CLUB VR+
Join our new CLUB VR+, try our new Virtual Reality Oculus system, learn how to do 3D printing, tinker with small machines, build with Legos and much more.
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Library Updates
La Inteligencia del Corazon
Aprende como el corazón y la mente pueden trabajar en forma conjunta y asi accesar a una inteligencia superior para el manejo de tu vida, tus decisiones y tu energía. Este taller sera impartido por la maestra Ruth Galvan.
No commentsHalloween Party
The Teen Advisory Board is hosting a fun Halloween party! Enjoy crafts, games, treats, and face painting. Costumes are encouraged (there might be prizes…)!
This program is for children and teens of all ages. Drop-in event; no registration required.
No commentsProcess Art: Splatter Resist!
In this process art activity, we’re combining two techniques: tape resist and splatter paint. Process art is a contemporary movement where the journey counts more than the outcome!
Please wear clothes that are okay to get messy. This fun drop-in program is for families with kids of all ages; no registration required!
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Libraries Closed for New Years
No commentsRacial Justice Book Club – White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America
Racial Justice Book Club – White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America by Margaret Hagerman
This discussion will be facilitated by SURJ Marin (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
American kids are living in a world of ongoing public debates about race, daily displays of racial injustice, and for some, an increased awareness surrounding diversity and inclusion. In this heated context, sociologist Margaret A. Hagerman zeroes in on affluent, white kids to observe how they make sense of privilege, unequal educational opportunities, and police violence. In fascinating detail, Hagerman considers the role that they and their families play in the reproduction of racism and racial inequality in America.
White Kids, based on two years of research involving in-depth interviews with white kids and their families, is a clear-eyed and sometimes shocking account of how white kids learn about race. In doing so, this book explores questions such as, “How do white kids learn about race when they grow up in families that do not talk openly about race or acknowledge its impact?” and “What about children growing up in families with parents who consider themselves to be ‘anti-racist’?”
Featuring the actual voices of young, affluent white kids and what they think about race, racism, inequality, and privilege, White Kids illuminates how white racial socialization is much more dynamic, complex, and varied than previously recognized. It is a process that stretches beyond white parents’ explicit conversations with their white children and includes not only the choices parents make about neighborhoods, schools, peer groups, extracurricular activities, and media, but also the choices made by the kids themselves. By interviewing kids who are growing up in different racial contexts—from racially segregated to meaningfully integrated and from politically progressive to conservative—this important book documents key differences in the outcomes of white racial socialization across families. And by observing families in their everyday lives, this book explores the extent to which white families, even those with anti-racist intentions, reproduce and reinforce the forms of inequality they say they reject.
SURJ Marin is part of a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice with passion and
accountability. You can find more information about SURJ here: www.surjmarin.org
Autumn Aerodynamics with Ane Carla Rovetta
Seeds, leaves, feathers! The autumn wind stir many a natural object with swirling ease. In this fun class, we will observe the different designs that nature employs to move items about. We will even make a natural toy that spins and flies through the clear blue sky.
For children ages 7 and up. Space is limited; please register at the Children’s Desk.
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Virtual Reality
VIVE -Virtual Reality:
Whether you’ve experimented with virtual reality systems or not, here is your chance to try out one of our many games. Fly around the planet and visit distant locations with Google Earth; step into a virtual work world with “Job Simulator;” or solve puzzles as you interact with a cool virtual world with “Retne.”
Reserve your place by stopping by a reference desk or calling the library at (415) 485-3321
Virtual Reality
VIVE -Virtual Reality:
Whether you’ve experimented with virtual reality systems or not, here is your chance to try out one of our many games. Fly around the planet and visit distant locations with Google Earth; step into a virtual work world with “Job Simulator;” or solve puzzles as you interact with a cool virtual world with “Retne.”
Reserve your place by stopping by a reference desk or calling the library at (415) 485-3321
Memory Lab Workshop
Treasured family photos, slides, negatives, and documents are often fragile and easily damaged by a variety of environmental factors. Learn how to use the library’s new high-quality scanner to create digital copies of your cherished memorabilia, preserve them for future generations, and share them easily among friends and family.
Class participants will be able to reserve working time with the scanner in the future.
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4th Street Pop-Up Library
Hours
Sun: 10:00-5:00
Mon: 10:00-7:00
Tues: 10:00-7:00
Weds: 10:00-7:00
Thurs: 10:00-5:00
Fri: 10:00-5:00
Sat: 10:00-5:00Contact
(415) 485-3323Address
1009 4th Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
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Pickleweed Library
Hours
Sun: closed
Mon: 10:00-5:00
Tues: 10:00-5:00
Weds: 12:00-7:00
Thurs: 10:00-5:00
Fri: 10:00-5:00
Sat: 10:00-5:00Contact
(415) 485-3483Address
50 Canal Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
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Northgate Library
Hours
Sun: closed
Mon: closed
Tues: 12:00-7:00
Weds: 10:00-5:00
Thurs: 10:00-5:00
Fri: 10:00-5:00
Sat: 10:00-5:00
Contact
(415) 890-5670Address
5800 Northgate Drive Ste. 083
San Rafael, CA 94903
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