18th Annual Filipino American CINE Festival

We Axe You To Speak

Cruzando Fronteras/Crossing Borders

Philippine Dance Presentation

In celebration of Asian Pacific Islander American Month, the Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library, the American Center of Philippine Arts, and the youth of Students Enriched in Education & Dance (SEED) program will be presenting various cultural dances of the Philippines, and will be accompanied by live musicians. SEED students are led by Jay Loyola, Artistic Director and trained staff. American Center of Philippine Arts (ACPA) is a nonprofit cultural arts organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area to provide Philippine dance, music and arts to young people. The program is on Sunday, May 1st from 2:30 - 4pm at the Koret Auditorium of the Main branch. The event is free and open to the public.

World Autism Awareness Day Exhibit and Event

In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2^nd, the library is proud to present the World Autism Awareness Day exhibit in partnership with the Autism Hearts Foundation. The exhibit consists of foam collages and tree bark art and other form of art medium produced by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and typically developing children. The artwork shown in the exhibit is the product of an integrated art program where children with ASD are partnered with typically developing peers in engaging, fun and enjoyable sensory-based and socially play-based activities that foster interaction and friendship. Goal of the program is to use art as a therapeutic method to assist participants with ASD in further developing their imagination or abstract thinking skills, sensory regulation, self-expression, motor skills and their overall developmental growth. According to Lynda Borromeo, the president of the Autism Hearts Foundation, “the individual’s motivation to “play” with art materials makes art therapy an attractive format to address the aforementioned areas that are usually deficient in children with ASD". The exhibit will run from March 1^st to April 30^th. There is also a free, related program that aims to increase community awareness about Autism on Saturday, April 16^th from 10am to noon at the Main library.

Tracing the Footsteps of Jose Rizal

The Filipino American Center Weblog

The Filipino American Center Weblog: "Preparing for FACINE 17: 17th Annual Filipino American Cine Festival, here at the Main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. The two-day event will run on Nov. 20th and the 21st. This event is free. Please stay tuned for details."