
7, 14, 21 & 28 Wednesdays
Staying Engaged for a Lifetime Presidio, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
7 Wednesday
Author, Author Exhibit walk
though & talk with photographer Michael Childers. Main,
3rd Floor Exhibit Space, 5 p.m.
and Koret, 6 p.m. Related
Exhibit: Page 3
Voice & Breathing Workshop
with Sharon Pucci. Bernal
Heights, 6:30 p.m.
Julia Morgan’s San Francisco
Cohorts with Inge Horton
Merced, 7 p.m.
8 Thursday
*Radar Reading Lorna Dee
Cervantes, Nate Lippens, Miranda Mellis and Eileen Myles,
hosted by Michelle Tea. Main,
Latino/Hispanic Room, 6 p.m.
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13 Tuesday
Knitting Circle
Merced, 6–7:30 p.m.
Gordon Ball - East Hill Farm:
Seasons with Allen Ginsberg
Main, Latino/Hispanic Room,
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday Evening Writers
Bernal Heights, 7 p.m.
14 Wednesday
Dinah Sanders - Discardia:
More Life, Less Stuff Main,
Latino/Hispanic Room, 6 p.m.
Bernal Jazz Quintet
Bernal Heights, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Online Anza,
6:30–7:30 p.m.
15 Thursday
Growing Home Community
Garden Tour Meet at Octavia
and Lily Streets, 2 p.m.
Related Exhibition: Page 3.
Family Movie Night: Rio
Visitacion Valley, 4:30–6 p.m.
*Excelsior Film Festival Short
Film Series Waqaynan by
Ariel Soto. Excelsior, 7 p.m.
27 Tuesday
*I Left My Art in San Francisco
- Bay Area Artists Anza, 7 p.m.
31 Saturday
*Chinese Papercuts Demo
(Mandarin) Sunset, 3:30–5 p.m.
21 Wednesday
*Queens, Maidens, Matriarchs:
The African Woman in the de
Young Excelsior, 3:30–5 p.m.
*Five Fabulous Women Artists of the 1800s Glen Park,
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Book Groups
22 Thursday
The Cult of Beauty: The
Victorian Avant-Garde 18601900 Ortega, 7 p.m.
24 Saturday
Sit-Down Readers’ Theatre William Butler Yeats, Poet &
Playwright North Beach, (held
at DiMaggio Clubhouse. 661
Lombard St.) 2 p.m.
Rediscovering Literacy in
Story, Song, and Shape (Spanish & English) Early Childhood
Education Workshop. Pre-registration required: cestrovitz@
sfpl.org or (415) 557-4218. Main,
2nd Floor, Children’s Center,
(Spanish) 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.,
(English) 2–4:30 p.m.
1 Thursday
Great Books Discussion Group
Register: clifford.louie@sbcglobal.net or (415) 387-2125.
Main, 4th Floor Conf. Room,
5:30–7:30 p.m.
6 Tuesday
13 Tuesday
Great Books Discussion Group
Register: clifford.louie@sbcglobal.net or (415) 387-2125.
Richmond, 6:15 p.m.
14 Wednesday
Great Books Discussion Group
Register: clifford.louie@sbcglobal.net or (415) 387-2125.
Noe Valley, 6:15–8:15 p.m.
15 Thursday
West Portal Book Club
West Portal, 2–3:30 p.m.
21 Wednesday
Noe Valley Book Discussion
Group Noe Valley, 7–8:30 p.m.
22 Thursday
Bernal Book Club The
Elephant’s Journey by Jose
Saramago. Bernal Heights,
4–5:30 p.m.
28 Wednesday
*Rincón Literario Spanish
Book Club. Main, 3rd Floor Conf.
Room, 6 p.m.
Mission Bay Book Club Andrea Levy’s Small Island.
Mission Bay, 6:30 p.m.
31 Saturday
The Boris Rozenfeld Russian
Bibliophiles Club Main, Latino/Hispanic Room, 2–4 p.m.
Bernal Book Circle
Bernal Heights, 7 p.m.
Merced Book Club The Warmth
of Other Suns: The Epic Story of
American’s Great Migration, by
Isabel Wilkerson. Merced, 7 p.m.
7 Wednesday
Sunset Book Group The Secret
Lives of Buildings: From the
Ruins of the Parthenon to the
Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories by
Edward Hollis. Sunset, 7 p.m.
Business
Counseling
7, 14, 21 & 28 Wednesdays
Business Counseling Sessions
Free, one-hour appointments.
Call (415) 744-6827. Main, 4th
Floor, Business, Science and
Technology Dept, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
*Funded by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
Family Music and More
Events
Get Rid of Your Stuff
This year, make spring cleaning about more than
scrubbing. It’s time to let go of what doesn’t make
your life awesome. Productivity and happiness
coach Dinah Sanders will read from her book
Discardia: More Life, Less Stuff and conduct a free
workshop on identifying and reaching your goals.
