Tea & Trivia

Posted by on 13 August 19

Put on your hat and gloves and join us at Falkirk Cultural Center for an afternoon trivia contest and tea party celebrating the release of the new Downton Abbey movie.

Sign up to reserve a spot (alone or with a group) at either of our settings by calling the library at (415) 485-3321.

• 3:00-4:30pm
• 6:00-7:30pm

Tea and some light snacks will be provided.

Tea & Trivia

Posted by bonnie on 13 August 19

Put on your hat and gloves and join us at Falkirk Cultural Center for an afternoon trivia contest and tea party celebrating the release of the new Downton Abbey movie.

Sign up to reserve a spot (alone or with a group) at either of our settings by calling the library at (415) 485-3321.

• 3:00-4:30pm
• 6:00-7:30pm

Tea and some light snacks will be provided.

California Poets Laureate for Social Justice

Posted by bonnie on 07 August 19

Three California Poet Laureates will read poems on social justice. This event will be hosted by Ron Riekki, co-editor of Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice

Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate 2017-present

Caroline Goodwin, San Mateo County Poet Laureate 2014-2016

Rafael Jesús González, Berkeley Poet Laureate 2017-present

The Economics of Immigration with Dr. Jon Haveman

Posted by bonnie on 05 August 19

The date for this talk was originally November 13. It has been rescheduled to Monday, December 2, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.

The Economics of Immigration 

Immigration is one of the most visible policy issues today.  It is also an issue that is fraught with misunderstanding. There is a popular understanding that immigration comes at significant cost to society. These costs are in the form of jobs for citizens, impacts on federal, state, and local budgets, and crime. Behind most of these notions is a kernel of truth, but the reality is that immigration is much more benign than is commonly thought and poses no significant drain on government resource.  Quite the contrary, immigration may well be a part of the solution to pressing policy issues.

Jon Haveman, Ph.D is Executive Director of the National Economic Education Delegation (NEED), a San Rafael nonprofit. He is also CEO of EconSpeak.org. He is a man on a mission to make economic policy literacy relevant and real.

Marin IJ article on Jon Haverman

CANCELLED & RESCHEDULED: The Economics of Immigration with Dr. Jon Haveman

Posted by bonnie on 05 August 19

The date for this talk, November 13  has been cancelled.

It is rescheduled to Monday, December 2, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.

The Economics of Immigration 

Immigration is one of the most visible policy issues today.  It is also an issue that is fraught with misunderstanding. There is a popular understanding that immigration comes at significant cost to society. These costs are in the form of jobs for citizens, impacts on federal, state, and local budgets, and crime. Behind most of these notions is a kernel of truth, but the reality is that immigration is much more benign than is commonly thought and poses no significant drain on government resource.  Quite the contrary, immigration may well be a part of the solution to pressing policy issues.

Jon Haveman, Ph.D is Executive Director of the National Economic Education Delegation (NEED), a San Rafael nonprofit. He is also CEO of EconSpeak.org. He is a man on a mission to make economic policy literacy relevant and real.

Marin IJ article on Jon Haverman

Economic Inequality with Dr. Jon Haveman

Posted by bonnie on 05 August 19

Economic Inequality 

Economic inequality, whether measured by income or wealth, is at levels not seen in nearly 100 years.
Dr. Jon Haveman will explore trends in inequality, the sources of growing inequality, explore the potential implications, and discuss policies that might address issues of growing inequality.
There are a variety of policies that can be pursued that would reduce inequality.  The appropriate policy is in direct response to the particular causes.  Though there is no single cause, there are a variety that are not on the public’s radar.  International trade and immigration, for instance, play a relatively small role.

Jon Haveman, Ph.D is Executive Director of the National Economic Education Delegation (NEED), a San Rafael nonprofit. He is also CEO of EconSpeak.org. He is a man on a mission to make economic policy literacy relevant and real.

Marin IJ article on Jon Haverman

Jon has another talk coming up at the library on Wednesday, November 13 at 6:30 on The Economics of Immigration.

Trade Wars with Dr. Jon Haveman

Posted by bonnie on 05 August 19

Trade Wars 

For nearly two years, the United States has been aggressively using international trade policy to achieve its foreign policy goals.  With no country is this exercise of power more clear than with China.
In this talk, we will discuss the various forms of trade policy that are being used and the likely economic implications.

• Do tariffs create more jobs than they destroy?
• Do they actually work for getting other countries to change their behavior?
• What are the distributional implications?

Jon Haveman, Ph.D is Executive Director of the National Economic Education Delegation (NEED), a San Rafael nonprofit. He is also CEO of EconSpeak.org. He is a man on a mission to make economic policy literacy relevant and real.

Marin IJ article on Jon Haverman

Jon has more talks coming up at the library:
Wednesday, October 23 at 6:30 on Economic Inequality
Wednesday, November 13 at 6:30 on The Economics of Immigration.

Art Talk: Soul of a Nation – Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983

Posted by bonnie on 03 August 19

This powerful and provocative presentation focuses on art made in the pivotal decades between 1963 and 1983, when issues of race and identity dominated and defined both public and private discourse. Rarely has an historical exhibition proved to be so timely—and to provoke so much meaningful discussion among its numerous viewers.

The works in Soul of a Nation were forged in a crucible of institutionalized racism and codified prejudice that had pervaded the entire American nation for centuries. Galvanized to take action, and inspired by the Civil Rights struggle for equality and justice, African American artists determined to use art and culture as catalysts for self-definition, self-empowerment, and self-determination.

The artists represented in Soul of a Nation worked in numerous cities across the United States and in multiple media. The de Young’s presentation of Soul of a Nation will include an expanded group of works by artists who worked in the Bay Area. Their paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, collages, assemblages, and custom clothing contributed to the Black Power movement by promoting personal and cultural pride, collective solidarity and empowerment, political and social activism, and pan-African nationalism. Long marginalized, these revelatory works and the enduring relevance of their messages are now understood to be central to the complex histories of American culture.

FAMSF Docent Speaker: Sharon Walton

Art Talk: Genghis Khan: Hero or Tyrant

Posted by bonnie on 03 August 19

Ride with the Mongols and the Khans
as they conquer their vast empires.

Known for his brutal military campaigns, Genghis Khan (c.1162–1227) is also credited with opening communication and trade along the Silk Road, facilitating the spread of culture and new technologies within Asia and between Asia and Europe. He and his descendants came to dominate the largest land empire in history. The history of the Khans will be told using objects from the Asian Art Museum’s collection. Come and see how his legacy continued to influence history for over 800 hundred years.

Asian Art Museum Docent: Yoshi Fukamiya

Art Talk: James Tissot, Fashion & Faith

Posted by bonnie on 03 August 19

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris are co-organizing James Tissot: Fashion & Faith, the first major reassessment of the artist’s career in over 20 years. At San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum (10/12/19-2/9/20), this international retrospective will examine approximately 60 paintings, additional works on paper, and cloisonné enamels by Tissot. Exhibition highlights are drawn from the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, including Tissot’s Self Portrait (ca. 1865) as well as prints and photographs from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. New scholarship on the artist presented in this collaboration demonstrates that even Tissot’s most ebullient society paintings reveal rich and complex commentary on topics such as nineteenth-century society, religion, fashion, and politics, rendering him an artist worthy of reexamination in the twenty-first century.

FAMSF Docent Speaker: Alfred Escoffier