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Stories, fingerplays, rhymes, sing along songs, music and movement, musical instruments, scarves and bubbles. Playtime: we provide the room and the toys! Just come and join the fun! Meet other parents while your children enjoy playing with each other.

Build a monkey out of LEGOs and learn how to program it to move and tap out a beat on a drum using motors and gears. For kids ages 7 and up. Space is limited. Sign-up by calling the library at (415) 355-5770.

Siblings run away from home and decide to move into the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art , where they soon discover there is a mystery to be solved.

The Insect Discovery Lab

The Center for Ecosystem Survival presents The Insect Discovery Lab.  Real live insects for you to learn about and maybe even hold!

Love LEGOs? We do too! Join us to build fabulous LEGO projects. Ages 5 and older.

Glenn R. Stewart of the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group and Nick Dunlop, photographer, will discuss falcons in a changing world.  Their presentation will be accompanied by Dunlop's extraordinary photographs and video of wild peregrine falcons in the Bay Area, and a tame falcon on stage. 

Falcons that once nested in remote cliffs are now nesting in cities on man-made structures such as buildings and bridges.  In 1970 there were only two known nesting pairs of peregrines in California; today the population has recovered to over 250 known nesting pairs, including several in the Bay Area.

Sponsored by the the Wallace Stegner Environmental Center and The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Nick Dunlop photo of young peregrines.  Visit his website at: http://www.nickdunlop.com/

Falcons that once nested in remote cliffs are now nesting in cities on man-made structures such as buildings and bridges.  In 1970 there were only two known nesting pairs of peregrines in California; today the population has recovered to over 250 known nesting pairs, including several in the Bay Area.

Sponsored by the the Wallace Stegner Environmental Center and The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Magician Gerald Joseph will WOW you with amazing sleights of hand and magic! For ages 4 and up.

Magician Gerald Joseph will WOW you with amazing sleights of hand and magic! For ages 4 and up.

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a perfect introduction to the joys of gardening. In this hands-on workshop, Jonathan Silverman, Founder and Managing Director of Feel the Earth, will offer LEARN the ART of SEEDING for children and their families. You will learn how seeds work, best ways to plant seeds, how to care for your seedlings, and begin to cultivate fresh produce or blossoms. Research shows that gardening improves children’s learning, self-confidence, health & feeling of community spirit. For ages 2 and older.

Clown around with gentle Jimbo and his accordian!

Jimbo the Clown

Learn to start vegetables from seed with expert Antonio Romeo-Alcala

Stories, fingerplays, rhymes, sing along songs, music and movement, musical instruments, scarves and bubbles. Playtime: we provide the room and the toys! Just come and join the fun! Meet other parents while your children enjoy playing with each other.

Brave San Francisco firefighters will come to talk simply about fire safety and show off their marvelous firetruck. A must for all firetruck fans! Firefighters are on duty, so there is a chance they will get called away to fight a fire.  For ages 5 and under.

Come and play games galore!  We will have a lot of your favorite board games available: Monopoly, Clue, Connect Four, Twister, and MORE. For ages 4 and up.

Simple Machines

Recommended ages: 8+

Simple Machine & Powered Machines were designed for ages 8-up.  The kits enable children to be young engineers, designers & scientists.  Through use of the materials children are encouraged to think creatively about how things work and establish links between cause and effect.  The materials provided enable children make machines such as windmills, power cars, dogbots, clock mechanisms, fishing rods, letter balances & various vehicles. Limit 10 children. Please call for a reservation. 355-2822

Bonnie Lockhart - Songs and Stories!

For children of all ages

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.

In this hands-on workship with Jonathan Silverman children will learn how seeds work, best ways to plant seeds, how to care for their seedlings, and begin to cultivate their own fresh produce or blossoms! For ages 5 and up.

Simple Machines

Recommended ages: 8+

Simple Machine & Powered Machines were designed for ages 8-up.  The kits enable children to be young engineers, designers & scientists.  Through use of the materials children are encouraged to think creatively about how things work and establish links between cause and effect.  The materials provided enable children make machines such as windmills, power cars, dogbots, clock mechanisms, fishing rods, letter balances & various vehicles. Limit 10 children. Please call for a reservation. 355-2822

San Francisco has some of the greatest landmarks in the world. Join Felicia as she shares a little history. Create an edible mosaic of the site you like best. Ages 5 and up. Advance sign-ups required.

