Swing into Stories @ Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park)
2024-09-10 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-08 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-12 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-12-10 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-14 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-11 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-11 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-08 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Koret Playground @ Golden Gate Park, Koret Children's Quarter Playground, Martin Luther King Jr Dr & Bowling Green Dr,, San Francisco, CA, 94117, United States
The Library’s YouthMobile is coming to the park! Movement and play are essential building blocks in fostering literacy and a love of reading. In partnership with the SF Rec & Park, we bring stories and song to our City’s beloved parks. Join us for a high-energy storytime in our beautiful outdoors!
The YouthMobile offers a diverse selection of children’s library materials available for check-out with an SFPL library card. From the City’s only kid-focused bookmobile, we circulate materials, create library cards and provide the public with information about library services and programs. Come aboard and see what we have!
Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m.–12 noon.
Storytime at 10:30 a.m.
1st Tuesday of the month
Garfield Playground (Treat & 26th Streets)
2nd Tuesday of the month
Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park, by the carousel)
3rd Tuesday of the month
Hilltop Playground (Newcomb Ave & Whitney Young Circle)
4th Tuesday of the month
Redwood Grove Playground (McLaren Park, 200 John F. Shelley Dr.)
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Swing into Stories @ Garfield Playground
2024-10-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-05 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-12-03 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-07 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-04 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-04 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-06 09:30 - 12:00 | Garfield Playground, 3100 26th St, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The Library’s YouthMobile is coming to the park! Movement and play are essential building blocks in fostering literacy and a love of reading. Join us for a high-energy storytime in our beautiful outdoors!
The YouthMobile offers a diverse selection of children’s library materials available for check-out with an SFPL library card. From the City’s only kid-focused bookmobile, we circulate materials, create library cards and provide the public with information about library services and programs. Come aboard and see what we have!
Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m.–12 noon.
Storytime at 10:30 a.m.
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1st Tuesday of the month
Garfield Playground (Treat & 26th Streets)
2nd Tuesday of the month
Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park, by the carousel)
3rd Tuesday of the month
Hilltop Playground (Newcomb Ave & Whitney Young Circle)
4th Tuesday of the month
Redwood Grove Playground (McLaren Park, 200 John F. Shelley Dr.)
More info >

Presidio Dia de los Muertos & Diwali Art Fiesta
2024-11-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Presidio Visitor Center, Lincoln Boulevard 210, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Families are invited to the Presidio Visitor Center to explore the traditions and cultural connections between two ancestral celebrations, Dia de los Muertos and Diwali. Come learn about the traditional foods, art activities, and participate in a fire ceremony. Enjoy paper flower making, henna artwork, facepainting, and remember loved ones by sharing a special message to add to the altar and fire ceremony. Interact with park staff through engaging activities shared through the Roving Ranger.

Family Holiday Crafts Day @ the Randall Museum
2024-12-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Randall Museum, Museum Way, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
The Randall Museum is hosting a special day of creative crafting activities for the whole family. Every corner of the museum will be bustling with fun seasonal projects to make for keepsakes or gift-giving. Imagine and sculpt a gnome family together, learn about native birds while decorating laser cut ornaments, create beautiful test tube propagation vases, design holiday handmade cards, and more! This event can be enjoyed by all and is best suited for kids 0 – 12.
Admission is FREE with low-cost activities.
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Paint Pots & Plants! @ Candlestick Community Garden
2024-12-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Candlstick Community Garden, Carroll Avenue 1150, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Come out for a fun day at the Candlesticks Community Garden for a fun and creative event while surrounded by beautiful greenery. Let your imagination run wild as you paint a terracotta pot and plant herbs or flowers to take home with you. All supplies will be provided. This FREE event is the perfect opportunity to relax, get your hands dirty, and connect with nature.
Learn more and register >

Swing into Stories @ Hilltop Playground
2025-01-21 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-18 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-18 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-15 09:30 - 12:00 | Hilltop Playground, Newcomb Ave & Whitney Young Circle, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States

Swing into Stories @ Redwood Grove Playground
2025-01-28 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-28 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-25 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-25 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-22 09:30 - 12:00 | Redwood Grove Playground, 200 John F Shelley Dr, San Francisco, CA, 94134, United States

EcoCenter 15th Anniversary
2025-04-26 10:00 - 13:00 | The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park, 32 Jennings Street, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Join SF Recreation & Parks at Heron’s Head Park for the EcoCenter’s 15th Anniversary & Earth Month Celebration on Saturday, April 26th from 10am- 1pm. Enjoy free games, activities, workshops, refreshments and so much more. RSVP HERE to participate in the event.
In addition, if you would like to get your hands dirty in a volunteer planting project on this day, click HERE to sign up.

Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros
2025-04-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Parque Niños Unidos, 3090 23rd St., San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Meet your neighbors, learn about free community resources, get a book to keep, and enjoy a free festival with entertainment, joy, and literacy for the whole family.
Come out to Parque Niños Unidos for a day of fun presented by the SF Public Library in collaboration with Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, Jumpstart, KQED, San Francisco Department of Early Childhood and Wu Yee Children’s Services.
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