Meanwhile in SF: Sketching Mid-Market/6thStreet with Wendy MacNaughton

We'll be talking history, walking and sketching the Mid-Market and 6th Street area, with special guest historian and photographer Mark Ellinger, in partnership with the SFPL. Space is limited and there is a waiting list, so if you're signed up and find you can't make it, please change your RSVP on the meetup site so someone else can have your space.

We will be asking people to pay at the door for this one. (Please bring cash!)

$30 for signed Meanwhile in SF book, sketch talk, tour and snacks
or $15 for sketch talk, tour and snacks (no book)

Money goes towards facilities, food and local guide.
(Nobody turned away for lack of funds.)

SCHEDULE

1:00 Meet downstairs in the library for slide show and introduction to the area. (Phone/text Laurie @(415) 533-9983 if you can't find us.)

1:30-2:00 Presentation and conversation with historian Mark Ellinger & Wendy MacNaughton, walking tour

2:00-3:30 Wander around sketching

3:30-4:30 Meet back at SFPL for snacks and sharing sketches

This will be the first of 3 guided sketching tours we'll be doing with Wendy MacNaughton around the release of her new book: Meanwhile In San Francisco, the City in its Own Words (http://www.amazon.com/Meanwhile-San-Francisco-City-Words/dp/1452113890).

Here's what she says about the book:

"after three years of work, my new (and first solo) book "Meanwhile in San Francisco, The City in its Own Words" (http://d1ej5r2t2cu524.cloudfront.net/wendymacnaughton/infrequent-yet-significant-news-from-your-friend-wendy/916741-www.amazon.com/meanwhile-san-francisco-city-words/dp/1452113890?c=7f4e05d9-e8a4-4b17-8ef8-78e46fb3aee4) is coming out on MARCH 18 from the fine folk at chronicle books (check out the cover below). it’s a collection of stories (or illustrated documentaries, i like to call them) about seventeen unique and unsung communities in san francisco, like the Dolphin Club, 6th Street, Chinatown’s mahjong houses, and the bison of Golden Gate Park. you might have seen a few of them before on the rumpus (http://d1ej5r2t2cu524.cloudfront.net/wendymacnaughton/infrequent-yet-significant-news-from-your-friend-wendy/916745-therumpus.net/2011/05/meanwhile-the-san-francisco-public-library/?c=7f4e05d9-e8a4-4b17-8ef8-78e46fb3aee4). the stories are told through my drawings and the words of the community members themselves. Meanwhile in San Francisco celebrates what it means to be part of a vibrant, diverse city, which seems especially important to think about these days."

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