November 2006 edition - San Francisco Public Library

November 2006
Vol. 37 No. 9
Author Discussion, Film Series
Take Thoughtful Look at Food
Longtime Library Supporter
Marjorie G. Stern Mourned
San Franciscan was instrumental
in building new Main
Marjorie G. Stern, a longtime library supporter
and the woman who spearheaded the
campaign to build the new Main Library, died
on Sept. 30 at age 91.
A fourth-generation San Franciscan whose
parents fostered in her a love of books, Stern
dedicated her life’s work to promoting the
welfare of the San Francisco Public Library. She
believed that a public library is the essence of a
democracy, by virtue of the free access to ideas
and information that it provides.
In the early 1960s, Stern co-founded Friends
of the San Francisco Public Library and began
a 30-plus-year campaign to construct a new
Main Library building. Eventually, voters passed
a bond measure in 1988 to build the new Main
and construction began in 1992. The new
library opened in 1996. Stern also served on the
Library Commission from 1968 until 1989. After
the completion of her tenure, she was made a
lifetime honorary commissioner.
Food will be the topic of discussion this month
as the Library offers several programs related to
November’s On the Same Page selection, Michael
Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History
of Four Meals.
On Nov. 30, Pollan will read and discuss
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, an insightful account about
the food we eat and how it is produced. (See Page 4
for more information about the book.) His talk
begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium at the
Main Library. A book sale and signing will follow.
Pollan, a
professor in the
Graduate School of
Journalism at U.C.
Berkeley, is a prizewinning author and
journalist. In 1991,
his book, Second
Nature: a Gardener’s
Education, won the
Quality Paperback
Book New Vision
Award. In 1997, he
received the John
Burroughs Prize (for best natural history essay) and
authored A Place of My Own: the Education of an
Amateur Builder
Builder, a New York Times Notable Book of
the Year. In 2000, he won the Reuters Foundation/
World Conservation Union Global Award for
Environmental Journalism. The following year, he
wrote The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the
World, which won the Borders Original Voices Award
World
as best nonfiction work of the year. In 2003, he won
the James Beard Award for best magazine series.
This month’s Large Screen Video selections
feature four food-related films. The Future of Food
Food,
a documentary investigating the disturbing truth
behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically
engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery
store shelves for the past decade, screens on Nov. 2.
Super Size Me, an irreverent look at the role that fast
food corporations play in contributing to obesity
in America, shows on Nov. 9. Alice Waters and Her
Delicious Revolution, a documentary about the
founder of Berkeley’s world famous restaurant, Chez
Panisse, runs on Nov. 16. Like Water for Chocolate, a
romantic tale of love and family life in turn-of-thecentury Mexico, screens on Nov. 30. All films begin at
12 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium at the Main Library.
Michael Pollan
Azar Nafisi Shares Memories
of Islamic Revolution in Iran
‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ author reads works at the Main
Awards to Honor
Community Heroes
The 18th annual Unsung Hero Awards ceremony will
be held on Nov. 19 to honor those who unselfishly
give of their time and energy to improve the lives
of others in the African American community.
The Unsung Hero Awards were established to
applaud those who never received much publicity
or recognition for the truly important work they
perform. Past winners have included disabled
rights activists, educators, senior citizen advocates,
and teachers and health educators, among others.
Honorees were nominated by the public and
selected by committees comprised of San Francisco
Public Library staff and community members.
This year’s awards ceremony will incorporate the
theme “Celebrating Community: A Tribute to Black
Fraternal, Social and Civic Institutions,” and features
entertainment from the Praise and Sign Dancers and
Stepping Knights. The festivities will begin at 1 p.m.
in the Koret Auditorium at the Main Library.
Coming Up:
DECEMBER 2
Historical Streetcars
of San Francisco
Images & Lecture.
Main, 2 p.m.
Azar Nafisi, best known as the author of the national
bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in
Books, comes to the Library on Nov. 9. From 1995
to 1997, amidst the Islamic revolution in Iran, Nafisi
met with seven female students every Thursday
morning to secretly discuss Western literature.
Reading Lolita in Tehran is the memoir of that
experience, where the conversations ranged from
Jane Austen to Henry James to Vladimir Nabokov.
Earning high acclaim and an enthusiastic readership,
Reading Lolita in Tehran is an incisive exploration of
the transformative powers of fiction in a world of
tyranny. Reading Lolita in Tehran has been translated
into 32 languages and has won numerous literary
awards, including the 2004 Nonfiction Book of the
Year Award from Booksense.
Nafisi attended the University of Oklahoma
and later Oxford University and taught literature at
three Iranian universities, including the University of
Tehran, from which she was expelled for refusing to
wear a veil. Nafisi left Iran for the U.S. with her family
in 1997. She is the author of Anti-Terra: A Critical Study
of Vladimir Nabokov’s Novels and has also written
DECEMBER 10
Friends of Negro Spirituals
Music lecture and performance.
Main, 3 p.m.
for The New York Times, The
Washington Post and The Wall
Street Journal. She is currently
a visiting professor at Johns
Hopkins University’s School
of Advanced International
Studies in Washington, DC,
where she teaches courses on
the relation between culture
Azar Nafisi
and politics.
Nafisi will read from and discuss Reading Lolita
in Tehran and her current work at 6 p.m. in the Koret
Auditorium at the Main Library. A book sale and
author signing will follow.
This event is part of Community Conversations:
Exploring Issues of Civic Responsibility, a series
of community-wide dialogues across the U.S.
sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves and
funded by a grant from the Allstate Foundation.
Facing History and Ourselves is an international
educational and professional development
organization. For more information, visit
www.facinghistory.org.
DECEMBER 13
Poets 11
Info: www.friendssfpl.org.
Bayview, 6 p.m.
DECEMBER 16
Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual
Outlaws, Power & Politics
and Lipstick Lesbians Slide
lecture, book sale & signing by
historians Lillian Faderman and
Stuart Timmons. Main, 3 p.m.
AT THE LIBRARY NOVEMBER 2006 1
Branch Library Improvement Program (BLIP)
Sunset Branch Library
Opening Soon
Early next year, the historic Sunset Branch Library will reopen to the public after
being closed for an extensive interior renovation. When people walk through
the door, they’ll see new flooring and lighting, a program room, a revamped
children’s area, a distinct teen area, new public restrooms, an after-hours book
drop, new furniture and new computers. Some things that the public won’t
see—but that are critical to the functioning of the century-old branch—include a
new roof, improved staff work spaces, WiFi access to the Internet, and increased
electrical and data capabilities. The historic nuances of the building—terra
cotta facade, windows, woodwork and ceilings—will be enhanced and all
improvements will be compatible with the original architecture.
Library programs continued to be held even while the branch was closed.
Special thanks to the individuals at the Sunrise Residence and the Jefferson
School Childcare Center for letting the Library hold preschool Storytimes and
Lapsits in their facilities, and to Andronico’s and Jefferson Elementary School for
hosting the Bookmobile during the renovation. Also, thanks to the Kaleo Coffee
House for welcoming the monthly Adult Book Club.
