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March 2009

Library News

Lia Hillman, Potrero Branch Manager

Jasmin Springer, Mission Bay Branch Children’s Librarian


Interim Services during Potrero Branch Closure

 

Bookmobile service will be provided on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m., and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on the north side of 1502 Mariposa Street, adjacent to the Jackson Park Recreation Center building.  Services include borrowing and returning, reserving or picking up, and obtaining or renewing a library card.


Storytime for children, from birth to five years old, is offered at 10:30 a.m. on March 5, 12, 19 at St. Teresa’s community hall, Connecticut and 19th streets.  Enter on Connecticut Street.


Thursday, March 26 at 9:30 a.m., the Fratello Marionettes will perform Vaudeville Follies, a marionette variety show presented in the spirit of the old-time music hall.  This program is suitable for children of all ages.  St. Teresa’s community hall, Connecticut and 19th streets. Enter on Connecticut Street.


The Portrero Branch blog, http://potrerolibrarysfpl.blogspot.com, provides a forum for sharing updates on building progress, library programs, community events, and other news while our beloved branch is closed for renovation.


Potrero Library Campaign


The Potrero Neighborhood Library Campaign Committee meets monthly to discuss fundraising strategies and progress. If you’d like to join the committee, please contact Tina Tom at Friends of the Library 626.7512, extension 106; tina.tom@friendssfpl.org.


Mission Bay Library


The Mission Bay Library is located at 960 Fourth Street, at Berry, near AT&T Park.  The library is open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays noon to 8 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays 1 to 6 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. The Muni N and T lines are a block away, at Fourth and King Streets, and street parking is on Channel Street, also a block away.  The branch phone number is 355.2838.   Additional branch information can be found at http://missionbaylibrary.blogspot.com.


Librarian Jasmin has returned after a four-month hiatus, and will resume the library’s lapsit and storytime programs.  Please drop by to say hello. 


March Programs


Thursdays, 10:15 a.m. and Fridays 4 p.m.  Baby/Toddler Lapsits for ages birth to three. 

Thursdays, 11 a.m.   Preschool  Storytime, for ages three to five. 

March 18, 6:30 p.m.  A Talk and Tasting with Cowgirl Creamery’s Sue Conley. 

March 21, 2 p.m.  Eastenders Repertory Company presents Pride Open, an ensemble-created storytelling project exploring our contemporary conceptions of sexual identity. 

March 25, 6:30 p.m.  Children’s yoga.  Certified yoga instructor, Tatjana Rmus, will lead a class for children ages three to five and their caregivers.  Bring a mat or a towel. 

March 28, 4 p.m.  Dragon Theatre Puppets presents: “The Journey of George the Garden Gnome,” a puppet show for children of all ages.

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