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October 2019 (PDF) October 2019 Vol. 50 No. 10 One City One Book: Meet the Author “There There hit This October, the San Francisco Public Library community celebrates its 15th literature like a rock year of our annual city-wide read, One City One Book. The selection committee is honored to have selected There There by Tommy Orange. On Oct. 16, Tommy through a large Orange and San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck will be in conversation. pane of glass and Awards and Accolades the shattering sound • PEN/Hemingway Award winner, 2019 continues.” • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winner, 2019 • American Book Award winner, 2019 – San Francisco Poet • National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize winner, 2018 Laureate Kim Shuck • Pulitzer Prize (Fiction) finalist, 2019 • Art Seidenbaum Award finalist, 2019 • Aspen Words Literary Prize finalist, 2019 • Best Book of the Year, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe Tommy Orange is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born, raised and currently lives in Oakland with his wife and son. One City One Book & Litquake – Oct. 16, 6 p.m., Main Library, Koret Photo: Elena Seibert Invest in the Future on Financial Planning Day ome to the 10th Annual San Francisco investing magazines, such as Investor’s Business Financial Planning Day and get Daily and Wall Street Transcript, and investing free, objective, no-strings-attached databases, such as Morningstar, Value Line and financial advice. Certified Financial Weiss Ratings. Learn more about how to manage CPlannerTM professionals and budget counselors your personal finances with Business Week, will offer free one-on-one sessions and financial Forbes, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Money workshops throughout the day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. magazines. Make sound purchasing decisions Workshops include saving and paying for college, by using Bay Area Consumers’ Checkbook and planning with student loans, tax planning, Consumer Reports. investing basics, marriage and financial planning and more. Spanish and Chinese The Library offers ongoing programming on personal finance, investing language interpretation will be available for the one-on-one sessions. andsmall business. Look for upcoming programs in our calendars, or The Library’s Personal Finance resources can help you expand your ask a librarian for more on these topics. To register for this event, visit knowledge and make your finances more secure. Dive into the latest news on https://sanfranciscofinancialplanningday2019.eventbrite.com. investing, personal finance, retirement planning and estate planning using our books, magazines and databases. You can find digital versions of your favorite Financial Planning Day – Oct. 26, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Main Library, various locations Library Now Fabulously Fine Free or those who champion equity and equal access to essential resources, good news: San Francisco Public Library no longer charges fines for overdue books. Additionally, as of Sept. 16, 2019, the Library cleared all outstanding overdue fines from all patron records. These moves, supported and approved by the City’s Board of Supervisors and signed into effect by Mayor London Breed, is a foundational Fstep towards ensuring that San Francisco Public Library is a free and approachable resource for all. The Library was a pioneer in the fine free library movement when it eliminated fines for children and teens in 1974. In recent years, inspired by a nationwide movement by library systems to bid farewell to fines for all patrons with no exceptions, the Library worked together with the San Francisco Financial Justice Project of the Treasurer’s Office to study whether SFPL should go fine free. The study found that the elimination of overdue fines in other library systems had several consistent positive outcomes: • Increased patron access to materials and services • Reduction of the inequitable impact of overdue fines • Improvement in patron relationships with the library • Optimization of library staff time and increased efficiency The full report of the findings of this study can be found at sfpl.org/uploads/files/pdfs/commission/Fine-Free-Report011719.pdf. Additionally, the Library has adopted a robust auto renewal policy. Eligible items renew automatically two days before the due date, for an extended loan period of 21 days of the existing due Details on Page 9 date. For more information, visit sfpl.org/finefree. Coming Up: NOV. 2-3 NOV. 7 NOV. 9 NOV. 13 Veterans Film Fest Read for the Record: Untold and Intimate Stories NaNoWriMo Authors Main Library, Koret Auditorium Thank You, Omu! of the Alcatraz Occupation Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Various locations Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Community Room, 6 p.m. Community Room, 5 p.m. SFPL.ORG ATAT THE THE LIBRARY LIBRARY OCTOBER 20132019 11 get social! SFPL.ORG Collections and Services facebook.com/sfpl.org twitter.com/SFPublicLibrary instagram.com/sfpubliclibrary youtube.com/user/SanFranciscoLibrary Film Captures Landmark Quake Bookmobile Schedules at Candlestick Park Early Literacy Mobile Where were you at 5:04 p.m., Oct. 17, 1989? Schedule of child care center visits at sfpl.org. an Francisco native and die-hard baseball fan Jon San Francisco Zoo Leonoudakis knows exactly where he was: at Candlestick Entrance to Children’s Zoo, Sloat Blvd. and Great SPark, armed with a camcorder and a still camera to record his Hwy. 1st Wednesday of each month, first World Series experience. 