Stay tuned for an opening day announcement. Join us as we celebrate the
re-opening of this beautiful branch.
Library Uses Street Fairs to
Reach Out to the Community
Fall is the season for neighborhood
street fairs and festivals. Branch and
BLIP staff, volunteers, and Friends
of the San Francisco Public Library
set up information tables in the
Visitacion Valley, Ingleside, Bernal
Heights, Westwood Park, Potrero,
Mission Bay, Portola, Noe Valley and
Sunset neighborhoods. Community
members looked at plans of their
renovated or new branches; toured
the BLIP Bookmobile; took home fact
sheets, temporary service brochures
and bookmarks; played games; and won prizes.
“It was wonderful seeing children with books in their hands,” said Supervisor
Sophie Maxwell, who took in the festivities at the Leland Avenue Street Fair
(pictured left) on Sept. 10 in Visitacion Valley. “Though it was the first year of the
Fair, the streets were packed with people.”
Neighborhood festivals are a wonderful opportunity to spread the word
about the Library’s progress. Along with playing games and enjoying San
Francisco’s sunny fall weather, people got a chance to meet staff from their
neighborhood library and learn about their branch’s latest building and
renovation plans.
BLIP Update
Branches under construction and
scheduled opening:
■ Sunset – Beginning of 2007
■ West Portal – Beginning of 2007
■ Marina – Summer 2007
■ Glen Park – Summer 2007
■ Noe Valley – Late 2007
■ Western Addition – Spring 2008
Next branch slated for renovation
in 2006:
■ Richmond
A new roof (top) and a completely remodeled main reading room (bottom) are some of
the improvements made during Sunset Branch’s renovation.
Bookmobile Schedule
The Branch Library Improvement Program Bookmobile currently provides
services to the Marina, Noe Valley, Sunset, West Portal and Western
Addition communities during branch renovations.
Temporary Hours:
Marina Location:
(Chestnut St. at Buchanan St.)
Tuesdays
2:30–5 p.m.
Thursdays
2:30–5 p.m.
Saturdays
10:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Noe Valley Location:
(665 Elizabeth Street in front
of St. Philip’s School)
Mondays
10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Wednesdays 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Sunset Locations:
(Sunset Andronico’s Market,
1200 Irving St.)
Tuesdays
10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
(18th Ave. between Irving and Judah at
the Jefferson School white zone)
Wednesdays 2–5 p.m.
Saturdays
10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
West Portal location:
(Claremont Blvd. at Allston Way)
Tuesdays
3:30–7:30 p.m.
Thursdays
10:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturdays,
2–5 p.m.
Western Addition:
(Post and Steiner streets, near
Hamilton Recreation Center)
Tuesdays
10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Wednesdays 3–7 p.m.
Fridays
1–5 p.m.
Hours subject to change; call (415) 557-4343 for updated information.
The largest building campaign in San Francisco Public Library history is in full swing. We are seeing the fruits of the $106 million bond measure passed in
November 2000. The Branch Library Improvement Program (BLIP) will provide the public with seismically safe, accessible and technologically updated
city-owned branch libraries in every neighborhood. The program includes renovation of 19 branch libraries, and construction of five new libraries—four
of which will replace rented facilities—and a new branch library in Mission Bay (opened July 8, 2006).
We voted to renovate and build new branch libraries across the City. It’s happening!
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Exhibitions
November 2006
Jewett Gallery
*The Migrant Project: Contemporary California
Farm Workers/El Proyecto Migratorio: Campesinos
Contemporáneos de California Forty photographs by
photographer Rick Nahmias documenting lives of current
California migrant farm workers across the state, from
Sacramento to the border at Calexico. Exhibition is in
English/Spanish. “El Proyecto Migratorio” esta traducido
en Español para nuestros visitants de habla Hispana.
Through Dec. 31. Main, Lower Level, Jewett Gallery
Theodore Kytka amidst
his special photography
equipment and blown-up
handwriting documents,
in San Francisco. His
historic panorama photos
of San Francisco will be on
display through Dec. 31
in the San Francisco
History Center at the
Main Library.
Skylight Gallery
Opening Hours: same as Main
Closing Hours: Mon.-Sat., 6 p.m., Sun., 5 p.m.
The 40th Anniversary of the Polish Arts and Cultural
Foundation Celebrating Polish Contributions to
California History Artifacts, documents & photographs.
Through Nov. 2. Main, 6th Floor, Skylight Gallery
*A Journey Shared: Photographs by Horace Bristol/
Un Viaje Compartido: Fotografías por Horace Bristol
Thirty-seven images exploring migratory farm life in
California during 1937-38 Great Depression. Bristol &
novelist John Steinbeck interviewed & photographed
migrant workers who inspired characters in The Grapes
of Wrath; exhibition organized by the National Steinbeck
Center. Exhibition in English/Spanish.“Un Viaje Compartido”
esta traducido en español para nuestros visitantes de habla
Hispana. Through Dec. 31. Main, 6th Floor, Skylight Gallery
Other Exhibition Areas in the Library
Digging Deep: Underneath San Francisco Public
Library The current Main Library rests on a Gold Rush
era cemetery, and the ruins of the old City Hall destroyed
in the 1906 earthquake & fire. The archeological remains
pulled from the site tell the story of the early development of the Civic Center area. Through Fall. Main, 1st
Floor, Grove Street entrance exhibit cases
Spirit of the Sunset Photography by Stan Lipsitz, featuring the modern Sunset district. Through Dec. 1. Ortega
Forever Victorious: Artifacts from the Wing Lee
Laundry Archaeological Dig Buttons, shoes, bottles and
the remnants of opium pipes from the mid-nineteenth
century Wing Lee (“Forever Victorious”) Chinese Laundry,
discovered in 2001 less than a block away from the
Mission Bay Branch Library location. Through June 2007.
Mission Bay, Entranceway Display Cases
Nasreddine, Baba Yaga and Bob Robinson French children’s illustrators Rébecca Dautremer & Cécile Gambini
display original artwork from their books. Presented by the
Cultural Affairs Office of the Consulate General of France in S. F.
Through Nov.12. Main, 2nd Floor, Fisher Children’s Center
Sacred Walls: Paintings by the Women Artists of
Mithila, India Traditional paintings of figures from
nature & myth created by women in Northern India.
Through Dec. 7. Main, 3rd Floor, International Center
Seam Local artist Lea Rude creates mixed media paintings
inspired by the intersection of art, science & the natural world.
Through Dec. 14. Main, Lower Level, Library Café Display Case
Labels Twenty-nine original alternative process photographs by artist Bill Travis that question the relationship
between external labels & personal identity by upsetting
notions of portraiture. Through Jan. 18. Main, 3rd Floor,
James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center
Love Shouldn’t Have To Hurt Posters designed by high
school student artists, as part of the Asian Pacific Islander
Legal Outreach Youth Advisory Council’s 6th Annual
Love Shouldn’t Have to Hurt: Domestic/Dating Violence
Awareness Poster Contest. Through Dec. 14. Main,
3rd Floor, Chinese Center
Homage to Lulu: 100 Years of Louise Brooks Exhibit
celebrates centenary of the silent film star (1906–1985).
On display are books, magazines, sheet music, postcards,
film stills & related ephemera. Nov. 4 through Jan. 5. Main,
4th Floor, Steve Silver Beach Blanket Babylon Music Center. Related Program: see Adults, Tuesday, Nov. 21.
*G.O.A.T. – Greatest of All Time: A Tribute to Muhammad
Ali Exhibit features 75 lb. limited edition signed copy of
book owned by the African American Center that contains
Ali’s insights, writings & drawings; plus contributions from
hundreds of writers, 3,000 photographs, and reproductions of fight posters & classic memorabilia. Nov. 18
through Jan. 18. Main, 3rd Floor, African American Center
*Art According to Diallo: The Art of Appropriation
Multicultural exhibition of paintings on grand scale
that resemble old renaissance masters. Nov. 16 through
Dec. 30. Bayview Branch Library.
Related Reception: see Adults, Thursday, Nov. 16.
*Funded by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco History Center
1906 San Francisco Examiner
Panoramic Views Commemorates the
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Eleven panoramic photos documenting San Francisco’s devastation and transformation in the aftermath
of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire will be on display through Dec. 31 in the display cases outside the San
Francisco History Center on the sixth floor of the Main Library. The photos originally ran in a Sunday
supplement in the San Francisco Examiner during the summer of 1906.
Two prominent photographers—George Lawrence of Chicago and Theodore Kytka of San Francisco—
photographed the panoramas using innovative techniques. A pioneer of aerial photography, Lawrence
designed his own large format cameras and raised them successfully via kites and captive balloons. For two
of the panoramas, Lawrence used 17 aerial kites connected by piano-wire cable. Kytka, a noted expert of
micro-photography and penmanship, developed new giant cameras to photograph and enlarge documents
and fingerprints, in order to crack criminal cases. Attorneys, private investigators and the San Francisco
Police Department hired Kytka for his handwriting expertise to deal mostly with forgery cases.
To view digitized images of the damage and reconstruction drawn from the San Francisco History
Center, click on “Browse photos of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906,” from the San Francisco Historical
Photograph Collection home page at www.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfphoto.htm.
Gold Rush-Era Artifacts
on Display at Mission Bay
Soil wasn’t the only material unearthed during Mission Bay neighborhood construction on a chilly January
day in 2001. A grader’s rotating blades scraped the surface of a completely unexpected archaeological site,
which first appeared as a large, square black stain in the earth and was later determined to be a mixture of
burned wood and pockets of fill soil. As the work progressed, artifacts were systematically recovered from
the remains of the Chinese-owned Wing Lee Laundry
(which means “Forever Victorious” in Cantonese) that
had stood on the original Mission Bay shoreline over
150 years ago.
The laundry was originally a one-story wood frame
building that served as both home and workplace for a
group of Chinese immigrants living on the outskirts of
Gold Rush San Francisco from the early 1850s through
the late 1870s. The number of eating implements
recovered from the small building suggests that the
residents were providing meals, as well as recreation, to
Chinese immigrants in the surrounding Steamboat Point/
South Beach area.
Forever Victorious: Artifacts from the Wing Lee Laundry
Archaeological Dig casts an illuminating light on this
little-known segment of San Francisco history. Artifacts
pulled from the site—located less than half a block from
the new Mission Bay Branch Library—include buttons,
shoes, bowls, spoons, cups, bottles and remnants of
opium pipes, and will be on display through June 2007 in
the entranceway display cases of the Mission Bay Branch
Library.
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November 2006
This Month’s Pick:
The Omnivore’s Dilemma:
a Natural History of Four
Meals, by Michael Pollan
What’s for dinner? In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, author Michael Pollan uses
his incisive investigative and literary skills to elucidate the apparently
infinite variety of foods available to early 21st century Americans. He takes
the reader on several field-to-table journeys, delineating the elements
which make up four different meals: industrially-produced “fast” food;
organic or “alternate” food purchased from one of the major organic
grocery chains; food grown and gathered on a small “sustainable” farm in
Virginia; and “wild” foods (such as mushrooms and pigs) which Pollan went
hunting for himself.
One of the spicier exposés in the book involves the lowly husk of corn,
which has evolved into one of the leading ingredients in industrial foods.
Despite the notion of endless variety available to American consumers, a
quarter of all supermarket foods are made from corn. Pollan “follows the
money,” and much more, to show the ecological costs of putting this highly
versatile plant at the center of the food business. A liter of oil is necessary to
produce each of the 10 billion bushels of corn produced a year. An insider’s
glimpse of the beef, poultry and dairy industries brings readers to a much
fuller—and perhaps life altering—understanding of the basic building
blocks of the American diet. Pollan reports that animals naturally evolved
to live on grass have to be fed antibiotics when they are sickened by a diet
of—you guessed it—corn. They also contain higher levels of saturated fat
which feeds into the American trend toward obesity and diabetes. Even
supposedly “free-range” chickens may never land on a blade of grass before
they end up on a grocery shelf. Pollan buys a steer and follows it almost
from cradle to grave. If it’s true that “you are what you eat,” readers may
find themselves transformed by the time they finish this closely-researched
and fascinating book.
For On the Same Page, the Library has purchased the 2006 Penguin
Press hardcover edition of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. It is also available at the
Library as an audiobook in CD format. (See related programs on Page 1.)
Adults
5 Sunday
The Unreleased Beatles: Music
and Film Author discussion &
film clips with Richie Unterberger. Main, Koret Auditorium,
6–7:30 p.m.
50th Anniversary of the
1956 Hungarian Revolution:
Starting Over in America;
The Story of the Hungarian
56ers (60 min.) Documentary
by filmmaker Sally Gati; panel
discussion follows. Main, Koret
Auditorium, 1–3 p.m.
2 Thursday
8 Wednesday
*Day of the Dead: Lost Literary
Voices With local writers/performers, including Michelle Tea.
Main, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, 6–7:30 p.m.
2006 Fall Preview Lecture on
Opera S. F. Opera Guild’s Heather Hadlock presents lecture on
Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. Main,
Koret Auditorium, 12–2 p.m.
Thursdays 2, 9, 16 & 30
9 Thursday
OWL: Older Writers Laboratory Poetry workshop for seniors
with Brent Armendinger. Bernal
Heights, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Community Conversation:
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading
Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in
Books. Main, Koret Auditorium,
6–7:30 p.m.
1 Wednesday
4 Saturday
*Japanese Music and Secret
Traditions Lecture & performance by Dr. Philip Flavin. Main,
Koret Auditorium, 2–4 p.m.
*Second Annual South Asian
Writers Reading Event
Features Roshni Rustomji-Kerns
& Ali Hasan Cemendtaur. Main,
Latino/Hispanic Community
Meeting Room, 3–5:45 p.m.
Origami Club All ages welcome.
Bernal Heights, 2 p.m.
The Hummingbird’s Daughter:
Author Reading & Discussion
“en Español” by Luis Alberto
Urrea. Book signing follows the
program. Mission, 3–5 p.m.
