A Place at the Table - Film Screening and Discussion, Saturday, August 10, 12:30pm

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.

A True San Franciscan: Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, Tuesday, August 6, 7-8:30pm

The Grateful Dead was not merely a rock band but a subculture, the lasting representative of the San Francisco music renaissance of the 1960s as well as the Haight-Ashbury "hippie" subculture of that era. Although each member of the band contributed to its musical and social structure, Jerry Garcia had perhaps the largest influence, and his contribution was directly connected to his San Francisco upbringing and the distrinctly San Francisco values he brought to his life and the Dead.

Dennis McNally, the band's long-time publicist and authorized biographer (A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead) will talk about those values from his perspective as a trained historian as well as a member of the band's staff.

Join us for this program presented in partnership with Jerry Day 2013. For more Jerry Day celebrations, see the official website at http://www.jerryday.org/

First Monday Movies @ Excelsior, August 5, 6:30-8:30pm

Our movie for August is Monkey Business (1931, 77 mins) with the Marx Brothers, directed by Norman McLeod.

Be prepared for a barrel of laughs as four comically-inept brothers stowaway on a cruise ship and are hired as bodyguards for rival sets of gangsters

This was the first Marx Brothers movie to be produced in Hollywood and the first one to be written exclusively for the screen.

District 11 Clean-Up this Saturday

Graffiti and trash in the neighborhood getting you down? Don't know what to do with unwanted household items? Be part of District 11 clean-up this Saturday:

CLEANING UP DISTRICT 11

*Community Clean Day in District 11*

Join me and other district volunteers to tackle projects all around District 11, from cleaning and greening projects to graffiti and trash clean-up! Lunch will be provided for participants. Please bring appropriate clothing for working outside. Bringing a reusable water bottle is highly recommended. You can still sign up to volunteer or to get your group on the list by contacting Jerad.Weiner@sfdpw.org.

When: Saturday, July 20^th; 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Where: Kickoff event at Balboa High School, 1000 Cayuga Avenue near Onondaga; work sites throughout the district

Gigantic 3 Recycling Program

The Gigantic 3 program is a free Bulky Item Drop Off Service that allows district residents to get rid of unwanted household items as volunteers clean up the district during Community Clean Team Day. Items that can be dropped off include: Green Waste and Other Compostables; Large or Bulky Items, including recyclables, electronics, appliances, mattresses and box springs, and scrap metal; non-recyclable/non-compostable waste such as plastic bays, Styrofoam, lighbulbs, used motor oil and filters, and household batteries. There will also be free shredding and document destruction on site. For more information, call (415) 552-9201. FREE COMPOST will also be offered to district residents at this site.

When: Saturday, July 20^th 8:00 am – 12:00 noon
Where: June Jordan School, 325 La Grand Avenue and Brazil

Thank you to Supervisor Avalos' office for alerting us about this event!

Excelsior Branch in the Papers

Excelsior Branch made the papers this past Sunday with a nice article in The Chronicle about the summer food program for kids we and 4 other branches (Bayview, Chinatown, Ocean View and Visitation Valley) are participating in this summer.

Click the link here to read the article: http://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/S-F-libraries-lunches-help-kids-get-through-4663963.php?t=c22e56fe2b702c0310

Is Your Information Safe on Social Media?

Learn about some of the things you can do to avoid identity theft on social media in this infographic:

http://mashable.com/2013/06/19/private-information-safe-social-media/#m!0db8

Hills of San Francisco

Photo curtesy of San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Have you been enjoying the Hills of San Francisco series in The Chronicle? Check out the original 1959 series at Excelsior Branch: The Hills of San Francisco

Ask for it at the Reference Desk today.

SF Library Film Festival @ Excelsior Branch, Wednesday, July 10, 6:30-8pm

Once again Excelsior Branch is participating in our system-wide SF Library Film Festival. The movie we will be showing on Wednesday, July 10, is The Lady from Shanghai (1947, 88 mins) with Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.

Michael O’Hara (Orson Welles), an Irish seaman falls for Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth), a seductive bombshell married to wealthy lawyer Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane), Elsa and Arthur frame Michael for a murder Elsa committed. Orson Welles wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this film noir thriller with a bizarre twist. Welles’ final scene is a brilliantly photographed shoot-out in a hall of mirrors.

Click here for a complete list of SF Library Film Festival movie times and locations.

Michael O’Hara (Orson Welles), an Irish seaman falls for Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth), a seductive bombshell married to wealthy lawyer Aurthur Bannister (Everett Sloane), Elsa and Aurthur frame Michael for a murder Elsa committed. Orson Welles wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this film noir thriller with a bizarre twist. Welles’ final scene is a brilliantly photographed shoot-out in a hall of mirrors. - See more at: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1013937801#sthash.mDvDJ4BD.dpuf

Season of the Witch - An author event with David Talbot, Tuesday, July 16, 7-8:30pm

San Francisco history buffs, join us for an author reading with David Talbot who will talk about his bestseller Season of the Witch, the May/June On the Same Page book club selection.

David Talbot recounts the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982 – and of the extraordinary men and women who led to the city's ultimate rebirth and triumph. Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself – and then revolutionized the world.

A book sale by Bird & Beckett Books and signing will follow the program.

Most asked interview questions infographics

Are you going to a job interview? Check out this infographic of most asked interview questions and how to answer them. BTW, we spotted this on the library's Jobs and Careers board on Pinterest

http://www.interviewing.com/most-asked-job-interview-questions-infographic/

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*Gigantic 3 Recycling Program*

Gigantic 3 Recycling Program