Thursday, September 25th – 7pm
Radical Historian Chris Carlsson
presents the 2nd edition of
Hidden San Francisco:
A Guide to Lost Landscapes,
Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories

Hidden San Francisco has recently been issued in a second edition, which Chris Carlsson, one of San Francisco’s preeminent radical historians, presents to a Glen Park audience at Bird & Beckett on Thursday, September 25th at 7pm. With its roots in Shaping San Francisco and FoundSF, twin projects born in the mid-1990s, the first edition…

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What a week it was at Bird & Beckett!
September 15-21
three literary events, four jazz events
Friday: Scott Foster Trio w/ Noel Jewkes
+ The Behrman/Levit Quintet
Saturday: Harvey Wainapel Quartet
Sunday: Vince Lateano Trio

We’re closed Mondays, and reopen for the week Tuesday at noon, selling books & doing the usual. Noon to six, Tuesday to Sunday are the regular store hours. We’re here late several days each week, presenting events. This week, on Wednesday we begin a five-day run of literary and jazz events in the evenings —…

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Sunday, September 14th – 5pm
Singer/songwriter Jim Bruno
acoustic americana music

Jim Bruno, rhythm guitar and vocals. Jim Barnes, lead guitar. Andrew Sisco, bass. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please), byob. $10 for students, kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Americana artist Jim Bruno has been called a “songwriter’s songwriter”.  His songs have been recorded by numerous recording artists including…

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Saturday, September 13th – 7:30-9:30
“Urban Crawl”
release show for the new album by
Steven Lugerner’s SLUGish Ensemble

Steven Lugerner, bass clarinet/baritone saxophone. Justin Rock, guitar. Ian McArdle, synthesizer. Michael Potter, piano. Alan Jones, bass. Mike Mitchell, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. With Urban Crawl — the third album from the SLUGish Ensemble — composer, reeds player and bandleader Steven Lugerner turns his…

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