14 Tuesday
The International Language
of Graphic Novels: Author/
Artist Joann Star on Comics,
Klezmer Music and History
Banjo music included & book
signing follows. Main, Koret
Auditorium, 2–3 p.m.
*2006 Festival of Harps Day
Celebration Lecture & concert
on Celtic & Scandinavian harps
featuring the Triskela Celtic
Harp Trio and Dram. Main, Koret Auditorium, 6–7:45 p.m.
*Poetry Open Mic
Hosted by Diamond Dave
Whitaker. Park, 7–9 p.m.
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*Radar Reading Featuring
emerging & underground poets
and writers; hosted by Michelle
Tea. Main, Latino/Hispanic
Community Meeting Room,
6–7:30 p.m.
*Poet Reading Poet With poets
Terry Lucas & Peter SherburnZimmer. North Beach, 7 p.m.
15 Wednesday
2006 Fall Preview Lecture
on Opera S. F. Opera Guild
presents lecture by D. Kern Holoman on Bizet’s Carmen. Main,
Koret Auditorium, 12–2 p.m.
*Developing Minds – Developing Control Over Attention
Video explores practical strategies that parents and teachers
can use to help children improve their attention span. Main,
Latino/Hispanic Community
Meeting Room, 4–6 p.m.
*ITVS Community Cinema:
Shadya Film explores feminist
ideas of young Israeli-Arab
woman; panel discussion follows. Main, Koret Auditorium,
6–8 p.m.
*Diane di Prima: Poetic
Alchemy Poetry & conversation
with poet. Excelsior, 7–8:30 p.m.
*Reception: Art According
to Diallo: The Art of Appropriation Honors multicultural
exhibition of paintings on
grand scale that resemble old
renaissance masters. Bayview,
6:30–8 p.m. Related Exhibition: see Exhibitions.
San Francisco Public Library Names
New Deputy City Librarian
Jill Bourne (right) will join the San Francisco
Public Library on Nov. 6 as the system’s
new deputy city librarian. In this capacity,
Bourne will serve as assistant to City Librarian
Luis Hererra and will be responsible for the
administration of all operations and activities
of the Public Library.
Bourne hails from the Seattle Public
Library system, where she has worked in
various positions for the past 9½ years.
She brings strong experience in collection
management, capital building programs,
reference services, public training and staff development.
Bourne was recently named as Seattle Public Library’s acting director of
public services. Prior to that, she was the assistant director of public services,
overseeing a staff of 110 and managing a $23 million annual operating
budget. She also led the collection management activities for the Central
Library and the 26 branch libraries. Previously, Bourne served as assistant
director of the Central Library, where she supervised staff, programming and
operations for public services departments in three Central Library locations.
She also managed the Children’s and Literacy, ESL, and World Languages
departments, while also leading collection management activities for
Central Library departments.
Bourne joined Seattle Public Library in 1997 and helped open the
NewHolly Branch; developed English as a Second Language collections for
six neighborhood libraries; and managed and facilitated development of the
Children’s and Young Adult collections systemwide.
Bourne holds a bachelor’s degree in English, with honors, from New
York University and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science
from the University of Washington.
18 Saturday
28 Tuesday
*13th Annual Exhibition and
Competition of Independent
Filipino Films and Videos
Titles TBA. Main, Koret Auditorium, 1–5:30 p.m.
*Radar Salon Series With
editor Melody Allegra Berger
& writer Sara Seinberg; hosted
by Michelle Tea. Refreshments.
Eureka Valley, 7–8:30 p.m.
Adult Workshop with Nancy
Stewart: Songs for Growing
Children, Music and Literacy
All materials provided;
certificate on completion.
Space limited; reserve at
(415) 557-4272. Main, 2nd Floor,
Fisher Children’s Center.
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
*Poets Eleven Monthly Poetry
Winner Readings (District 5)
(For poetry submission info
for other districts, e-mail
[email protected].)
Park, 7–8:30 p.m.
San Francisco Shakespeare
Festival: The Comedy of Errors
For grade school & older children. Mission Bay, 2–3:30 p.m.
*The Sit-Down Readers’
Theatre presents Ben Jonson’s
Every Man in His Humour
Read a part in play performed at
the Globe in 1598 with William
Shakespeare in the cast. North
Beach, 2 p.m.
19 Sunday
*18th Annual Unsung Hero
Awards Program Main, Koret
Auditorium, 1–4 p.m. Reception
following the program. Main,
Latino/Hispanic Community
Meeting Room
21 Tuesday
Louise Brooks Film: Love ‘Em
& Leave ‘Em (1926) Main, Koret
Auditorium, 6–7:45 p.m. Related
Exhibition: see Exhibitions.
*Return to Return: Poetry
Readings by Sharon
Doubiago and Klipschutz
North Beach, 7 p.m.
29 Wednesday
Enemy Nations: Emerging
Voices Bay Area authors read
from & discuss Literature From
the ‘Axis of Evil’ and Let Me Tell
You Where I’ve Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora. Main, Koret Auditorium,
6–7:30 p.m.
30 Thursday
*On the Same Page: Michael
Pollan Author Reading: The
Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural
History of Four Meals. Book sale
& signing follows. Main, Koret
Auditorium, 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Book Groups
1 Wednesday
Sunset Branch Monthly Book
Club This month’s selection:
The Beak of the Finch: A Story
of Evolution in Our Time, by
Jonathan Weiner. Café Kaleo
Upstairs Room, 7 p.m. 1340
Irving Street (between 14th
and 15th Aves.)
16 Thursday
West Portal to Books Reading Group Ingleside, 2:30 p.m.
25 Saturday
San Francisco Russian
Bibliophiles Book discussion
in Russian. Main, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting
Room, 2–4 p.m.
29 Wednesday
Rincon Literario Book
discussion in Spanish. Info in
Spanish: http://sfpl.org/spanish/news/rinconlit.htm. Main,
3rd Floor Conference Room,
6–7:30 p.m.
30 Thursday
Bernal Heights Book Discussion Club Selection : The Year
of Magical Thinking, by Joan
Didion. Bernal Heights, 4 p.m.
Business
Counseling
Wednesdays 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
Service Corps of Retired
Executives (S.C.O.R.E) Free
Business Counseling
Appointments: (415) 744-6827.
Main, 4th Floor, Business,
Science & Technology
Department, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
*Funded by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
Events and Happenings
Two French
Children’s Book
Illustrators
Discuss Their Work
“Enemy Nations”—
Emerging Voices
French illustrators Rebecca Dautremer
and Cecile Gambini will present and
talk about their work, which appears
in numerous children’s books, at
2 p.m. on Nov. 4 in the Fisher
Children’s Center at the Main Library.
The program will be conducted in
Rebecca Dautremer
French with English translation.
Samples of the artists’ original artwork will be on display through
Nov. 12 outside the Children’s Center. While they have different styles,
the work of both women is
fresh, engaging and full of
child appeal. This is the third
consecutive year that the
Library’s Office of Children
and Youth Services has
collaborated with the Cultural
Services of the Consulate
General of France in San
Francisco to present the work
of exciting young French
illustrators to an American
audience.
Bay Area authors
celebrate authors
from Iraq, Iran,
Syria & Cuba
On Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Main
Library’s Koret Auditorium, Bay
Area authors and special guests
will read from and discuss works
celebrating the literature and
humanity from so-called “enemy”
nations.
Alice Walker will read from
and discuss the work of Salah
Al-Hamdani, exiled Iraqi
playwright and poet. Two new
anthologies will be read from and
discussed by publisher Li Miao
Lovett (Literature From the ‘Axis
of Evil’
Evil’) and editor Persis Karim
(Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian
Diaspora). Writer Lea Aschkenas will read the work of Cuban writer Ana
Lidîa Vega Serova and writer Kareem James Abu-Zeid will read from the
work of Syrian born poet, Adonis.
The event is cosponsored by Center for Art in Translation and Words
Without Borders.
Cecille Gambini
Computer
Classes
Most classes require proficiency in basic keyboard skills; for a
schedule of practice times, call
Volunteer Services at (415) 5574280. All classes are first-come,
first-served.
Classes Held At The Main:
5th Floor Training Center
1 Wednesday
E-mail Class Attendees lacking basic mouse & keyboard
skills may observe. 2–4 p.m.
3 Friday
Training for the Internet &
Library Catalog (Instruction
in Spanish) Meet at 3rd Floor
International Center. Info:
(415) 557-4430. 2–4 p.m.
4 Saturday
Word Processing Fundamentals 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
A Guide to City Government
and Local Organizations.
9:30–10:30 a.m.
Jobs & Career Resources on
the Internet 2–4 p.m.
10 Friday
Training for the Internet and
Library Catalog (Instruction
in Cantonese Chinese) Meet
at 3rd Floor International
Center. Info: (415) 557-4430.
2–4 p.m.
15 Wednesday
Advanced Search of Magazine & Newspaper articles
Attendees lacking ability to
navigate the Web may observe.
2–4 p.m.
16 Thursday
Training for the Internet and
Library Catalog (Instruction
in Russian) Meet at 3rd Floor
International Center. Info:
(415) 557-4430. 9:15–11:15 a.m.
18 Saturday
Saturdays 4 & 18
Internet 101 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Basic Mouse & Typing Skills
10:15–11 a.m.
28 Tuesday
Tuesdays 7, 14 & 21
Library Catalog Search Techniques 2–4 p.m.
Internet 101 2–4 p.m.
Tuesdays 7, 14, 21 & 28
Basic Mouse & Typing Skills
1:15–2 p.m.
8 Wednesday
The San Francisco Community Services Directory:
Classes Held at the Branches:
3 Friday
Basic Mouse and Keyboard
Training Space limited: reserve at (415) 355-5615; Dropins welcome as space allows.
Ocean View, 4:45–5:45 p.m.
All programs and events are free and open to the public.
5 Sunday
* Beginning Computer
Classes for Seniors: Session
1; Introduction to PCs; Introduction to the Internet and
Internet Service Providers
Signup required for all four
sessions; 1st come, 1st served.
Excelsior, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
8 Wednesday
Basic Word Processing
Space limited: reserve at (415)
355-5615 to reserve your
space. Drop-ins welcome as
space allows. Ocean View, 1–2
p.m.
12 Sunday
*Beginning Computer Classes
for Seniors: Session 2; Learning E-mail Signup required for
all four sessions; 1st come, 1st
served. Excelsior, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
16 Thursday
Processing Signup required
for all four sessions. No
computer experience required.
Classes are first come, first
served. Excelsior, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
28 Tuesday
E-mail Class Space limited; reserve at 415) 355-5615. Dropins welcome as space allows.
Ocean View, 3–4:30 p.m.
Teens
Wednesdays 1, 8, 15, 22 &
29 (Through Dec. 20)
*Poetry Writing for Teens
Ages 13–19. Ten-week class
taught by poet/teacher from
WritersCorps. Info or registration: call (415) 557-4497 or
e-mail [email protected]. Main,
3rd Floor Conference Room,
4–6 p.m.
3 Friday
Internet 101 Basic mouse and
keyboard skills recommended.
Space limited: reserve at
(415) 355-5615. Drop-ins
welcome as space allows.
Ocean View, 4–6 p.m.
*Duct Tape Wallets Make
sturdy wallets out of dect tape,
for yourself or as a gift. Main,
2nd Floor, Fisher Children’s
Center, 4–5:30 p.m.
19 Sunday
Fridays 3 & 17
*Beginning Computer
Classes for Seniors: Session
3; Searching the Internet
Signup required for all four
sessions; 1st come, 1st served.
Excelsior, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Teen ‘Zine Ages 13–18.
Bilingual online teen magazine
workshop; refreshments. Chinatown, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
26 Sunday
Teen ‘Zine Ages 13–18. Bilingual online teen magazine
workshop; refreshments.
Chinatown, 1–3 p.m.
*Beginning Computer Classes
for Seniors: Session 4; Word
Saturdays 4 & 18
12 Sunday
*Self Defense/Martial Arts
Workshop for Teens
Participants under 18 must
turn in signed parental consent form prior to the workshop. (Get form from Main
Teen Center librarian.) Reserve
space at [email protected].
Main Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, 2–4 p.m.
14 Tuesday
Join the Teen Advisory
Council! Help select music,
books and programs for
the Library. Info or registration: Dominic Scappaticci at
[email protected]. Free
book & refreshments. Excelsior,
4–5:30 p.m.
17 Friday
*Movies at the Library
Information or registration:
Katie Olson at [email protected].
Ortega, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
18 Saturday
*Knit Happens! Teen Knitting Club Ages 12-18. Library
provides practice supplies;
attendees bring your yarn &
needles for project. Info or
registration: (415) 557-4497 or
e-mail [email protected]. Main,
2nd Floor, Children’s Creative
Center, 2–4 p.m.
30 Thursday
*Self Defense/Martial Arts
Workshop for Teens
Participants under 18 must
turn in signed parental
consent form prior to the
workshop. (Get form from
librarian.) Info or registration:
Katie Olson at [email protected].
Ortega, 4–6 p.m.
*Self Defense/Martial Arts
Workshop for Teens
Ages 12 -19. Participants
under 18 must turn in signed
parental consent form prior to
the workshop. (Get forms from
librarian.) Space limited to 10;
reserve at [email protected].
Richmond, 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Videos on the
Large Screen
In the Koret Auditorium at the
Main, (Thursdays at Noon)
This month’s theme:
You Are What You Eat
2 Thursday
*The
The Future of Food (2004,
88 min.) Documentary.
9 Thursday
*Super Size Me (2004,
100 min.) Documentary;
captioned for deaf or hard of
hearing viewers.
16 Thursday
*Alice Waters and Her
Delicious Revolution (2003,
53 min.) Documentary.
30 Thursday
*Like Water for Chocolate
(1992, 123 min.) Captioned
for deaf or hard of hearing
viewers.
AT THE LIBRARY NOVEMBER 2006 5
Children’s Calendar
Lapsits
Mission Bay
Thur, 2, 9, 16, 30 at 10 a.m.
