Archive for December 2016
Monday, February 20th – 7-9 pm
Jerry Ferraz hosts POETS!
Featured readers Steve Carolan and Buford Bunton, plus open mic
every 1st & 3rd Monday
Sunday, February 19th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west?
Natalie Cressman/Mike Bono Duo
 Natalie Cressman, a San Francisco native raised in a most eclectic musical household, has diversified and expanded her musical universe constantly throughout her young career, and early on found a strikingly original and mature voice, whether on trombone or in her singing and songwriting. She has spent much of the last six years touring the…
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Sunday, February 19th – 2-4 pm
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux — “What’s Going On” release party
joined by poet Lauren Levin – The Braid
Sunday, 2/19, at 2 pm — a reading by poets Sunnylyn Thibodeaux and Lauren Levin. Sunnylyn will read from her new chapbook, “What’s Going On.” She is described as a “New Orleans poet stranded in San Francisco.” She received her MA from New College of California in 2001 and is the author of AS WATER SOUNDS…
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Saturday, February 18th – 7:30-10 pm
Oluyemi Thomas: Positive Knowledge (Composition/Intuition)
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Oluyemi Thomas – Bass Clarinet, Saxophone, Percussion Ijeoma Thomas – Voice/Poet, Percussion Donald Robinson – Drums Oluyemi Thomas was born in Detroit, Michigan. He studied at Washtenaw College in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he received an Associate of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. While attending Washtenaw College, he also studied music and the spiritual and…
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Friday, February 17th – 5:30-8 pm
Scott Foster Quartet
jazz and bebop in the bookshop every Friday since 2002
Thursday, February 16th – 8-10 pm
Larry Vann Trio
with Michael Warren on bass and Tim Landis on guitar
Catch Groove Merchant Larry Vann as he whips up his special combination of jazz, blues, soul and funk Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m. Yes, he’s performed with Elvis Bishop, Curtis Mayfield and Charlie Musselwhite, but Thursday he’ll be joined by the incomparable Michael Warren on bass and tuneful Tim Landis on guitar.
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