Koret Auditorium
Saturday, March 28
Film: Oshin, Oshin The Soul of the Cherry Blossoms (SF Main Library)
Enjoy the documentary of an artist named Katsuta Shinpyō ( 勝田深氷) who worked both in Japan and in San Francisco.
Shinpyō studied drawing under his father, Itō Shinsui (伊東深水), known as the last ukiyo-e artist, and the Western-style painter Koito Gentarō (小糸源太郎). Shinpyō was a painter ...
Thursday, April 9
Film: “A Quiet Passion” (SF Main Library)
In honor of National Poetry Month we screen A Quiet Passion, the acclaimed biographical film about the American poet Emily Dickinson. A Quiet Passion presents the story of American poet Emily Dickinson, from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as ...
Thursday, April 23
Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates The Catacombs of Vanished Lovers (SF Main Library)
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests celebrate the publication of poet Jeffrey Bryant’s The Catacombs of Vanished Lovers at SFPL’s Monthly poetry reading.
Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and ...
