by kitchensisters | Mar 20, 2019 | The Keepers
Earlier this week, the San Francisco Public Works’s Bureau of Urban Forestry honored poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti with their annual signature tree. Lawrence, who turns 100 on March 24, is being feted all over town. We were delighted to be there for the...
by kitchensisters | Mar 19, 2019 | The Keepers
Explore the entire collection here.
by kitchensisters | Mar 18, 2019 | The Keepers
A call from The Keeper Hotline: “Hi guys, my name is Steve Gainer. I am a cinematographer and curator of the American Society of Cinematographers Camera Museum in Los Angeles. Our collection is probably the most complete camera collection in the United States...
by kitchensisters | Mar 15, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay: Lost Children Archive, a novel by Valeria Luiselli Read a review of this book, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Guardian Books.
by kitchensisters | Mar 14, 2019 | The Keepers
“A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.” -Doris Lessing #KeeperoftheDay
by kitchensisters | Mar 13, 2019 | The Keepers
“There is a guy who wanders the Bay Area in a tricked-out truck handing out musical instruments like some kind of Pied Piper in a pinstripe vest. His name is Jason Cool. (Yes, it is.) His project is called the Musical Instrument Library.” Read all about this...
by kitchensisters | Mar 12, 2019 | Podcast, The Keepers
The latest episode of The Kitchen Sisters Present… is a re-broadcast from the New York Public Library’s podcast, The Librarian Is In, featuring Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization,...
by kitchensisters | Mar 11, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Mark Mothersbaugh’s Instrument Archive Take a behind-the-scenes look inside the Devo frontman’s studio as he shares some of the weird and wonderful instruments and “noisemakers of all kinds” he’s collected over the years. Via...
by kitchensisters | Mar 8, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay for #InternationalWomensDay: Images of Empowerment The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation joined forces with Getty Images for this international photography resource. Photos from the collection “show the connections between women’s work, their...
by kitchensisters | Mar 7, 2019 | The Keepers
“Like quilting, archiving employs the obsessive stitching together of many small found pieces into a larger vision, a personal attempt at ordering a chaotic world. It’s not such a far leap from the quiltmaker to the stamp collector or book...
