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Bring a journal, something you're working on or come use our supplies and write solo or with a group. Snacks provided.

Create colorful artwork inspired by amate paper with local artist Rachel Anne Palacios. Amate paper is a type of bark paper used for a variety of purposes beginning with Mesoamerican cultures and continuing in modern-day Mexico. For children, teens and their families. Space limited. Reservations...

Talk about recent graphic novels with fellow comics fans. Our November title is Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett-Sumner. Come for low-key discussion even if you haven't finished the book.

We'll have copies on...

Build confidence, increase standardized test fluency and set effective test-taking goals in this course for students preparing to take the 2023–2024 SAT exams. Space limited. For 9th–12th graders who live or attend school in San Francisco.

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Instructor Kalorie Roanhorse, an expert in Native American beading and owner of Navajo Dream’s Authentic Handmade Jewelry, teaches the basics of jewelry design and beading.  

Space limited. Reservations required: (415) 355-2868 (starting mid-October).

Learn how to make and play the Ohlone game Staves & learn about Indigenous plants in San Francisco with Ranger Fatima. Space limited. Reservations required: (415) 355-5707.

Bring a journal, something you're working on or come use our supplies and write solo or with a group. Snacks provided.

Play a whole role-playing game (RPG) in just a couple of hours with us using one-page RPGs. For ages 12–16. 

Have you wanted to learn how to play role playing games but didn’t know where to start? Do you enjoy the thrill of playing these tabletop games but not the commitment of multi-...

Bring your notebook, a laptop or any writing project you're working on and write alongside fellow writers in a relaxing atmosphere.

Linda Mihara, an award-winning origami artisan and part owner of Paper Tree - The Origami Store in Japantown, will lead a beginners origami lesson. No prior experience is necessary. Pictured are some of the origami designs that might be done.

For ages 7–17. Space limited. Reservations...