
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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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.
Casual chess games at Ortega, San Francisco Public Library, with no formal instruction, for all ages.
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.
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.
Butoh Family Workshop with Judith Kajiwara at SFMOMA, all ages.
Dungeons & Dragons game led by Dungeon Master Jason Casomar at Ortega, San Francisco Public Library, participants explore quests, forge legends, meet friends, for ages 13–18.
Teen Dungeon Masters run unique D&D campaigns with heroes, monsters and quests at the San Francisco Public Library Main, for ages 5–10.
A writing workshop led by award‑winning poet and SCW Institute founder Alexandra Kostoulas at the San Francisco Public Library Main, for ages 18 and up.
Cantonese tablet/smartphone tutorial at Sunset Library teaches camera focus, exposure, basic functions, and QR scanning; bring your own Apple or Android device; for ages 60 and up.
Storytime for toddlers at the Ingleside branch of the San Francisco Public Library, for ages 5 and under.
Mariachi Flor de Toloache performs at Miner Auditorium, San Francisco, for all ages.
Storytime at Golden Gate Valley Library, followed by playtime, with limited space and first‑come tickets at the side gate, for ages 5 and under.
Watercolor painting at Glen Park Library, materials supplied, self‑guided, all skill levels welcome, 18+.