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Upcoming Events

Class

Introduction to Self-Publishing

Feb 01 - 5:15pm

Author Appearance

Hedy’s Folly: The Life and...

Feb 01 - 6:00pm

Book Discussion

Journey to the End of the Night

Feb 02 - 6:00pm

CinemaLit

Ecstasy (1933)

Feb 03 - 6:00pm

Class

Get to Know Word 2007: Document...

Feb 07 - 10:00am

Introduction to Self-Publishing

The Mechanics' Institute is offering an seven-session tour of the self-publishing process that will guide you from the pros and cons, through the nuts and bolts, to an informed decision on whether and how to publish your book.

Repeats every 2 weeks until Thu Apr 19 2012 .

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 5:15pm

Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World - Richard Rhodes

What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? Pulitzer-prize winning author Richard Rhodes explains in this biography of a brainy sex symbol.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 6:00pm

Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday Anniversary: Film & English Tea - Preview Program

Come see a sumptuous 2002 version of the great comic novel, Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens’ celebration of youth, naivete, the theater, evil schoolmasters, benevolent twins, gentle ladies, disreputable gents…

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 3:00pm

Everywhere Man: the novel and audio tour

Learn about the process of writing a book designed to be synchronized with a self-guided audio tour with Jim Nelson, author of Everywhere Man.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 6:00pm

Beyond Words: 200 Years of Illustrated Diaries - Susan Snyder

Gleaned from Snyder’s explorations of the Bancroft Library as head of public services, this collection of excerpts from fifty illustrated diaries range from the records of eighteenth-century Spanish explorer Pedro Font to those of David Brower...

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 6:00pm

American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination - Barry A. Sanders

According to Barry A. Sanders, an international business lawyer and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the attitudes a person expresses about the United States consist of two components: the person’s memory bank of images and a bias...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 12:30pm

About Us

Founded just after the Gold Rush to provide technical education and training for mechanics and to promote local and California industry, the Mechanics' Institute today is a vibrant intellectual and cultural center serving the entire Bay Area. Housed in its one hundred year-old landmark building on Post Street, the Institute serves its members with a large general-interest circulating and research library; the oldest chess club in the United States; and an active program of literary and cultural events.