Protesters through time have used typography to strike through myriad forms of oppression. Their urgent, often handmade signs, placards, and banners put bigots on notice that their hate has been marked for correction. Charting the histories of this material is also an artform itself. The speakers in this panel will share their research and curatorial […]
Join a discussion with writer Valerie Luu, photographer Andria Lo, and poet Hieu Minh Nguyen exploring intergenerational stories and reflections of the culture of Chinatown. Lavish in the fun, colorful, sartorial images and stories celebrating the residents of Chinatown. Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors across six Chinatowns. Andria Lo and Valerie Luu have […]
Marketing expert Dave Farrow is the two-time Guinness World Record holder for greatest memory. To earn this title, Farrow recalled the exact order of 59 decks of shuffled playing cards using “The Farrow Memory Method.” This method was originally invented to combat Farrow’s dyslexia and ADHD and it is now a unique memory system backed […]
Join us April 14 for KRAZY KRAFTS DAY FOR KIDS at the Printing Museum, a creative day of printing and crafts for the whole family. All are welcome, whether you are a kid or a kid at heart that just loves to make stuff! Activities throughout the day include letterpress printing cards, bookmarks, keepsakes, fun […]
BABA reception for library exhibition.
Heyday Books is proud to present a Point Reyes Birding Walk with Keith Hansen, author of Birds of Point Reyes. We will begin our walk at Point Reyes’ iconic Bovine Bakery, and from there Keith will lead us on an adventure of discovery and wonder, introducing all the local feathered friends that Point Reyes has to offer. […]
This coffee chat centers people who work as editors and are living with disability and/or chronic illness. It is open to everyone. The idea was partly inspired by an active peer group currently hosted by the Society of Authors (https://www.societyofauthors.org/Groups/Authors-Disabilities-Illnesses-Network). Group agreements that will be open for discussion at the start of the chat: * […]
In Continental Reckoning renowned historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative of the American West and its vital role in the transformation of the nation. In the 1840s, by which time the United States had expanded to the Pacific, what would become the West was home to numerous vibrant Native cultures and vague claims by […]
Thomas Brussig’s classic German novel, The Short End of the Sonnenallee, now appearing for the first time in English, is a moving and miraculously comic story of life in East Berlin before the fall of the Wall. Translator and author Jonathan Franzen, who also provides the foreword for this book, says that it’s “a reminder that, even […]
Open Mic and Featured Reading by Connie Post in Celebration of National Poetry Month In honor of National Poetry Month WNBA-SF will host a national poetry event. Our celebration will include one featured reader & an open mic so brush up those great poems! We’ll see you in April! Featured poet will be Connie Post, Poet Laureate Emeritus […]
Are you a developmental editor, or interested in developmental editing? Join us for an informal chat about this fun and fascinating variety of editing. This event is free to attend and open to all editors.
an illustrated lecture with librarian Taryn Edwards San Francisco since its birth has been a literary town. The thousands of people who came to California during the Gold Rush were voracious readers – eager to catch up on the news of the day and to while away the time between shifts in the gold fields […]