Feel the Earth and Learn the Art of Seeding:  In this hands-on workshop learn how seeds work, the best ways to plant seeds, how to care for your seedlings, and begin to cultivate fresh produce or blossoms. Research shows that gardening improves your child's learning, self-confidence, health & feeling of community spirit. For children of all ages.

Warm up to some cool, cold-blooded creatures. The Lizard Lady will show and share her extensive knowledge of snakes, lizards and exotic reptiles. For ages 5 and older. Groups, please call for reservations at (415) 355-5770.

Join us for a musical treat with master flutist Barbara Siesel and storyteller Keith Torgan. Space is limited. Please call up to six days in advance for a reservation. For children of all ages.

Gary Lapow - Musician & Singer

Enjoy a wonderful musical performance by Gary Lapow!

Explore the world of sharks, skates and rays with a naturalist from Aquarium of the Bay. Through hands-on activities find out how sharks are a special kind of fish with unique adaptations. Discover the importance of sharks in marine environments. Best for children ages 6-10. Space is limited; call 355-5770 to sign-up.

Tim Cain

The Lizard Lady will introduce you to some of her creeping, crawling, slithering pals. She might even invite you to touch one, if you dare!

Warm up to cold blooded critters with Lizard Lady Teressa Killeen and her wonderful reptiles!

Mark Bunnell, the Juggling Tornado, brings a fast-paced prop comedy show with hilarious stunts and audience participation. For children of all ages.

"The Carnival of Chaos!"

With Mark Bunnell, juggler & acrobat extraordinaire

Come and see a real fire engine up close and say hello to the fire fighters. Learn about fire prevention during this fun and educational program. Note that the fire engine visit is subject to emergency need, and in the event that it is required for duty, the visit will have to be cancelled.

Stories, fingerplays, rhymes, sing along songs, music and movement, musical instruments, scarves and bubbles. Playtime: we provide the room and the toys! Just come and join the fun! Meet other parents while your children enjoy playing with each other.

Cozy up to some cool cold-blooded critters. The Lizard Lady will show us snakes, lizards, tortoises, and other reptiles. For children ages 3 and older and their caregivers.

The Insect Discovery Lab provides youth with an opportunity to handle and explore the fantastic lives of millipedes, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more while learning about the extraordinarily diverse world in which they live and their key role in the web of life. Advance sign-ups required

Information forthcoming

The lizard lady presents a wildlife experience that children love! Come see reptiles, some local, some from far away, many endangered. Ages 5 and older.

Veteran beekeeper Tim Muhrlin leads a program on all the things that keep bees busy--tastings included!

Buzzy Bee's Traveling Hive brings the wonder & mystery of bees to Richmond Branch. Veteran beekeeper Tim Muhrlin will present a program about the complex behavior of the honey bee – honey tastings included!  For children ages 3 and older.

The lizard lady presents a wildlife experience that children love! Come see reptiles, some local, some from far away, many endangered. Ages 5 and older. Space is limited, call (415) 355-5727 for reservations.

Drop-in and get creative building with LEGOs. We provide all the pieces you'll need to make vehicles, castles and more.

Glen Park Garden Club Exhibit

New botanical art works in graphite, colored pencil, pen & ink and watercolor.

Light refreshments will be served.

Bee Guy

Brave San Francisco Firefighters will come for a simple talk on fire safety and to show off their marvelous firetruck. A must for all firetruck fans! For ages 5 and younger.

Stories, fingerplays, rhymes, sing along songs, music and movement, musical instruments, scarves and bubbles. Playtime: we provide the room and the toys! Just come and join the fun! Meet other parents while your children enjoy playing with each other.

Jonathan Silverman, of Feel the Earth, will present LEARN the ART of SEEDING for children and their families.  Find out how to plant seeds.  Take home your very own seedling and learn how to take care of it.

Jonathan Silverman with Feel the Earth!

Learn the Art of Seeding!

An opportunity to learn about seeds and cultivating the soil. Space limited.  Unfortunately no classes or groups.  Call Tim at (415) 557-4549 for more information.

Love LEGOs? We do too! Join us to build fabulous LEGO projects. Ages 5 and older.

Legos for all ages!  It's summertime,  there is no school tomorrow,  maybe work but what the heck -- come to Bernal Branch and build some wild and crazy creations.  Family participation is encouraged.  

Join us for an amazing and hilarious show with magic, comedy, juggling, and lots of audience participation.

Buzzy Bee's Traveling Hive brings the wonder & mystery of bees to the Merced Branch. Veteran beekeeper Tim Muhrlin will present a program about the complex behavior of the honey bee – tastings included!  For children ages 3 and older.

Join Cherry Hoops for  a fun hoopdance class at the Library.  High-quality instruction and professional hoops make it easy to learn this mesmerizing art form. Play, laugh, and get fit with Cherry Hoops!  Best for children  age 5 and up.

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mitz-Plasse

Focus Features; Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell

Rated PG; 92 minutes; 2012 When a small town comes under siege by zombies, who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.

Join us for a crafty time and create a unique button for yourself or to give! Ages 5 and up. Space is limited. Advance sign-ups required.

Playful and creative yoga for families with babies and toddlers.

Did you know that worms will eat your food scraps and turn them into compost?  Come learn how to make a special house for worms called a "worm bin."  Free red wiggler worms will be given away to participants who bring an adult to help care for the worms.  Ages 6-12.

"Make a Book Workshop!"

Presented by the Academy of Art University

Learn how to make a book!  Children 5 and above.

Jonathan Silver of Feel the Earth will present LEARN the ART of SEEDING for children and their families. Find out how to plant seeds. Take home your very own seedling and learn how to take care of it. For children ages 2 and older and their families.

Please join us for a film screening and post-film discussion with staff from the SF Food Bank.

50 million people in the U.S. – one in four children – don’t know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans.

Following three people who are struggling with food insecurity, A Place at the Table shows us how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that it could be solved once and for all,  if the American public decides - as they have in the past - that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of us all.

Learn about goats from the Goat Whisperer! We'll meet some goats, learn about what they eat, and how they make milk! Ages 3+, space is limited, please call for reservations.

TBD

Take a dip into the ocean and discover the amazing and mysterious water world that makes up the bulk of our planet.

Explore the fantastic lives of beetles, millipedes, tarantulas, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more! Learn about the natural history of bugs' lives. For ages 5 and up.  Participation limited to 25 children.  Please call 355-5666 to reserve your place now!

TBD

Summer is the time for bubbles and no one blows bubbles like Rebecca Nile. She will astound you with her unique bubble creations!

Groups please call for reservations.

Come have fun with Tony Borders, hilarious puppeteer, magician, and ventriloquist!

Come and play games galore!  We will have a lot of your favorite board games available: Monopoly, Clue, Connect Four, Twister, and MORE. For ages 4 and up.

Experience the wonderful world of Tony Borders: puppeteer, ventriloquist and magician. Children and caregivers will delight in this exciting, interactive and laugh-out-loud show. Best for children ages 3-11.

Stories, fingerplays, rhymes, sing along songs, music and movement, musical instruments, scarves and bubbles. Playtime: we provide the room and the toys! Just come and join the fun! Meet other parents while your children enjoy playing with each other.

Magician Gerald Joseph will WOW you with amazing sleights of hand and magic! For ages 4 and up.

Having a ruff time? Come and meet Kathy Brody and her furry friends from SF SPCA.

Give worn and torn books new life! Save books from becoming trash by  making them live another way! Ages 5 and up. Space is limited, please call (415) 355-5624 for reservations.

Join Sophie in a  fun filled evening of family crafts.  All ages welcome!

The Insect Discovery Lab provides youth with an opportunity to handle and explore the fantastic lives of millipedes, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more while learning about the extraordinarily diverse world in which they live and their key role in the web of life.

 Green Saturdays@ Bernal takes place the second Saturday of every month. The program features hands-on activities and useful information for sustainable living.  This program is for all ages and we encourage family participation. Limit to first 25 participants

Green Saturdays@ Bernal takes place the second Saturday of every month. The program features hands-on activities and useful information for sustainable living.  This program is for all ages and we encourage family participation.

Green Saturdays@ Bernal takes place the second Saturday of every month. The program features hands-on activities and useful information for sustainable living.  This program is for all ages and we encourage family participation.

Green Saturdays@ Bernal takes place the second Saturday of every month. The program features hands-on activities and useful information for sustainable living.  This program is for all ages and we encourage family participation.

Green Saturdays@ Bernal takes place the second Saturday of every month. The program features hands-on activities and useful information for sustainable living.  This program is for all ages and we encourage family participation.