Family Events
Ongoing
Hands-on activities, participatory readings, performances, movie matinees, and more events designed for kids and their families.
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Photo: Grace Kang
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Photo: Tillman Lerner-Thomas
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Photo: Tillman Lerner-Thomas
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Upcoming Films
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Judy Irving
United States, 2005BAMPFA Collection Print
Recommended for ages 8 & up- Saturday, July 21 4 PM
Judy Irving and Mark Bittner in PersonIrving’s very San Franciscan story of a once-homeless man and the birds he befriended “seduces you with its easy rhythm and unexpected dramatic potency . . . beguiling, moving, and just plain fun” (Baltimore Sun).
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The Breadwinner
Nora Twomey
Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, 2017Recommended for ages 11 & up
- Saturday, August 25 3:30 PM
This beautifully animated feature-length drama is set in Afghanistan, circa 2001, where an eleven-year-old girl is forced to pretend she is a boy after her father is wrongfully imprisoned by the Taliban.
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Upcoming Events
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Saturday, July 14, 11:30–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Inside Out and Outside In
Explore biomorphic forms and fictional characters in Way Bay 2, then create your own colorful sculpture.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, July 14, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Start reading about the adventures of Ulysses the squirrel and human girl Flora, and pick up your own copy of this entertaining novel to keep reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Past Events
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Saturday, June 9, 11:30–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Down by the River: Buddhist Scrolls and You
Create a personal handscroll inspired by Buddhist art in Master Traces, Transcultural Visions.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, June 9, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Start reading this novel about brotherhood, change, and the power of family, and pick up a copy to keep reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Saturday, May 12, 11:30-1 PM or 1-2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Ink-Brush Landscapes
Learn the basics of landscape painting with brush and ink as you make your own scroll inspired by Dreaming the Lost Ming.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, May 12, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: A Mystery Bigger than Big / Un misterio más grande que grandísimo by René Saldaña
Our first bilingual Roundtable Reading, in Spanish and English! Start reading about a young detective’s latest case, and pick up a copy of the book to continue reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Sunday, April 22, 11-3 PMSpring Free Family Day
Join us for a free day of art, music, and movies! Explore BAMPFA exhibitions, make your own art, groove to a performance by Alphabet Rockers, and check out a screening of The Red Balloon.
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Saturday, April 14, 11:30 AM–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Through Line: Collaged Portraits/Imagined Spaces
Inspired by figurative works in Way Bay, play with collage and create a portrait of people dear to you in an imagined space that you revere.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, April 14, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Read the beginning of this book about a large-hearted oak tree who holds people’s wishes, and pick up a copy to continue reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Saturday, March 10, 11:30–1 or 1–2:30Gallery + Studio: Self-Portraits/Community Portraits
Create mixed-media portraits of yourself and people in your community inspired by Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Art Wall project.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, March 10, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Start reading this story of a robot learning to survive on a deserted island, and pick up a copy to continue reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Saturday, February 10, 11:30–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Memorial Drawings
Use watercolors and colored pencils to make your own memorial drawings honoring someone important to you.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, February 10, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Get into this graphic novel about a girl who finds her inner strength through roller derby, and pick up a free copy to keep reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
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Saturday, January 13, 11:30–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Landscapes Real and Imagined
Use drawing, watercolor, and stamping to create your own landscape inspired by the paintings of Chen Hongshou.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Saturday, January 13, 3 PMRoundtable Reading: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Read the beginning of this classic story about a girl who runs away to the Metropolitan Museum, and pick up a free copy to keep reading at home.
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Past Films
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Roy Rowland- Saturday, April 21 4 PM
United States, 1953Recommended for ages 7 & up
Scolded for not practicing the piano, a nine-year-old boy daydreams himself into a fantastic world where the piano reigns supreme in this funny, clever musical written by Dr. Seuss.
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Films by Sally Cruikshank
- Saturday, March 24 3 PM
BAMPFA Collection Prints
Recommended for ages 7 & upCruikshank’s love of surreal 1930s cartoons is evident in her wildly colorful and wonderfully detailed films, some of which were made for Sesame Street.
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Microcosmos
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou- Saturday, February 17 3:30 PM
France, Italy, Switzerland, 1996Recommended for ages 7 & up
Marvel at a world barely visible to our eyes in this astounding documentary on the insect kingdom, filmed with specially designed micro cameras and close-up lenses.
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The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming- Saturday, January 20 3:30 PM
United States, 1939Recommended for ages 5 & up
What better activity for a Saturday afternoon in winter than a trip down the Yellow Brick Road together with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Woodsman?