The Unbuilding Archive: Liberated Futures for the Site of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
October 4
Civic Center
LGBTQ+ history reimagined
Upcoming events at San Francisco Main Public Library
- Weekly Step Sale — 2026-10-07T00:00:00-07:00
- Friends of the SF Public Library Step Sales — 2026-10-07T11:00:00-07:00
- Valentine's Zines with the Feelin’ on the Fifth Zine Club — 2026-10-08T00:00:00-07:00
- Thursday Night Poem Jam — 2026-10-08T18:00:00-07:00
- Workshop: Writing Hard Enough to Shift Gravity — 2026-10-08T18:00:00-07:00
- Storytime — 2026-10-08T00:00:00-07:00
- Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It — 2026-10-10T13:00:00-07:00
- Filipino American International Book Festival — 2026-10-17T10:30:00-07:00
- Reduce Plastic Waste Through Creative Reuse — 2026-10-18T14:00:00-07:00
- Rocky Horror Picture Show with a Full Shadow Cast — 2026-10-21T17:00:00-07:00
- Macabre Marvels in the Stacks—Inspiration From SFPL's Hidden Books — 2026-10-22T18:00:00-07:00
- Free Panel: Bay Area Protest Photojournalists + Pop-Up Exhibit — 2026-10-22T18:00:00-07:00
- Embroidering Queer History — 2026-10-25T13:00:00-07:00
- Stressless Taxes for Artists, Creatives, and Freelancers — 2026-10-29T18:00:00-07:00
- Collectively Operating a Performance Theater in SF — 2026-11-04T18:00:00-08:00
- Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates Janice Gould’s This Music — 2026-11-12T18:00:00-08:00
- Performance: Kim Shuck — 2026-11-29T13:00:00-08:00
Fine Arts ExhibitionSan Francisco Main Public Library
Opens Sunday at 12:00 PM
Civic Center, San Francisco
📚"I genuinely believe there's something for everyone here."
📄Self-service copies are 10¢ and scanning to USB is free
💳California residents can get a library card in minutes
This six-story temple to curiosity welcomes everyone through its soaring atrium and dramatic spiral skylight. Browse vinyl, comics, and rare collections, or post up at sunlit desks overlooking Civic Center.
free events year-round
stunning modernist architecture
vinyl and comics collections
sunlit reading desks
Fine Arts ExhibitionSan Francisco Main Public Library
Opens Sunday at 12:00 PM
Civic Center, San Francisco
📚"I genuinely believe there's something for everyone here."
📄Self-service copies are 10¢ and scanning to USB is free
💳California residents can get a library card in minutes
This six-story temple to curiosity welcomes everyone through its soaring atrium and dramatic spiral skylight. Browse vinyl, comics, and rare collections, or post up at sunlit desks overlooking Civic Center.
free events year-round
stunning modernist architecture
vinyl and comics collections
sunlit reading desks
Upcoming events at San Francisco Main Public Library
Sunday, Oct 4