Researching your House

Wednesday, July 10th

7:00-8:00 PM

Park Branch Meeting Room

How do you research the history of a San Francisco house or commercial building? Come to this class to find out! San Francisco History Center Staff will present an overview of both print and online resources to help answer questions such as the age of the building, who owned or lived in it, and how to find an historic photograph of your home.

The Golden Gate Bridge on the Silver Screen

Wednesday, June 12

7-9PM

Park Branch Meeting Room

On Location: the Golden Gate Bridge on the Silver Screen: 

The Golden Gate Bridge has starred in more movies than any other American architectural icon. From Dark Passage (1947) to The Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) the iconic span appears in wide range of films including Superman, Star Trek, Time After Time, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Love Bug, A View to a Kill, Monsters vs. Aliens, Interview with a Vampire, X-Men. In honor of its 75th anniversary, Jim Van Buskirk, author of Celluloid San Francisco, (and former SFPL librarian) offers a clip-filled program of hilariously horrifying depictions of San Francisco’s beloved bridge.

An Evening with Author David Talbot

Wednesday, November 7

7:00 - 8:30PM

Park Branch Meeting Room

In a kaleidoscopic narrative, bestselling author David Talbot recounts the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982--and of the extraordinary men and women who led to the city's ultimate rebirth and triumph. Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself--and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Francisco's ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic. No other city endured so many calamities in such a short time span