■ Stories, songs & rhymes for
infants, toddlers and accompanying adults; for ages birth
to 3, unless noted otherwise.
Noe Valley
Tue, 14, 21, 28 at 10:15 a.m.
(Branch closed for renovation;
Lapsits held at Bethany
United Methodist Church,
1268 Sanchez, at Clipper.)
■ Please call ahead to confirm
dates and times.
Bernal Heights
Thur, 2, 9, 16 at 10:15 a.m.
November 2006
■
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 need to
reserve space.
■
■
Where branch is closed for renovation, alternate location is listed.
■
Potrero Branch Meeting Room is not accessible by elevator.
■ For film titles, call branch library or go to www.sfpl.org/news/
events.htm and click on Children’s Films & Videos.
Ancient Hula with
Misao Mizuno
Children of all ages. Join in the
dancing! Clubhouse at West
Portal Playground, 131 Lenox
Way (at Ulloa), 11 a.m.
Author Reading & Craft
Rowan Cutler reads from Stop
This Birthday! Richmond, 2 p.m.
Ages 5 & older
2 Thursday
Nasreddine, Baba Yaga
and Bob Robinson
French children’s illustrators
Rébecca Dautremer & Cécile
Gambini display original
artwork from their books.
Through Nov. 12. Main, 2nd
Floor, Fisher Children’s Center
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Eureka Valley, 10:30
& 11:10 a.m.
Thursdays 2, 9, 16 & 30
Make It and Take It Crafts
Ages 5-10. Richmond, 4 p.m.
When the Library Lights
Go Out
Original storytime puppets &
acrylic/oil paintings by local
illustrator Katherine Tillotson.
Nov. 13 through Jan. 8. Main,
2nd Floor, Fisher Children’s
Center
Homework Help
Ages 5 & older; grades K-7.
Mission, 4–6 p.m.
1 Wednesday
Chess Club
Ages 6 & older; all experience
levels. Excelsior, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Preschool Videos
Ages 3-5. Mission, 10:10 &
11 a.m.
*The Bubble Lady
Children of all ages. Bernal
Heights, 4 p.m.
*The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents The
Comedy of Errors, by William
Shakespeare
Ages 7 & older. Space limited;
reserve at (415) 355-2880.
Presidio, 4 p.m.
Wednesdays 1, 8, 15 & 29
Homework Help
Grades K-7. Excelsior, 4–6 p.m.
Wednesdays 1, 8, 15, 22
& 29
Homework Help
Ages 5 & older; grades K-7. Library volunteers assist children
with their homework. Mission,
4–6 p.m.
Fridays 3, 10 & 17
Chess Club and Clinic
Ages 6-13. Main, 2nd Floor,
Fisher Children’s Center,
3:30–5:30 p.m.
4 Saturday
*Nasreddine, Baba Yaga
and Bob Robinson
Ages 5 & older. Meet French
children’s book illustrators
Cécile Gambini and Rébecca
Dautremer; in French with
English translation. Main, 2nd
Floor, Fisher Children’s Center,
2 p.m. Related Exhibition: see
Exhibitions (listed above).
Origami
All welcome. Bernal Heights,
2 p.m.
*Yoga and Stories for Preschoolers with Mariana Doig
Ages 3-5. Parents bring mat,
blanket or towel. Space limited; reserve at (415) 355-5700.
Ortega, 11 a.m.
Velveteen Rabbit
Dances into the Main
Mondays 6, 13, 20 & 27
Homework Help
Ages 5 and older; grades K-7.
Mission, 4–6 p.m.
7 Tuesday
*Infant/Toddler Yoga
with Mariana Doig
Ages 10 mos.–2-1/2 years.
Parents bring mat, blanket or
towel. North Beach, 11 a.m.
*Story and Craft from the
Book Pirate Mom, by
Deborah Underwood
For ages 3-5. (Sunset Branch’s
program). Sunrise Retirement,
1601 19th Avenue, 10:30 a.m.
Preschool Films
Titles TBA. Parkside, 10 & 11 a.m.
Tuesdays 7, 14, 21 & 28
Homework Help
Grades K-7. Excelsior, 4–6 p.m.
Main
Mon, 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10:30 a.m.
Mission
Thur, 2, 9, 16, 30 at 11 a.m.
Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Storytimes
■ Please call ahead to confirm
dates and times. Groups need
to reserve space.
Anza
Tue, 7, 21, 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Sat, 4, 18, 25 at 1:30 p.m.
Family. Ages 6 & under
Bayview
Tue, 14, 21, 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Bernal Heights
Thur, 2, 9, 16 at 11 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Chinatown
Sat, 4, 18, 25 at 10:30 a.m.
Family. Children of all ages
Eureka Valley
Tue, 7, 21, 28 at 3:30 p.m.
Ages 3-5
Tuesdays 7 & 21
Preschool Films
Ages 5 & younger. Titles TBA.
Glen Park, 11 a.m.
Glen Park
Tue, 7, 14, 21, 28
at 10:30 a.m. Ages 3-5
Homework Help
Grades K-7; ages 5 & older.
Mission, 4–6 p.m.
Park
Tue, 7, 14, 28 at 11 a.m.
Thur, 9, 30 at 11 a.m.
Sunset
Sat, 4, 18 at 10:30 a.m.
(Branch closed for renovation;
Lapsits held at Jefferson Children’s Center, 1325-18th Ave.)
Visitacion Valley
Tue, 7, 14, 21, 28
at 11:15 a.m.
Potrero
Thur, 2, 9, 30 at 10:30 a.m.
West Portal
Tue, 7, 14, 28
at 10:30 a.m.
(Branch closed for renovation;
Lapsits held at the Clubhouse
at West Portal Playground,
Ulloa St. & Lenox Way.)
Golden Gate Valley
Tue, 7, 21, 28
at 10:15 a.m. Ages 3-5
North Beach
Thur, 2, 9, 30 at 11 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Ingleside
Wed, 1, 8, 29 at 6 p.m.
Ages 3-5
Ocean View
Tue, 7, 14, 28 at 11 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Main
Tue, 7, 14, 21, 28
at 10:30 a.m. Family.
Children of all ages
Sat, 4, 18, 25 at 11 a.m.
Family. Children of all ages
Parkside
Tue, 14, 21, 28 at 10 & 11 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Portola
Thur, 16 at 11:15 a.m.
Merced
Wed, 1, 8, 15, 29 at 7 p.m.
Family/in Russian. Ages 2-5
Sat, 4, 18 at 11:15 a.m.
Ages 5-8
Portola
Tue, 14, 21, 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Thur, 16 at 4 p.m.
Ages 5 & older
Potrero
Tue, 7, 21, 28 at 7 p.m.
Ages 3-7
Mission
Thur, 2, 9, 16, 30 at 10:10 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Sat, 4, 18, 25 at 12 noon
In Spanish/family/craft
Children of all ages
Presidio
Wed, 2, 9, 16, 30 at 4 p.m.
Ages 3-6
Mission Bay
Thur, 2, 9, 16, 30 at 11 a.m.
