Punctuation Party 2016 Sponsors
Kahle Austin Foundation
Verticle Pipe Bar 2016 Sponsors
Kahle Austin Foundation
In Kind 2016 Sponsors
Tim Belonax, Punctuation Party invitation and poster design
Silent Auction Item Donors 2016
Eric Spiekerman & Suzanna Dulkinys
Mary Austin and Brewster Kahle
Richard Lang
Brooks & Lea Ann Roddan
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Smuin Ballet
ODC Theater
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Heath Ceramics
Dashe Winery
EcEvoy Ranch
Baia Pasta
Patrick Reagh Printers
Neenah
Cat Town Cafe & Adoption Center
Meryl Macklin
Margaret Miller
Kent Manske
Claire van Vliet and Janus Press
Ann Smith
Kathy Barr
Kathleen Burch
Chanticleer
Old First Chruch Concerts
Rik Olson
Magnolia Editions
Thank You Also To
Alyson Kuhn
Pam Hava
James Tucker
Maureen Forys
To All Of Our Wonderful 2016 Volunteers
Thank you for making the Punctuation Party and all of the events at San Francisco Center for the Book possible.
#SFCBLOVE
Event :: Punctuation Party
Date :: May 6, 2016
Time :: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location :: San Francisco Center for the Book, 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco
In honor of the 20th Anniversary of San Francisco Center for the Book, we are punctuating the year with an inaugural Punctuation Party, a fun fundraising event of epic proportions and exclaiming that the punctuation of the year is the "!", the exclamation mark!
DJ Boom Bostic will be spinning top tunes from the year 1996 (the year San Francisco Center for the Book burst into existence) :: Dance :: Come dressed as your favorite punctuation mark :: Sip on "Exclamation" cocktails, wines and brews :: Belly up to the delicious Tacolicious bar :: Take a "Punctuation Portrait" :: Play "Punctuation Games" :: Shout out your love of punctuation to the world :: Make a point of interjecting your bids on the scintillating array of silent auction prizes!
2016 Silent Auction Items
At the Punctuation Party silent auction bidding begins at 6:00 PM and ends at 8:30 PM. Bid fast and bid with wild abandon! All proceeds benefit San Francisco Center for the Book's programs. Thank you for your support!
Lunch with Erik Spiekermann :: Have a one-on-one lunch with art historian, information architect, type designer and author Erik Spiekermann at his home in Belvedere, CA. Erik is a wealth of knowledge on many topics, and especially type design. It will prove to be an educational and enjoyable experence.
Sail the Beautiful Bay with Mary & Brewster :: Take the helm of a 40' Morris Yacht and sail the afternoon away on the San Francisco Bay! Mary (Co-Founder of San Francisco Center for the Book) and Brewster (Founder of the Internet Archive) will provide lunch, libations and good conversation.
Papermaking at Hyle Mill 1808-1987 (Janus Press) :: The book is 68 pages with a text by Maureen Green that is both a readable and techincal survey of the 180 years the Green Family made handmade paper. The book is bound in Barcham Green Nefertiti paper with longstitch. As well as the book there is: a map showing the twelve water-powered mills that were on two and a half miles of the Loose Stream in 1865. The map is letterpress on Finile and opens out to three feet wide; a portfolio of twelve Barcham Green papers 7x10 inches enclosed in an India Office paper wrapper; a portfolio of 19 historic photographs from 1870 to 1977 of the mill and the processes of handpapermaking together with a diagram of the mill layout in 1978 all enclosed in a DeWint paper wrapper. Except for the photographs and the mill diagram, all the papers used in this project were handmade by Barcham Green and Company at Hayle Mill, Maidstone in Kent, England. The four components come in a linen covered clamshell box lined inside with Martian Badger paper. The edition is limited to 200 copies.
Poetry Jukebox at Your Own Party :: Have a lyrical evening of poetry with the brilliant mind of Richard Lang (from Electric Works) as the Human Poetry Jukebox! Richard can recite over 100 poems that he has memorized by number, by poet but can easily recite by theme, topic or other requests! He will come to you dressed in fabulous jukebox attire and make it an evening you will never forget!
Printing Party for 10 People with Chad :: Have a printing party with your friends (up to 10 people total) at San Francisco Center for the Book. Studio Manager and Resident Instructor Chad Johnson will lead you through a brief history of printing, followed by a custom, hands-on group printing activity. Wine and light snacks will be provided. It'll be fun and informative and everyone leaves with prints!
7 Days, 6 Nights in Wild Wyoming! :: Ever wonder how it feels to live in a Straw Bale House? Here's your chance. Less than an hour's drive from the East Gate of Yellowstone Park, this stucco-sided cabin remains cool in the hottest summer and warm in the coldest winter. It also has radiant floor heat if needed and a frequently used fireplace. Set on the south-facing side of the foothills of Jim Mountain in the Absoroka Mountain Range, surrounded by sweet-smelling sagebrush, beside Wall Creek and the geologically interesting China Wall, the home offers outdoor adventures of all kinds. With one king-sized bed on the main level and a queen-sized bed tucked up in the loft space, the main house can sleep four (4) comfortably. There is also a guest quarters at the back of the garage with its own bathroom and a double bed. The deck is for daytime and nighttime viewing. On a clear night with little moonlight the Milky Way is always visible. The home was built as a writing retreat, but painters and artists of all types will enjoy the solitute and quiet.
