Posts by Eric
Tuesday, April 28th – 7pm
Author Event: Jeanne Carstensen
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis
Join PEN Award finalist Jeanne Carstensen, in conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel, for the paperback launch party for A GREEK TRAGEDY, with live rebetika music. The author: Jeanne Carstensen, in conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel The book: A Greek Tragedy: One Day, A Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis (Atria/One Signal,…
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Monday, April 27th – 6pm to 9pm
Bohemia with Grub in West Portal
A Benefit Blow Out for Bird & Beckett
at Proposition Chicken, with
Junk Drawer
Hank Maninger & the Juke Box Charlies
The Kai Lyons Trio
plus poets!
Fried, Flipped or Fake, Proposition Chicken has something for everyone — and 10% of your tab goes to Bird & Beckett every Monday in April, from 9am to 9pm. It’s their Non-Profit Mondays policy, and they do it year round! They serve great food all year round as well. From ten bucks in revenue on…
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All month long, Proposition Chicken has been dedicating their non-profit Mondays to Bird & Beckett, cutting us in for 10% of the revenues from any sales made at the counter. Orders placed online don’t count. Gotta go there and talk to the good folks face to face for us to benefit. It’s a friendly place;…
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Friday, April 24th – 8:30pm
solo guitar + duo guitar/bass
guitarist George Cotsirilos
with bassist Robb Fisher
Bay Area guitarist George Cotsirilos returns to the intimate language of solo nylon-string guitar on In the Wee Hours, due for release by OA2 Records on May 15th, performed live for you at Bird & Beckett on Friday, April 24th. Illuminating beloved standards and two original compositions with patience and depth, George recorded these tunes…
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Friday, April 24th – 6pm
the last Friday jazz happy hour!
Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Band
Tony Johnson brings the 230 Jones Street crew this week! Saxophonist Charlie McCarthy is on the front line. A finer player than Charlie, you’ll not find anywhere on the planet. He takes flight at the downbeat and never fails to swing. Insouciant Sam Cady plays the piano with hip elan and effortless dexterity; composes the…
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Thursday, April 23rd – 7:30pm
FLOWER-RADISH, a trio
Ben Goldberg/Andrew Conklin/Hamir Atwal
It’s been way too long since Hamir has made the Bird & Beckett scene! And Andrew? Well, we never! But we’re looking forward to hearing him. And Ben Goldberg! You remember Ben from that first wave of Klezmer bands moderne… and you remember him from all the quirky wonderful iterations of groups with strange names…
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