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.

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.

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 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.

August 7 — Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

November 6 — A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway

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, starting in February 2025.

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

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

February 6— If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin 

May 1— Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë 

August 7— A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway

November 6— Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe 

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

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.

May 1— Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë 

August 7— Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

November 6— A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway 

Pickleweed Game Club

Posted by davagy on 05 November 24

Video games and snacks that sounds like a great time.

What?! Yes, the library has got you covered!

Come get your game on with the new Pickleweed Library Video Game Club. The Club is an inclusive place for all tweens and teens to come a hangout, make new friends, play video games and eat delicious snacks.

We will have a Nintendo Switch running some of your favorite games. Come on by and enjoy good company and video games.

• Ages 9 to 17.
• You are more than welcome to bring your own portable system to play.
• Snacks will be provided.

This program is brought to you thanks to the support of The Friends of the Library.

Video juegos y bocadillos suena a un rato divertido.

Ven a jugar con el nuevo Club de Videojuegos de la Biblioteca Pickleweed. El Club es un lugar inclusivo para todos los preadolescentes y adolescentes para venir a pasar el rato, hacer nuevos amigos, jugar videojuegos y comer deliciosos bocadillos.

Tendremos una Nintendo Switch con algunos de tus juegos favoritos. Ven y disfruta de buena compañía y videojuegos.

Edades de 9 a 17 años.
Puedes traer tu propia consola portátil para jugar.
Habrá bocadillos.

Este programa es traído a usted gracias al apoyo de The Friends of the Library.

First Wednesday Art Talk – Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes From Art

Posted by bonnie on 09 October 24

Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021) became famous for his colorful paintings of American confections and buffets. He was also a self-described art “thief,” who openly drew ideas from and reinterpreted old and new European and American artworks. An influential teacher at Sacramento Junior College and the University of California, Davis, Thiebaud never stopped learning. He believed that art history is a continuum that connects artists of the past, present, and future. Highlighting work from across the beloved artist’s six-decade career, this exhibition features Thiebaud’s inventive reinterpretations and direct copies of famous artworks, as well as objects from his personal art collection that inspired him. Approximately 60 quintessential works by Thiebaud — including paintings of people (alone and together); still lives of cakes, tabletops, and other ordinary objects; cityscapes featuring soaring buildings; and mountain landscapes — offer an in-depth exploration of one of the most important and overlooked aspects of his creative practice: his passionate engagement with art history.

“I believe very much in the tradition that art comes from art and nothing else” —Wayne Thiebaud

FAMSF Docent: Alfred Escoffier

This exhibition at the Legion of Honor runs March 22, 2025 – August 17, 2025.

First Wednesday Art Talks are provided by the Friends of the San Rafael Library