29 minutes before the game was to 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Free Admission for San Francisco start, Mother Nature delivered a knockdown pitch for the ages: the residents. Check sfzoo.org to verify. largest quake to strike a major American city in nearly a century. The film The Day the World Series Stopped (2014) takes viewers Swing Into Stories back to this unforgettable moment in time. It captures interviews Park visits: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. with fans and pre-game pageantry until the story makes a hard Storytimes start at 10:30 a.m. turn into history. It shows the immediate aftermath of the earthquake at the World Series—and what Golden Gate Park Children’s Playground happened next. Mixing archival news clips with personal footage and photographs, Leonoudakis presents a 295 Bowling Green Drive (off Martin Luther King visceral account of every heart-stopping moment at Candlestick Park that fateful night. Jr. Drive), Tuesday, Oct. 1 Jon Leonoudakis is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with seven films in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He will host a discussion after the film screening. Parque Niños Unidos The Day the World Series Stopped – Oct. 19, 1 p.m., Main Library, Koret 3090 23rd St. (Between Folsom St. and Treat Ave.), Tuesday, Oct. 8 Disaster Safety: The First 72 Hours Cayuga Playground 301 Naglee Ave., Tuesday, Oct. 15 Knowing what to do during the first 72 hours after a disaster is critical. The City of San Francisco’s Seismic Safety Outreach and Self Help for the Elderly will provide hands-on training and education on how to prepare Helen Wills Playground before, during and after a disaster. Participants will learn how and what to prepare to be self-sufficient for at Broadway and Larkin St., Tuesday, Oct. 22 least three days following a disaster. Sugar Skull Masks 11–11:45 p.m. Oct. 10, 4 p.m., Excelsior Branch Nov. 9, 11 a.m., Bernal Heights Branch Oct. 12, 2 p.m., Anza Branch Nov. 13, 4 p.m., Merced Branch Library on Wheels/Senior Bookmobile Oct. 19, 2 p.m., Sunset Branch Schedule of service locations at sfpl.org. Treasure Island Bookmobile Disaster Safety and Preparation—A Bibliography Avenue H & 11th St., near Island Cove Market The Disaster Survival Guide Just in Case: How to Be Disaster Preparedness Tuesdays, 2–5 p.m.; Thursdays, 1–5 p.m. by Marie D. Jones Self-Sufficient When the Handbook: A Guide for Special Events Readers are guaranteed to Unexpected Happens Families by Arthur T. Bradley Big Truck Day learn something new to help by Kathy Harrison Includes information for those Wednesday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. McLaren Park them survive all kinds of life- Learn how to inventory and with special needs, including the threatening situations. rotate your food supply, pack elderly and disabled, children, Techmobile an evacuation kit, maintain pregnant women and even pets. Sunday, Oct. 6, 12–5 p.m. North Beach Branch The Survival Doctor’s First Aid communication with loved Indian Basin Kayaking for Kids Fast for Babies and Children: The Natural First Aid ones and more. Saturday, Oct.12, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. India Basin Emergency Procedures for Handbook: Household Shoreline Park, Hunters Point Blvd & Hawes St. All Parents and Caregivers Complete Handbook: What Remedies, Herbal Treatments, by Dr. Gina M. Piazza, FACEP to Do When Help Is Not on the Basic Emergency Preparedness Lit Crawl (editor) Way by James Hubbard Everyone Should Know Saturday, Oct. 19, 5–9 p.m. In front of the Elbo Room, 647 Valencia From anaphylaxis to burns to Featuring more than 100 by Brigitte Mars severe bleeding and bruising, illustrations, along with quick When an emergency situation Sunday Streets First Aid Fast for Babies and quizzes and real-life examples, arises, simple home remedies Sunday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Excelsior Branch Children offers clear advice, and The Survival Doctor’s Complete can play a vital role in easing Haight Street Hootenanny photographs walk you through Handbook will take you step-by- symptoms and providing Saturday, Oct. 26, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
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