Since 1910, this room has held its breath over countless matches. The clock is still ticking. Come see where America’s oldest chess club calls home. Free evening tour tonight (5/1) before our screening of Sabrina (1954). Links in bio.
116 years of stories, nestled in the heart of downtown San Francisco. This #NationalLibraryWeek, lose yourself in the stacks, pause on our spiral staircase, and remember why you fell in love with books in the first place.
Join our FREE weekly tour every Wednesday at 12 PM and explore the historic Mechanics’ Institute — home to author talks, cultural events, and America’s oldest chess club, all inside a beautiful Beaux Arts landmark.
57 Post Street, San Francisco
No RSVP needed — just stop by!
I was going through clips this afternoon to use in our ON GOLDEN POND pre-show, and I came across this touching interview with Henry Fonda. Jane always felt a coldness and distance from her father, and her work in ON GOLDEN POND came from that. I hope she has seen this interview, and knows that her father felt this way about her, even if he was incapable of saying it to her face.
Ticket link to ON GOLDEN POND tomorrow, 5/15, in my bio. I will be talking a great deal about this relationship, and how it influenced the movie.
#tcmparty #events #sanfrancisco #fonda #janefonda @tcm@milibrary
Katharine Hepburn and company discuss the loons in ON GOLDEN POND (1981).
Come see this at @milibrary on Friday! Ticket link in my bio. Hope to see you there!
#tcmparty #movies #katharinehepburn #sanfrancisco #events
Mark your calendar and join our next lunchtime book club 📚️. This month's pick is CELESTIAL BODIES by Jokha Alharthi, translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth, published by @catapult .
"An inventive multigenerational tale spanning from the end of the 19th century to the early years of the new millennium, this is the first novel by an Omani woman to be translated into English. It’s also the first Arab novel to win the International Booker Prize." ―The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice
🔖 May 20, 12 pm PST @milibrary in SF OR join from anywhere via Zoom.
Now that the #tcmff is over, back to @milibrary ! This week we’re showing the wonderfully underrated HOLIDAY, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. It has long been one of my personal favorites, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Join us at 6 for the movie, or 15 minutes earlier for the pre-show of vintage film clips and musical numbers!
#events #sanfrancisco #movies #classicfilm
Join us tonight for our free lecture from GM in Residence Sam Shankland at 5:30 to kick off our 3rd Jeremy Silman Memorial Tournament. The tournament has 2 other GMs and quite a few other Masters playing in it - a record for our flagship chess tournament!
A story more than a century in the making.
A library book that was checked out before the 1906 earthquake has returned home to (client) @milibrary ! This story is now featured in @people .
We are grateful to see this piece of #SanFranciscoHistory resonate widely.
Read the full story via People (which also features reporting from @sfgate ’s @danjeremiah ):
/library-book-returned-over-100-years-after-1906-earthquake-11952763
Images: @lancetakesphotos / SFGATE
#1906Earthquake #SF #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoEarthquake
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This is @milibrary ! Not only do we have really old books…we also have the best movies (said completely without bias, of course). Come see us at Movies at Mechanics’! A DOUBLE LIFE on April 24, followed by Hepburn month in May:
-SABRINA (1954)
-ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
-HOLIDAY (1938)
Thanks, @people !
#sanfrancisco #events #people #movies #books
