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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Tuesday, June 24 | 7:00 pm | 2025 Chess Summer Celebration Blitz

Wednesday, June 25 | 12:00 pm | Mechanics' Institute Public Tour

Wednesday, June 25 | 6:00 pm | World Literature Book Group: Kokoro by Natsumi Soseki

Friday, June 27 | 6:00 pm | CinemaLit: Trailblazing Actresses of Black Hollywood - Claudine (1974)

Saturday, June 28 | 24th Annual Henry Gross Memorial Chess Tournament

LIBRARY:

Monday, June 23 | 6:00 pm | Monday Night Writers' Group

Wednesday, June 25 | 11:00 am | Wednesday Writers' Circle

Wednesday, June 25 | 12:00pm | Creative Project Group

Thursday, June 26 | 11:00 am | Write If You Dare

Friday, June 27 | 5:00 pm | Tech Support Hour

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	Library	Chess	Building
Mon	10 - 6	10 - 6	8 - 6
Tue	10 - 8	10 - 6	8 - 8
Wed	10 - 6	10 - 6	8 - 6
Thu	10 - 8	10 - 6	8 - 8
Fri	10 - 6	10 - 6	8 - 6
Sat	10 - 5	Closed	Closed
Sun	Closed	Closed	Closed

Upcoming Events

Creative Project Group

Wednesday, July 02, 2025 - 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

In-Person Tour of the Mechanics' Institute

Wednesday, July 02, 2025 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Write If You Dare!

Thursday, July 03, 2025 - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Thursday Fiction Writers' Group

Thursday, July 03, 2025 - 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

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San Francisco, CA 94104