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Qigong is  the Chinese art and science of becoming aware of life energy and learning to control its flow.  Qigong instructor, Leslie Shimmin,  shares qigong execises that may help to improve posture, balance, and energy flow through gentle, graceful movements.

Introduction to the Internet. Mouse & keyboard skills required. Sign-up begins May 9.

Trouble with technology? We can help!

• *laptops
• *email
• *tablets
• *cell phones
• *Kindles
• *digital cameras
• *electronic gadgets

Get help from a Teen Conputer Corps volunteer at the Richmond Branch!

Drop-in computer and electronic gadget help for seniors and adults.

Trouble with Technology? We can help!

* Kindles
* email
* laptops
* tablets
* cell phones
* digital cameras
* electronic gadgets

Get help from a Teen Computer Corps Volunteer at the Excelsior Branch!

Drop in on Saturdays, March 23 - June 8 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Marla at mbergman@sfpl.org or 415-355-2868.

Informal, drop-in chess for adults. No sign-up. Chess sets provided.

Trouble with Technology?

We can help!

*email

*laptops

*kindles

*tablets

*cell phones

*digital cameras

*electronic gadgets

Get help from a Teen Computer Corps Volunteer at Chinatown Branch!

Drop in on Wednesdays, 5/22 & 5/29, 3:30 - 5 pm

Stuart Bronstein, estate planning and probate lawyer in San Francisco for more than 30 years, helps participants create fully functional wills. Bring a blue ink non erasable pen. Class size limited. Sign up begins May 15. See a librarian or call 415-355-5600. All programs at the library are free. 

Learn how to use an Email account. Mouse and keyboard skills required. Sign-up begins May 16.

Trouble with Technology? We can help!

* Kindles
* email
* laptops
* tablets
* cell phones
* digital cameras
* electronic gadgets

Get help from a Teen Computer Corps Volunteer at the Excelsior Branch!

Drop in on Saturdays, March 23 - June 8 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Marla at mbergman@sfpl.org or 415-355-2868.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Medicare solutions specialist Joe D'Aura will explain how Medicare supplements work.

Tai Chi may help you improve your health, fitness, balance, flexibility, coordination, and posture.  This ten week series will introduce you to the Yang Style long form. 

Advanced beginner class: 1:30 to 2:30PM

Beginner class: 2:30 to 3:30PM

Class size is limited. Stop by the information desk or call 415/355-5707 to register.

Gentle chair yoga, good for all ages! Simple movements designed to wake up both the small and large joints of the body! Breath and easy mind-calming exercises...

Come join us at the Portola Branch for a chair yoga class led by Mark Cormier, featuring a combination of chair and standing poses.

Sign up for one of these classes to learn how to set up an email account and use it. Class size is limited; see the librarian to register.

Mouse and keyboard skills. Sign-up begins May 23.

Do you or someone you love or care for have:

• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Heart problems
• Chronic health problems

Learn how to:

• Manage pain, stress, and fatigue
• Be more fit and eat healthier
• Work more effectively with your doctor and healthcare professionals
• Set goals and problem solve to make positive changes in your life
• Feel better and reduce your healthcare costs

This workshop takes place from June 7 to July 19 (no class on July 5).

Everyone is welcome though space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Sign up in person or call (415) 355-2868 register.

Workshop will be in English. FREE gifts and awards will be given to participants completing the workshop!

Developed by Stanford University School of Medicine

Cosponsored by San Francisco Dept. of Aging & Adult Services and 30th Street Senior Center

Robert Henry Johnson’s 60 Million Plus Theater presents The Commission Project, a play reading series which features new and unproduced work of African American dramatists.

Robert Henry Johnson’s Sonders, a three act play, set in 1898, explores the themes of legacy, emancipation and the black family structure.

David Johnson, a photographer of African American life in San Francisco during the middle of the 20^th century will present his photographs.  There will be a book signing for his collection of photographs, A Dream Begun So Long Ago.

Trouble with Technology? We can help!

* Kindles
* email
* laptops
* tablets
* cell phones
* digital cameras
* electronic gadgets

Get help from a Teen Computer Corps Volunteer at the Excelsior Branch!

Drop in on Saturdays, March 23 - June 8 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Marla at mbergman@sfpl.org or 415-355-2868.

The San Francisco Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and the Bayview Branch of the San Francisco Public Library presents a discussion and readings by three authors:

• Mykah Montgomery: The Girl Who Wanted a Tail (children’s book)
• Patricia Saunders: Through the Fire (poetry)
• Lisa White: Pink Milk (children’s book)

Moderated by Karen Johnson of Marcus Bookstore

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Drop-in chess for adults; all levels welcome. No sign-up. Chess sets provided.

Sign up for one of these classes to learn how to set up an email account and use it. Class size is limited; see the librarian to register.

Do you or someone you love or care for have:

• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Heart problems
• Chronic health problems

Learn how to:

• Manage pain, stress, and fatigue
• Be more fit and eat healthier
• Work more effectively with your doctor and healthcare professionals
• Set goals and problem solve to make positive changes in your life
• Feel better and reduce your healthcare costs

This workshop takes place from June 7 to July 19 (no class on July 5).

Everyone is welcome though space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Sign up in person or call (415) 355-2868 register.

Workshop will be in English. FREE gifts and awards will be given to participants completing the workshop!

Developed by Stanford University School of Medicine

Cosponsored by San Francisco Dept. of Aging & Adult Services and 30th Street Senior Center

Kayo Kurata has been folding paper since childhood and leads a monthly origami club at the Bernal Heights branch library. All skill levels welcome; supplies provided. Advance registration required. See a librarian or call 415-355-5600.

