Tai Chi for Health

Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.

Liping Zhu L.Ac., a disciple of Daoist Master Yu Anren, Qigong instructor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and founder of Qi Dragon Healing Center, will teach basic elements of the Swimming Dragon Tai Chi. It is a beautiful and gentle form for circulating and cultivating Qi and for enhancing balance, flexibility, and coordination. Please wear loose and comfortable clothing and exercise shoes. All levels are welcome. Space is limited. Please call the branch or register with a librarian.



PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS.

This is a Practical Skills for Adults Workshop.

Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Few cities are so dramatically identified with their environment as San Francisco--the landscape of hills, the expansive bay, the engulfing fog, and even the deadly fault line shifting below. Yet most residents think of the city itself as separate from the natural environment on which it depends. In Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco, Philip J. Dreyfus recounts the history of San Francisco from Indian village to world-class metropolis, focusing on the interactions between the city and the land and on the generations of people who have transformed them both. Dreyfus examines the ways that San Franciscans remade the landscape to fit their needs, and how their actions reflected and affected their ideas about nature, from the destruction of wetlands and forests to the creation of Golden Gate and Yosemite parks, the Sierra Club, and later, the birth of the modern environmental movement.

This is a Merced Branch Library Arts & Culture Salon.

Bullitt - San Francisco Public Library Film Festival

Ingleside Terraces: San Francisco Racetrack to Residence Park

Wednesday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m.

San Francisco historian Woody LaBounty will tell stories of the Ingleside Racetrack, show some of the neighborhood’s stunning architecture and decorative elements (including a Giant Sundial), and explain how Ingleside Terraces has vividly reflected the nation’s anxieties, quest for beauty, shifting ideals, and sense of home over the past one hundred years.

 
 
 
 

 
Mr. LaBounty will also present this program at the Ocean View Branch Library on Saturday, July 21st at 2:30 p.m.  The address and phone number of the Ocean View Branch are: 345 Randolph (at Ramsell), (415) 355-5615.

Cartooning Basics with Sirron Norris

Wednesday, July 18 at 2:00 p.m.

Learn to design characters and create expressions in a one-hour workshop.  Ages 7 to 15.

Comedy Magic with Robert Strong

Tuesday, July 10 at 4:00 p.m.

Amaze your friends and astound your enemies when you learn pro magic tricks from San Francisco's funniest magician.