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Open Set 2025 Competition & Exhibition

American Academy of Bookbinding

The OPEN • SET 2025 Competition & Exhibition is an event in the United States featuring finely crafted bookbindings.  Sponsored by the American Academy of Bookbinding, it is designed to encourage […]

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Remember Me: American Carved Stone Books from the Ian Berke Collection

San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco

Remember Me: American Carved Stone Books from the Ian Berke Collection, curated by Mindell Dubansky,  is a fascinating exploration of the realm where book-like objects and folk art intersect. San […]

Anatomy of a Book | What Books Are Made of

American Bookbinders Museum

Ever wonder what materials are used to make the book you are reading? Come see American Bookbinders Museum latest exhibit and explore the different categories of materials and their various […]

Multilingual Typesetting on the Web

Zoom CA

with Marie Otsuka This workshop will cover a variety of technical techniques for typesetting multiple scripts on websites, with a focus on CJK writing systems. Typesetting different languages together can […]

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Salon Series 49: A Seat at the Table: Queer*+ Intersections

Zoom CA

with Eve Scarborough, Jada Simone Haynes, Mikhail of Hearts To celebrate Pride month, the Archive features a selection of work by Queer*+ designers, curated by members of the Collections Team. […]

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From the Bench of Insiya Dhatt

Zoom CA

Welcome to From the Bench, SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what you'll learn about […]

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A Certain Cotta: Book-Cover Design from Buenos Aires

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco

with Francisco Roca Learn about the young graphic artist who designed book covers that would become a sensation in ’60s era Argentina, Latin America, and Spain. In 1962, young graphic […]

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Two Memoirs: Zack Rogow and Claudia Marseille

Mechanics' Institute


Join painter Claudia Marseille and poet Zack Rogow in conversation on their new memoirs, But You Look So Normal and Hugging My Father’s Ghost. In their writings, Marseille and Rogow navigate complex topics […]

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SOROCHE Live at The Brava

The Brava 2781 24th St, San Francisco

Two Lines Press and Cuentero Productions present Soroche, a haunting multimedia performance. Adapted from the short story by award-winning Ecuadorian writer Mónica Ojeda published in Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories by Two Lines […]