Night of Ideas

Schedule

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4:00 Ends at: 4:45 pm

SFPL, Children's Center A, 2nd Floor

Performance

San Francisco

Tito Ramon’s Pop-up Puppet Show

Silly puppets performed by Filipino American pupeteer Tito Ramon.

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4:00 Ends at: 4:45 pm

SFPL, Children's Center B, 2nd Floor

Performance

San Francisco

Drag Story Hour with Per Sia

AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: Story time with Drag Story Hour’s first performer.

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4:00 Ends at: 4:40 pm

SFPL, The Mix, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

School of the Future: AI as a Global Tool

Chris Norwood, Sébastien Robert, Lucas Paupin, Nimah Gobir

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?

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4:00 Ends at: 4:30 pm

SFPL, Atrium, 1st Floor

Performance

San Francisco

Soundwave Chorus

AFTERNOON OF IDEAS: A dynamic chorus of fabulous women with diverse ages and backgrounds who sing barbershop style a cappella harmony.

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4:00 Ends at: 8:00 pm

SFPL, Children's Center Lobby, 2nd Floor

Interactive

San Francisco

Lego Printing Pop-up

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.

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4:15 Ends at: 5:00 pm

SFPL, Talking Books & Braille Center 2nd Floor

Workshop

San Francisco

Family Artmaking Workshop & Parent Conversation on Nurturing Children’s Creative Development

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.

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4:50 Ends at: 5:20 pm

SFPL, The Mix, 2nd Floor

Student Workshop

San Francisco

It’s All About Food – Sell Your idea

Marisa Sanchez-Dunning

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.

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5:00 Ends at: 5:45 pm

SFPL, Children's Center A, 2nd Floor

Interactive

San Francisco

Interactive Family Dance-Along with San Francisco Ballet

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5:00 Ends at: 6:00 pm

SFPL, Children's Center B, 2nd Floor

Interactive

San Francisco

Read & Write with Author Nina LaCour

Nina LaCour

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.

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5:30 Ends at: 6:00 pm

SFPL, The Mix, 2nd Floor

Student Workshop

San Francisco

Breaking Boundaries Within Climate Change

Colette Carrière, Ezra Romero

Explore environmental challenges, innovation, climate change, and resilience while testing your ability to spot AI-generated news in an interactive game.

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6:00 Ends at: 6:35 pm

SFPL, The Mix, 2nd Floor

Workshop

San Francisco

Exploring Human and Artificial Intelligence: An Interactive and Collaborative Workshop

Céline Malvoisin, Mathilde Cerioli, Paulin Avril, Charlotte Neltner, Victoria Arcengeli

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6:00 Ends at: 7:15 pm

SFPL, Children's Center A, 2nd Floor

Performance

San Francisco

Rainbow Runway

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!

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6:00 Ends at: 7:00 pm

SFPL, Children's Center B, 2nd Floor

Interactive

San Francisco

Draw Off With Illustrators Sendy Santamaria & Ana Ramírez González

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.

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6:00 Ends at: 6:30 pm

SFPL, Talking Books Braille Center, 2nd Floor

Workshop

San Francisco

Peaceful Palms Art with Maia Scott

Maia Scott

Serenity and contemplative movement in art making.

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6:00 Ends at: 6:45 pm

SFPL, Fulton Street Plaza

Interactive

San Francisco

INTERACTIVE Ballet Class with San Francisco Ballet School

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.

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6:15 Ends at: 6:45 pm

SFPL, Fulton Street Plaza

Performance

San Francisco

Alphabet Rockers

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Latino Hispanic Room, Lower Level

Panel

San Francisco

Preserving the Past and Planning for the Future: Skateboarding and the Embarcadero

Ted Barrow, Hannah Simonson, Nick Polansky

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Deaf Services Center, 1st Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Perspectives on the Welfare State: California, France, and Asia

Clotaire Boyer, Ryan Jang, Erin Baldassari, Kunal Modi

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, The Mix, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

New Wave, New Frontiers: French and American Cinema in Dialogue

Hélène Laroche-Davis, Cécile Alduy, Arnaud de Fontenay

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Children's Center A, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Nature & Nurture: Cultivating Our Green Spaces and Community

Peter Brastow, Sally Chen, Ethan Fenner, Armando Quintero, Laura Sheppard

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Children's Center B, 2nd Floor

Workshop

San Francisco

BART’s Project Doneway Fashion Show + Workshop

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

Workshop

San Francisco

Building Resilience Through Storytelling

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Chinese Center, 3rd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

A Transatlantic Environmental Discussion

Senator Scott Weiner, Mathilde Ollivier, Laure Andrillon

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Hormel LGBTQIA Center, 3rd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

For the Love of Books: Resisting Book Censorship

Laura Gao, Maia Kobabe, Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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.

