Friday, November 4th
4:00pm
How many colors make black? This month's activity is chromatography, a fun way to explore the separation of color pigments.
For ages 6 and up.
School aged programs every 1st Friday.
Monster Make-up Made Easy
Friday, October 28Glen Park Library
4:00 pm
Hear spooky stories, create monster makeup effects and more at these Halloween-themed events.
It's time to scare your friends and turn your face into a skull, ghoul, zombie, vampire! After this free Halloween make-up (non-toxic) workshop you will be ready to haunt! For ages 12-18.
Author Reading: The Comfort Garden
Wednesday, October 26, 2011Glen Park Branch Library
6:30 pm
Author Laurie Barkin will discuss, "The Comfort Garden," her account of the five years she worked as a psychiatric nurse on the surgical/trauma unit at San Francisco General Hospital.
The Comfort Garden serves as a metaphor for the emotional support caregivers need to do the work they do and illuminates the issues of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma that may develop in caregivers when exposure to tragedy becomes routine.
An Afternoon of Italian Culture
Saturday, October 22 Glen Park Branch Library
2825 Diamond Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
415-355-2858
3:00pm- 5:oopm
For all ages.
At 3:00 Due Zighi Baci, featuring accordionist Sheri Mignano and tenore lirico Michael Van Why, will entertain with beautiful songs from the streets and cafes of Italia. (Visit their website at www.eurocafemusic.com for more information on these enchanting performers.)
A lecture on Italian opera, complete with film clips, will be offered by Alexandra Amati-Camperi at 4:00. Ms. Amati-Camperi is Department Chair and Professor of Music at the University of San Francisco. She is a professional program annotator and pre-concert lecturer for many Bay Area organizations, including the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Symphony.
Light Italian-style refreshments will be available throughout the program.
Library closed for Columbus Day on October 10, 2011
Please note that Glen Park Branch and all San Francisco public libraries will be closed in observance of Columbus Day on Monday, October 10.
First Fridays: Button Making
This month the kids will make their own buttons and get to cut them out with the button maker machine. For ages 6 and up.School aged programs every 1st Friday.
Read For the Record 2011
Listen to the book "Llama, Llama Red Pajama," and other stories as we help Jumpstart set a new record for the most children being read the same book on the same day. For children of all ages.Thursday, October 6 at 4:30pm
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