Silly puppets performed by Filipino American pupeteer Tito Ramon.
AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: Story time with Drag Story Hour’s first performer.
Explore how AI can enhance education experiences and foster critical thinking, creativity, and resilience. It will also examine how AI can support educators in adapting teaching methods while preserving the human aspect of learning. How must educational institutions evolve to prepare students for the future workforce, societal shifts, and global challenges like sustainability and technology?
AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: A dynamic chorus of fabulous women with diverse ages and backgrounds who sing barbershop style a cappella harmony.
AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: Kids and kids-at-heart can learn about the magic of letterpress printing with this drop-in, hands-on activity hosted by Arion Press. Assemble your own design from LEGOS, print it on our portable letterpress, and take home your print as a souvenir.
AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: Join San Francisco Children’s Art Center (SFCAC) for an afternoon of creative fun for families with children ages 5-10 years old. This family workshop will combine hands-on artmaking with conversations for the grown-ups on strategies you can use at home to nurture your children’s creative development. Families will create together with a 3-D building activity that exemplifies SFCAC’s “Thinking through Materials” process-oriented methodology. As SFCAC teaching artists facilitate the engagement, we’ll share the ways our unique approach to artmaking with children sparks ideation, fosters critical thinking, and enhances communication skills.
Students can pitch food health and wellness start-up ideas to a local entrepreneur and receive advice based on her professional experience in the food industry with a focus on branding, strategy, social media management, and trend-setting photography.
Nina LaCour, children’s, young adult and adult book author, will talk about her ongoing series, The Apartment House on Poppy Hill, and lead participants in a writing or drawing activity about the places we call home. Raffle of a Chronicle Books and San Francisco Public Library swag bundle will be offered at the end of the event, with La Cour’s book included.
Explore environmental challenges, innovation, climate change, and resilience while testing your ability to spot AI-generated news in an interactive game.
AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: Join THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival performers JanpiStar, KaiKai Bee Michaels and Vin Seaman / LOL McFiercen for dazzling drag performances and a discussion about nonbinary identity. Then, we’ll invite our gorgeous audience to join us in walking the Rainbow Runway, where participants will have an opportunity to share their name, pronouns and gender identity before strutting their stuff on the runway!
Sendy Santamaria and Ana Ramírez González, illustrators of children’s books, will go head-to-head in a friendly competition to draw suggestions from the audience. Bring your creative ideas and perhaps walk away with a signed drawing. Raffle of a Chronicle Books and San Francisco Public Library swag bundle will be offered at the end of the event, with Santamaria and Ramírez González’s books included.
AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: Twirl to the beat and tiptoe with your feet during this family-friendly ballet extravaganza. Free tutus for ballet fans ages 9 and under. All ages and abilities.
With book challenges on the rise in public and school libraries around the country, hear from three award-winning authors who have faced book bans and censorship of their work. Learn about why the freedom to read is such a fundamental civil liberty and how to protect it.
A panel discussion on creating community and a special Friend Speed dating session.
In the global push for gender equality in tech, women leaders in AI from the United States and France are forging common ground through shared experiences, strategies, and innovations. This panel will explore the ways in which women across cultures are shaping the future of technology and leadership. By sharing their stories and insights, these pioneers will discuss the common challenges they face, from overcoming gender bias to pioneering inclusive practices, and explore how their collective actions are creating new models for tomorrow’s tech industry.