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See also: Upcoming Exhibitions Office of ExhibitionsJewett Gallery and Skylight GalleryBetty Boop image courtesy of the San Francisco Public Library 
Charm School: Ill-Mannered Selections from the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor - This exhibition takes the reader on a quirky tour of the world of etiquette in our “civilized society.” In an age when politicians and pundits freely express their vulgar behavior in public,
is bad behavior just something the rest of us are forced to endure? Or can we really maintain a civil society by curbing rudeness and employing a civil demeanor? It is refreshing to note that the demise of a well-behaved society has been the subject of discourse and predictions for well over 600 years.
Society has suffered through more ups and downs in mangled manners and frightened horses, but just when we think we’re all headed to hell in a handbasket, a new etiquette book arrives to save us from ourselves. The books and materials on display demonstrate the height of incivility and a mirror reflecting
the need for a little etiquette training, but are mainly a showcase of amusing selections drawn from the Schmulowitz Collection. Lyn Risling, Remaking Our World, 2005 
*Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry From Native California - California native stories, songs and dance take form in poetry, painting, basketry, jewelry, printmaking, photography and sculpture. Based on the publication by Heyday Books,
The Dirt is Red Here: Art and Poetry from Native California, this exhibition shares the lives, stories, songs and dances of the artists. The Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry from Native California exhibition tour is organized by the
California Exhibition Resources Alliance (CERA). The exhibition was developed in concert with Heyday Books and is made possible by generous grants from The James Irvine Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Columbia Foundation, LEF Foundation, the
Fleishhacker Foundation and The Clorox Company Foundation, the institute of Museum and Library Services. Other Exhibition Areas in the Library“Unemployed Men sitting on the sunny side of the San Francisco Public Library” by Dorothea Lange. Feb. 1937. Courtesy of the San Francisco History Center 
75th Anniversary of the New Deal –
Digging Deep: Underneath San Francisco Public Library – In honor of the Library’s 125th
Anniversary celebration. The current Main Library rests on a Gold Rush era cemetery and the ruins of the old City Hall,
destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The archaeological remains pulled from the site include some of the everyday
and unusual objects that tell the story of the development of the Civic Center and The City’s earliest residents. 
Bayview’s Historical Footprints - Photographic exhibition celebrating the diverse history of Bayview Hunter’s Point featuring multimedia oral histories from elders in the community.
In collaboration with Bayview Hunter’s Point Neighborhood History Preservation Project. 
Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area - Through the sea level rise mapping project, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission has identified shoreline areas to be most affected by the sea level rise that
include the following areas: San Francisco, San Francisco Airport, the Central and South Bay, Corte Madera/San Rafael and Oakland Airport. These maps are a gift from the San Francisco Department of the Environment. For additional information check the San Francisco
Bay Conservation and Development Commission website at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/ 
Unveiling of the San Francisco/Bay Area Homicide Quilt - This exhibition is presented, in part, to honor the Rev. Cordell Hawkins, who developed the quilt as a way to offer emotional support to the families of homicide victims.
Welcoming the Olympics: An Exhibition of Paper Cutouts Depicting Traditional Chinese Sports - Chinese people have created and cherished many popular art forms and paper cutouts are one of them. With brilliant skill, a plain piece of paper can be
transformed into a fascinating artwork. As Beijing prepares to host the 2008 Olympics, we are proud to present you with a series of 19 paper cutouts on traditional Chinese sports and games. These games, just like paper cutting, are popular and enrich people's lives of different
ethnic groups in China. We can find traces of some of these games in the modern Olympics. These works are courtesy of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco.
Realia - An exhibition by emerging artists, architects and designers from The California College of the Arts. In the spirit of the 17th century “Cabinets of Curiosity” the participating artists and designers have undertaken journeys of discovery
in the diverse collections housed in the San Francisco Public Library. They have spent the last month delving into the collections in the San Francisco History Center, Rare Books, Music, and Periodicals Collections, to name a few. What they have discovered has inspired
them to create new works in response to their explorations. The participating artists and designers work in diverse media and approach their subjects from a variety of viewpoints, creating an exhibition that is as diverse as the collections that inspired it. 
41 Years/42 Photos: A Retrospective - Dennis Maness is now in his 41st year as a librarian at San Francisco Public Library. For this retrospective, he has chosen to include a single photograph taken during each of the years he has worked at the
library, 1967-2008. Most of these photographs have not been displayed before and demonstrate the different kinds of subjects he has photographed over the years – a few portraits, things and people he just stumbled across as he walked in the city and spanning his travels here and abroad.
Bob Barner Collage - Local collage artist and children’s book illustrator Bob Barner displays his work and process. Included is this year’s Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros poster. A Selection of Our Online Exhibitions *Picture This: Family Photographs of Everyday San Francisco - This exhibition draws from a collection of photographs shared with the San Francisco Public Library by community members from the Western Addition, Ocean View/Merced/Ingleside (OMI), Mission and Sunset neighborhoods. On Shades of San Francisco Photo Days, library staff, volunteers, and professional photographers copied photos from the family collections of local residents which recorded their daily lives as well as the cultural, historical, and political contributions of these neighborhoods. In this Online Exhibition we share approximately 150 of the photographs from the Shades of San Francisco project. Online Exhibition  *Out at the Library - Out at the Library celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Library’s James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center by highlighting its collection and offering a rare look into what an archives is and how it ensures the legacy of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. From boots worn by cross-dressing Civil War surgeon Dr. Mary Walker to classic LGBT pulp paperbacks to the 1978 appointment book of assassinated City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the objects and stories in Out at the Library offer compelling views of remarkable and ordinary lives. Online Exhibition 
*Reversing Vandalism - An exhibition of over 200 original works of art created from books mainly on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics,
women's issues and HIV/AIDS, that were destroyed by a vandal and withdrawn from the San Francisco Public Library's collection. Artists and concerned individuals from around the country worked to turn the damaged books into works of art. The wide
variety of responses to this hate crime vividly demonstrates the transformative power of art. 
*Amusing America - The premiere exhibition of the San Francisco
Museum and Historical Society, cosponsored by the San Francisco Public Library with support from the California State Library. 
Library's 125th Anniversary - Two online historical displays were created as part of the Library's 125th Anniversary celebrations. A Selection of Our Upcoming Exhibitions and Shows
Patently Beautiful: 10 Decades of Innovation for the Sake of Beauty - A look at patents from each decade of the 20th century representing the technological march forward in the world of beauty products. Often familiar and occasionally absurd,
these drawings, taken from original United States patents illustrate the innovation behind the products that have helped define the concept of beauty in the United States in the last 100 years.
Bayview Hunters Point Presents: Real Fatherhood - A photographic journal of neighborhood fathers with their children, in celebration of Father’s Day.
*Spirituality Photo Project by Black Brothers Esteem - With dramatic photography and compelling text, 16 members of Black Brothers Esteem document for the entire
San Francisco community their search for and in some cases creation of spirituality in a world that too often abandons, even condemns them. This project showcases their soul-searching, their solidarity, their courage
and ultimately just how important their spirituality is to their mental and physical health. Black Brothers Esteem is a prevention and support program designed to empower men who live predominantly in the
Tenderloin/Polk Gulch and Sixth Street corridor sections of San Francisco. These men struggle not only with issues related to HIV, but also with racism, addiction, poverty, homophobia, violence and marginal housing conditions. Programs marked with an asterisk (*) are funded by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. All programs at the Library are free. |
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