Celebrate/celebra Día de los Niños Día de los Libros Abril/April 28th

Para/for children of all ages: April/abril 28th, 11am

Mission Library Children's Room will host a special Southwest Native America program on Saturday, Apr. 28th at 11 a.m. with the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. Children will use the ancient coil-and-scrape method to create their own clay pots.








El cuarto de niños de la biblioteca de la Misión va a presentar con el Museo de Artesanía un programa el 28 de abril, a las 11 am, en celebración del Día de los Niños Día de los Libros. Los niños van a usar un método antiguo para crear ollas de barro.

More information about the Museum of Craft and Folk Art/mas información sobre el Museo de Artesanía de San Francisco:

http://www.mocfa.org/index.htm

Celebrate National Poetry Month at the Mission Branch!

April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate, the Mission Branch Library will host a Crossing Borders poetry reading event featuring readings in English and Spanish by Oscar Bermeo, Maya Chinchilla, Melissa Lozano, Mariano Zaroan, and Latin American guitar music performed by Theresa Calpotura.

Crossing Borders: Contemporary Poetry in Spanish from the San Francisco Bay Area is curated by Vickie Vértiz and Edwin Lozada.

A community poetry open mic will precede the event.

¡Celebre el Mes Nacional de la Poesia en la Biblioteca Mission!

No se pierda esta celebración del Mes Nacional de la Poesía con un evento de la serie Cruzando Fronteras: Poesía español del Área de la Bahía de San Francisco. Con la participación de Oscar Bermeo, Maya Chinchilla, Melissa Lozano y Mariano Zaroan. Theresa Calpotura interpretará música de Latino América para guitarra. Esta serie está organizada por Vickie Vértiz y Edwin Lozada e incluirá poemas en Inglés y Español. El evento comenzará con un micrófono abierto para poetas de la comunidad.

Celebrate National Poetry Month at the Mission Branch
Saturday, April 21 at 2:00 p.m.
Adult Reading Room
Mission Branch Library
300 Bartlett Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
For more information, please call (415) 355-5738

Ricardo Antoni
Adult Services Librarian
Mission Branch Library

Tertulias Literarias Comienzan en la Misión

Queridos Amigos de la Biblioteca Misión,

Tenemos el placer de anunciar Tertulias Literarias, un nuevo club de lectores en Español. Esta es una colaboración entre la Biblioteca Misión y el Centro Cultural de la Misión.

El grupo se reunirá el tercer Lunes de cada mes. Sol, Piedra, y Sombras: Viente Cuentistas Mexicanos de la Primera mitad del Siglo XX editado por Jorge F. Hernandez, es el libro seleccionado para inaugurar la lectura del grupo.

Los invitamos cordialmente a la primera reunion:
Lunes 23 de Abril, 2012 a las 7:00 p.m.
La Salita (sala de reuniones) 2nd Piso
Centro Cultural de la Misión
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Un número limitado de copias de Sol, Piedra, y Sombras serán
obsequiados gratis en la reunión.

¡Los esperamos!

Ricardo Antoni
Bibliotecario de Adultos
Biblioteca Misión

Origami-O-Rama! (click on image to enlarge)

California Puppet's Jungle Joe

Jungle Joe will present his Animal Trainer Puppet Show this Sat., March 17th at 11a.m. in the Children's Room.

Show is full of interaction and lots of variety.

Wonderful activity for the kids on this expected-to-rain weekend!

For more information on Jungle Joe (aka Naceur Boujja) visit him at his website: http://www.californiapuppets.com/Bay_Area_Kids_Party_Family-Fun.html

Saturday storytime with craft activity!

The children's room at the Mission Public Library invites you to our new Saturday family storytime! Storytime starts at 11am, and right after the storytime we will be doing a craft activity.

Fight back with Advice from the Experts!

Introductory Street/Personal Safety Workshop for Women

This two hour self-defense workshop presented by Impact Bay Area focuses on street safety & awareness, verbal and physical boundary setting and hands-on self-defense techniques.

Why Self-Defense? Verbal boundary setting, in addition to physical defense training, enables participants to avoid or handle uncomfortable and potentially dangerous situations.In this course, participants will practice using verbal self-defense and boundary setting and learn some basic physical self-defense techniques proven to work.

Saturday, March 10, 2012
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Mission Branch Library
300 Bartlett Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Posted by Ricardo Antoni, Adult Services Librarian