Activity: Chess Club
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Learn to play chess or improve your game with volunteers from the community. For beginners and aspiring tournament players. For children ages 5 and older.
Learn to play chess or improve your game with volunteers from the community. For beginners and aspiring tournament players. For children ages 5 and older.
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Bernal Chess Club offers a short chess talk and casual games at SF Public Library Bernal Heights, bring a set, for ages 18 and up.
Learn chess basics or sharpen strategies with Bright Knights Chess Club at the Excelsior branch of the San Francisco Public Library, free, for ages 5–10.
Learn chess basics or sharpen strategies with Bright Knights Chess Club at the Excelsior branch of the San Francisco Public Library, free, for ages 5–10.
Community volunteers teach chess basics and advanced strategies at the Ingleside branch of San Francisco Public Library, all ages.
Family Studio: Lines That Move at SFMOMA.
At 826 Valencia Writing Lab, participants read graphic fables, discuss AI ethics, then create comics and a visual‑code game in GameBender, ages 8–13.
Interactive workshop at Ortega, San Francisco Public Library teaches skin types and care, with games and prizes, presented by George Washington High School volunteers, for ages 13–18.
Make 3‑D Minecraft flowers with wooden blocks and paint at West Portal San Francisco Public Library, a Lowell High School Art4All club project, for ages 8–18.
High‑energy baseball and softball skill clinics for pitchers, catchers and fielders at Potrero Hill Rec Center, led by Bay Sox coaches and guest instructors, for ages 11–16.
Storytime for babies at Golden Gate Valley Library, followed by playtime, with limited space and first‑come tickets at the side gate, for ages 5 and under.
Storytime: For Toddlers (Presidio, San Francisco Public Library) — a reading session for ages 5 and under.
Storytime for preschoolers at Portola Library, then playtime, space limited, for ages 5 and under.
Six-week writing workshop at 826 Valencia Writing Lab guides middle schoolers to explore identity, craft advocacy pieces, and produce a class publication, ages 11–13.
Self‑guided play stations let children explore and build early learning skills while meeting peers at the Excelsior branch of San Francisco Public Library, ages 5 and under.
Nine-session writing workshop at The International Library of Youth Writing, honing craft, literary analysis, and a final publication, for ages 13–18.
Knitting Circle at Glen Park Library invites participants to share and work on knitting, crochet, weaving, or fiber‑art projects in an inclusive setting, all skills welcome, ages 18+.