Library News
Abby Bridge, Potrero Branch Librarian
Jasmin Springer, Mission Bay Branch Children’s Librarian
Interim Services during Potrero Branch closure
Bookmobile service is provided on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m., and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on the north side of 1502 Mariposa Street, adjacent to the Jackson Park Recreation Center building. Bookmobile services include borrowing, returning, reserving or picking up materials, and obtaining or renewing a library card.
Read It and Green It, the 2009 Summer Reading Club, continues through August 8. Children can sign up for the Summer Reading Club at the Bookmobile or any San Francisco library.
Potrero children’s programs for August:
Family Storytime. Storytime featuring stories, songs and rhymes. For infants to five years and their caregiver. Thursdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10:30 a.m. St. Teresa’s Community Hall, Connecticut and 19th Streets. Enter on Connecticut Street.
Mission Bay Library
The Mission Bay Library is located at 960 Fourth Street, at Berry, near AT&T Park. The library is open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesdays noon to 8 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Muni N and T lines are a block away, at Fourth and King Streets, and street parking is on Channel Street, also a block away. The branch phone number is 355.2838. Additional branch information can be found at http://missionbaylibrary.blogspot.com.
Mission Bay’s children’s programs for August:
Baby Rhyme Time. Interactive music, rhymes, bounces, books, and more for infants to 24 months and their caregivers. Thursdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10:15 a.m.
Toddler Tales. Music, books, rhymes, movement and more for 18 to 36 months and their caregivers. Fridays, August 7, 14, 21, 28 at 4:30 p.m.
Preschool Storytimes. Stories, songs, rhymes and more for children ages three to five. Thursdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Children’s Yoga. Certified yoga instructor Tatjana Rmus will lead a class for children ages three to five and their caregivers. Bring a mat or towel. Wednesday, August 5, 5:30 p.m.
Potrero Library Campaign
The Potrero Neighborhood Library Campaign Committee meets monthly to discuss fundraising strategies and progress. The next meeting is August 5, 6:30 p.m. A dozen or so Potrero Hill gardeners have been persuaded by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and the Potrero Hill Garden Club to open their gardens to the public to raise funds for the Potrero Hill library. You can tour gardens you may never otherwise get to see, and help raise money for the library. Docents will be available at several public gardens to give tours and answer questions. Master gardeners will be available to answer questions, and some plants will be for sale in individual gardens. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets: $25, or $40 for two, at Farley’s and Christopher’s Books. Information: 648.1926. If you’d like to join the campaign committee, please contact Mary Abler at Friends of the Library: 626.7512, extension107 or mary.abler@friendssfpl.org.
