San Francisco Main Library

Coming up at San Francisco Main Library

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Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

Oct21Rocky Horror Picture Show with a Full Shadow CastWednesday, 5:00 PMThe Bawdy Caste acts out the whole film in front of the screen, with singing, dancing and audience call-backs that newcomers can pick up from the crowd; costumes are encouraged. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the film starts at 5:45 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium of the Main Library, 100 Larkin St, at Civic Center BART. Drop-in with no registration; the library doesn't publish an admission price, and Bawdy Bags of approved props are $5. No rice, toast, wet items, glitter or confetti, and the show is suitable for adults.Drop-in · prop bags $5
Oct22Macabre Marvels in the Stacks: Inspiration from SFPL's Hidden BooksThursday, 6:00 PMDrop-in · no price listed
Oct23SF Creative Writing Institute's Dispatches from the City of AweFriday, 12:00 PMDrop-in · no price listed
Oct23Chinese Knot with Ms. YanFriday, 2:00 PMMs. Yan teaches Chinese decorative knotting in a two-hour session for adults at the Main Library, 100 Larkin Street (Civic Center BART/Muni). It runs 2–4 pm on Friday, Oct 23 and is free. SFPL's craft programs are free with materials provided, which makes them the cheapest hands-on classes in the city.Free
Oct23Cricut Custom DesignOct 23 – Oct 23Drop-in · no price listed
Oct23Author Talk: Walter Mosley, Hanging and BurningFriday, 6:30 PMFree · pre-registration required
Oct24Craft Club in American Sign Language (ASL)Saturday, 11:00 AMDrop-in · no price listed
Oct24Murals & Monuments TourSaturday, 12:30 PMArt historian Ted Barrow leads a YBCA walking tour of murals, monuments and public art through Civic Center, Mid-Market and SoMa, starting at Lava Thomas's Maya Angelou monument at the Main Library, 100 Larkin St (Civic Center BART/Muni), and ending at YBCA's Dread Scott exhibition. It starts at 12:30 pm on Saturday, Oct 24; YBCA asks for an RSVP and doesn't print a price. YBCA's Silent Shorts screening at 2 pm makes a natural next stop.RSVP · no price listed
Oct24Create with Cricut: Día de los Muertos CraftOct 24 – Oct 24Reservations required · no price listed
Oct25Final Reading for Dispatches from the City of AweSunday, 2:00 PMDrop-in · no price listed
Oct30Create with Cricut: Custom Pouch Project with KwanimalsOct 30 – Oct 30Registration required · no price listed
Nov1Writing Memoir Through a Speculative LensNov 1 – Nov 1Drop-in · no price listed
Nov5From Street to Stage with Beaver BauerNov 5 – Apr 11An exhibition surveying more than 50 years of costume designer Debra 'Beaver' Bauer's work, from the Angels of Light Free Theatre through Bay Area theater and circus, with renderings, photos, video and costume pieces, plus satellite displays on three other floors. It opens with a reception on Nov 5, 5–7:30 p.m., in the Jewett Gallery on the lower level of the Main Library, 100 Larkin St, at Civic Center BART, and runs to Apr 11, 2027. Library exhibitions are free. Related programs include a haptic tour on Dec 3 and a panel with Bauer, Brenda Wong Aoki and Kimi Okada on Jan 20.Free
Nov7National AIDS Memorial Quilt Repair and Panel MakingNov 7 – Nov 7The National AIDS Memorial runs a drop-in session in the Steve Silver Music Center on the 4th floor of the Main Library, 100 Larkin Street (Civic Center BART/Muni), where volunteers help mend AIDS Memorial Quilt panels and can start a new panel for a loved one. It runs noon–4 pm on Saturday, Nov 7 (and again Dec 5), and it's free with no registration needed. Sewing machines, paints, stencils and thread are provided, and no sewing experience is required. It's a rare chance to work directly on the Quilt, whose original panels were first sewn in San Francisco.Free
Nov14Drawn Together: A Drawing Club for EveryoneSaturday, 11:00 AMDrop-in · no price listed
Nov143D Printing/Tinkercad Tinker ClubNov 14 – Nov 14Drop-in · no price listed
Nov15San Francisco Correspondence Co-opSunday, 1:00 PMDrop-in · no price listed
Nov17So Good It Has to Go on a Holiday CardTuesday, 6:00 PMDrop-in · no price listed
Nov21Cut & Paste: A Drop-in Collage SessionSaturday, 1:00 PMDrop-in · no price listed
Dec5Drawing from Film: Night of the HunterSaturday, 11:00 AMDrop-in · no price listed
Dec10Print Kwanimals with Arion PressThursday, 5:00 PMDrop-in · no price listed
Dec19Painting Parol Christmas CardsDec 19 – Dec 19Reservations required · no price listed

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