What’s Happening : Community
Big Book Sale
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library's annual big book sale has nearly half a million books & media of all kinds
Sep 20th through Sep 25th
Festival Pavilion
Portrait Project
Participate in an artist's project based on the tradition of portrait painting
Jan 28th through Dec 29th
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Bldg A
Wheel Kids Bicycle Club
Wheel Kids summer clubhouse
Jul 11th through Sep 2nd
Fort Mason Center
Telework Summit 2011
Telework Summit is all about empowering & equipping advocates of telework to take the next steps
Sep 20th through Sep 21st
Conference Center, Bldg A
BATS Improv School: Foundation & Studio Classes
Students learn improv for performance, life skills, or both & can move on to studio level work or focus on fun
Jul 2nd through Sep 29th
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B
BATS Improv: Jane Austen Unscripted (Special Guests)
BATS welcomes special guests Impro Theatre of LA, presenting the work of the beloved classics author -- improv style!
Sep 9th through Sep 11th
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B
BATS Improv: 3 For All (Special Guests)
The popular improv trio return to the Bayfront Theater for two nights only -- & for the last time this year!
Sep 16th through Sep 17th
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B
BATS Improv: True Fiction Magazine (Special Guests)
Internationally acclaimed & one of SF’s favorites, True Fiction Magazine returns for two nights of crime! romance! & danger!
Sep 23rd through Sep 24th
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Library
The J.Porter Shaw Library reading room is the research portal to the collection of the Park.
Sep 6th through Sep 29th
SF Maritime National Historical Park / J. Porter Shaw Library, Bldg E
Museo ItaloAmericano: Italian Language & Culture Classes
Ongoing classes in Italian language & culture
Aug 22nd through Oct 20th
Museo ItaloAmericano, Bldg C
Museo ItaloAmericano: Aurora Mandolin Concert
Enjoy a mandolin concert in lovely surroundings
Sep 18th
Museo ItaloAmericano, Bldg C
Museo ItaloAmericano: Good Morning Babylon Film
A film about immigrant brothers screens at the Museo
Sep 20th
Museo ItaloAmericano, Bldg C
Museo ItaloAmericano: Cradle Will Rock Film
The Museo presents a film about theater, The Great Depression, and the Red Scare
Sep 27th
Museo ItaloAmericano, Bldg C
Museo ItaloAmericano: Venice -- Queen of the Adriatic Sea Lecture
Illustrated Leonardo da Vinci Society lecture by Walter Romanini
Sep 13th
Museo ItaloAmericano, Bldg C
BATS Improv School: Foundation, Studio, Intro & Youth Classes
Learn improv for performance, life skills or both & move on to studio level work to focus on fun
Sep 7th through Dec 3rd
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B
National Council For Geocosmic Reasearch: The Astrology of Sustainability
A look at the environmental stresses -- earthquakes, tsunamis, oil spills, nuclear disasters -- caused by the presence of Pluto in Capricorn & the trends that can be predicted for this cycle
Sep 15th
Bldg C, Room C-210
National Council For Geocosmic Reasearch: Achieving Astrological Mastery
Sad but true: many people study astrology for decades & never feel comfortable reading a chart on their own. Learn a quick & simple method with this workshop
Sep 17th through Sep 18th
Bldg C
Zócalo in San Francisco
How Do We Put the People Back in the Initiative Process? Attend this panel on California's Direct Democracy to find out
Sep 21st
Conference Center, Golden Gate Room, Bldg A
California Lawyers For The Arts: Book Publishing 101
Covers the primary legal & business issues in modern book publishing
Sep 14th
California Lawyers for the Arts, Bldg C
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Readers Cafe & Bookstore: Author Reading
Jessie Lendennie & Kevin Simmonds read from their work
Sep 10th
Readers Cafe, Bldg C
BATS Improv: Super Scene
A fast-paced & hilarious theater competition featuring five unique, completely improvised stories
Sep 30th through Oct 21st
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B
The True Story of Moby Dick
Join us for an evening of fact & fiction, as we explore the library’s video collection & view versions of Herman Melville’s classic tale
Sep 20th
SF Maritime National Historical Park / J. Porter Shaw Library, Bldg E
SF20/21: San Francisco Art & Design Show
20th & 21st century decorative & fine art show open to the public with all items for sale
Sep 15th through Sep 18th
Festival Pavilion
What's Out There Weekend
Join the Cultural Landscape Foundation in celebration of San Francisco's legacy of great landscape architecture
Sep 17th through Sep 18th
Fort Mason Center
SOCAP11: Social Capital Markets 2011
New kind of investor conference puts attendees at the intersection of money & meaning to find ways to direct market systems in support of social & economic issues
Sep 6th through Sep 9th
Fort Mason Center
Museo ItaloAmericano -- Dreams, Shapes & Colors: Three Artists From the Veneto
The Museo presents paintings & collage, photography & Murano glass art
Aug 12th through Nov 6th
Museo ItaloAmericano, Bldg C
Readers Cafe & Bookstore: 2011 Poetry Series
Thursday evenings feature poetry readings, specially priced drinks & snacks & a sense of literary community -- all while supporting the library
Sep 22nd through Sep 29th
Readers Cafe, Bldg C
On the Commons: The Art of Jonathan Parker
An exhibit & reception for painter Jonathan Parker
Sep 8th through Sep 30th
Bldg B, Room B-301
SFMOMA Artists Gallery: Heather Wilcoxon, Kirk Crippens
An exhibit of work by a painter influenced by graffiti styles of the 1980s & a photographer with a foundation in journalism
Sep 8th through Oct 27th
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Bldg A
The Mexican Museum: The Tequila Don Julio Collection
The Mexican Museum voices the complexity and richness of Latino art throughout the Americas
Sep 23rd through Aug 5th
The Mexican Museum, Bldg D
Night Over Erzinga
Golden Thread's world premiere of Night Over Erzinga -- an Armenian family's story of survival & reconciliation
Sep 15th through Oct 9th
Southside Theater, Bldg D
