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Author Peter G. Platt argues that the Essais of Montaigne were a crucial factor in the composition of later Shakepearean drama. Cosponsored by California Shakespeare Theater
The average book today sells only about 250 copies per year and 3,000 in its lifetime. Improve your odds of becoming a successful author by producing a business plan for your book before you write a word. As you do, you develop an Author Attitude, craft a marketable book idea, and evaluate your idea and yourself through an acquisitions editor’s lens. Learn how to determine if your book is not only a great creative idea but also marketable product—a viable business venture.
Wyler beautifully adapts Emily Brontë's novel of the doomed passion between Heathcliff, the young stable-hand, and the free-spirited Cathy.
Online Classes, Events & Tournaments, and Services
Monday 4-5:30PM: Chess Cafe
Monday 6:30-8:PM: Game Review Class with FM Paul Whitehead
Wednesday 5-6PM: Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members
Wednesday 6:30-8PM: The Art of Defense with FM Paul Whitehead
Sunday 10AM-12PM: Free Women's Class by Sophie Adams
"Poetry provides pathways for creative and cathartic human expression and peace." Join us in celebration of National Poetry Month for a reading of poems from No Poetry No Peace, a collection written by Sheryl Bize-Boutte and her daughter Dr. Angela Boutte; and a selection of local poets.
Are you a crafty member of the Mechanics' Institute? Knit happens, but we'd love to see your crochet too! Bring a project and get to know your fellow Mechanics' Institute members and staff over Zoom. Knit Happens bimonthly: every second and last Tuesday. All skill levels welcome — join us!
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member the Virtual Tour of the Mechanics' Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Discuss The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley with fellow members. This is the first of two meetings covering The Go-Between.
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Author Jasmin Darznik discusses her new novel about iconic photographer Dorothea Lange with journalist Elaine Elinson, on Zoom.
Wyler's chilling adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about a ruthlessly mendacious southern family.
Online Classes, Events & Tournaments, and Services
Monday 4-5:30PM: Chess Cafe
Monday 6:30-8:PM: Game Review Class with FM Paul Whitehead
Wednesday 5-6PM: Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members
Wednesday 6:30-8PM: The Art of Defense with FM Paul Whitehead
Sunday 10AM-12PM: Free Women's Class by Sophie Adams
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A weary knight, slogging home from the Crusades, encounters death and challenges him to a game of chess.
Online Classes, Events & Tournaments, and Services
Monday 4-5:30PM: Chess Cafe
Monday 6:30-8:PM: Game Review Class with FM Paul Whitehead
Wednesday 5-6PM: Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members
Wednesday 6:30-8PM: The Art of Defense with FM Paul Whitehead
Sunday 10AM-12PM: Free Women's Class by Sophie Adams
Discuss The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley with fellow members. This is the second of two meetings covering The Go-Between.
Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together.
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Award-winning historian Nancy J. Taniguchi, the author of Dirty Deeds: Land, Violence, and the 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee, will discuss the life and tragic death of outspoken journalist James King of William and how he, a group of wealthy merchants, and a couple of committed historians shaped San Francisco’s history!
A young Maori girl believes she is destined to be the next chief of her tribe.
Online Classes, Events & Tournaments, and Services
Monday 4-5:30PM: Chess Cafe
Monday 6:30-8:PM: Game Review Class with FM Paul Whitehead
Wednesday 5-6PM: Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members
Wednesday 6:30-8PM: The Art of Defense with FM Paul Whitehead
Sunday 10AM-12PM: Free Women's Class by Sophie Adams
Please join Nick Wright on a journey back in time to experience ultra-high-resolution views of Gold Rush San Francisco.
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The Writers Lunch is a casual chat with our writers community on the 3rd Friday of each month. Join us, share, and learn! This month we have an editor and a marketing strategist ready to tackle your questions.
Leona, an insulated young Syrian Jewish woman in Mexico City, faces family disapproval when she dates a non-Jewish man.
Online Classes, Events & Tournaments, and Services
Monday 4-5:30PM: Chess Cafe
Monday 6:30-8:PM: Game Review Class with FM Paul Whitehead
Wednesday 5-6PM: Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members
Wednesday 6:30-8PM: The Art of Defense with FM Paul Whitehead
Sunday 10AM-12PM: Free Women's Class by Sophie Adams
Are you a crafty member of the Mechanics' Institute? Knit happens, but we'd love to see your crochet too! Bring a project and get to know your fellow Mechanics' Institute members and staff over Zoom. Knit Happens bimonthly: every second and last Tuesday. All skill levels welcome — join us!
Discuss A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul with fellow members.
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A history of California centered around the lives and legacies of the Indigenous people who shaped it. Cosponsored by California Institute for Community, Art & Nature
In eleventh century China, a monk gives a humble copyist the lofty assignment of copying a Buddhist sutra that will liberate trapped souls.
Online Classes, Events & Tournaments, and Services
Monday 4-5:30PM: Chess Cafe
Monday 6:30-8:PM: Game Review Class with FM Paul Whitehead
Wednesday 5-6PM: Free Adult Beginner Class for Mechanics' Members
Wednesday 6:30-8PM: The Art of Defense with FM Paul Whitehead
Sunday 10AM-12PM: Free Women's Class by Sophie Adams
Join author Corey Rosen and his brother Steve Rosen for a rousing presentation of Your Story Well Told. The book will teach you the art of telling stories - how to make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress a date. Corey Rosen is an Emmy-award winning writer and actor with years of experience as a skilled storytelling coach. Steve Rosen is a screenwriter and has also worked extensively as a performer on stage and screen.
Dream State is a freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen visions of the Golden State. Author Mick LaSalle will be in conversation about his new book with CinemaLit Curator Matthew Kennedy, followed by a disussion of A Star is Born. Cosponsored by Heyday Books
Join Library Director, Deb Hunt, for a tour of the FamilySearch Research Wiki --- a free, online genealogical guide.
Discuss Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin with fellow members.
What happens when we get stuck? When we have no original ideas and everything we write –if we are writing at all—is awful and boring? How do we keep going during those long days when family issues, financial stresses, fatigue, and career concerns, and other tough distractions peck away at our focus and time? You change your focus—process over outcome-- adapt a growth mindset, and seek out the small wins.
Annalee Newitz debunks the myth that “lost cities” were miraculously “discovered” by modern archeologists. Cosponsored by Goethe-Institut and Gray Area
In this workshop, authors Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte and Joan Gelfand will guide you from storyboard creation to story narrative.
A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfully
