Cool Off in the City

CARL North at Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St. SF

10:00-10:30 Light breakfast/registration

10:30-11:15 Leaf books: why the controversy? John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller http://www.johnwindle.com  Learn more: http://www.newberry.org/programs/LBrelease.html

11:15-12:15 Tours - choose from either:
The Mechanics’ Institute & Library Today
- Inez Cohen, Library Director and former CARL member
After the Gold Rush: a 150-Year Photographic History of San Francisco's Mechanics' Institute – docent led http://www.milibrary.org 

12:15 - 1:00 Additional time for self-guided tours

11:15 - 1:00 Simultaneous business meetings: All CARL members wanting to participate or learn more are welcome.

Interest Group leaders:
Kris Johnson, Northern Interest Group Coordinator
Vicki Rosen, Northern Vice President
Campus Liaisons:
Brian Lym, Northern Campus Liaison Coordinator

Have lunch with colleagues at nearby restaurants. We’ll help with suggestions.

Stay and play! There’s always plenty to do. Here are a few ideas:

http://www.sfmoma.org/  SF Museum of Modern Art
http://www.cartoonart.org Cartoon Museum
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org California Historical Society
http://goldstarevents.com Free to join. Get discounted theater tickets.
A little farther by bus or car:
http://www.asianart.org  Asian Art Museum
http://sfpl.org  San Francisco Public Library

Members: $15 Nonmembers: $20

Includes light breakfast. Please pay at the door. Checks preferred.

RSVP preferred by July 22 to:
Vicki Rosen
rosen@usfca.edu 415 422-5387

Parking nearby at Union Square Garage. Map of all city garages: http://www.sfgov.org/site/dpt_index.asp?id=13468 Easy public transportation via BART & MUNI

 

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