With its three key principles and numerous
practical tips, Discardia helps you carve away the
nonsense of physical objects, habits, or emotional
baggage, and uncover what brings you joy.
Mark Frauenfelder,
editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine and founder of
Boing Boing says, “Even if you don’t feel like your
life needs an overhaul, everyone could use some
fine-tuning. Discardia, which offers plenty of useful advice, is one of the best ‘life hacking’ books I’ve
come across.”
Discardia: More Life, Less Stuff – March 14, 6 p.m.,
Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Community Room.
Dinah Sanders
Street Safe
Bluegrass meets indie rock at the library with
a double billed family music matinee this
month. The Gustafer Yellowgold Show and The
Okee Dokee Brothers will take the stage for an
afternoon of live family music.
Morgan Taylor and
Hailed by The New York Times as “A cross
Gustafer Yellowgold
between Yellow Submarine and Dr. Seuss,”
Morgan Taylor’s multimedia performance illuminates the adventures of
Gustafer Yellowgold and friends. Gustafer Yellowgold will be making two
appearances at the Library in March.
Joe Mailander and Justine Lansing, the hilarious Okee Dokee Brothers,
engage, excite and delight children of all ages through their rollicking downhome music. Put on your boogie shoes, skip the nap, and dance the afternoon away at the library with a special family music matinee!
The Gustafer Yellowgold Show – March 8, 10:30 a.m., Main Library, Fisher
Children’s Center.
The Gustafer Yellowgold Show and The Okee Dokee Brothers Family
Music Matinee – March 18, 3 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Irish American Crossroads Festival
On Saturday, March 10, the Crossroads Irish American Festival returns to
Library. The day begins with children’s programming at the Main Library’s
Fisher Children’s Center, featuring Sean and Pat O’Donnell, two teenage
brothers who perform on fiddle and accordion. The program also will feature “Celtic Voices,” a San Francisco-based children’s chorus.
The program continues in the Main Library’s Koret Auditorium with
an engaging roundtable on “Irish-Americans in Popular Culture” featuring
Joseph McBride, associate professor of cinema at San Francisco State, Terry
Golway, professor of history, Kean University and Irish Echo columnist, and
James Silas Rogers, editor of After The Flood: Irish America 1945-1960. There
also will be a poetry performance by Jack & Adelle Foley. For more information on the Crossroads festival and other Crossroads events around San
Francisco visit irishamericancrossroads.org.
Mission Branch Library is hosting a free safety workshop for women, presented
by Impact Bay Area. The workshop will focus on street safety and awareness,
verbal and physical boundary setting and hands-on self-defense techniques.
Crossroads for Children – March 10, 11 a.m., Main Library,
Fisher Children’s Center, 2nd Floor
Crossroads Irish American Festival – March 10, 1 p.m.,
Main Library, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
Safety Workshop – March 10, 2–4 p.m., Mission Branch Library
Computer
Classes
21 Wednesday
8, 15 & 22 Thursdays
Magazine, Newspaper & Information Databases 2–3 p.m.
Basic Email for Seniors
Ocean View, 2:30 p.m.
Classes at the Main:
23 Friday
8 Thursday
5th Floor Training Center unless
otherwise noted. Most classes
require basic keyboard skills. All
classes are first come, first served.
Internet & Library Catalog
(Cantonese) Meet at International Center, 3rd Floor. 2–4 p.m.
2 Friday
27 Tuesday
Learn Facebook! 2–3:30 p.m.
Internet 102 2–4 p.m.
3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Saturdays
29 Thursday
Basic Mouse & Typing Skills
10:15–11 a.m.
Photo Sharing 2–3:30 p.m.
3 Saturday
eReader Workshop Main, 3rd
Floor Conf. Room, 6–7 p.m.
Word Processing11 a.m.–12 p.m.
31 Saturday
5, 12, 19 & 26 Mondays
Job Seekers’ Lab11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Internet 102 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
6, 13, 20 & 27 Tuesdays
Lectures Held at Main, Latino/
Hispanic Community Room:
Job Seekers’ Lab10 a.m. –1 p.m.
27 Tuesday
Basic Mouse and Typing
Skills 1:15–2 p.m.
6 & 13 Tuesdays
ResumeWorkshop 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
28 Wednesday
Internet 101 2–3 p.m.
Social Media Job Searching
6–7:30 p.m.
10 Saturday
Classes Held at the Branches:
Email 11 a.m. –1 p.m.
1 Thursday
14 Wednesday
Job & Career Resources on
the Internet 2–3:30 p.m.
