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September Events
Alive in Necropolis Book Discussion
Wednesday, September 23 – 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Mission Bay Branch Library
960 Fourth St. (at Berry), (415)355-2838
“City of Souls” - Colma Cemetery Bike Ride
Co-sponsored by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
See the cemeteries and gravesites of historic figures that inspired Doug Dorst’s Alive in Necropolis. After the tour, there will be an option to ride back to San Francisco with the group. Tour leader Chris Carlsson is the Director of FoundSF.org, a living archive of San Francisco history, and the author of books on San Francisco.
Rain cancels (atmospheric heavy fog does not!). Bring weather appropriate gear, lots of water and a bag lunch for this hilly ride! Please RSVP to sfplprogram@gmail.com or (415)557-4295.
Sunday, September 27 – 12-3 p.m.
Meet at Colma BART Station
Documentary Films - Trina Lopez's A Second Final Rest: The History of San Francisco's Lost Cemeteries and Justin Schein's Gravediggers
A Second Final Rest exhumes the hidden history of how this modern metropolis managed to systematically relocate nearly all of its burial grounds to make room for the living. In Schein’s Gravediggers we meet the men who have devoted their lives to tending the graves of Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.
Filmmaker Trina Lopez will appear in person for a Q & A.
Tuesday, September 29 - 6 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St.
Timothy Keegan, The Death/Funeral Culture in San Francisco, 1880-1940
Timothy Keegan will share research and present a talk about the rituals and customs with death and funerals in late 19th century to early 20th century SF.
Wednesday, September 30 - 6:30 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room B - 100 Larkin St.
October Events
Alive in Necropolis Book Discussion
Thursday, October 1 – 6 p.m.
Books Inc. Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness Ave., (415) 776-1111
Tarot for Teens - What does the future hold for you? Come to the Visitacion Valley Library and see what's in your cards! We’ll be celebrating by exploring tarot card reading, palm reading, astrology, numerology, I-Ching and dream interpretation. For ages 12 to 18. For more information or to register, contact Abby at aharwood@sfpl.org or (415)355-2848.
Saturday, October 3 – 3:30-5 p.m.
Visitacion Valley Branch
45 Leland Ave. (near Bayshore)
Alive in Necropolis Book Discussion
Thursday, October 8 – 6 p.m.
Books Inc. Market St.
2275 Market St., (41) 864-6777
Black, White and Read: Litquake’s Book Ball
Litquake kicks off its 10-year anniversary with a ball loosely modeled on Truman Capote’s famous Black and White ball held in the late sixties. Attendees can expect to mingle with many authors, including Doug Dorst. For complete details and ticket information visit litquake.org
Friday, October 9 – 8 p.m.
Herbst Theater’s Green Room,
401 Van Ness Ave. at McAllister Street
Doug Dorst on West Coast Live: San Francisco’s Live Radio to the World
Saturday, October 10 – 10am-12pm
Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison St. near Shattuck, in Berkeley
Author reading and booksigning with Doug Dorst
Saturday, October 10 – 3 p.m.
Books Inc. Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness Ave., (415) 776-1111
Doug Dorst reads at Writers with Drinks - $3-$5 sliding scale, All proceeds benefit local non-profits.
Saturday, October 10 - 7:30–9:30 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.)
The Make-Out Room
3225 22nd. St., San Francisco CA
Notable Figures of San Francisco: Free Cemetery Walking Tour in Colma - Co-sponsored by the San Francisco History Association
Joining the tour, led by Monica Williams of Holy Cross Cemetery, will be Doug Dorst, author of San Francisco’s One City One Book 2009 selection Alive in Necropolis, a remarkable and original novel set primarily in Colma’s cemeteries. For more information visit SF History Association.
Sunday, October 11 – 11 a.m.
Holy Cross Cemetery - 1500 Mission Road, Colma
Spirits, Tarot & the Page …
One City One Book One Bar - Help the San Francisco Public Library fête this year’s One City One Book pick. It’s only fitting that we’ll be celebrating this can’t-put-down supernatural thriller with custom “Necropolis” cocktails, free Tarot card readings, and a live reading from Dorst himself. The Page Bar inspired a bar on the pages of Alive in Necropolis – have you spotted it yet? Book sales by Green Apple Books.
Monday, October 12 – 6–8 p.m.
The Page, 298 Divisadero St. at Page Street, San Francisco; 21 and over
One City One Book and Litquake present: Doug Dorst in conversation with Adam Johnson, with special guests foolsFURY
Join us for an insightful discussion between our One City One Book author and local author and Stanford University lecturer Adam Johnson. foolsFURY Theater Company, under the direction of Ben Yalom, will open the evening with a staged reading of an excerpt from Alive in Necropolis.