 Join music historian Richie Unterberger for  "The Golden Age of Soul Vol. 3"  The program will feature rare clips of  performers such as Mary Wells, Jackie Wilson, Major Lance, Jimmy Cliff, Little Eva, the Four Tops, and Les McCann & Eddie Harris.  Also featured will be performers spotlighted in the previous two programs, such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Sly Stone, and Stevie Wonder.

In commemoration of Juneteenth,  artists who are included in the Afro-Futurism: Envisioning the Year 2070 and Beyond  will discuss their work and the exhibit.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

What You Need To Know If You Are Already Enrolled
Medicare solutions specialist Joe D'Aura will explain what you need to know if you are already enrolled in Medicare.

Gentle chair yoga, good for all ages! Simple movements designed to wake up both the small and large joints of the body! Breath and easy mind-calming exercises...

Come join us at the Portola Branch for a chair yoga class led by Mark Cormier, featuring a combination of chair and standing poses.

Stuart Bronstein, estate planning and probate lawyer in San Francisco for more than 30 years, helps participants create fully functional wills. Bring a blue ink non erasable pen. Class size limited. Sign up begins June 5. See a librarian or call 415-355-5600. All programs at the library are free. 

A wellness program presented by Charles Kraus for the 50+ generation that demonstrates easily learned techniques for improving memory. Special attention will be paid to day to day isues confronted by mature adults, taming forgetfulness and remembering names and facts. Charles takes everyone on a supermarket tour, teaching how to memorize a long shopping list and where you parked the car!

Sign up for one of these classes to learn how to set up an email account and use it. Class size is limited; see the librarian to register.

Introduction to the Internet. Mouse and keyboard skills required. Sign-up begins June 6.

Do you or someone you love or care for have:

• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Heart problems
• Chronic health problems

Learn how to:

• Manage pain, stress, and fatigue
• Be more fit and eat healthier
• Work more effectively with your doctor and healthcare professionals
• Set goals and problem solve to make positive changes in your life
• Feel better and reduce your healthcare costs

This workshop takes place from June 7 to July 19 (no class on July 5).

Everyone is welcome though space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Sign up in person or call (415) 355-2868 register.

Workshop will be in English. FREE gifts and awards will be given to participants completing the workshop!

Developed by Stanford University School of Medicine

Cosponsored by San Francisco Dept. of Aging & Adult Services and 30th Street Senior Center

Bring your knitting projects. All levels welcome. Ages 18 and up.

This is a pragmatic workshop packed with useful information.   Charles Kraus demonstrates easily leaned techniques for improving memory. The methods are great for students, midlife adults, and seniors who want to recalibrate their skills. Many of the techniques can be mastered instantly. 

Everyone who attends improves his or her ability to recall names, facts, numbers, daily schedules, shopping lists, where they left the cell phone, where they parked the car, and other details that seem to zip by in these busy days.
                                                                                                           
A complimentary tip sheet and bibliography are provided to each participant.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

A wellness presentation for Boomers and the 50+ generation, demonstrating easily learned techniques for improving memory. Special focus on day to day issues confronted by mature adults, taming forgetfulness, remembering names & facts.

Charles Kraus takes everyone on a supermarket tour, teaching how to rapidly memorize a long shopping list and where you parked the car. A mental tune-up! Tip sheets and bibliography will be provided.

Drop-in chess for adults; all levels welcome. No sign-up. Chess sets provided.

Stuart Bronstein, an estate planning and probate lawyer in San Francisco for more than 30 years, will help participants create fully functional wills.  Bring a blue ink non-erasable pen.  Limited to 25 participants, advance registration is required.  Please call the branch or see a librarian to register.

Join Tammy from Destiny Art Center and learn a new skill! Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial-art that incorporates dance, agility, grace, music, instrumentation and play. Participants will learn the fundamentals of capoeira movements, philosophy, instruments and call and response songs. For ages 5-up, space limited to 30 participants arriving day of class.

How to use an E-mail account. Mouse and keyboard skills required. Sign-up begins June 13.

Do you or someone you love or care for have:

• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Heart problems
• Chronic health problems

Learn how to:

• Manage pain, stress, and fatigue
• Be more fit and eat healthier
• Work more effectively with your doctor and healthcare professionals
• Set goals and problem solve to make positive changes in your life
• Feel better and reduce your healthcare costs

This workshop takes place from June 7 to July 19 (no class on July 5).

Everyone is welcome though space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Sign up in person or call (415) 355-2868 register.

Workshop will be in English. FREE gifts and awards will be given to participants completing the workshop!

Developed by Stanford University School of Medicine

Cosponsored by San Francisco Dept. of Aging & Adult Services and 30th Street Senior Center

A wellness presentation for boomers & the 50+ generation that demonstrates easily learned techniques for improving memory.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

A class for beginners introducing them to the very basics of computers. This class will focus on how to use the mouse and keyboard.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

This class will focus on how to look for information using Internet search engines.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Poetry Group>  A WiseUp program.

Afro-Futurism:  Envisioning the Year 2070 and Beyond uses art to create a future for us to aspire to.  It comes from an African American perspective.  Runaway slave and heroine Harriet Tubman once said, "I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."  

Over 100 years later, writer James Baldwin praised Black revolutionaries for daring to break down barriers.  He wrote in a 1970 letter to activist Angela Davis:  "The enormous revolution in black consciousness which has occurred in your generation, my dear sister, means the beginning or the end of America. Some of us, white and Black, know how great a price has been paid to bring into existence a new consciousness, a new people, an unprecedented nation." 

What will be the Black consciousness in the year 2070, one hundred years after James Baldwin's letter?  

Curated by  Kheven LaGrone

Related Event: In commemoration of Juneteenth, an artists reception/talk will take place on Sunday, June 16, 2013

Main Library, Lower Level, Koret Auditorium, 2 PM