Archive for January 2018
Thursday, March 29th – 7-9pm
Treyf Pesach
Hilton Obenzinger
with Don Alberts, Chris Amberger and Noel Jewkes
A Reading, A Party & Some Jazz
Blasphemy is holy—and exciting, outrageous literature in Hilton Obenzinger’s new book Treyf Pesach (Unkosher Passover). Join Hilton, and jazz musicians Don Alberts, Chris Amberger and Noel Jewkes, at Bird & Beckett on Thursday. March 29th for an evening of poetry and treyf that’s un-kosher for Passover or any other time! Novelist Paul Auster declares that this collection of…
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Wednesday, March 28th – 7:00-9:00 pm
A talk by Cuban composer Camilo Moreira Coro
A fine guitarist who has shifted his focus to education and composition, Camilo Moreiro Coro is a summa cum laude graduate of the Cuba’s top performing arts school University of the Arts (ISA) where he was recognized by the faculty as the best student-teacher of his graduating class. Since 2010, he’s been teaching harmony, composition,…
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Tuesday, March 27 – 7 pm
Meet Amy Farah Weiss, Mayoral Candidate!
Amy Farah Weiss will come to Bird & Beckett on Tuesday, the 27th, to discuss her mayoral campaign and to specifically address how ranked choice voting can assure that a progressive candidate takes the Mayor’s office in the upcoming June election. She’ll also talk about a tool she has developed to evaluate the performance of…
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Sunday, March 25th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Billy Higgins Legacy Band
your donation at the show helps us pay these fine musicians!
Sandi Poindexter, violin; David Udolf, piano; Ron Belcher, bass; Myron Cohen, drums. “Billy Higgins used to say you have to get inside the music…listen,use your ears, and play from your heart, as you have people’s feelings in your hands… Also make the other musicians on the bandstand feel good so they can get their…
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Sunday, March 25th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio, featuring
David Ewell and Jeff Minnieweather
$10-15 suggested donation; students $5
Grant Levin, piano David Ewell, bass Jeff Minnieweather, drums Grant Levin has been one of the top jazz pianists in the Bay Area since arriving on the scene. His talent seems to have no limitations. We’ve been pleased to present him dozens of times at Bird & Beckett. His playing never fails to thrill the…
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Sunday, March 25th – 2:30-4 pm
Walker Talks!
Walker Brents III plumbs the poetic psyche of Gary Snyder.
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