Performing Arts Package :: Enjoy a profusion of live performances by all of these groups :: 6 tickets to Smuin Ballet :: 4 tickets to ODC Theater's presentation of Hope Mohr Dance (June 9-11, 2016) :: 2 season subscriptions to Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra's 2016/17 season :: 2 ticket vouchers to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (expires October 20, 2016) :: 2 tickets to a performance at San Francisco Symphony's Open Rehearsal Series (includes informative talk an hour before the performance).
Behind the Scenes Tour at the California Academy of Sciences for 8 People :: A 2-hour tour behind-the-scenes at the California Academy of Sciences! Up to 8 people in your party can visit two scientific collections. Collections include gems & minerals, invertebrates, botany, ornithology & mammology, ichthyology (fish), entomology, herpetology (frogs, lizards, snakes, and more), and the library's rare scientific books & manuscripts. The tour guide will be a scientist (or librarian) who works with that particular collection.
Handmade Ceramic Dinnerware for 8 by Lea Ann Roddan :: Yellow Salt Dishes: A set of 8 dinner plates, salad plates, bowls and bowls. Once offered at Sue Fisher King’s Sacramento Street shop, this subtly glazed tableware will grace any dining table and bring art into everyday use. They are microwave and dishwasher safe, though the glaze sparkles and shines when dried with a soft towel.
unknowing (Kent Manske) :: Media: etchings, pigment printing, clamshell box with screen printing, Size: 15 x 12.75 x .5, Edition: 3, date 2012
Punc't Posters :: Neenah's Punc’t Project was a limited-edition series of signed and numbered serigraphs created by graphic designers who reinterpreted punctuation marks. Semicolon: Michael Beirut, Slash: Steven Brower, Caret: Marcos Chin, Parentheses: Seymour Chwast, Braces: Roberto de vicq de Cumptich, Question mark: Steff Geissbuhler, Ampersand: David Schimmel, Quotation marks: Scott Stowell, Exclamation point: Alexander Gelman, Ellipsis: Carin Goldberg, Colon: Kent Hunter, At symbol: Mirko Ilic, Percent sign: Alexander Isley, Brackets: Michael Ian Kaye, Umlaut: Aimee Sealfon Eng, Ditto mark: Robert Valentine, Hypen: Chip Kidd, Number/pound sign: Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler, Asterisk: Woody Pirtle, Tilde: Sam Potts, Apostrophe: Stefan Sagmeister and Matthias Ernstberger, Comma: Paula Scher, Em/en dash: Todd St. John, Period: James Victore
Stencil Ceramic Clock from Heath Ceramics - Honor the passage of every second, minute and hour with this collaborative clock from Heath Ceramics and House Industries. Heath's horologists form, glaze and fire House’s designs into a perpetual celebration of future moments. The Stencil Clock, features a newly created font from House which they say is inspired by "19th-century French stencils, Shaker tin stencils and your standard American G.I. stencil." Size: 15" diam.
Baia Pasta & Tour of Factory :: Take home a delicious sampling of locally made artisan pasta and then go to the facility in Oakland, CA and take a tour of where the pasta is made. This is truely a unique experience. Baia pasta is inspired by their roots in Piemonte (Northern Italy), where food is a passion, a language, an emotion; food is everything. All they do is dictated by the principles of the Slow Food movement: to provide people with delicious food that is good for them, good for the people who grow/produce it, and good for the Earth. They are also inspired by the Bay Area food scene and the many local artisans/chefs/retailers/farmers who are doing their part to make good, real food accessible and by doing so, inspiring a transformation in production practices and the way we eat. The small shop and production facility is in Jack London Square, along the beautiful Oakland waterfront.
2£s of ¥€$ :: Got a Yen to go global? International currency symbols in letterpress type: In for a penny, in for a £. From 6-12pt. Letterpress goes international! Including the first available versions in type of the Euro symbol. Hurry, before the EU disintegrates! "It's just common currency" 6, 8, 10, 12 point lead letterpress type made by Patrick Reagh.
Dashe Winery :: 2 Bottles of Dashe Wine
Rik Olson :: A Rik Olson print
Magnolia Editions :: Magnolia Editions paper comes from the renowned fine art print studio in Oakland, California spearheaded by Era and Don Farnsworth for over three decades. Paper is made by hand by methods joyfully researched to incorporate the ancient, medieval/renaissance, and/or cutting edge. "Awagami" Japanese washi papers are produced solely in Tokushima, Japan, operating on 8 generations of family knowledge and skill focusing on quality and refinement within this world-heritage craft. Awagami papers are used by the worlds leading artists, photographers, designers, bookbinders and conservators.
& More 2016 Silent Auction Items
McEvoy Gift Basket
Punctuation Cookie Cutters
A Dictionary Story by Sam Winston
In the Land of Punctuation by Christian Morgenstern
Punctuation Book Plates
An Hour at Cat Town
Punctuation Jewelry
3D Printed Ampersand Necklace
Typographic Letterform Scarf
Comma pencils, erasers, glue sticks
Chain mail & semi-precious stone necklace