Learn how to handle questions about growing up and the changes that come with it. This workshop is led by trained parent facilitators from Mission Graduates and will be bilingual Spanish/English.
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Bridges that Brought African-American's Over Deep Rivers, Black History Month special program, Tuesday, February 11, 7-8:30pm
Join us for a very special Black History Month program with Friends of Negro Spirituals featuring rare DVD footage of slavery time ring shouts, old-time Negro Spirituals (audience participation encouraged), the Sojourner Truth story told poetically and a tribute to Amiri Baraka.Program participants:
ODINMÁ Performance Ensemble
Angela Thomas and Rener Price, Song Leaders
Also, go and check out the Black History Month photo album with historic photographs on our Facebook page. And while you are there, why not like your favorite neighborhood branch so that you get all our updates?
Lion Dance at Excelsior Branch on Saturday, January 18, 12:30-1pm
And just in case you are wondering, the Year of the Snake starts on Friday, January 31!
為Excelsior圖書館帶來馬年好運！舞獅與武術表演，慶祝中國新年！適合所有年齡.
Instructions for Winter Craft
Some of you have asked for the instructions for the winter craft program at Excelsior Branch in December.
Cut
the cover off an old book.
Start folding each page in half.
Keep doing this until all the pages are folded. The book will naturally open up into a fan shape. You can just do this and use it to display postcards or other small paper items by sticking them between 2 pages.
Use a paint brush to dab white paint (we used acryclic paint) on the top of the folded pages. Think light sprinkling of snow not blizzard – otherwise your pages will all stick together and you’ll have trouble inserting your figures. Sprinkle glitter on top while the paint is still wet.
Cut out trees and images of small animals. We used old natural history illustrations but you can use images cut from old magazines, wrapping paper or even stamp your own images. Unless the images are printed to card stock, glue them to another piece of paper to make them sturdier. Remember to cut a little tab at the bottom of the image to glue the image into your book.
Just stick the images into the pages first to decide how you want to set up your scene. Once you have it set up the way you like it, use white craft glue or glue stick to glue them in place.
Done!
And here is a link to the pdf if you want to download the instructions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_E8SOdvF2i6WEUtQkk4dE5xaUE/edit?usp=sharing
Cut
the cover off an old book. 
Start folding each page in half.
Keep doing this until all the pages are folded. The book will naturally open up into a fan shape. You can just do this and use it to display postcards or other small paper items by sticking them between 2 pages.
Use a paint brush to dab white paint (we used acryclic paint) on the top of the folded pages. Think light sprinkling of snow not blizzard – otherwise your pages will all stick together and you’ll have trouble inserting your figures. Sprinkle glitter on top while the paint is still wet.
Cut out trees and images of small animals. We used old natural history illustrations but you can use images cut from old magazines, wrapping paper or even stamp your own images. Unless the images are printed to card stock, glue them to another piece of paper to make them sturdier. Remember to cut a little tab at the bottom of the image to glue the image into your book.
Just stick the images into the pages first to decide how you want to set up your scene. Once you have it set up the way you like it, use white craft glue or glue stick to glue them in place.
Done!
And here is a link to the pdf if you want to download the instructions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_E8SOdvF2i6WEUtQkk4dE5xaUE/edit?usp=sharing
Winter Craft Program for Teens and Adults, Tuesday, December 17, 7-8:30pm
Take a break from your holiday preparations and make a winter landscape out of an old book. All materials provided. Limited to 10 participants, first come first served.
Join us, we have glitter!
Join us, we have glitter!
Divas, Dames, and Daredevils: A talk and slideshow by author Mike Madrid
Wonder Woman, Mary Marvel, and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle ruled the
pages of comic books in the 1940s, but many other heroines of the WWII
era have been forgotten. Divas, Dames & Daredevils
reintroduces their ingenious abilities to mete out justice to Nazis,
aliens, and evildoers of all kinds. His book reveals a universe populated by extraordinary
women—superheroes, reporters, galactic warriors, daring detectives, and
ace fighter pilots—who protected America and the world with wit and
guile. The book introduces us to heroines with striking similarities to
more modern superheroes, including The Spider Queen, who deployed web
shooters20 years before Spider Man, and Marga the Panther Woman, whose
feral instincts and sharp claws tore up the bad guys long before
Wolverine. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of
history, but their influence on popular culture, and the heroes we’re
passionate about today, is unmistakable.Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics and The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR “Best Book To Share With Your Friends” and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. Madrid, a San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines.
Protecting Your Privacy Online, Wednesday, October 30, 7pm
hands-on session on how to protect your privacy on the Internet with privacy tools including: encrypted Off-The-Record chat using Pidgin or Adium, and anonymous browsing using the Tor Browser Bundle.
We will be installing and using software, so you will get the most out of it if you can bring a laptop. If you can't bring a laptop, you are welcome to come and listen or find a buddy.
This program is part of our One City One Book: San Francisco Reads program. The One City One Book selection for this year is Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. If you haven't read it yet, pick up a copy after the event on Wednesday!
Celebrate Latino Hispanic Heritage Month at Excelsior Branch this fall
We have multiple fun programs for all ages lined up to celebrate Latino Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15.We start out with a Mexican Chocolate Storytime on Saturday, September 21 at 11:30am. Learn about the ancient tradition of Mexican chocolate or cacahuatl with books, songs, rhymes and a special tasting to follow. This is for children of all ages and their families.
Continuing with a food theme, join us on Tuesday, October 8 at 7pm to learn about tamales, watch a tamale making demonstration, make your own to take home and taste some freshly steamed tamales. This program is for everybody aged 5 and older. Space is limited to 25 people. First come, first served.
And last but not least we have a mural craft program for teens and tweens on Wednesday, October 9, 3:30-5pm. Join Precita Eyes Muralists in creating a chalk art mural. Come up with a theme for the mural and learn techniques for using chalk pastel. The mural will be displayed in the library once completed.
Also check out our branch displays of non-fiction books and novels with a Latino Hispanic Heritage theme as well as as slideshow of historical images of Hispanic Americans in San Francisco on our digital display.
Tie dye a t-shirt, Wednesday, August 14, 3-4:30pm
We had a great turnout for our Jerry Garcia lecture by Dennis McNally and to further celebrate Jerry Day we will be tie-dying t-shirts.This workshop is open to teens and adults. All materials are provided but participants can bring their own t-shirts. Space is limited, please contact Excelsior Branch to register.
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