Events
Events and Public Programs You'll find a wealth of public programs at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Many are free events. Events create opportunities for the community to cultivate ties with professional and amateur book artists, writers and scholars; share the pleasures of letterpress printing, bookbinding, letterforms and artists' books with a broader audience and create an exciting dialogue between makers, collectors and connoisseurs.
Public Events
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Start: June 21, 2013, 5:30 PM
End: June 21, 2013, 8:30 PM |
On the eve of the Summer Solstice 2013, Thomas Ingalls will launch Missing Links Press at the San Francisco Center for the Book with a reading and celebration. |
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Start: June 25, 2013, 6:00 PM
End: June 25, 2013, 8:00 PM |
Jim Moran is the Museum Director of the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. He runs letterpress workshops, archives the collection and maintains the museum on a daily basis. Previously he had volunteered at Hamilton and donated presses and equipment from his Green Bay, Wisconsin, printing firm, Moran’s Quality Print Shop, where he worked as apprentice, pressman, partner and owner with his father and grandfather for over 35 years. |
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Start: June 28, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: June 28, 2013, 8:30 PM |
Join us for part one of three special Friday night events celebrating a new exhibition focused on artist Richard Diebenkorn's Berkeley years. |
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Start: July 19, 2013, 6:00 PM
End: July 19, 2013, 8:00 PM |
Following tradition, visiting Master Bookbinders, Michael Burke and Dominic Riley, will lecture about book structures both old and new. |
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Start: July 26, 2013, 10:00 AM
End: July 28, 2013, 5:00 PM |
San Francisco. July 26–28, 2013. 1,000 sketchbooks, made by creative people from all over the world, will commence on a 8 city tour around North America. Join The Sketchbook on this historic tour! The San Francisco Center for the Book is pleased to be one of the stops on the tour. |
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Start: July 26, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: July 26, 2013, 8:30 PM |
Join us for the second of three special Friday night events celebrating a new exhibition focused on artist Richard Diebenkorn's Berkeley years. |
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Start: August 8, 2013, 6:00 PM
End: August 8, 2013, 8:00 PM |
Save the date for a special evening of poetry readings with Johanna Drucker! |
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Start: August 16, 2013, 5:00 PM
End: August 16, 2013, 8:30 PM |
Join us for the third and final special Friday night event celebrating a new exhibition focused on artist Richard Diebenkorn's Berkeley years. |
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Start: September 29, 2013, 11:00 PM
End: September 29, 2013, 4:00 PM |
it's the Tenth Anniversary of Roadworks: A Steamroller Printing Festival. Rhode Island Street will be closed off for a day-long celebration of printing and the book arts. |