Posts by Eric
Thursday, October 30th – 7:30pm
Alison Owings reads from
Mayor of the Tenderloin
in conversation with Del Seymour
In Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour’s journey from living in the streets to fighting homelessness in San Francisco, journalist Alison Owings slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding San Francisco’s Tenderloin to reveal a harrowing and life-affirming account of Del Seymour–whose addiction led him into eighteen years of homelessness, pimping and drug dealing. Once…
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Wednesday, October 29th – 7:30pm
Anne Whiteside
reads from
The Moon in Splinters
Anne Whiteside’s The Moon in Splinters: Searching for Maurice Pertschuk, British Secret Agent in the French Resistance, is a moving and meticulously researched account that brings to light the extraordinary life and tragic death of British Special Operations Executive (SOE) Lieutenant Maurice Pertschuk. On a moonless night in 1942, Pertschuk, a handsome and brilliant 20-year-old…
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Tuesday, October 28th – 7pm
Poet Alison Luterman – Hard Listening – with Leslie Absher
Alison Luterman reads from her new volume of poetry, Hard Listening (Wildhouse Publishing, 2025), and is joined in conversation about her work by Leslie Absher. Hard Listening focuses on women’s voices raised up in song, poetry, and activism. Spiritual teacher and writer Mirabai Starr has said, “Alison Luterman is one of my favorite poetic voices.…
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Saturday, October 25th – 7:30pm
Grupo Falso Baiano
Brazilian choro music from San Francisco. $20/byob. Students $10. Grupo Falso Baiano. Catia Machado, vocals. Zack Pitt-Smith, reeds and cavaquinho. Brian Moran, guitar. Ami Molinelli. percussion. with special guest Kerry Politzer, piano. .
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Friday, October 24th – 8:30pm
LOBE: was that on purpose?
release party & concert
for their debut album
LOBE, a sextet with Stanford roots, now in the diaspora, come together and come to Bird & Beckett to kick off their 10-day, 5-stop California tour in support of their debut album “was that on purpose?” — release date October 21, 2025. Daiki Nakajima, flute/bass. Ethan Buck, alto sax/bass. Sam Silverstein, violin. Nolan Miranda,…
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Thursday, October 23rd – 7:30pm
Poets John Curl and Alice Rogoff
Two writers long committed to the struggle and to poetry roll out new work for you.
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