Build At the Library: KEVA Contraptions

Tuesday, 11/18/2014, 4:00-5:00

Bonnie Lockhart: Music from Around the World

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 4:00 PM

Jumpstart's Read for the Record: Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 4:00 PM

Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life in Art

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 7:00 PM

 

 

 Merced Arts & Culture Salon

 

 

San Francisco artist Marlene Aron discusses the celebrated art and life of Georgia O’Keeffe.  From her large, sensuous flowers and her expansive, beautiful landscapes, to her soaring skyscrapers and starry nights, O’Keeffe created a uniquely personal art with a vision that was clearly her own.  

  

 

Walt Whitman: America's Poet of the Open Road

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at 7:00 p.m.

Merced Arts & Culture Salon

In this one-man performance, Tim Holt takes on the role of Walt Whitman, presenting his life and work in poetry and prose. Holt, as Whitman, celebrates the energy, the sprawling expanse, and diversity of America in the mid-19th century. Whitman's saga includes his early years growing up on Long Island, his newspaper career, and his encounters with Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson--the life experiences that went into the making of Leaves of Grass.

Mexican Paper Flowers/Flores de Papel

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

A Prairie Home Companion: The Motion Picture

Everything in Pen Sings of Books

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE PRESENTER'S CONTROL, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

This program features acoustic artist Everything in Pen (Elizabeth Hubbard) and her favorite song topic—books.  Combining the pop sensibility of Big Star and the off-beat narrative observations of Jonathan Richman, Everything in Pen’s songs cover a vast array of topics and authors---war criminals, sexism, post office closures, Dave Eggers, Richard Yates, Barbara Kingsolver and Robert McNamara--through her unique lens as an obsessive reader.  She sings the things you won’t say aloud, of the foolishness, the hopefulness and the almost unbearable humanness of us all.  This show will include a brief explanation about each song’s connection to the book and time at the end to answer questions about songwriting.  When not surrounded by books and a guitar, Elizabeth is navigating her complicated relationship with little dogs and plotting the demise of lined paper.   Hear more at www.everythinginpen.com .

All-Ages Clothing Swap

Saturday, August 16th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Out with the old and in with the new!  Join us for a clothing swap where you can refresh your wardrobe in a free and eco-friendly way.  Bring gently used clothing to exchange with your neighbors.  The swap will run from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, so feel free to drop in anytime!

T(w)een Knitting Circle

Tuesday, July 29, 2:00pm-3:00pm

Cherry Hoops, Hula Hooper

Saturday, July 26, 2:00-3:00PM

Magic with Mike Della Penna

Saturday, July 19, 4:00-5:00 PM

Starring San Francisco: Bay Area Film Locations in Hollywood Movies

Wednesday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m.

Merced Arts & Culture Salon / Summer Reading Program

San Francisco has appeared in hundreds of movies and television series, some famous, others obscure, from Eric von Stroheim's 1924 Greed to Dirty Harry to Zodiac. Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of Celluloid San Francisco (and former SFPL librarian), uses film stills and clips to demonstrate the Bay Area's rich cinematic history. Among the many familiar (or not-so-familiar scenes) are the Alta Plaza Park steps being chipped in What's Up, Doc?, the futuristic skyline in Towering Inferno and Bicentennial Man and the geographically inconsistent chase sequence in Bullitt.

 

Princess Diaries: A San Francisco Public Library Film Festival Screening

Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 6:30 p.m.

Shy San Francisco teenager Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is completely thrown for a loop by the unexpected and astonishing news that she's a real-life princess! As the heir apparent to the crown of the small European principality of Genovia, Mia begins a comical journey toward that throne when her strict and formidable grandmother Clarisse (Julie Andrews) shows up to give her "princess lessons."

Please note that this Merced Arts & Culture Salon / Summer Reading Program presentation begins at 6:30 p.m., one half hour earlier than most Salons.

Make Your Own Veggie Sushi

Tuesday, July 8, 2:00-3:00pm

Little Explorers Petting Zoo

Tuesday, July 1, 2:30-4:30pm

T(w)een Knitting Circle

Tuesday, June 24, 2:00-3:00pm

 

The Lizard Lady

Tuesday, June 17 at 4:00-5:00 p.m. 

 

Adult Knitting Circle

Tuesday, May 13 at 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Understanding Dementia

Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00-8:00p.m.

Children's Programs, May 2014

Lots of fun children's programs going on during the month of May.  Please join us.

 



Maker May: Build your own BrushBot/Hexbug

Tuesday, May 27 at 4:00-5:00p.m.

 

Lego Free Play

Saturday, May 17 at 2:00-3:00p.m.

 

Merced Library Open House & Arts and Culture Salon

 

Wednesday, May 14 at 6-8 p.m.

 

Lego Free Play

Tuesday, April 29 at 4:00

Big San Francisco Play Date

Tuesday, April 12 at 11:00am-1:00pm

Children's Programs, April 2014

Lots of fun children's programs going on during the month of April.  Please join us.

History of Libraries

Wednesday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m.

 

Merced Arts & Culture Salon

 

In honor of National Library Week, Patricia Southard presents a history of libraries from ancient times to the modern era in the United States, tracing the evolution from imperial support to democratic access.