15 Thursday
Internet & Library Catalog
(Russian) Meet at International
Center, 3rd Floor. 9:15–11:15 a.m.
Internet 101
Bernal Heights, 2:15 p.m.
6 Tuesday
Career Gateway Workshop
Ocean View, 2–3:30 p.m.
7 Wednesday
16 Friday
Career Gateway Workshop
Excelsior, 1–3 p.m.
Sogou Chinese Handwriting
Input Method 2:15–3:45 p.m.
7 & 21 Wednesdays
17 Saturday
Book A Librarian Appt: (415)
355-5660. Portola, 6–7 p.m.
Internet 101 2–3 p.m.
20 Tuesday
Library Catalog 2–3 p.m.
8 & 22 Thursdays
Internet & Computer Q&A
Bernal Heights, 2:15 p.m.
All programs and events are free and open to the public.
Teens
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Thursdays
*Book Swap Parkside, 3–5:30 p.m.
1 & 29 Thursdays
Book a Librarian
Visitacion Valley, 5–6 p.m.
*Gaming Portola, 4–5:30 p.m.
12 Monday
2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 Fridays
Career Gateway Workshop
Bayview (Held at YMCA, 1601
Lane St.) 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
*Book Swap West Portal,
3:30–5:30 p.m.
13 Tuesday
*Chess Tournament ngvincep@
yahoo.com Ortega, 12:30–5 p.m.
Career Gateway Workshop
Ingleside, 3–4:30 p.m.
3 Saturday
*Book Club Ortega, 4–5 p.m.
15 Thursday
6 Tuesday
eReaders & more
Bernal Heights, 2:15 p.m.
*Flight Club Pre-registration:
(415) 355-5770 or dwong@sfpl.
org. Parkside, 4–5:30 p.m.
15, 22 & 29 Thursdays
Adult & Senior Computer
Basics Pre-registration
required: (415) 355-5600.
Richmond, 2:30 to 4 p.m.
19 Monday
Adult & Senior Email
Sunset, 6:30–8 p.m.
*Movie: Be Kind ReWind
Excelsior, 4–6 p.m.
6, 13 & 20 Tuesdays
*Writing Workshop Register:
(415) 557-4497 or blevine@sfpl.
org. Main, 2nd Floor, Children’s
Center, 4–6 p.m. (Note: 3/20 in
3rd Floor Conf. Room)
10 Saturday
21 Wednesday
*Legos: Flight Club Register:
aluini@sfpl.org or (415) 3555700. Ortega, 1–2:30 p.m.
Youth Speaks Slam Prelims
Main, Koret, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
*Social Media & Search Engine Battle Portola, 3–4 p.m.
12 Monday
*Video Gaming
Mission, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
13 Tuesday
*Sidewalk Chalk Art
Parkside, 2:30–4:30 p.m.
*Lego Program Ages 10-18.
Register: (415) 557-4426 or
raronowitz@sfpl.org. Main,
Children’s Center, 4–5:30 p.m.
23 Friday
Youth Speaks Slam Prelims
Main, Koret, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
*Movie: Super 8 Portola,
3–5:30 p.m.
*Book Swap Glen Park, 3:30–6 p.m.
14 Wednesday
*Movie: March of the Penguin
Chinatown, 3:30–5 p.m.
15 Thursday
*Lego Challenge Register:
mbergman@sfpl.org or (415)
355-2858. Glen Park, 4–5:30 p.m.
16 Friday
*Sidewalk Chalk Art
West Portal, 3-5 p.m.
*Chinese Reading Club Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley. (Discussion in Mandarin & English)
Chinatown, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
24 Saturday
*Finger Crochet Register: (415)
355-2888 or jewelchen@sfpl.
org. Chinatown, 2–4:30 p.m.
30 Friday
*Movie: Soul Surfer Portola,
3:30–5 p.m.
31 Saturday
*Button-making Chinatown,
2-4 p.m.
20 Tuesday
7 Wednesday
17 Saturday
Videos on the
Large Screen
Resume Workshop.
Visitacion Valley, 4 p.m.
*Lego Engineering Challenge
Register: ehannan@sfpl.org
or (415) 355-2848. Visitacion
Valley, 4–5:30 p.m.
*Chinatown Teen’Zine (English/
Chinese) Chinatown, 1–3 p.m.
In the Koret Auditorium at
the Main, Thursdays at Noon
*Knitting Ages 9+ Main, 2nd
Floor, Children’s Center, 2–4 p.m.
When possible, films are shown
with captions to assist our deaf
and hard of hearing patrons.
19 Monday
March 1
*Origami-O-Rama Ages 8-18.
Mission, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Impromptu (1991, 107 min.)
March 8
8 Thursday
20 & 27 Tuesdays
Atomic Mom (2010, 80 Min.)
*Legos: Flight Club Register:
ipulu@sfpl.org or (415) 3555660. Portola, 4–5:30 p.m.
*Creative Crafts (English & Mandarin) Ages 8-18. North Beach
(held at DiMaggio Clubhouse,
661 Lombard St.) 3:30–5 p.m.
March 15
Internet and Computer Q&A
Bernal Heights, 7 p.m.
eReaders & more
Bernal Heights, 8 p.m.
22 Thursday
Library Catalog (Chinese)
Chinatown, 10–11 a.m.
Basic Email & Library Account
Chinatown, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
26 Monday
Computer Basics (Spanish)
Mission, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
7, 14, 21 & 28 Wednesdays
*Pop Art and More Excelsior,
4–5:30 p.m.
*Movie: Lemonade Mouth
Glen Park, 4–6 p.m.
9 Friday
*Transform Your Headphones
Craft Portola, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Frida (2002, 123 min.)
March 22
Fly Girls (2006, 56 min.)
20 Tuesday
*Legos: Flight Club Register:
mbergman@sfpl.org or (415)
355-2868. Excelsior, 4–5:30 p.m.
March 29
Gorillas in the Mist
(1988, 129 min.)
AT THE LIBRARY MARCH 2012 5
Baby Rhyme Time
Children’s Calendar
Rollicking rhymes, songs and
books for infants to 18 months
and their caregivers.**
Bernal Heights
Wed., 7, 14, 21 & 28
at 1:15 p.m. + playtime
Chinatown
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 11 a.m. + playtime
March 2012
1 Thursday
8 Thursday
Seuss-tastic Storytime
Ages 3+ Parkside, 10 a.m.
*Gustafer Yellowgold Show
Reservations recommended
(415) 557-4554. Main, Children’s Center, 10:30 a.m.
*Yoga Ages 3-5. Reservations:
(415) 355-2818. Sunset, 10:30 a.m.
Cat in the Hat Pajama Storytime Marina, 6 p.m.
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Thursdays
Homework Help
Ortega, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Bernal Heights, 4–5:30 p.m.
Mission, 4–6 p.m.
Reading Buddies Ages 5+.
Excelsior, 4–6 p.m.
2 Friday
*Snakes with Douglass Hall
Ages 6+. Glen Park, 4 p.m.
3 Saturday
The Cat in the Hat Knows a
Lot about That Storytime with
KQED Partners. Main, Children’s
Center, 11 a.m.
Film: Akeela and the Bee Ages
5+. Western Addition, 12 p.m.
3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Saturdays
*Puppets Tony Borders: Cool,
Crazy Critters. Sunset, 10:30 a.m.
*Puppets Il Teatro Calamari:
The Three Little Pigs
Park, 11 a.m.
Golden Gate Valley,
3:30–4:15 p.m.
*Spin Me a Shadow, Tell Me
a Tale: Daniel Barash Shadow
Puppets
Portola, 1 p.m.
Visitacion Valley, 4–5 p.m.
5, 12 & 19 Mondays
Homework Help
Mission, 4-6 p.m.
6 Tuesday
*Puppets Tony Borders:
Cool, Crazy Critters.
Marina, 10:15 a.m.
Chinatown, 12:45 p.m.
Preschool Films
Parkside, 10 and 11 a.m.
6, 13, 20 & 27 Tuesdays
Homework Help
Portola, 2:30–4:30 p.m.
Ortega, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Excelsior, 4–6 p.m.
Mission, 4:30–6 p.m.
6, 13 & 20 Tuesdays
Homework Help
Parkside, 3–5 p.m.
7, 14, 21 & 28 Wednesdays
Homework Help
Portola, 2:30–4:30 p.m.
Ortega, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Excelsior, 4–6 p.m.
7, 14, & 21 Wednesdays
Homework Help
Mission, 4:30–6 p.m.
7 Wednesday
*Nick Barone Puppets:
Puss in Boots Ingleside, 7 p.m.
Presidio
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:15 a.m. + playtime
Richmond
Wed., 7, 14, 21 & 28
at 3:30 p.m. + playtime
*St. Patrick’s Day Crafts Ages
3-5. West Portal, 10:30 a.m.
Mission
Mon., 5, 12, 19 & 26
at 1:15 p.m. + playtime
(Spanish/English)
*California Puppets Jungle
Joe Animal Trainer Show Mission, 11 a.m.
Excelsior
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 11 a.m. + playtime
Mission Bay
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:15 a.m. + playtime
Glen Park
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:30 a.m. + playtime
Ortega
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 11:15 a.m. + playtime
Toddler Tales
Marina
Mon., 5, 12, 19 & 26
at 10:15 a.m.
