San Francisco Public Library

November Literary Events

Fresh Eats: How to Read a $625 Cookbook, for Free

S.F. Public Library to Acquire the Six-Volume Modernist Cuisine

​ I was out for dinner with a couple of friends this week, talking about the reading Nathan Myhrvold gave this week at Omnivore Books, which we had all missed. The cost of attendance: purchasing a copy of Myhrvold's six-volume, 2,400-page Modernist Cuisine -- one of the most talked-about, controve ... More >>

The Gastronomical Her

M.F.K. Fisher.​An Extravagant Hunger Where: San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A and B, 100 Larkin (at Hyde), 557-4400 When: Tonight, Mar. 9, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Because her food writing interweaves so seamlessly with her inner thoughts and anecdotes ... More >>

'San Francisco Eats' Exhibit Traces Our History Through Menus

The peanut wagon that evolved into the Cliff House.​Yesterday, I toured the San Francisco Eats exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library, which opened on Saturday and will be up until March 20. The exhibit occupies two of the library's gallery spaces -- one on the ground floor, a second on the s ... More >>

Storm Warning

The peanut wagon that evolved into the Cliff House.​Yesterday, I toured the San Francisco Eats exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library, which opened on Saturday and will be up until March 20. The exhibit occupies two of the library's gallery spaces -- one on the ground floor, a second on the s ... More >>

Fall Arts: A few books of local interest

The peanut wagon that evolved into the Cliff House.​Yesterday, I toured the San Francisco Eats exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library, which opened on Saturday and will be up until March 20. The exhibit occupies two of the library's gallery spaces -- one on the ground floor, a second on the s ... More >>

SF Public Library, Hayes Valley Farm Screen Food Films This Week

​It's Michael Pollan movie week in San Francisco, with two screenings of feature-length documentaries that feature the guru's talking head:On Thursday, the San Francisco Public Library is presenting an advance screening of FRESH (watch the trailer on YouTube), which brings together some of the big ... More >>

June Literary Events

​It's Michael Pollan movie week in San Francisco, with two screenings of feature-length documentaries that feature the guru's talking head:On Thursday, the San Francisco Public Library is presenting an advance screening of FRESH (watch the trailer on YouTube), which brings together some of the big ... More >>

What Do You Get For Being Mayor of S.F. Library on Foursquare?

The once and future mayor...​Maybe you know someone -- maybe you are someone -- who must compulsively whip out a phone whenever entering a cafe, restaurant, or bar in order to ensure he or she will remain mayor of said establishment on foursquare. It's a fitting metaphor for San Francisco, where m ... More >>

Chron Not Making Money, But Doing MORE With LESS (Or So It Says)

Sorry Chron. This is still our favorite Chronic. ​At a Society of Professional Journalists forum at the San Francisco Public Library last night, Chronicle president Mark Adkins said his paper is "not making money today" but that "we think we are going to be fine overall for the year.""Thank goodne ... More >>

February Book Events

Sorry Chron. This is still our favorite Chronic. ​At a Society of Professional Journalists forum at the San Francisco Public Library last night, Chronicle president Mark Adkins said his paper is "not making money today" but that "we think we are going to be fine overall for the year.""Thank goodne ... More >>

Historic Preservation Commission stalls library renovations

Sorry Chron. This is still our favorite Chronic. ​At a Society of Professional Journalists forum at the San Francisco Public Library last night, Chronicle president Mark Adkins said his paper is "not making money today" but that "we think we are going to be fine overall for the year.""Thank goodne ... More >>

'The Stinkin' Giants, Give 'Em The Big Blue Finger.' Boy Am I Glad I Went to the Library Today!

Say what?​Remember, in England, Benedict Arnold is a hero. That helps put one in mind for the just-unveiled exhibition at the Burbank Central Library -- enemy territory, sports-wise -- "Love to Hate: The Dodgers-Giants Rivalry."Library-goers can be treated to memorabilia like the signs illustratin ... More >>

When We Say 'Public Library' and 'Internet' What Do You Think Of? Study Aims to Find Out.

Habitual users of the Internet in San Francisco's Public Library -- here's your chance to be heard! (other than the persistent muttering and shouting some people seem to engage in). Patrons of our library system are invited to participate in a nationwide survey of public library Internet users to de ... More >>

June Book Events: Ayelet Waldman, Barry Gifford, Alice Waters, and more

Habitual users of the Internet in San Francisco's Public Library -- here's your chance to be heard! (other than the persistent muttering and shouting some people seem to engage in). Patrons of our library system are invited to participate in a nationwide survey of public library Internet users to de ... More >>

Is That a Corn Cob In Your Pocket -- Or Are You Just Happy To See the Library?

Unlike the contents of a can of Pringles, this card is entirely made of cornFor a product that most often makes its way into San Francisco's attention span due to tortilla tossing, attacks on trans-fats, and, of course, unfortunate fecal jokes, corn is damn near ubiquitous. The good folks at Corn Pr ... More >>

Upcoming Book Events

Unlike the contents of a can of Pringles, this card is entirely made of cornFor a product that most often makes its way into San Francisco's attention span due to tortilla tossing, attacks on trans-fats, and, of course, unfortunate fecal jokes, corn is damn near ubiquitous. The good folks at Corn Pr ... More >>

Golden Beers and Thirsty Girls

Unlike the contents of a can of Pringles, this card is entirely made of cornFor a product that most often makes its way into San Francisco's attention span due to tortilla tossing, attacks on trans-fats, and, of course, unfortunate fecal jokes, corn is damn near ubiquitous. The good folks at Corn Pr ... More >>

Booked Up: The Massive Friends of the Library Sale at Fort Mason

Unlike the contents of a can of Pringles, this card is entirely made of cornFor a product that most often makes its way into San Francisco's attention span due to tortilla tossing, attacks on trans-fats, and, of course, unfortunate fecal jokes, corn is damn near ubiquitous. The good folks at Corn Pr ... More >>

Read This If You Want to Live

Litquake is an earthquake. Of literature. And it is coming for us.

Repertory Film Listings

Litquake is an earthquake. Of literature. And it is coming for us.

Dalai Lama's Counsel 'the Oracle' in Fundraising Mode

Litquake is an earthquake. Of literature. And it is coming for us.

Notebooks From the Underground

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Repertory Film Listings

This is the summer to put pen to paper

Room With a View

Food? What food? We're distracted by the beauty of San Francisco from on high.

Pink Pulp

Investigating lesbian novels of the 1950s

Reps Etc.

Investigating lesbian novels of the 1950s

Reps Etc.

Investigating lesbian novels of the 1950s

Reps Etc.

Investigating lesbian novels of the 1950s

Best Used Books

Book Bay at Fort Mason

Masque of the Pink Book Slasher

The S.F. public library transforms destruction into creation

Say It Loud

Korean-Americans find their voice

Night+Day

Korean-Americans find their voice

Letters

Korean-Americans find their voice

Whose Library Is It?

Funding for the New Main Library has activists wondering about the private sector's role in the public institution

Runaway InfoExpress

Should the San Francisco Library be pay-per-view?