What Do You Love?

Posted by on 25 January 15

What do you love?

Whether it be books, sunny days, cats, dogs, your family, cupcakes, sports, recess–let the world know! Write (or draw) whatever you love on a heart that will be hung on a Valentine Streamer in the Children’s Room. We provide the supplies, you drop in and provide the ideas.

For youth up to age 14.

One Book One Marin Book Discussion

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

What did you think of this year’s One Book One Marin selection,  At Night We Walk in Circles, by Daniel Alarcón?  Share your thoughts and explore more deeply this complex tale of a South American touring theater group where one member’s past collides dramatically with another member’s life.

The Next Chapter: Retirement- Garden for Life with Adaptive Gardening

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

A lifelong love of gardening does not have to end as low stamina, mobility and other issues arise.  There are some simple things that can be done to make the garden an on-gong place of joy.  Come and learn about gardening activities, techniques and adaptations to create fully functional, accessible gardens.

If you are a gardener who is experiencing the march of time or other physical limitations, yet you know you want to garden for life, learn techniques that will enable you to garden without injury and gain insight on ways to keep gardening safely so you can maintain this gratifying lifelong passion. Examples of adaptive tools will be demonstrated.

Speaker: Toni Gattone, a Master Gardener since 2011, is a gardener, a teacher, and small business owner. She lives on a tiny lot in Larkspur where she and her husband are transforming their traditional, ornamental front yard into a productive edible landscape.

Transitioning Your Edible Garden- CANCELLED!

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

PROGRAM CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. TO BE RESCHEDULED SOON!

How to Transition Your Edible Garden from Cool Season to Warm Season, a free talk presented by Claire Splan, author of California Fruit and Vegetable Gardening, California Month-by-Month Gardening, and creator of the blog, An Alameda Garden. Claire will discuss preparing your soil, selecting what and when to plant, rotating crops, and successive plantings to stretch out the harvest. This program will be held in the library’s meeting room on Sunday, March 3^rd, 2015 from 2 to 3 p.m. For more information please call (415) 485-3321.

The Next Chapter: Retirement- Edible Gardening Program

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

“How to Transition Your Edible Garden from Cool Season to Warm Season” is a free talk presented by Claire Splan, author of California Fruit and Vegetable Gardening, California Month-by-Month Gardening, and creator of the blog, An Alameda Garden. Claire will discuss preparing your soil, selecting what and when to plant, rotating crops, and successive plantings to stretch out the harvest. This program will be held in the library’s meeting room.

Join us every 3rd Friday of the month for more topics in the Next Chapter: Retirement series.

Learning to Say Yes- An Improv Workshop

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

Join us for an interactive improvisation workshop taught by Stacy Mayer and Susie Sargent from The Un-Scripted Theater Company^®.

Have you ever said no when you could have said yes?  Would you like to learn how to better collaborate with others?   Using improvisation techniques you will gain confidence and learn how to accept other’s ideas. No experience necessary.

The Un-Scripted Theater Company has created totally improvised theatrical productions in San Francisco since 2002.  Stacy Mayer directs improv shows in New York, Chicago and San Francisco.  Susie enjoys sharing her love of improv with students from ages 3 to 85.  Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael Public Library.

This program is inspired by this year’s One Book One Marin book selection At Night We Walk in Circles, by Daniel Alarcón. Find out about the book we’re all reading and other One Book One Marin events at the library.

TeamWorks Art Activity and Information

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

Katya McCulloch, Program Director & Founder, will give a talk about TeamWorks Art Mentoring Program. TeamWorks provides visual arts education, mentoring and exhibit opportunities for high-risk youth in juvenile detention and continuation high schools in Marin. Katya also teaches blockprinting at San Quentin State Prison through the William James Association’s Prison Art Project. This event will include a hands-on creativity workshop for attendees.  Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael Public Library.

This program is inspired by this year’s One Book One Marin book selection At Night We Walk in Circles, by Daniel Alarcón. Find out about the book we’re all reading and other One Book One Marin events at the library.

The Greatest Hits of Peruvian Archaeology

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

Are you interested in learning about the Ancient Peruvians who actually did walk in circles (the Nazca)? Peru’s archaeological record brings to light amazing stories of ceremony, resilience and innovation. This program by San Rafael Public Library’s Assistant Director (and former South American archaeology student) Vanessa Christman will feature the “greatest hits” of 7000 years of Peruvian prehistory.

This program is inspired by this year’s One Book One Marin book selection At Night We Walk in Circles, by Daniel Alarcón. Find out about the book we’re all reading and other One Book One Marin events at the library.

A Life in the Arts: Margie Belrose

Posted by diane on 23 January 15

Join us for what is sure to be an entertaining evening with Margie Belrose, co-founder of The Belrose Performing Arts Center. Margie will discuss her life in the arts and the journey that became her book, “The Me I Found.”

This program is inspired by this year’s One Book One Marin book selection At Night We Walk in Circles, by Daniel Alarcón. Find out about the book we’re all reading and other One Book One Marin events at the library.

Henna Workshop

Posted by on 22 January 15

Artist Rachel-Anne Palacios will share the traditional and beautiful art of Henna. Each participant will receive a special henna design from Rachel-Anne, as well as henna paste to practice with in the library and take home.

For middle school aged youth (grades 6-8). Registration and permission slip are required. Please sign up at the Children’s Room Reference Desk.

Sponsored by the Friends of the San Rafael Public Library