Presidio
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:15 a.m. + playtime
Mission
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:15 a.m. + playtime
(Spanish/English)
Richmond
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:15 a.m.
Mission Bay
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:15 a.m.
Reservations (415) 355-2838
Sunset
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:15 a.m. + playtime
*Puppets Il Teatro Calamari:
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Noe Valley, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
*Puppets Il Teatro Calamari:
Hansel & Gretel. Ortega, 3 p.m.
Matinee: Robin Hood
Presidio, 3 p.m.
18 Sunday
*The Gustafer Yellowgold
Show & The Okee Dokee
Brothers Family Music Matinee Main, Koret, 3–4 p.m.
20 Tuesday
Preschool Films
Chinatown, 9:55 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,
11:05 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Western Addition, 10 a.m.
Noe Valley, 10:15–10:45 a.m.
and 11–11:30 a.m.
n Books, rhymes, music, movement and more for toddlers 18 to
36 months and their caregivers.**
Anza
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:30 + playtime
Eureka Valley
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:30 a.m.
Golden Gate Valley
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:15 a.m.
Noe Valley
Tue., 6, 13 & 27 at 10:15–
10:45 a.m. & 11–11:30 a.m.
(Park strollers by elevator.)
Ortega
Mon., 5, 12, 19 & 26
at 10:30 a.m.
Sunset
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 11 a.m.
+ playtime
West Portal
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 10:30 a.m.
Thur., 8 & 22 at 10:30 a.m.
Visitacion Valley
Wed., 7, 14, 21 & 28
at 11 a.m.
Western Addition
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:15 a.m. + playtime
(Groups of five or more
reserve at (415) 355-5727)
West Portal
Thur., 1 & 15 at 10:30 a.m.
*Crossroads Irish-American
Festival Children’s Hour
Main, Children’s Center, 11 a.m.
*Nick Barone Puppets: Puss
in Boots. North Beach (held
at DiMaggio Clubhouse, 661
Lombard St.), 10:30 a.m.
Preschool
Storytime
Mission
Wed., 7, 14, 21 & 28
at 10:15 a.m.
Portola
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:30 a.m.
*Spin Me a Shadow, Tell Me a
Tale: Daniel Barash Shadow Puppets Western Addition, 12 p.m.
School Age Films
Chinatown, 4 p.m.
North Beach
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 11 a.m.
(Held at 661 Lombard St.)
Richmond
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 11 a.m.
10 Saturday
Museum of Craft & Design MakeArt Workshop:
Kaleidoscopes Ages 5+. Main,
Children’s Center, 2–3:30 p.m.
Homework Help
Ortega, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Excelsior, 4-6 p.m.
Merced
Thur., 1, 15, 22 & 29
at 10 a.m. + playtime
Park
Thur., 1, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:30 a.m.
*Wii Games Ages 8+.
West Portal, 3:30 p.m.
Chess Club Ages 6+.
Excelsior, 1–3 p.m.
5, 12, 19 & 26 Mondays
Potrero
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 1:15 p.m. + playtime
Main
Mon., 5, 12, 19 & 16
at 10:30 a.m.
Wed., 7, 14, 21 & 28
at 10:30 a.m.
*Ugly Craft Challenge
Bernal Heights, 2–3:30 p.m.
Preschool Films
Ocean View, 11 a.m.
Marina
Mon., 5, 12, 19 & 26
at 11 a.m. + playtime.
Leave strollers outside
*Magic, Ventriloquism &
Puppets with Tony Borders
Bayview (held at YMCA, 1601
Lane St.), 10 a.m.
9 Friday
Homework Help
Ortega, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
5 Monday
Park
Sat., 17, 24 & 31
at 11 a.m. + playtime
Eureka Valley
Wed., 7, 14, 21 & 28
at 1:30 p.m. + playtime
17 Saturday
All programs and events are free and open to the public.
Programs are for children of all ages, except where noted.
Please call ahead to confirm dates and times. Groups of five or
more: make reservations.
For film titles, call branch library.
Children’s programs at the Main Library are at the Fisher
Children’s Center except where noted.
Main
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 3:30 p.m.
21 Wednesday
Preschool Films
Chinatown, 10 and 10:40 a.m.
Main, Children’s Center, 10
and 10:45 a.m.
Mighty Ugly Craft Challenge
Parkside, 3:30–5 p.m.
Arts & Crafts Club Pop-up
Cards. Ages 5+. Ortega, 3–5 p.m.
School Age Films
Chinatown, 4 p.m.
12 Monday
Crafting with Sophie
Golden Gate Valley, 6:30 p.m.
Preschool Videos
Glen Park, 10:30 a.m.
