Board Game Bonanza

Tuesday, March 25 at 4:00

Performing Arts Festival: The Gustafer Yellowgold Show

Tuesday, March 18 at 4:00

 

Children's Programs, March 2014

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

The Evolving Chinese Dress, 1909-1973: Cheongsam/Qipao

Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m.

This garment presentation examines the fashion trends from China to other transnational communities dating from 1909 to 1973. There will be examples of a “Pleated Skirt, "Glossy Cloth” also known as Bi-colored Silk, Qipao aka Cheong Sam, knotted floral buttons and polychrome silk embroidery. We will examine the fashion and historical context that reflected a restricted lifestyle to a liberated one for Chinese women. We will also examine various fabric and tailoring details.

 

This a PowerPoint presentation and will include a sampling of the actual garments. 

 

Presenter Jeanie Low is an award-winning quilt artist living in San Francisco and is a member of the San Francisco Quilters’ Guild, Textile Arts Council and Ethnics Textile Study Group.

Merced Arts & Culture Salon
Women's History Month

San Francisco's Watch Dogs: The Civil Grand Jury

 Wednesday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m.

What is the purpose of the grand jury? Who serves on it? How does it work? Does anything happen with the jury's findings and recommendations? Get answers and ask questions following the brief presentation by former civil grand jurors. Sponsored by the California Grand Juror's Association, San Francisco Chapter.