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CHILDREN’S EVENTS
Bored? Play Board Games Come in for a winter afternoon of Board Games, and bring your family and friends! Ages 6 and up. Friday, Dec. 27, 4 to 6 p.m. Chinese Lion Dance and Martial Arts Show Celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Noe Valley Library with a Chinese Lion Dance and Martial Arts performance. Saturday, Jan. 4, 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
MORE BOOKS TO READ And Movies to See
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his month’s selection of books and DVDs, offered by Adult Services Librarian Susan Higgins and Children’s Librarian Catherine Starr of the Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Library, has lots you can sink your teeth into, including a book on the marijuana industry in Humboldt County, a film about the hunting of wild elephants, and illustrated treasuries of dinosaurs and mythological creatures. Reserve your favorites online (www.sfpl.org) or call the Noe Valley Branch at 355-5707. Better yet, take a walk to 451 Jersey St. and see what’s on the shelf. Adult Fiction • Howard Jacobson, author of the Man Booker Prize winner The Finkler Question, writes about friendship, fidelity, and womanizing in his new novel Who’s Sorry Now?
Family Crafts with Sophie The supremely creative, uber-charming Sophie leads an hour of crafting, which will include a Chinese New Year activity. Bring your family—for ages 4 and up. Thursday, Jan. 9, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
• The lives of Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman are reimagined in the historical novel Lillian & Dash by Sam Toperoff.
Welcome to Toddler Tales Join Noe Valley’s children’s librarian for stories, songs, rhymes, and movement. Toddler Tales is perfect for children ages 16 months to 36 months, with parent or caregiver. Thursdays, Dec. 5, 12, and 19, and Jan. 2, 9, 16, and 23. 10:15 to 10:45 a.m., and 11 to 11:30 a.m.
• All That Is by James Salter is the story of a New York book editor in the years following World War II. • A drug smuggler is caught in Venice in the noir novel The Colombian Mule by Massimo Carlotto; translated from the Italian by Christopher Woodall. Adult Nonfiction
Preschool Films Children ages 3 to 5 years and parents and caregivers are invited to watch Preschool Films on Thursdays, Dec. 26 and Jan. 30. 10:15 to 10:45 a.m., and 11 to 11:30 a.m.
• Amy Azzarito’s Past and Present: 24 Favorite Moments in Decorative Arts History and 24 Modern DIY Projects Inspired by Them presents historical background plus instructions for attractive craft projects including a Wedgwoodinspired headboard. • Photographing California, Vol. 1, North: A Guide to the Natural Landmarks of the Golden State, by Gary Crabbe, is an extensive travel guide designed to lead photographers to outstanding scenic locations.
All events take place at the Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Library, 451 Jersey St. near Castro Street. For information, call 415-355-5707 or visit www.sfpl.org.
• Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George, by Erin B. Coe, Gwendolyn Owens, and Bruce Robertson, explores the artist’s life and art during her summers in upstate New York. • In Humboldt: Life on America’s Marijuana Frontier, journalist Emily Brady investigates the secretive culture of marijuana cultivation through interviews with four county residents.
C R O S S WO R D S O L U T I O N
Films on DVD
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• New to DVD, Haskell Wexler’s 1969 film Medium Cool documents the social upheaval of 1968 and includes scenes filmed during the Democratic Convention riots. • Prosperous residents of a middle-class block in a Brazilian coastal town face fears and anxieties in Neighboring Sounds (O som ao redor), directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. • After his 98-year-old grandmother dies, documentarian Arnon Goldfinger cleans out her Tel Aviv apartment and discovers items that suggest his grandparents were friends with a Nazi official, in The Flat.
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• Battle for the Elephants, written and directed by John Heminway, discusses the illegal ivory trade and efforts to stop the killing of wild elephants. Children’s Fiction • Lulu and her dog Bingo have an eventful stroll through the snowdrifts in Ladybug Girl and the Big Snow, written by Jacky Davis, illustrated by David Soman. Ages 3 to 5. • Sam makes a Hanukkah present at school in The Eighth Menorah, written by Lauren L. Wohl, illustrated by Laura Hughes. Ages 4 to 7. • Dusk, by Caldecott medalist Uri Shulevitz, brings a fading sky but shows off the shimmering lights of Christmas, Kwanza, and Hanukkah. Ages 4 to 8. • In the middle of the night, Rosa follows her mom to a hole in the forest in Light in the Darkness: A Story About How Slaves Learned in Secret, by Lesa ClineRansome, illustrated by James E. Ransome. Ages 5 to 8. • The heroine of Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite, by Barry Deutsch, is “the only sword-brandishing, monsterfighting Orthodox Jewish girl in town.” Ages 8 to 12. • Victorian London is the setting for Splendors and Glooms, a mystery with supernatural touches by Newbery awardwinner Laura Amy Schlitz. Ages 9 to 12. Children’s Nonfiction • All the major dinosaurs—from Sauropods to Therizinosaurs—appear in the rhyming picture book Dinosaur Parade: A Spectacle of Prehistoric Proportions, by Kelly Milner Halls, illustrated by Rick C. Spears. Ages 3 and up. • You’ll have fun ogling Eye: How It Works, a new book by David Macaulay, author of Castle and Jet Plane. Illustrations by Sheila Keenan. Ages 4 to 6. • The 192-page Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals, by Donna Jo Napoli and Christina Balit, is a companion to National Geographic’s Treasury of Greek Mythology. Ages 7 to 12. • What Seabiscuit is to horse-racing, Francis Ouimet and 10-year-old caddie Eddie Lowery are to golf in Francis and Eddie: The True Story of America’s Underdogs, written and illustrated by Brad Herzog. Ages 8 to 12.
L I B R A R Y
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StoryCorps @ Your Library The American Library Association and the nonprofit StoryCorps are in town to record stories around the themes of the book and growing up in San Francisco—they want to hear about your high school experience, your neighborhood and family, or social justice efforts you participated in. Schedule an appointment to record your story by calling 415-557-4277 or emailing publicaffairs@sfpl.org. Interviews for the “StoryCorps @ Your Library” project will be collected at the Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Library on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 2 to 5 p.m. For the scoop on StoryCorps, see www.storycorps.org. Great Ideas to Discuss Plato’s “Crito” is the topic at the December meeting of the Great Books Discussion Group, sponsored by the Great Books Council of San Francisco. Check www.sfpl.org for news about January’s meeting. Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6:15 p.m.; and Wednesday, Jan. 8, 6:15 p.m. Friday Matinee: O Brother The movie set for December’s Friday Matinee is O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the 2000 Coen Brothers film starring George Clooney and John Turturro. Friday, Dec. 13, 2 p.m. Showing in January is The Hunger Games, the 2012 science fiction film based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. Friday, Jan. 10, 2 p.m. Noe Valley Book Group At its December meeting, the Noe Valley Book Discussion Group explores The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman. Wednesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m. January’s book is The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m.
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