13 & 27 Tuesdays
Preschool Films
Visitacion Valley, 10–10:30 a.m.
14 Wednesday
Preschool Films/Videos
Richmond, 11 a.m.
Family Films Merced, 6 p.m.
School Age Films
Potrero, 6:30 p.m.
15 Thursday
*Crafts with Sophie! Ages 5+.
Anza, 3:30–5 p.m.
Friendship Bracelets &
Survival Wristlets Bernal
Heights, 4 p.m.
Family Literacy Night with
OMI Family Resource Center.
Ocean View, 5 p.m.
Film: Shrek 2. Portola, 3:45 p.m.
15 & 29 Thursdays
Preschool Videos
Sunset, 10:30 a.m.
Preschool Films
Chinatown, 10 and 10:40 a.m.
Main, Children’s Center, 10
and 10:45 a.m.
Springtime Stories & Craft
Ocean View, 3:30 p.m.
Haight Street Fair Poster Contest Ages 5+. Park, 3:30–5 p.m.
School Age Films
Chinatown, 4 p.m.
*Film: How to Train your Dragon.
Ages 6+. Noe Valley, 3-4:30 p.m.
Friday Crafts Ages 5+.
Mission, 3–5 p.m.
School Age Films
West Portal, 3:30 p.m.
24 Saturday
*Nick Barone Puppets: Puss in
Boots. West Portal, 11 a.m.
Rock out with Barbara
Murphy Ages 0-5.
Eureka Valley, 3–3:45 p.m.
*Crafts with Jasmin
Mission Bay, 4 p.m.
*Nick Barone Puppets:
Tales from the Enchanted Forest
Ocean View, 2 p.m.
Potrero, 4 p.m.
16 Friday
27 Tuesday
Film: Wall-E.
Golden Gate Valley, 3 p.m.
Preschool Films
Marina, 10:15 a.m.
6 MARCH 2012 AT THE LIBRARY
Anza
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:30 a.m.
Excelsior
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 11 a.m.
Wed., 7, 14 & 21 at 11 a.m.
(Trilingual: Mandarin/
Cantonese/English)
Marina
Tue., 13 & 20 at 10:15 a.m.
Merced
Sun., 4, 11, 18 & 25
at 3:30 p.m.
Ocean View
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 11 a.m.
Sunset
Thur., 22 at 10:30 a.m.
Ortega
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:30 a.m.
Visitacion Valley
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 11–11:30 a.m.
Park
Mon., 5, 12, 19 & 26
at 3:30 p.m.
Western Addition
Tue., 13 & 27 at 10 a.m.
(Groups of five or more
reserve (415) 355-5752)
Parkside
Tue.,13, 20 & 27 at 10 a.m.
22 Thursday
23 Friday
*Spin Me a Shadow, Tell Me
a Tale: Daniel Barash Shadow
Puppets. Main, Children’s
Center, 10:30 a.m.
n Stories, songs, fingerplays
and more for ages 3 to 5.**
Family Storytime
n Family Storytimes are for
children of all ages unless
noted.**
Ingleside
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 11 a.m.
Wed., 7, 14, 21 & 28
at 4:30 p.m.
Park
Thur., 1, 15, 22 & 29
at 11:30 a.m.
Parkside
Thur., 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 10 a.m.
Sat., 3, 10, 17 & 24 at 10 a.m.
Bayview
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:30 a.m.
(Held at YMCA, 1601 Lane
Street at Revere)
Main
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:30 a.m.
Sat., 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31
at 11 a.m.
Sun., 4, 11, 18 & 25 at 1 p.m.
(Spanish/English)
Bernal Heights
Tue., 6, 13, 20 & 27
at 10:15 a.m.
Infant to 5 years old.
Mission
Sat., 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31
at 11 a.m.
Richmond
Sat., 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31
at 11 a.m. Ages 0-3.
Mission Bay
Fri., 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
at 4:30 p.m.
Visitacion Valley
Mon., 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 11 a.m.
Chinatown
Sat., 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31
at 10:30 a.m.
Excelsior
Sat., 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31
at 11:30 a.m.
North Beach
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:15 a.m. (Held at 661
Lombard St.)
Potrero
Thur., 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
at 10:30 & 11:15 a.m.
West Portal
Wed., 14 & 28 at 7:15 p.m.
Ages 2-5. (Russian)
Sat., 3 & 10 at 10:30 a.m.
**Please call ahead to confirm dates and times. Groups need to reserve space.
Wii Games Richmond, 4 p.m.
S.F. Shakespeare: Macbeth
Age 6+. Main, Koret, 6 p.m.
28 Wednesday
California Puppets with Jungle
Joe. Excelsior, 11–11:45 a.m.
