Drop-in Tech Help

Posted by davagy on 11 January 25

Need help with your laptop, phone or tablet? Want to set up an email account? Want to check out our digital resources? We now offer drop-in tech help at Northgate!

• Tech help is limited. We cannot do repairs.

Drop-in Tech Help

Posted by davagy on 11 January 25

Need help with your laptop, phone or tablet? Want to set up an email account? Want to check out our digital resources? We now offer drop-in tech help at Pickleweed on Thursdays!

• Tech help is limited. We cannot do repairs.

Necesita ayuda con su laptop, teléfono o tableta? Quiere abrir una cuenta de correo electónico? Quiere saber sobre los servicios digitales que ofrecemos? ¡Ahora ofrecemos ayuda técnica sin necesidad de cita en Pickleweed los jueves!

• La ayuda técnica es limitada. No ofrecemos reparaciones.

Valentine Card Crafting for Adults & Teens

Posted by bonnie on 31 December 24

This Valentine’s Day, express your creativity through beautiful handmade cards. We’ll provide you with a variety of crafting papers and materials, some fun collage elements, cards, envelopes, and more. You bring your ideas and special elements that you’d like to include in your valentines.

Librarian, Pam Klein and Artist, Annie Fogarty will be your facilitators.

For ages 13 and up.

Valentine Card Crafting for Adults & Teens

Posted by bonnie on 31 December 24

This Valentine’s Day, express your creativity through beautiful handmade cards. We’ll provide you with a variety of crafting papers and materials, some fun collage elements, cards, envelopes, and more. You bring your ideas and any special elements that you’d like to include in your valentines.

Librarian Pam Klein will be your facilitator. This program is for ages 13 and up.

Reading and Homework Help/Ayuda con Lectura y la Tarea

Posted by davagy on 21 December 24

In-Person, Drop-In Reading and Homework Help

Starts Monday, February 3rd at 4th Street Pop-Up Library!

Free drop-in, in-person tutoring for grades 1-8 will be regularly available on Mondays and Wednesdays, 4 to 6 PM. Kids will be helped in a first come, first served basis. 

In partnership with Dominican University.

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Ayuda en persona con lectura y la tarea, sin cita previa

¡Comienza el lunes, 3 de febrero en la Biblioteca Temporal!

Los lunes y miércoles, de 4 a 6 de la tarde, habrá ayuda gratuita con la tarea para los alumnos de 1º a 8º grado. Se ayudará a los niños por orden de llegada.

En colaboración con Dominican University.

Filmmakers in Focus

Posted by bonnie on 17 December 24

Please join us for a screening of “My Secret Country” a film by local filmmaker Marlo McKenzie. Marlo will be present for Q&A after the screening

MY SECRET COUNTRY

You can watch the trailer here.

For more information about the film visit: https://www.mysecretcountry.org/

MY SECRET COUNTRY made its world premiere at the San Francisco Documentary Festival in June and has since screened at festivals worldwide. It received the Best Feature Documentary award at the San Diego International Kids Film Festival, Best Documentary North America at the Kids International Family Film Festival, and earned an Honorable Mention at the Atlanta Children’s Film Festival. The film was also highlighted in an article by The New York Times.

Marlo McKenzie is a storyteller originally from Metro Detroit. She’s studied language in France, worked in theater in Germany, and co-founded a video production company that trains underserved youth in Australia.

*To be notified of upcoming showings of our Filmmakers in Focus series, contact Lea at lea.aschkenas@cityofsanrafael.org.

Quarterly Classics Book Club

Posted by davagy on 26 November 24

Make 2026 be the year that you get to some of those classics you’d always planned to read! With our quarterly meetings, you can read leisurely and dive deeply. We’ll explore both fiction and nonfiction from the US and abroad for an expansive view of the past and, perhaps, a better understanding of the present.

Meets first Thursday of every third month.

First ten registered participants receive a free copy of each meeting’s book.

To register, email Lea at lea.aschkenas@cityofsanrafael.org.

May 7 — The Awakening, by Kate Chopin

August 6 — The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Alex Haley

Quarterly Classics Book Club

Posted by davagy on 26 November 24

Make 2026 be the year that you get to some of those classics you’d always planned to read! With our quarterly meetings, you can read leisurely and dive deeply. We’ll explore both fiction and nonfiction from the US and abroad for an expansive view of the past and, perhaps, a better understanding of the present.

Meets first Thursday of every third month.

First ten registered participants receive a free copy of each meeting’s book.

To register, email Lea at lea.aschkenas@cityofsanrafael.org.

August 6 — The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Alex Haley

Quarterly Classics Book Club

Posted by davagy on 26 November 24

Make 2026 be the year that you get to some of those classics you’d always planned to read! With our quarterly meetings, you can read leisurely and dive deeply. We’ll explore both fiction and nonfiction from the US and abroad for an expansive view of the past and, perhaps, a better understanding of the present.

Meets first Thursday of every third month.

First ten registered participants receive a free copy of each meeting’s book.

To register, email Lea at lea.aschkenas@cityofsanrafael.org.

February 5 — It Can’t Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis

May 7 — The Awakening, by Kate Chopin

August 6 — The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Alex Haley

Quarterly Classics Book Club

Posted by davagy on 26 November 24

Make 2025 be the year that you get to some of those classics you’d always planned to read! With our quarterly meetings, you can read leisurely and dive deeply. We’ll explore both fiction and nonfiction from the US and abroad for an expansive view of the past and, perhaps, a better understanding of the present.

Meets first Thursday of every third month.

First ten registered participants receive a free copy of each meeting’s book.

To register, email Lea at lea.aschkenas@cityofsanrafael.org.

November 6 — A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway