Sourdough Bread Making

Wednesday, May 22

7:00-8:30PM

Park Branch Meeting Room

Cat Shimizu, the "breaductor" from Sour Flour, a Mission bakery dedicated to neighborly bread gifting and bread education, will teach the basics of how flour ferments to create bread. Shimizu will focus on the starter, and discuss the 5 factors of time, temperatures, hydration, ratio, and food.

Rise and Sign

Saturday, May 18th @ 11:00AM

Signing Storytime for Babies & Toddlers

Park Branch Meeting Room

Join Rise & Sign Academy founder, Erika Vetter as story time becomes a whole-body experience.  Beloved children’s tales seem to jump off the pages, as elements of American Sign Language are added to captivating storytelling.  As children are presented with basic signs, story time becomes an interactive learning experience, not to mention tons of fun!

Space is limited to 30 families. Please call 355-5656 to RSVP.

Blue Suede Jews: Jews in the Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

Wednesday, May 15 

6:30PM-8:30PM

Park Branch Meeting Room

Richie Unterberger will present "Blue Suede Jews: Jews in the Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll". The lecture will include film clips of major Jewish rock performers such as Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Carole King, Marc Bolan, Lesley Gore, Peter Green of the original Fleetwood Mac, Manfred Mann, and others.

 Admission is free.

Earth Day Crafternoon - Monday, April 22

Earth Day Crafternoon

Monday,  April 22, 2013

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Park Branch Meeting Room

Celebrate Earth Day at the Park Branch Library using recycled materials to create an individual art project.  After a story and brief discussion about Earth Day, children will have an opportunity to use various  scraps to create an earth themed collage. Ages 3+

Death in the Tenderloin - Saturday April 13th

Saturday. April  13, 2013

3:00 - 4:30PM

Park Meeting Room

Death in the Tenderloin, a compilation of posthumous stories drawn from the pages of the Central City Extra, the Tenderloin’s neighborhood newspaper. The book chronicles the passing of 99 residents – some saints, some sinners – who died in San Francisco’s most notorious and poorest neighborhood. Among the stories are those of SRO-hotel pioneer Leroy Looper and Hank Wilson, the Mother Teresa of the Tenderloin. These “curtain calls” reveal the many paths of neighborhood lives and the universal journey of human existence.

Panel discussion with the book's authors:
Tom Carter and Marjorie Beggs

Book sale and signing to follow the program.

Richie Unterberger presents the British Invasion Part 3

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
6:30 - 8:30PM

Park Branch Meeting Room

Richie Unterberger presents "The British Invasion Part 3," spotlighting rare film clips of British rock acts from 1970-1975. He will feature footage of great UK performers like the Kinks, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, the Bee Gees, Pentangle, Sandy Denny, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, T. Rex, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and others.

Admission is free.

words and music

Peter S. Beagle and Deborah Grabien

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

7:00 - 8:30PM
Park Branch Meeting Room

When most writers get together they tend to talk about writing and publishing. But Peter S. Beagle and Deborah Grabien aren't most writers: when they get together, there's likely to be music, memories, and conversations about everything from New York in the sixties to food and pretty much everything else - includding writing. Please join us for a moderated conversation with two master storytellers. They may even end up playing you a song.