April - 2015

News

Kermit the Camera

Did you know the first imaginary library was invented in the mid 1500′s?

Did you know the first imaginary library was invented in the mid 1500′s?

The “very stately and magnifick” imaginary library invented by Alcofribas Nasier (an anagram of François Rabelais) was called St. Victor, and found in Paris. Some of the imaginary works it contained were: The pomegranite of vice The trevet of good thoughts The hatchpot of hypocrites The bumsquibcracker of apothecaries The cobbled shoe of humility The History of the Hobgoblins The racket of swag waggers The shackles of Religion [Image by "Gustave Doré-L'Enfance de Gargantua”

Learning how to play on San Francisco’s streets

Learning how to play on San Francisco’s streets

Every year, over the course of a weekend, San Francisco’s Civic Center is transformed into a giant playground. Except this playground is for children of all ages who’ve hit the streets to take part in San Francisco’s Come Out & Play Festival. Sandwiched between the library and the Asian Arts Museum, over 20 unique games are on offer. Games like Space Masquerade, Flak, Journey to the End of the Night, Sesame Street Box Heads, Charge of the Rubber Ball Brigade, Spectrum Ops, Or

Did you know that poet Galway Kinnell wrote a poem about imaginary friends when he was in his sixtie

Did you know that poet Galway Kinnell wrote a poem about imaginary friends when he was in his sixtie

In the poem, “Oatmeal,” Kinnell tells how he livens up a lonely breakfast. He invites the famous, but long-dead poet John Keats to share some imaginary conversation over porridge. There must be something about oatmeal that cries out for embellishment. Poet and writer Robert Louis Stevenson made up imaginary countries when eating the very same cereal. Just goes to show that any age is the right age for creative play! #didyouknow