Friday Writers
September 4 at 3pm
Union Square
Biweekly fiction critique group
Upcoming events at Mechanics' Institute
- Wine Appreciation Series — 2026-09-08T17:00:00-07:00
- Creative Projects — 2026-09-09T12:00:00-07:00
- World Literature Book Group — 2026-09-09T00:00:00-07:00
- World Literature: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy — 2026-09-09T00:00:00-07:00
- Fiction Writers — 2026-09-10T15:00:00-07:00
- HISTORY AND MYSTERY AUTHOR PANEL — 2026-09-10T17:30:00-07:00
- Brown Bag Mystery Readers: The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey OR A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill (Readers' Choice) — 2026-09-14T12:00:00-07:00
- Monday Night Writers — 2026-09-14T18:00:00-07:00
- Brown Bag Mystery Readers: Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James — 2026-09-14T12:00:00-07:00
- Needles & Hooks — 2026-09-19T10:30:00-07:00
- World Literature: The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal — 2026-09-23T00:00:00-07:00
- Brown Bag Mystery Readers: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier — 2026-10-12T12:00:00-07:00
- World Literature: The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide — 2026-10-28T00:00:00-07:00
- World Literature: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez — 2026-11-04T00:00:00-08:00
- Brown Bag Mystery Readers: Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls — 2026-11-09T12:00:00-08:00
- Troublemaker: The Fierce Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford with author Carla Kaplan — 2027-02-27T18:00:00-08:00
- Mechanics' Institute — 2027-03-21T11:30:00-07:00
History Exhibition
History ExhibitionMechanics' Institute
Opens Thursday at 10:00 AM
Union Square, San Francisco
🌀The iconic spiral staircase is truly stunning
♟️Free women's chess class on Sundays
💳Day pass counts toward membership if you join within a week
Step inside one of the West Coast's oldest institutions, where an iconic spiral staircase winds through nine stories of literary history. Browse the extensive private library, catch a classic film screening, or watch chess masters face off in the historic chess room.
Iconic spiral staircase
Private membership library
World-class chess program
Classic film screenings
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History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionMechanics' Institute
Opens Thursday at 10:00 AM
Union Square, San Francisco
🌀The iconic spiral staircase is truly stunning
♟️Free women's chess class on Sundays
💳Day pass counts toward membership if you join within a week
Step inside one of the West Coast's oldest institutions, where an iconic spiral staircase winds through nine stories of literary history. Browse the extensive private library, catch a classic film screening, or watch chess masters face off in the historic chess room.
Iconic spiral staircase
Private membership library
World-class chess program
Classic film screenings
Google
(66)
4.7