The Writers Lunch is a casual chat with our writers community on the 3rd Friday of each month. This month we discuss the Joy of Travel and Adventure Writing. Join us, share, and learn!
Join the Mechanics' Institute and the Institute for Historical Study for this exciting talk about writing with historian Megan Kate Nelson.
In-person tours are back! If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member the Tour of the 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.
Richly illustrated by the author, My Little Plague Journal is a quirky window into the mind of “a veteran flâneur" and a chronicle of our time.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member the Virtual Tour of the 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.
This presentation about three men and their families, all Chinese immigrants, offers a historical landscape of Chinatowns in San Francisco and other western cities, from immigrant labor to entrepreneurship.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in Partnership with Arts Midwest.
This new biography—featuring over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughout—introduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual. Learn more about her life and work in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
During this walk, we’ll explore the legendary Barbary Coast.
