September and October were very busy literary months and now we can relax, get cozy and get some real reading done!

What's on your list?

Don't forget you can find downloadable audiobooks and eBooks from OverDrive, available through San Francisco Public Library!

And if you live near the Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library rejoice! Your branch has re-opened after a terrific renovation.

Sunday, November 1, 2009
50 Years of the San Francisco Mime Troupe: Radical Theater Revisited
Main Library Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A panel discussion by three founding fathers of radical theater: R.G. Davis, San Francisco Mime Troupe; Peter Schuman, Bread and Puppet Theater; and Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino.
Related Exhibition: FREE IN(G) THE PARKS: the San Francisco Mime Troupe Fights for Free Speech, 1959-1969, through February 1, 2010
Main Library, Fourth Floor, Steve Silver Beach Blanket Babylon Music Room

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Journey of the Italian Americans
West Portal Branch
190 Lenox Wy. (at Ulloa)
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Author, teacher, and historian Vincenza Scarpaci will give a slide presentation to illustrate her book. Her book uses photos and stories gathered from families and communities, placed in the broader context of the immigrant experience.

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Carville-by-the-Sea: San Francisco's Streetcar Suburb
Main Library Latino/Hispanic B
100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Woody LaBounty, creator of the Outside Lands website, shows images from and discusses his new book on Carville, a neighborhood on the edges of the Sunset District where many homes are constructed out of old cable cars.

Saturday, November 7, 2009
Handmade Holiday Cards
Richmond Meeting Room
351 9th Ave. (near Clement)
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Make your own holiday greeting cards

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Jan Kerouac Remembered
North Beach Branch
2000 Mason St. (at Columbus)
7 p.m.
Celebrate the life and work of the post-Beat novelist and the only child of Jack Kerouac with Gerald Nicosia, who compiled, edited, and partly wrote the new book Jan Kerouac: A Life in Memory. There will also be readings from other contributors including Brenda Knight, John Cassady, and Carl Macki. An audience discussion will follow.

Saturday, November 14, 2009
Angel Island
Chinatown Meeting Room
1135 Powell St. (near Jackson)
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Come join us for a talk on the historic immigration station, Angel Island. Located in San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Immigration Station at Angel Island served as a processing and detainment center for hundreds of thousands of immigrants and emigrants between 1910 and 1940. It is now a National Historic Landmark.
Presented by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.

Saturday, November 21, 2009
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Presents: Hamlet
Noe Valley Meeting Room
451 Jersey St. (near Castro)
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents Hamlet! A question and answer session with the actors will follow the production.

Monday, November 23, 2009
Thanksgiving and the Future of Food
Sunset Branch
1305 18th Ave. (at Irving)
7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
For a year Jonah Raskin worked on farms with farm workers, sold fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets, and met many of the most innovative chefs in the Bay Area. Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating and Drinking Wine in California recounts his odyssey across Northern California, and his discoveries about small, local, organic farms and about sustainability. The author will talk about his experiences and about Thanksgivings past and present.

Sunday, November 29, 2009
Classic Black: African-American Voices from 18th Century San Francisco
Main Library Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Former San Francisco Poet Laureate devorah major will be joined by Bay Area jazz treasures Richard Howell on saxophone and Mark Izu on bass in a poetry performance piece featuring African-Americans who lived and thrived in San Francisco between 1845 and 1900.