Ages 3-5
Visitacion Valley
Tue, 7, 14, 21, 28 at
10:30 a.m. Ages 3-5
Noe Valley
Tue, 14, 21, 28 at 11 a.m.
Ages 3-5
(Branch closed for renovation;
Storytimes held at Bethany
United Methodist Church,
1268 Sanchez, at Clipper.)
West Portal
Sat, 25 at 10:30 a.m
Ages 5 & younger
(Branch closed for renovation;
Storytimes held at Clubhouse
at West Portal Playground,
131 Lenox Way (at Ulloa.)
Richmond
Tue, 7, 14, 28 at 11 a.m
Ages 3-5
8 Wednesday
Preschool Videos
Ages 3-5. Visitacion Valley,
10:30 a.m.
Sophie’s Craft Hour
Children of all ages.
Bernal Heights, 4 p.m.
*The San Francisco
Shakespeare Festival presents The Comedy of Errors,
by William Shakespeare
Children of all ages.
Excelsior, 3 p.m.
Storyteller Patricia Bulitt
Children of all ages. How My
Grandmother Found a Story on
a Plate. Mission, 6:30 p.m.
14 Tuesday
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Anza, 10:30 a.m.
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Chinatown, 10,
10:30 & 11:05 a.m.; 2 p.m.
School Age Films
Ages 5-7. Chinatown, 4 p.m.
Preschool Videos
Ages 3-5. Golden Gate Valley,
10:15 a.m.
6 NOVEMBER 2006 AT THE LIBRARY
Golden Gate Valley
Mon, 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10:15 a.m.
Excelsior
Thur, 2, 9, 16 at 11 a.m.,
Ages 3-5
Sat, 4, 18 at 11:30 a.m.
Family/with Marianne.
Children of all ages
*The Fratello Marionettes
present The Vaudeville
Follies
Children of all ages.
Parkside, 7 p.m.
On Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. in the Main Library’s Koret
Auditorium, ODC/Dance presents an interactive
presentation and dance demonstration for
children ages 5 and older of The Velveteen
Rabbit, the classic tale by Marjorie Williams.
Rabbit
Excelsior
Tue, 7, 14, 21 at 11 a.m.
Ortega
Tue, 7, 14, 21, 28 at 10:30 &
11:30 a.m. Birth-5
Richmond
Sat, 4, 18 at 11 a.m.
Mondays, 6, 13, 20 & 27
Homework Help
Grades K-7. Excelsior, 4–6 p.m.
EXHIBITIONS:
Eureka Valley
Tue, 7, 21, 28 at 10:30 a.m.
North Beach
Thur, 2, 9, 30 at 10:15 &
11:45 a.m.
Presidio
Tue, 7, 14, 21, 28
at 10:15 a.m. Ages birth-1
Thur, 2, 9, 16, 30
at 10:15 a.m. Ages 2-3
Sat, 4, 18, 25 at 10:15 a.m.
Ages birth-1 (w/Megan)
Evening Films
Ages 3 & older. Potrero, 7 p.m.
*Creative Movement with
Patricia Bulitt
Ages 3-5. Eureka Valley,
10:30 a.m.
*Music and Movement
with Gayle Schmitt
Ages 5 & younger. Glen Park,
11 a.m.
*Storytelling with
Patricia Bulitt
Children of all ages. How My
Grandmother Found a Story on
a Plate. Ocean View, 4 p.m.
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Sunset Branch’s
program). Sunrise Retirement,
1601-19th Avenue, 10:30 a.m.
San Francisco Conservatory
of Music
Students entertain and teach
music & instruments. Mission,
6:30 p.m.
16 Thursday
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Main, 2nd Floor,
Fisher Children’s Center,
10 & 10:45 a.m.
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Chinatown, 10 a.m.
Tuesdays 14 & 28
School Age Films
Ages 7-12. Chinatown, 4 p.m.
Preschool Craft Times
Ages 3-5. Space limited;
reserve at (415) 355-5660.
Portola, 11 a.m.
Preschool Videos
Ages 3-5. North Beach, 10,
10:30 & 11 a.m.; 3 p.m.
15 Wednesday
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Main, 2nd Floor,
Fisher Children’s Center,
10 & 10:45 a.m.
School Age Films
Ages 7-12. Chinatown, 4 p.m.
School Age Videos
Ages 5-7. North Beach, 4 p.m.
*Jam Music with Charity Kahn
Children of all ages. Park, 11 a.m.
School Age Crafts
Ages 5 & older. Space limited;
reserve at (415) 355-5660.
Portola, 4:30 p.m.
*ODC/Dance presents
The Velveteen Rabbit
Ages 5 & older. Interactive presentation & dance demonstration of tale by Marjory Williams.
Space limited; goups, reserve
at (415) 557-4549. Main, Koret
Auditorium, 10 a.m.
*Fun and Adventures with
Irish Wood Instruments
Children of all ages. With musician Todd Denman. Potrero,
10:30 a.m.
*Gary T. and His Poet Tree
Interactive poetry for children
of all ages. Space limited;
reserve at (415) 355-2898.
Ingleside, 6 p.m.
*San Francisco Shakespeare
Festival: The Comedy of
Errors
Grade school & older children.
Mission Bay, 2–3:30 p.m.
18 Saturday
21 Tuesday
Preschool Films
Ages 3-5. Titles TBA. Groups,
reserve at (415) 355-5610.
Richmond, 10:15 & 11 a.m.
*The Comedy of Errors by
William Shakespeare
Ages 7-12. Space limited;
reserve at (415) 355-2889.
Chinatown, 4 p.m.
25 Saturday
Family Videos
Children of all ages. TBA.
Excelsior, 11:30 a.m.
28 Tuesday
*Kalimba King Carl Winters
sings and plays the African
thumb piano
Ages 5-12. Visitacion Valley,
1 p.m.
Infant/Toddler Videos
Ages birth-3. TBA. Excelsior,
11 a.m.
29 Wednesday
Bilingual Songs with Donna
and Jazmin
Children of all ages. In English
& Spanish. Mission, 6:30 p.m.
30 Thursday
*Sing-along with Chris Molla
Ages 5 & younger. Interactive
program of music & movement. Bernal Heights, 11 a.m.
Preschool Videos
Ages 3-5. TBA. Excelsior, 11 a.m.
*Funded by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
Friends Focus
Join Friends of the San Francisco
Public Library and receive $10 off
your membership!
African American Center
Celebrates 10th Anniversary
September Featured Sections
Book Bay Main
To be determined
Join us on Nov. 17
at 6:30 p.m. as the
African American
Center celebrates its
10th anniversary. The
event will be held in the
Friends’ office at 391
Grove St. and will include
food, music and many
wonderful memories of
the past 10 years. For
more information, please
visit www.friendssfpl.org.
Book Bay Fort Mason
Literary Sidelines: Essays, Letters &
Memoirs
Upcoming Events
2 Thursday
Members’ Event with
Luis Alberto Urrea
Book Signing & Reception
Friends’ Office, 391 Grove St.
6:30 p.m.
