Events and Exhibitions

Events:
Sunday, October 11 --- 11 a.m.
Notable Figures of San Francisco: Free Cemetery Walking Tour in Colma
Tour led by Monica Williams of Holy Cross Cemetery. Author Doug Dorst will be joining the tour.
Co-sponsored by SF History Association
Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Road, Colma (415) 355-2848

Tuesday, October 13 --- 6 p.m
Doug Dorst in conversation with Adam Johnson, with special guests foolsFURY
Presented by One City One Book
Join us for an insightful discussion between Dorst and author/Stanford University lecturer Adam Johnson. foolFURY Theater Company, under the direction of Ben Yalon, will open the evening with a staged reading from the book. Q&A and book signing with Doug Dorst follows. Book sales by Book Bay.
Koret Auditorium, Lower Level, Main Library

Wednesday, October 14 --- 6:30 p.m.
Documentary Film - 5:04 pm: A First Person Account of the 1989 World Series Earthquake Game
What if you were a baseball fan whose dream was to see his team play in a World Series game? After 30 years of waiting, you finally got to that game, only to have it interrupted by a 7.1 earthquake! Filmmaker and baseball fan Jon Leonoudakis brings viewers back to that fateful day. A discussion follows the film.
Koret Auditorium, Lower Level, Main Library

Thursday, October 15 --- 5 p.m.
Meet the artist: Photographer Ruby Ray
Meet the artist behind the punk portraits featured in the exhibition Punk Passage: San Francisco First Wave Punk.
Jewett Gallery, Lower Level, Main Library

Saturday, October 17 --- 11 a.m.
Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for pre-1906 San Francisco Research
Nancy Peterson, Certified Genealogist and Research Director for the CA Genealogical Society, will talk 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?
Latino/Hispanic Community Room, Lower Level, Main Library

Exhibitions:
September 12 - December 6
Punk Passages: San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981
This exhibition features 45 black and white portraits and live music photographs of original punk innovators from the emerging San Francisco punk scene by San Francisco-based photographer Ruby Ray, as well as original punk rock zines, flyers, posters and ephemera from 1977 to 1981. Additional articles and ephemera from the San Francisco Public Library Art, Music & Recreation Center Collection and the Little Maga/Zine Collection from Book Arts & Special Collections, will also be on view.
Jewett Gallery, Lower Level, Main Library

September 6 - November 22
Marking Time
The San Francisco Public Library's Book Arts & Special Collections and The Guild of Book Workers present the Guild's triennial juried members' exhibition, featuring 50 objects of book arts that address the theme of time. From May 2009 to March 2011, this exhibition will travel to nine venues across the country, making its West Coast premiere at the library.
Skylight Gallery, Sixth Floor, Main Library
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