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SongWriter Live with W. Kamau Bell and Las Cafeteras

The Commons at KQED 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, United States

This edition of SongWriter features live storytelling by Emmy- and Peabody-winning television host and producer, comedian and bestselling author W. Kamau Bell, which will be transformed into original music by the Chicano band Las Cafeteras. Together with SongWriter host Ben Arthur and social psychologist Shira Gabriel, they craft an evening about identity, home and collective effervescence through a thrilling exchange […]

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Editors Helping Editors

Zoom CA, United States

Join us for our "Editors Helping Editors" meeting. Bring your problems, big and small, as well as your thinking caps. We'll work together to solve event-goers quandaries and questions, which could range from common questions like how to find clients in a particular field (say academic editing) to more situation-specific issues like why a particular […]

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Don’t just hit publish, LAUNCH your book!

Zoom CA, United States

Congrats, you wrote a book! You’ve been counting down to the day it publishes. Have you realized that publishing isn’t the final goal? Wouldn’t it be great if your network actually read your book and discovered how valuable your content is, so they can buy from you and/or refer you? What’s your strategy to use this book to wake […]

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Don’t just hit publish, LAUNCH your book! with Robbie Samuels

Zoom CA, United States

Our presenter, Robbie Samuels, designs book launches with the aim of getting 50+ Amazon reviews, but the real goal is to wake up and engage the author’s network to build a pipeline and drive referrals. While a byproduct of a strong launch is reaching #1 Best Seller, that’s not the goal. Being a #1 Best Seller or […]

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Book Arts Family Bonanza

The International Printing Museum

Get ready for some creative family time! Join us for a half-day “makers workshop” this summer that encourages the exploration of the world of book artistry. This hands-on family workshop features artistic bookbinding, paper making, letterpress printing, and rubber stamping. Instruction is geared towards families with children aged 8-12. All materials provided. Sorry, no drop-offs […]

$25.00
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Book Arts Family Bonanza

The International Printing Museum

Get ready for some creative family time! Join us for a half-day “makers workshop” this summer that encourages the exploration of the world of book artistry. This hands-on family workshop features artistic bookbinding, paper making, letterpress printing, and rubber stamping. Instruction is geared towards families with children aged 8-12. All materials provided. Sorry, no drop-offs […]

$25.00
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Family Book Fair

Mechanics' Institute


Dive into a World of Wonder at our Family Book Fair! Join us at Mechanics' Institute on July 13th, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, for a literary celebration perfect for the whole family! Visit the SFPL Bookmobile: Kick off the literary adventure at 11:00 am with the San Francisco Public Library Bookmobile, stationed outside of Mechanics' Institute on 57 Post […]

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Albert Pissis and the Building (and Re-Building) of San Francisco

Mechanics' Institute


Join journalist Therese Poletti on the significance of architect Albert Pissis in defining San Francisco architecture in the wake of the 1906 earthquake and fire, and rebuilding the San Francisco we know and love today. While many of Pissis's works are well known to San Franciscans - the Hibernia Bank, the Flood Building, the former […]

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Monthly Bookbinding Workshop: French Link Binding

American Bookbinders Museum

Join us for a hand binding workshop to create a hardcover French Link journal. Also known as Journal de liens en Français, the French Link binding technique originated in 16th-century France and is a popular decorative binding. It is a variation of the Coptic binding with a series of looping X’s stitched along the spine and […]

$30.00
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The Past, Present, and Future of San Francisco

Mechanics' Institute


Join Willie L. Brown, Jr., former two-term Mayor of San Francisco and Speaker of the California State Assembly, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist and San Francisco Chronicle urban design critic John King on the past, present, and future of San Francisco.

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WILD Event: July East Bay Meetup

Kinfolx Oakland 1951 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

We are returning to Kinfolx this month! Join us for a summer afternoon of coffee, community, and creativity in one of our favorite East Bay gathering spaces. Come with an open heart and connect with fellow designers and creatives in WILD. Kinfolx is a Black-owned neighborhood gathering space, envisioned as a modern-day public square. It’s […]

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California, a Slave State

Zoom CA, United States

California owes its origins and sunny prosperity to slavery. Spanish invaders captured Indigenous people to build the chain of Catholic missions. Russian otter hunters shipped Alaska Natives—the first slaves transported into California—and launched a Pacific slave triangle to China. Plantation slaves were marched across the plains for the Gold Rush. San Quentin Prison incubated California’s […]