4 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY - 7:00-8:30 PM
Adult Craft Night: Paper flower brooch - Using recycled books, you will construct a paper flower brooch. All materials are provided. You can sign up by calling 415-355-5707 or by asking at the info desk.
7 SEPTEMBER, SATURDAY - 10:30-12:30 PM
Noe Valley Knitting Circle - Want to learn how to knit or crochet or just hang out with other knitters and crocheters? Drop in!
10 SEPTEMBER, TUESDAY - 10:30-11:30 AM
eReader and Online Resource "Drop In" - Bring your mobile device or laptop, your library card and PIN, and any passwords you might need for downloading apps, to an informal workshop on using the SFPL’s digital resources.
11 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY 6:30-8:30 PM
Great Books Discussion Group - This activity is sponsored by the Great Books Council of San Francisco. For more information contact Elena at eschmid@sonic.net
13 SEPTEMBER, FRIDAY - 2:00-4:00 PM
Friday Matinee: On the Waterfront - A dockworker and washed-up boxer struggles under the "pier" pressure of mobsters who control the waterfront on which he works. A Best Picture winner. Starring Marlon Brando. 1954, NR, 108 mins
18 SEPTEMBER, WEDNESDAY - 7:00-8:30 PM
Noe Valley Book Discussion Group - This month's selection is "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. Copies of the book are held at the Circulation Desk for check out.
19 SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY - 3:00-4:00 PM
Learn to search the Historical San Francisco Chronicle database - The Library has access to the San Francisco Chronicle Current and Historical database which begins in 1865. Learn tips on searching for San Francisco's history – including national and worldwide topics. Come learn how to use this tremendous resource at the library! Bring your laptops if you prefer or laptops will be provided on site.
28 SEPTEMBER, SATURDAY - 3:00-5:00 PM
Have You Seen Her, La Misión? - Short Films by Mission natives/residents. Vero Majano, Artist and SF Mission district native, along with Sergio de la Mora, Chicana/o Studies Associate Professor at UC Davis, have curated- Have You Seen Her, La Misión? This collection of short films explores the responses and transformations experienced in the Mission District during the late 1990s dot.com boom. All the filmmakers– most Mission born and/or residents, several making their first film–represent locations and people in remarkably personal voices and dynamic film styles.
The Films:
Ni aquí, ni allá (Neither Here, nor There), Nora Cadena, director and producer, 1998, 20 minutes, documentary. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Algún día (Someday), Pepe Urquijo, dir., 1998, 27 minutes, narrative. In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Calle Chula, Vero Majano, director and producer, 1998, 12 minutes, experimental.
I Reminisce, Vero Majano, director and producer, 2004, 3 minutes, experimental.
That Mission Rising!, Alfred Hernandez, director and producer, 1998, 8 minutes, experimental.
New Mission, Armand Emamdjomeh, director and producer, 5 minutes, documentary.