Archive for January 2015
Sunday, March 8th — 2 pm
Bill Berkson & Dale Herd:
a poet and a short story writer
read their work
Two writers with recent books out from Coffee House Press will share the Bird & Beckett stage:  Dale Herd reading stories from Empty Pockets and Bill Berkson reading poems from Expect Delays. Bill Berkson came of age as a writer during the era of the “New York School” painters and poets in the late 1950s/early 1960s,…
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Sunday, March 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Joe Warner Trio
Jazz pianist Joe Warner is one of the Bay Area’s brightest young talents, regularly sharing the bandstand with some of the region’s best and most experienced singers and instrumentalists, from bassists Marcus Shelby and Ron Belcher to drummer Howard Wiley to singers Denise Perrier and Faye Carroll.
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Saturday, March 7th – 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Smith Dobson Group
Smith Dobson, vibes Jeffrey Burr, guitar Adam Gay, bass James Gallagher, drums Smith Dobson is a triple threat — a supremely talented musician on tenor sax, vibes and drums. Â He’s also one of the key motivators of the San Francisco jazz scene, and we’re fortunate to present him with a hand picked group of musicians…
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Thursday, March 5th – 7 pm
Osha Neumann presents his memoir
Doodling on the Titanic
Osha Neumann, muralist, sculptor, and civil rights lawyer, will doodle and draw and read from just published Doodling on the Titanic: The Making of Art in a World on the Brink.
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Tuesday, March 3rd – 7 pm
Ex Libris Gallery Opening
Jackson Whittington photos
Work in Kolkata and Pondicherry
Come Tuesday evening! Â Jack’s mounting his photos, and hard on the heels of the opening, we’re sending his sister Rebecca off to India along with Rebecca’s husband Abhijeet and the baby Kuheli. Â Double celebration! Gallery Ex Libris is now putting up its second exhibition. Make the Gallery Ex Libris a part of your arts landscape!…
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Monday, March 2nd – 7 pm
Poet Franklin Zawacki
(Robt. Frost Award Winner 2014)
+ open mic
Franklin Zawacki’s poem “Roadsiding Hay” — which is reproduced below — just won him the 2014 Robert Frost Award. Â His bio can be read at the organization’s website (click here). Â Franklin will read selected and recent poems. Â An open mic follows. Roadsiding Hay It hardly matters what holds the load in place. My days…
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