Join us for a screening of local filmmaker Harris Cohen’s two short documentaries about San Rafael characters, past and present.
“Phyllis!” (13:24) profiles Phyllis Thelen, the nonagenarian artist and founder of San Rafael’s Art Works Downtown. Phyllis was also instrumental in the organization of Marin Ballet and Youth in Arts and is the recipient of numerous honors, including San Rafael’s 2009 Citizen of the Year. Phyllis will be in attendance and available for questions afterwards!
“Joe’s Story” (8:23) portrays the life of Joe Moist, a developmentally disabled man. With the help of the San Rafael nonprofit Opportunity for Independence, Joe found a home and a community and, for a time, was affectionately known as The Mayor of 4th Street.
The films will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Harris Cohen, Filmmaker:
After studying in the theater arts department at the University of California, Los Angeles, Cohen, 83, had a long career in television, working as a cameraman and producing, directing and editing news stories for the “CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite” and NBC’s “The Huntley–Brinkley Report,” as well as creating hundreds of short-form documentaries. In 1983, he founded Magnetic Image Video, a video production equipment rental and crew services business, then based in San Rafael, and has created numerous videos for nonprofit organizations pro bono.
Get in the spirit of Juneteenth with these informative, entertaining, and inspiring stories by award winning, Grammy nominated, African American storyteller Diane Ferlatte, accompanied by musician Erik Pearson.
For Ages 8+ Registration and parent permission required; call or visit Pickleweed Library.
Preference given to children who live in the Canal and are new to biking!
Learn about bike safety and then participate in a supervised local ride. We meet at Pickleweed Park with bikes, helmets, and water bottles provided, as well as transportation to off-site rides. Presented in partnership with Trips for Kids.
This program is brought to you thanks to the support of The Friends of the Library.
Edades 8+
Se requiere inscripción y permiso de los padres; llame o visite la Biblioteca Pickleweed
Aprende sobre seguridad al andar en bicicleta y luego participa en un paseo local supervisado. Nos reunimos en el parque de Pickleweed con bicicletas, cascos y botellas de agua, así como el transporte a paseos en otra locación. Presentado en colaboración conTrips for Kids. Cupo limitado, comuníquese con la Biblioteca Pickleweed para obtener más información.
Este programa se ofrece gracias al apoyo de Friends of the Library.
Prepare to be wowed by everything from rainbow bubbles, dancing bubbles, acrobatic bubbles, spaceship bubbles, love bubbles, bubble haircuts, bubble brains, dragon and whale bubbles, universe bubbles and people in bubbles, to name a few! Don’t burst our bubbles, we will be having a bubbly good time at the library!
This program is brought to you thanks to the support of The Friends of the Library.
Prepárate para asombrarte con todo tipo de cosas: burbujas arco iris, burbujas bailarinas, burbujas acrobáticas, burbujas de naves espaciales, burbujas de amor, cortes de pelo de burbujas, cerebros de burbujas, burbujas de dragones y ballenas, burbujas del universo y personas en burbujas, ¡por nombrar algunas! No revientes nuestras burbujas, ¡nos lo pasaremos en grande en la biblioteca!
Este programa llega a usted gracias al apoyo de Los Amigos de la Biblioteca.
Can’t make it to the circus this summer? Let it come to you at the library. Circus of Smiles delivers non-stop excitement and family-friendly theatrics that get people laughing, audience members participating, and everyone hoping for more.
Aúnque el evento será en inglés, todos son bienvenidos.
Thanks to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this event.
Gracias a los Friends of the Library por patrocinar este evento.
Can’t make it to the circus this summer? Let it come to you at the library. Circus of Smiles delivers non-stop excitement and family-friendly theatrics that get people laughing, audience members participating, and everyone hoping for more.
Aúnque el evento será en inglés, todos son bienvenidos.
Thanks to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this event. Gracias a los Friends of the Library por patrocinar este evento.
¡Disfruta un tiempo especial con tu hijo(a) en edad preescolar leyendo juntos un cuento ilustrado! Cada semana, la maestra
leerá un libro diferente que introduce vocabulario usado en el salón de clases de kindergarten. Los libros se leen en español e inglés.
Después de la lectura, se compartirá información para los padres sobre las escuelas locales, cómo ayudar a tu hijo(a) a hacer una transición exitosa al aula, y otros temas relacionados
con la educación.
Para inscribirte:
Ivette Villarreal
(628) 240-4400 Mobile
ivillarreal@parentservices.org
This event will be held in San Rafael City Council Chambers at 6:30pm.
The San Rafael Public Library is honored to present local artist, Evri Kwong, and his latest project:
Angel Island is the Ellis Island of the West Coast, NOT!
This is how Evri’s new project began…
It’s 2021. The story begins by me asking my uncle to share what happened to our family? How did we come to America?
His simple response was, “Why do you want to dredge up the past? I thought we are past that. Life is good now.” I said, “I understand, but I have a daughter now and I want her to know our history in America.
Evri Kwong was born in San Francisco and raised in the Bay Area. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute where he received a BFA and MFA in Drawing and Painting. During graduate school, Kwong was awarded a full fellowship to study at the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. He has received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant for Painting. Currently.
He is currently an adjunct professor of drawing and painting at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Kwong’s work is in numerous public and private institutions, most recently: “Unruly” at the Museum of Sonoma County. Also his work has been at the Triennial de Young Open 2023 and the de Young Museum Open in 2021. His work has been written up in international magazines and newspapers and cited in the book Asian American Primary Source Reader (2017, Yale Press) for a painting he made about Vincent Chin, and Worlds in Collison by Carlos Villa, 2021. He also appeared in the documentary film “Smitten” by filmmaker Nancy Kelly on the Rene Di Rosa Art Collection in Napa, CA, as well as “Breathe Made Visible” by filmmaker Anna Halprin, 2013.
New acquisitions:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Ruben Center for the Visual Arts, University of Texas, El Paso
The University of New Mexico Art Museum
Here’s the Pacific Sun article that appeared after his art talk at the San Rafael Public Library June 2023.
Evri Kwong’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions across the country and abroad, including: Catharine Clark Gallery, SF; George Krevsky Gallery, SF; Southern Exposure Gallery, SF; Heidi Cho Gallery, NYC; Asian American Art Centre, NYC; Alternative Museum, NYC; David Beitzel Gallery, NYC; Track 16 Gallery, LA; Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica; Dwight-Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM; Gerald Peters Gallery Project Space, Santa Fe, NM; San Jose Museum Of Art; Triton Museum Of Art; Museum Of Sonoma County; Crocker-Kingsley Museum of Art; Rene Di Rosa Preserve, Napa; Lancaster Museum Of Art, PA; deSaisset Museum, Santa Clara; Ross School of Business (University of Michigan); Stanford University Hospital; Haggerty Museum, Djerassi Foundation, (Woodside, CA); The Lannan Foundation (Santa Fe, NM); Gallery Godo, South Korea, Hana Bank in South Korea; among others.
“Painting is my meditation. Not passive, in action, like water.” – Evri Kwong, Artist
This program is funded by the Friends of the San Rafael Libraries.
Celebrate International Literacy Month with a screening of the documentary short, Silvio Rodriguez: “My First Calling” (25 minutes) in which the world-renowned Cuban folk singer recounts his involvement in the island’s 1961 Literacy Campaign.
Q&A with filmmaker Catherine Murphy will follow.
El Día del Niño es una celebración anual en América Latina, es un día para honrar la vida de los niños, su bienestar y felicidad. ¡Acompañanos a esta fiesta comunitaria para pasar un día de música, obsequio de libros y mucha diversión en la Biblioteca Pickleweed! ¡Prepárate para cantar y bailar con una actuación musical de Aguacate Music Kids!
Día Del Niño/Children’s Day is an annual celebration in Latin America, it is a day to honor the lives of children, their well-being and happiness. Join our community celebration for a day of music, books giveaways and lots of fun at Pickleweed Library! Get ready to sing and dance with a musical performance by Aguacate Music Kids!
“Phyllis!” (13:24) profiles Phyllis Thelen, the nonagenarian artist and founder of San Rafael’s Art Works Downtown. Phyllis was also instrumental in the organization of Marin Ballet and Youth in Arts and is the recipient of numerous honors, including San Rafael’s 2009 Citizen of the Year. Phyllis will be in attendance and available for questions afterwards!
Harris Cohen, Filmmaker:
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