After the conversation, there will be lots of time for audience questions and Doug Dorst will sign books. Book sales by Book Bay.
Tuesday, October 13 – 6 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium – 100 Larkin St.
Author reading and booksigning with Doug Dorst
Wednesday, October 14 - 6 p.m.
Book Passage: Ferry Building
1 Ferry Building. (415) 835-1020
Alive in Necropolis Book Discussion
Thursday, October 15 – 6 p.m.
Books Inc. Marina
2251 Chestnut St., (415) 931-3633
Ghost Hunting for Teens
Ever wonder if ghosts are real? A real ghost hunter from the SF Ghost Society, Tommy Netzband, will be talking about his experiences investigating ghosts and hauntings, as well as sharing ghostly images and sounds he has caught on DVD. Get the info, then you decide what to believe! For ages 12 to 18. For more information or to register, contact Abby at (415)355-5660 or aharwood@sfpl.org.
Friday, October 16 - 4–5:30 p.m.
Portola Branch Meeting Room
380 Bacon St. (at Goettingen)
Nancy Peterson, author of Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for pre-1906 San Francisco Research - Old San Francisco Cemetery Records
Nancy Peterson, Certified Genealogist and Research Director for the California Genealogical Society, will present and answer questions about San Francisco’s old cemeteries - Where did the bodies go and what records followed them? Who and what was left behind and never moved at all?
Saturday, October 17 – 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library – Latino/Hispanic Room B – 100 Larkin St.
Alive in Necropolis Book Discussion
Thursday, October 22 – 7 p.m.
Books Inc. Laurel Village
3515 California St., (415) 221-3666
Alive in Necropolis Book Discussion
Saturday, October 24 – 2:30 p.m.
Western Addition Branch Library
1550 Scott St. (at Geary), (415) 355-5727
Cabbage Patches and Marble Orchards: San Francisco’s Necropolis at Colma
A talk from Colma cemetery expert Michael Svanevik, author of City of Souls: San Francisco’s Necropolis at Colma and Pillars of the Past: At Rest at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. Learn about how an outlying farm community became part of San Francisco’s culture and the largest burial ground in the world.
Wednesday, October 28 - 6:30 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room B
100 Larkin St.
Excelsior Arts and Culture Salon featuring Marilyn Yalom, author of The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
Wednesday, October 28 – 7 p.m.
Excelsior Branch Library
4400 Mission St. (at Cotter),
(415) 355-2868
Ron Filion - San Francisco Pioneer Cemeteries
Ron Filion, co-manager of the SF Genealogy web site, will take you on a historical tour of the earliest cemeteries in San Francisco. He will show their locations, discuss how the City's growth affected them, and share stories about their relocations. This presentation will not be for the faint of heart.
Saturday, October 31 - 10:30 a.m.
San Francisco Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room B – 100 Larkin St.
Tombstone Display
San Francisco History Center Display: 19th century Odd Fellows’ Cemetery Tombstones – These Odd Fellows’ Cemetery tombstone fragments had been unearthed in San Francisco backyards. The Odd Fellows’ Cemetery was dedicated in 1865. In 1933, the bodies were removed to the Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma. Most of the stonework was used to construct the seawall at Aquatic Park, although some odds and ends were left behind.
September – November 2009
San Francisco Main Library – San Francisco History Center
100 Larkin St., 6th Floor
One City Five Films
Thursdays at Noon Film Series
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium – 100 Larkin St.
- October 1 – Beetlejuice
- October 8 – Ghostbusters
- October 15 – Colma: The Musical
- October 22 – Corpse Bride
- October 29 – I Am Legend
2009 Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation Free Sunday Afternoon Lectures - Lectures begin at 2 p.m. Light refreshments served. For more information: (650)550-8811
Sunday, September 20, 2009 - Michael Svanevik - The Notorious William Sharon: A Rut on the Road to Social Legitimacy
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - Angi Ma Wong - Feng Shui Dos and Taboos
Cypress Lawn Reception Center
1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014
2009 Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation Free Walking Tours - Walking tours are held every third Saturday of the month at 1:30 p.m. All tours start at Cypress Lawn’s historic Noble Chapel. For more information: (650)550-8810
Saturday, September 19, 2009 - Moguls and Magnates: Cypress Lawn’s Real Estate Tycoons
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - Gargoyles, Foo Dogs, and More: Interesting and Unusual Memorials at Cypress Lawn
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