*Mini Notebook Craft Ages 5+.
Richmond, 2 p.m.
Matinee: Muppets Ortega, 3 p.m.
*Puppets Il Teatro Calamari: Odyssey. Bernal Heights, 3:30 p.m.
*California Puppets
Jungle Joe, Animal Trainer
Merced, 4 p.m.
Glen Park, 6:30 p.m.
*Puppets Il Teatro Calamari:
Hansel & Gretel. Parkside, 7 p.m.
29 Thursday
*California Puppets Jungle
Joe, Animal Trainer Eureka Valley, 10:30 a.m.
Movie: Shrek Forever After
Ocean View, 3:30 p.m.
30 Friday
*Puppets Tony Borders: Cool,
Crazy Critters.
Richmond, 2 p.m.
Presidio, 4 p.m.
S.F. Shakespeare: Macbeth
Golden Gate Valley, 3 p.m.
31 Saturday
Preschool Films
Parkside, 10 a.m.
West Portal, 10:30 a.m.
*Funded by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
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March 10
$1 Book Sale
Second Saturday of every month (rain or shine).
Donation Center, 438 Treat Ave. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
March 19
Porchlight Storytelling Series: Law & Order
$15, 21+ Friends Member receive ½ off tickets.
The Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St. 8 p.m.
Readers Bookstore, Fort Mason Events
Thursday’s at Readers 2012 Poetry Series
Join us at Readers Bookstore in Fort Mason
Center as the Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series
continues in 2012!
Curated and hosted by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence and 2007 San Francisco Poet Laureate
Jack Hirschman, every Thursday boasts a duo
of talented authors and poets, reading and performing their work.
All events begin at 6:30 p.m.
March 1
Scott Thompson and Randy Fingland
March 8
Angelina Llongueras and Yvonne Cannon
March 15
Jorge Argueta and Garrett Caples
March 22
Olivia Sears and Luke Breit
March 29
Art Montecom and Leslie Simon
For a full schedule, visit ReadersCafe.org
Wendy MacNaughton
2012 Spring Book Sale
March 29-April 1, 2012, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Book loving season is in full bloom at the 2nd Annual Spring Book Sale!
Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion, the Spring Book Sale will feature more than 400,000 books,
DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media in over 100 categories.
EVERYTHING is $3 or less, with a 3-2-1 scale: $3-hard cover books; $2-paperback books; $1-DVDs, CDs,
books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media. All items remaining on Sunday will be $1 or less.
Stock up on quality books at unbeatable prices, all in support of the San Francisco Public Library. All
proceeds from Spring Book Sale benefit the San Francisco Public Library’s education programs that promote
literacy for children, teens and adults.
The Spring Book Sale is made possible through the help of hundreds of volunteers. Throughout the year,
Friends of the SFPL staff and volunteers collect both used and new books from estate sales, businesses,
publishers and book donors across San Francisco.
Visit FriendsSFPL.org for more information.
Member and Donor Preview Sale & Reception:
Wednesday, March 28, 4–8 p.m
Friends Members (at any level) and Book Donors are invited
for a first look at over 400,000 books and media during the
Preview Sale & Reception. Just show your current Member
card or bring your ticket to the event. Tickets will mailed to
current Members and book donors in early March. For more
information or to become a Member, visit FriendsSFPL.org or
call (415) 626-7512 ext. 102.
Hours:
Readers Locations & Hours
READERS BOOKSTORE
Fort Mason Center, Building C
Open seven days a week.
Bookstore: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Telephone (415) 771-1076
Wednesday, March 28: 4–8 p.m. (Member and Donor Preview
Sale & Reception)
Thursday, March 29-Sunday, April 1: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Volunteering at the Sale
For more information on attending or volunteering
at the sale call (415) 522-8606.
READERS BOOKSTORE
Main Library
Grove Street Entrance
Open all Library hours
Telephone (415) 557-4238
Readers Bookstores
Spring Member Sale
Members Receive 25% Off
All Month in March!
Spring up from your favorite reading
chair and March over to Readers
Bookstore, Fort Mason Center or
Readers Bookstore at the Main where
our Spring Member Sale is in full
bloom! Friends Members receive 25%
off their purchases during the entire
month of March! Become a Member
in-store before the 2nd Annual Spring
Book Sale to attend the Member
Preview Sale & Reception or join
online at FriendsSFPL.org. Join Friends
and support the San Francisco Public
Library today!
The mission of Friends of the San Francisco Public Library is to create,
steward and support a superior, free public library system in San Francisco.
We are committed to raising the standard of excellence of our libraries
by funding programs and services beyond what is allocated in the city’s
budget. We believe in free and equal access to information for all.
