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September 10, 2007
Reading Around Town for Grown Ups
San Francisco is a participant in the One City, One Book project this year, and the book selected this time around is Cane River. If I hear from a few people who are interested in reading this novel, I will order a couple of copies which can then be borrowed right here from the PHS library. So send me an email! I love promoting the San Francisco Public Library. September is officially Library Card Sign-Up month, so if you and your child do not yet have your SFPL cards, get one now! It's easy and free. You will have access to books, of course, but also to tons of movies and other resources.
SFPL Events:
Coming in October to the Main Library, the incredibly talented Peter Sis.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
San Francisco Main Library
2:00 pm
Peter Sís, a MacArthur fellow and internationally renowned artist discusses his memoir,
THE WALL: GROWING UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
The Communist Czechoslovakia of Mr. Sís's youth was a place where creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed. Graphic art, journal entries, and personal photographs illustrate the harsh realities of a closed society and the inevitable longing for freedom. Václav Havel, the former president of the Czech Republic, says, "Peter Sís's book is most of all about the will to live one's life in freedom and should be required reading for all those who take their freedom for granted." College students (undergrad and grad), teachers, librarians, and young adults interested in art, politics, and Eastern European history are welcome. (Not suitable for children.)
Posted by Lisa J