4 Saturday and 5 Sunday
Fall Quarterly Book Sale
All books $1.
Saturday 10 a.m.– 5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m.– 3:30 p.m.
Fort Mason Center, Building A
Members: One City One Book
Author Visits Friends
Book Bay Locations & Hours
Join us for a special “members-only” reading and reception at 6:30 p.m. on
Nov. 2 at the Friends’ office, 391 Grove St., with Luis Alberto Urrea (left), author
of The Hummingbird’s Daughter
Daughter, the One City One Book selection for 2006.
Set in Mexico in the decades before the 1910 revolution, The Hummingbird’s
Daughter tells the story of Teresita, a young girl coming to terms with her
destiny as a healer, who will grow into a revolution-inspiring Mexican “Joan of
Arc.” For more information, visit the Friends’ web site at www.friendssfpl.org.
BOOK BAY FORT MASON
Fort Mason Center, Building C
Open Daily 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Telephone (415) 771-1076
BOOK BAY MAIN
Main Library
Grove Street Entrance
Open All Library Hours
Telephone (415) 557-4238
Become a Friend
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large part through the generosity of our
members. Your membership will sponsor
a wide range of free Library programs and
services that have a positive impact on
people all across San Francisco. Your support
will also ensure the best equipment and
resources for our libraries and library staff.
Friends offers a range of membership levels,
each with their own unique benefits. For
more information, go to www.friendssfpl.org
or call (415) 626-7500.
Thank you to all the supporters of our 42nd Annual Big Book Sale
A special thank you to Sylvia
and Leonard Kingsley for
their generous donation of
The Voyages of Captain Cook,
by Captain James Cook
(published: 1773-1785).
Media Sponsors
Classical 102.1 KDFC
CBS 5 (KPIX)
The CW
Donors
Gymboree
Stacey’s Bookstore
In-kind Donors
Book Donations
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Borders Books & Music
Catering for Two or More
Cenveo, San Francisco
GRM Information
Management Services
Hirasuna Editorial
Image Printing
LexisNexis
Northern California AAA
OneBrick
Pentagram Design
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Salesforce.com
Avalon Publishing Group
Black Oak Books
The de Young Museum
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Half-Price Books
Heyday Books
Len Kingsley
Mother Jones
PBA Gallery
Salon.com
San Francisco Chronicle
The Sierra Club
Sierra Club Books
Thank you to everyone else
who donated their books
throughout the year.
A very big thank you to all
our volunteers who have
helped make this year’s
sale our biggest and best
yet!
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 a10% discount at the following bookstores:
A Different Light Bookstore
■
A. Cavalli Italian Bookstore
■
Acorn Books
■
Adobe Bookstore
■
Alexander Book Co., Inc. ■
Bibliomania
■
Bird & Beckett ■ Black Oak Books ■ Books & Records ■ Bolerium Books ■ Book Bay Main ■ Book Bay Fort Mason ■ Books, Inc. ■ The Booksmith ■
Borderlands Books ■ Browser Books ■ Buddhist Bookstore ■ Califia Books ■ China Books & Periodicals ■ Christopher’s Books ■ Cody’s ■ Compass Books, Inc.
■ Cover to Cover Booksellers ■ Dog Eared Books ■ Eastwind Books ■ Globus Slavic Bookstore ■ Great Overland Book Company ■ Green Apple Books & Music ■
Kayo Books ■ Lifetime Books ■ Marcus Book Stores ■ McDonald’s Book Shop
■
Phoenix Books ■ ReJoyce Books
■
Stacey’s Bookstore
■ The Academy Store California Academy of Sciences ■ Thidwick Books
AT THE LIBRARY NOVEMBER 2006 7
At the Library
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
100 LARKIN STREET
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94102
November 2006
In this Issue:
Pg. 1 - Author Discussion, Film Series: Food
Pg. 1 - Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran
Pg. 2 - Branch Updates
Pg. 3 - Exhibitions Calendar
Pg. 3 - 1906 S. F. Panoramic Views
Pg. 4 - On the Same Page
Pg. 5 - Children’s Book Illustrators
Pg. 6 - Children’s Calendar
Pg. 7 - Friends Focus
Sunset Branch
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.
LIBRARY LOCATIONS AND HOURS
Circulation: 11,000
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ANZA
550 - 37th Ave.
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BAYVIEW/WADEN
5075 - 3rd St.
355-5757
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BERNAL HEIGHTS
500 Cortland Ave.
355-2810
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CHINATOWN
1135 Powell St.
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Online version available at:
http://sfpl.org/news/atl/atl_online.htm
EUREKA VALLEY/MILK
Main Library phone number: (415) 557-4400
EXCELSIOR
4400 Mission Street
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GLEN PARK
653 Chenery St.
337-4740
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GOLDEN GATE VALLEY
1801 Green St.
355-5666
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INGLESIDE
1649 Ocean Avenue
355-2898
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MAIN LIBRARY
100 Larkin St.
557-4400
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MARINA
Closed for renovation
557-4353
MERCED
155 Winston Dr.
355-2825
MISSION
300 Bartlett St.
355-2800
How to reach us
Public Affairs
Main Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4277
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.sfpl.org
Every effort has been made to produce a monthly
calendar that is both accurate and complete. If you
have any questions or comments regarding the
listings, please contact the Public Affairs Department
at (415) 557-4277.
Tours of Main
Tours are conducted on the second Wednesday of each month
at 2:30 p.m. Meet in the first floor atrium; limit of 17 people per
tour, first come, first served. Limited number of private tours
are available. For information, call (415) 557-4280.
1 José Sarria Court
(at 16th St., near Market)
Children’s Room
Meetings are generally held the first and third Thursday of
each month. November meetings: 4 p.m., Nov. 2 and 16 in the
Koret Auditorium at the Main Library. The public is welcome
to attend.
See bookmobile schedule on page 2.
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960 Fourth St.
355-2838
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NOE VALLEY/BRUNN
Closed for renovation
557-4353
See bookmobile schedule on page 2.
NORTH BEACH
2000 Mason St.
355-5626
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OCEAN VIEW
345 Randolph St.
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ORTEGA
3223 Ortega St.
355-5700
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PARK
1833 Page St.
355-5656
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PARKSIDE
1200 Taraval St.
355-5770
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PORTOLA
2450 San Bruno Ave.
355-5660
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POTRERO
1616 - 20th St.
355-2822
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PRESIDIO
3150 Sacramento St.
355-2880
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RICHMOND/MARKS
351 - 9th Ave.
355-5600
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SUNSET
Closed for renovation
557-4353
See bookmobile schedule on page 2 .
VISITACION VALLEY
45 Leland Ave.
355-2848
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WEST PORTAL
Closed for renovation
557-4353
See bookmobile schedule on page 2.
WESTERN ADDITION
Closed for renovation
557-4353
See bookmobile schedule on page 2.
“x” means CLOSED. For more information: www.sfpl.org
8 NOVEMBER 2006 AT THE LIBRARY
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MISSION BAY
Children’s Room
SFPL Commission
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(All phone numbers are in the 415 area code.)
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