Any San Francisco kid under the age of 5 can get a free book mailed to them every month under a new partnership announced Friday by city officials and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. To promote ...

Nearly 300 artists rent studio spaces in San Francisco’s iconic Hunters Point Shipyard, the U.S.-naval-base-turned-art-community in the Bayview. Among them is Malik Seneferu, longtime occupant of ...

When the city debuted the New Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library in 1996, it also christened the opening of the reading room for what was then known as the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian ...

It’s the perfect artifact for the library’s new art show detailing San Francisco’s long, storied skateboarding history. “Every skateboarder in the world recognizes exactly what this rail is,” said ...

The San Francisco Public Library is ushering in a spring filled with arts, culture and civic engagement with a pair of weekend events in an effort to boost the area surrounding its main branch. The ...

It’s not every day that you can take over an entire public library — especially one as big as San Francisco’s Main Library branch in Civic Center, with its six floors and seating capacity for more ...

Tattoo artist Taki Kitamura, center, sits amongst his clients at Wesley United Methodist Church in San Jose's Japantown. Photo by John Agcaoili courtesy of San Francisco Public Library Taki and Molly ...