SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Librarians Rally For More Security at Local Branches An Oakland woman has been charged for setting another woman on fire; California courts have sided with a Trumper who wants to run for two offices at once; and librarians at local SF branches held a rally demanding more security.
Arts & Entertainment That SF Library-Amoeba Music Free Streaming Music Platform for Bay Area Artists Launches Saturday The SF Public Library’s new streaming music platform for Bay Area bands and musicians launches Saturday, and they’re celebrating with a Saturday afternoon live music bash on the Fulton Street steps of the library’s Main Branch.
Arts & Entertainment SF Public Library Teaming Up With Amoeba Music To Create Bay Area Artist Streaming Platform The SF Public Library has announced that it's launching a streaming music platform for Bay Area bands and musicians, paying artists $250 if they’re accepted, and users will be able to stream and download full albums with just a library card.
Arts & Entertainment Cockettes Exhibit at SF Public Library Has Thursday Night Opening Party Thursday night’s opening celebration kicks off several months of Cockettes content, in honor of the library’s new exhibit “The Cockettes: Acid Drag & Sexual Anarchy.”
Arts & Entertainment You Can Now Stream Over 30,000 Movies For Free With Your SF Public Library Card The streaming service Kanopy has been steadily teaming up with libraries across the country—including in NYC and Los Angeles—to bring a massive movie selection to cardholders, for no additional charges. Today,
SF News The Library Forgives You, 55K Patrons With Overdue Fines, During Amnesty Period Next Month To ensure a truly clean slate for 2017, the San Francisco Public Library is offering amnesty to all 55,000 of its patrons with fines for overdue items of more than $10.01,
SF News 6-Year-Old Boy Sexually Assaulted In Library Bathroom Police are looking for a suspect who they say sexually assaulted a boy inside a public library bathroom. On the afternoon of September 27, around 1:45 p.m., a 6-year-old boy was
SF News More Measure G Lethargy We’re all for citizenship and all—we would even consider ourselves to be citizenship geeks. We love voting (of course) and jury duty (jury opportunity, we like to call it). We love
SF News Buy the Numbers "Statistical tools and methods, like many other technologies, can be employed either for social good or for evil" (the American Statistical Association’s Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice). Unfortunately for us, we’ll
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: The Knight Bus Comes to San Francisco A few more shots after the jump. All photos courtesy of Mugglewatch.uk
Arts & Entertainment Harry Potter and the Smooth Chest (Non-Baseball Event) Anyway, check it: The purple triple-decker Harry Potter Knight Bus will be parked outside the Main Library (Grove St. side) from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, and a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Drop by Books Inc in the Castro for a reading with local author Dr. William Lipsky from his book, Gay and Lesbian San Francisco. 7:30pm, 2275 Market St. Planning a vacation to
Arts & Entertainment Bad Kitty! We've told you about Pet Noir here before, the comic anthology published by Manic D Press featuring an impressive list of local talent. If you still haven't picked up a copy get yourself
Arts & Entertainment Big Ass Book Sale! So, when we hear statistics like "400 volunteers, 7,000 boxes of books, 300 tables and 200,000 books in over 50 categories", we might ordinarily have to reach for the NoDoz, but,
SF News Where's The Wifi? Well, it seems that the laptop-carrying set at San Francisco's Academy of Art University are stuck for quick, handy wireless internet access. Around three weeks ago during the school's spring break, some h4XX0r
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reads or Something SFist Rain makes a good point today when she reminds us that our friends at the San Francisco Public Library have more to offer us than just the printed word. You can also
Arts & Entertainment While You're At It, You Can Pay Your Late Fees Too For those of you who love the antiquarian hunt, there's also a separate section for the "Best of Book Bay," with rare and unusual books (between $20 and $250), including the first ever
misc Lean on Me SFist feels promoting literacy is something everyone should be involved with. Yes, we read alot, but we wanted to do more than that. So, we became a Project Read volunteer. The San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment Esseff Private Eye This Saturday, SFist was browsing the Sunset Branch library new books section, when we came across Fade to Clear. We were intrigued enough by the jacket copy to check it out, and we
