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Sunday, 4/3/2022
2:00 - 3:00 Following on the heels of their groundbreaking performance for the National Queer Arts Festival, queer and trans Arab American poets present dynamic work that challenges assumptions and blurs boundaries, imagining fierce and thriving futures. Curated by Janine Mogannam and featuring Amir Rabiyah, Andrea Abi-Karam, Bazeed, Fargo Tbakhi and George Abraham. |
Wednesday, 4/13/2022
12:00 - 1:30 Author and rock historian Richie Unterberger shows and discusses vintage performance clips of David Bowie. These will span the prime of his career, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. During this time Bowie evolved through a series of surprising styles, from the folk-rock/psychedelia of "Space Oddity" and his rise to glam superstardom in the Ziggy Stardust era to his exploration of blue-eyed soul and electronic rock. |
Thursday, 4/21/2022
6:30 - 7:30 Explore the everchanging meaning and uses of the tarot as we seek new imagery and interpretations that speak to each of us, whoever we might be. For all knowledge levels and degrees of belief or nonbelief. Collaboration and participation warmly welcomed, not required. Check out a curated |
Wednesday, 4/6/2022
3:00 - 4:00 Dividend investing is a slow and steady way of investing and growing your wealth. We review resources to find other dividend paying stocks, compare two Blue Chip companies that have raised their dividends and review how automatic reinvesting affects dividends. |
Tuesday, 4/12/2022
11:00 - 12:00 Join us as we talk about ways to increase your financial fitness and save for retirement, including making the most of employer-based retirement savings plans. This workshop starts you on the way to setting goals and putting your retirement high on the list of personal priorities. |
Thursday, 4/21/2022
1:00 - 2:00 |
Diaz studies the body through desire and the preservation of Native American lives and cultures, suggesting that to exist as a Native in a world with a history of colonization and genocide is itself a form of protest and celebration. |
Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. |
This collection of poems by Yi Lei introduces the poet's influential works to English readers. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K and Changtai Bi are the translators. |
Go above the Arctic Circle to explore some of the most breathtaking views and learn more about the lives of the people who brave this harsh climate. |
In this sophisticated comedy, Manele Labidi opens a fascinating window into modern Tunisia at a crossroads, with a story of contrasts, contradictions and culture clashes, full of vitality and humour. |
House of Gucci is a biographical crime drama directed by Ridley Scott. Lady Gaga won several awards for her portrayal of Patrizia Reggiani. |
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Nonprofit consumer organization providing information to help consumers make smarter choices. Checkbook surveys consumers and evaluates the quality and prices of local services and products. |
The Taraval District is the city’s largest and most populous police jurisdiction, encompassing a large part of southwestern San Francisco. It is bordered by Golden Gate Park to the north, Ocean Beach to the west, Daly City to the south, and 7th Avenue down to Interstate 280 to the east. It oversees the safety of more than 30 public and private schools, the campus of SF State University, a shopping mall, parks, beaches, and public transit hubs. The red-brick station building is a former library directly across from McCoppin Square. This station is part of the San Francisco Police Department's Golden Gate Division. |
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It's never too early or too late to start sharing rhymes, songs and books with your child! Storytimes are opportunities for parents and caregivers to learn new songs and ideas to enhance early literacy interactions with their youngsters everyday. In addition, children find storytimes entertaining! At the library, there are many opportunities to tune into a virtual storytime. Visit the Library's Facebook page and YouTube page. Look below for early literacy resources, including songs featured during storytimes. Enjoy and learn new song or rhyme to sing at bathtime, bedtime, or anytime. Current Schedule: (All Storytimes are broadcast on SFPL's Facebook) Monday at 10 am - Sweet Stories for Babies Tuesday at 11 am - Sweet Stories for Families Wednesday at 11 am - Sweet Stories for Families Bilingual/English 1st & 3rd Wednesday in Cantonese 2nd & 4th Wednesday in Mandarin Thursday at 11 am - Sweet Stories for Families Bilingual Spanish/English |
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Author: Leo Lionni Two mice talk about where the seasons come from. |
Author: Tiffany Rose A voracious young reader pens a love letter to libraries and books, and powerfully expresses the need for diversity and the importance of representation in stories. |
Author: NoNieqa Ramos Beauty--who is of Taino Indian, African, and Boricua heritage--was taught to be strong and proud, but hatred toward people who look like her bruises her heart until her community opens her eyes to the truth. |
Author: Amy Polonsky Told in two voices, seventh-graders Essie, in North Carolina for just one semester, and Ollie, a non-binary, "gender weird" classmate, develop a gentle romance while Essie ponders her label. |
Author: Kyle Lukoff A coming-of-age transgender story and mystery that explores dealing with grief and living ghosts in a haunted house |
Author: Nina Hamza Ahmed Aziz is having an epic year-epically bad. His family moved from Hawaii to Minnesota because his dad got sick, and even though Minnesota is where his dad grew up, Ahmed can't imagine a worse place to live-not that anyone asked him. |
Author: Bev Katz Rosenbaum Kelsey Kendler just wants to earn some money for university, hang out with friends, maybe even snag a boyfriend. But her pill-popping mom and distant dad scare off anybody she tries to bring home, making those last two things feel impossible. Her part-time ice cream shop job's a slog, but at least there she can escape her parents' constant fighting ... until the COVID-19 pandemic forces a lockdown and she's stuck at home with them 24/7. |
Author: Carolyn Tara O'Neil Set during the height of the Russian Revolution and told in alternating voices, sixteen-year-old Evgenia--a peasant and proud member of the Bolshevik party--agrees to help a seventeen-year-old bourgeois girl traverse the war-torn countryside in search of safety, but Anna is harboring a secret that could cost them their lives. Includes historical note and author's note. |
Author: Phil Stamper Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are best friends, bonded in their small rural town by their queerness, their good grades, and their big dreams. They are about to embark on the summer before senior year of high school, where each is going on a new, big adventure, from attending a design school in Paris to interning on Capitol Hill for a U.S. Senator. What will this summer of new experiences and world-expanding travel mean for each of them--and for their friendship? |
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Ocean View Branch Library
345 Randolph St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-355-5615
sfpl.org
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