Posts by Eric
Saturday, December 8th – 7:30–10:00 pm
 RJAM Jazz Collective
$20 cover charge; $10 for students, musicians, low income
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Jayden Clark (tenor sax) Brett Karner (trumpet) Spencer Hoefert (guitar) Julian Esparza (bass) Julian Archer (drums) Jazz standards plus original work by each of the members, all students in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” (“RJAM”) degree program
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Friday, December 7th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Lyle Link Quartet
jazz in the bookshop, every Friday since October 2002
$10-20 suggested donation; $5 for students/musicians/low income. .. Some of the brightest talents on the San Francisco jazz scene visit Bird & Beckett’s long-running jazz party .. Lyle Link, saxophone Dahveed Behroozi, piano Jeff Denson, bass Dillon Vado, drums
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Thursday, December 6th – 7:30-9:30 pm
CCSF Jazz Club Party! All are invited
City Jazz is made up of musicians who’ve played for decades as well as musicians who are new to jazz. The group has 3 vocalists, 2 pianists, 5 horns, a small string section, and a rhythm section that includes fretless electric bass. They’ll be playing a collection of their favorite tunes including several original arrangements…
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Wednesday, December 5th – 7-9 pm
Poets Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Julia Bouwsma
read from new work
Mia Ayumi Malhotra is the author of ISAKO ISAKO (Alice James Books, 2018), winner of the 2017 Alice James Award. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from the University of Washington, and her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Indiana Review, The Greensboro Review, Best New Poets,…
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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, December 3rd – 7-9 pm
POETS! – Byron Spooner + Judith Ayn Bernhard
followed by an open mic
In a rare joint appearance, Judith Ayn Bernhard and Byron Spooner will read at Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery, on December 3 at 7 PM. Judith will read new work and some old favorites. Byron will read his new Christmas story. Judith Ayn Bernhard is a writer, poet, translator and teacher. She is a…
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Sunday, December 2nd – 4:30-6:30 pm
Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10-20 suggested donation
Wendy Burch Steel and Redwood play a unique cross-section of genres incorporating all the good and sweet aspects of folk, old-time, country, bluegrass and blues. Bluegrass icon Laurie Lewis produced, played and sang on Wendy’s debut CD, “Open Wings†in 2012, which has received rave reviews nationally and internationally, airplay and interviews on various radio…
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