Books at 10% off! Friends’ Bonus Bookstore Program!
Friends members ($50+ level) receive a 10% discount at the following bookstores:
Academy Store, California Academy of Science
A. Cavalli Italian Bookstore
Adobe Bookstore
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts LLC
Alexander Book Co., Inc.
Amazing Fantasy
The Beat Museum
Bibliohead Bookstore
Bibliomania
Bird & Beckett Books & Records
Black Oak Books Holding Corp.
Bolerium Books
Books, Inc.
Booksmith
Borderlands Books
Browser Books
Christopher’s Books
Chronicle Books
Compass Books, Inc.
Dog Eared Books
Eastwind Books
Globus Slavic Bookstore
Great Overland Book Company
Green Apple Books & Music
The Green Arcade
Kayo Books
Louie Brothers Book Store, Inc.
Manning’s Books & Prints
Marcus Book Stores
Phoenix Books
Omnivore Books on Food
Readers Bookstore Fort Mason
Readers Bookstore Main
Red Hill Books
San Francisco Botanical Gardens, Garden Bookstore
Thidwick Books
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SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
100 LARKIN STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102
March 2012
In this Issue:
Page 1 – The Puppets Are Coming
Women’s Film Festival Preview
Check Out Our eBooks!
Page 2 – Collections and Services
In Other Words—A Reading List
Barbara Grier-Naiad Press Collection
Bookmobile Schedules
Page 3 – The Art of Jason Munn
Meet Photographer Michael Childers
Why Taiwan Matters
Exhibitions Calendar
Page 4 – The Best of It by Kay Ryan
Get Geeky With LEGOs®
Adult Calendar
Page 5 – Discardia: More Life, Less Stuff
Street Safe
Family Music and More
Irish American Crossroads Festival
Page 6 – Children’s Calendar
Page 7 – Friends Focus
2012 Spring Book Sale
The San Francisco Public Library system is
dedicated to free and equal access to information,
knowledge, independent learning and the joys
of reading for our diverse community.
SFPL is pleased to host the 2012 Puppet Festival.
See article on Page 1 for more information.
Photos: Jason Doiy
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BAYVIEW Temporary Site 1601 Lane St.
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BERNAL HEIGHTS 500 Cortland Ave. 355-2810 x
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4400 Mission St.
355-2868 1–5 GLEN PARK
2825 Diamond St. 355-2858 x
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Main Library phone number: (415) 557-4400
GOLDEN GATE VALLEY 1801 Green St. 355-5666
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How to reach us
INGLESIDE 1298 Ocean Ave.
355-2898 1–5 10–6 10–6 12–8 1–7 1–6 1–6
MAIN LIBRARY
100 Larkin St. 557-4400 12–5 10–6 9–8 9–8 9–8 12–6 10–6
MARINA
1890 Chestnut St.
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155 Winston Drive
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NOE VALLEY/BRUNN
451 Jersey St. 355-5707 1–5
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2000 Mason St. 355-5626 x
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345 Randolph St. 355-5615 x
10–6 10–6 10–7 ORTEGA 3223 Ortega St. 355-5700 1–9 1–9 1–6 10–6
PARK
1833 Page Street
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PARKSIDE
1200 Taraval St.
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PORTOLA
380 Bacon St. 355-5660 1–5
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POTRERO 1616 20th St.
355-2822 1–5
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PRESIDIO 3150 Sacramento St.
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RICHMOND/MARKS 351 9th Ave. 355-5600 1–5 10–6 10–9 10–9 1–9 1–6 10–6
SUNSET 1305 18th Ave. 355-2808
Children’s Room VISITACION VALLEY 201 Leland Ave. 355-2848 x
WEST PORTAL 190 Lenox Way 355-2886 1–5 1–9 10–9 10–9 10–6 1–6 10–6
WESTERN ADDITION
1550 Scott St. 355-5727 1–5 1–9 10–6 At the Library is published monthly on recycled paper by
the San Francisco Public Library with support and funding
from Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.
Circulation: 12,000
Public Affairs, Main Library, 100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4277; e-mail: publicaffairs@sfpl.org
Web site: www.sfpl.org
Every effort has been made to produce a monthly calendar that
is both accurate and complete. Please contact Public Affairs if
you have any questions or comments regarding the listings.
Tours of Main
Tours are conducted on the first Tuesday of each month at
12 p.m. Meet at the Information Desk in the First Floor atrium.
Tours are limited to 15 people on a first come, first served basis.
Groups can schedule a private tour by calling (415) 557-4266.
SFPL Commission
Meetings are generally held on the first and third Thursday
of each month. This month’s meetings: 4:30 p.m. on March 1
and 15 in the Koret Auditorium of the Main Library. The public
is welcome to attend.
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