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

Workshop

San Francisco

Learning to Build Relationships Across Differences

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7:30 Ends at: 9:00 pm

SFPL, 3rd Floor Study Rooms

Workshop

San Francisco

Make a sister sock puppet and then lip-sync with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in the Atrium

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Panel

San Francisco

KQED Forum: Author Laila Lalami on AI, Surveillance Capitalism, and her dystopian novel, The Dream Hotel

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7:30 Ends at: 8:45 pm

SFPL, Talking Books & Braille Center, 2nd Floor

Workshop

San Francisco

The Art of Seeing: Zine Making

Maia Scott

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7:30 Ends at: 8:30 pm

Asian Art Museum, Tateuchi Gallery, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Oulipo: Embracing Literary Constraints as a Tool for Creativity

Doan Bui, Peter Maravelis

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7:30 Ends at: 8:30 pm

Asian Art Museum, Koret Education Center, 1st Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Universal Museums and the Ethics of Cultural Artifacts

Thomas P. Campbell, Emiko Usui, Guillaume Kientz, Sabine de Maussion

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Children's Center B, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Shifting Borders: America’s Future and the Immigrant Experience

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Children's Creative Center, 2nd Floor

Workshop

San Francisco

Exploring Human and Artificial Intelligence: An Interactive and Collaborative Workshop

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, The Mix, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Common Ground: Getting Ready for the AI-Empowered Workforce

Rebecca Hinds, Gauthier Vasseur

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Hormel LGBTQIA Center, 3rd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Neutral Ground? The University & Free Expression

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, African American Center, 3rd Floor

Workshop

San Francisco

Decolonizing The Workspace As Self-Care

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Chinese Center, 3rd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Managing Common Goods in the Digital Age

Paul Salvaire, Héloïse Pajot, Olivia Lazard, Gregory Manuel

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Latino Hispanic Room, Lower Level

Panel

San Francisco

The History of Art on Wheels in the Bay Area

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Jewett Gallery, Lower Level

Art Installation

San Francisco

Skateboarding San Francisco Gallery Tour

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Panel

San Francisco

KQED Newsroom: Lessons on Asian and Black Solidarity in the Bay Area

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Deaf Services Center, 1st Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement

Jaz Brisack, Steven Pitts, Kim Voss

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

SFPL, Children's Center A, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Debunking the Myths of AI and Envisioning Its Future

Luc Julia

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9:00 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Talking Books and Braille Center, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Sim Van der Ryn’s Legacy: Engaging in Ecological and Democratic Architecture

Sylvia Amar, Greg Castillo, Anthony Raynsford, Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Micah Van der Ryn

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

Asian Art Museum, Tateuchi Gallery, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Vietnam, Memory, and the Landscape that Binds Us

Aimee Phan, Doan Bui, Karl Britto, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud

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9:00 Ends at: 10:00 pm

Asian Art Museum, Koret Education Center, 1st Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Shared Visions for the Indopacific Region: (Un)Common Waters?

Marc Abensour, Florian Cardinaux, Joe Felter

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9:30 Ends at: 10:30 am

SFPL, Children's Creative Center, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Home is Where Community Is: Navigating a New City

Isella Nepomuceno, Marco Senghor, MAKEROOM, Cheyenne Bearfoot

A panel discussion on creating community and a special Friend Speed dating session.

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Deaf Services Center, 1st Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Social Media 3.0 – Taking Back Control of Our Content

Tamara Suarez Porras, Stella Lochman

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level

Panel

San Francisco

Trans Voices and Reentry After Incarceration

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Talking Books and Braille Center, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

AI and the Future of Education

Isabelle Hau, Jason Borgen, Jodi Davenport, Randall Depew

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Children's Center B, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Gourmet Cities: How Food Shapes Public Space

Tatsuya Tanaka, Alex Sagues, Mike Rieger, Arthur Pérez, Hugo Santana

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Chinese Center, 3rd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Making Waves for Sustainable Seas

Fabien Lamaison, Sarah O. Hameed, Tyrone Jue, Paul Salvaire

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, African American Center, 3rd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Code Breakers: Women Leaders Shaping the Future of Tech

Lisa Porta, Zuzanna Stamirowska, Emmanuelle Pauliac-Vaujour

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.

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

Asian Art Museum, Tateuchi Gallery, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Vietnam Wars: Experiences and Legacies

Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Mike Vann, François Drémeaux, David Do Paço

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

Asian Art Museum, Koret Education Center, 1st Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Mélange: Asian Chefs with French Flair Influencing Bay Area Cuisine

Ashwin Oon, Francis Ang, Monique and Paul Feybesse, Michiko Marron-Kibbey, Josh Decolongon

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Latino Hispanic Room, Lower Level

Workshop

San Francisco

Don’t Forget About San Francisco: Sip and Zine-Making Workshop

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Children's Center A, 2nd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Open Sourcing Science: Access, Safety, and Sustainability

Jacqueline Fabius, Emily Zhang, Lakshmi Sarah, Mike Linksvayer

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10:30 Ends at: 11:30 pm

SFPL, Hormel LGBTQIA Center, 3rd Floor

Panel

San Francisco

Sentient Machines & Cyber-Intimacies: Rethinking Moral Consideration and Human Connection

Jeanne Proust, Robert Long

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