Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Presentation: Velvet Underground

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  A Discussion with Richie Unterberger Tuesday, 6/21/2022 12:00 - 1:30 The Velvet Underground were one of the most innovative and uncompromi...
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

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The edifice for the toppled statue of U.S. Grant in Golden Gate Par k The early summer of 2020 brought a wave of iconoclasm to America and S...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

Using the Dorothy Starr Collection

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From the Wall of Library Heroes  at the Larkin Street entrance to the Main Library   Dorothy Starr was the beloved proprietor of a Hayes Val...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

San Francisco's Hugo Friedhofer

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source: Music and Dance in California Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981) is often named as the only native Californian among the famed film soundtr...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Presentation: David Bowie

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  A talk and slide show with Richie Unterberger Author and rock historian Richie Unterberger shows and discusses vintage performance clips ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

New German Cinema, Alexander Kluge, and Yesterday Girl

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Often over-shadowed by two neighboring schools of cinema - Italian Neorealism and French New Wave - Neuer Deutscher Film (New German Cinema)...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Top Fifteen Most Requested Books in the Art, Music and Recreation Center, March 2022

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Often rock memoirs top these lists of titles most in demand (think of books like Just Kids by Patty Smith, Life by Keith Richards, or Girl...