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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Tuesday, December 2nd – 7:00pm
Jennifer Cleary & David Richardson
song a bit of Broadway, a little pop,
and a hint of country western.
Featuring Austin Yu on the piano.
$15 cover charge; students $10; kids free Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Jennifer Cleary is a singer and actress with a background in pop, jazz, musical theater and vocal improvisation. She cut her teeth performing with rock bands in New York City and has recorded and toured nationally. Know in the Bay Area from…
Thursday, December 4th – 7pm
Featured poets Jeffrey Zable and Ken Weichel
open mic follows
Reading from his new collection, When I’m Dead and Feeling Blue, poet Jeffrey A. Z. Zable is joined by Androgyne Publisher Ken Weichel. An open mic follows.
Friday, December 5th:
John Calloway’s Fall to Winter Musings
+ The Lost Trio
Two shows on Friday, December 5th! John Calloway’s Fall to Winter Musings followed by The Lost Trio. 6-8pm – Dr. John Calloway brings a quartet featuring Greg Jacobs on piano, Sam Bevan on bass and Scott Amendola on drums, with John leading the combo on an array of flutes. John had a long career as…
Saturday, December 6th – 7:30-9:30pm
Greg Gotelli’s San Francisco Sextet
Joel Behrman, trumpet. Karl Dray, trombone. Tod Dickow, saxophone. Matt Clark, piano. Jeff Saxton, bass. Greg Gotelli, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. The San Francisco Sextet features first call musicians always on full display with talents equal to the best jazz players on the planet…
Tuesday, December 2nd – 7pm
Singers Jennifer Cleary
and David Richardson
with piano accompaniment
Jenni and David sing a bit of Broadway, a little pop, some jazz… even a hint of country western. Featuring Austin Yu on the piano. $15 cover charge; students $10; kids free Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Jennifer Cleary is a singer and actress with a background in pop, jazz, musical theater and vocal…
Fundraising for the future of
Bird & Beckett in Glen Park!
Here at Bird & Beckett Books, we’ve always relied on the kindness of neighbors and strangers to make it all work; and we’ve always found that strangers don’t stay strangers long! Your tax-deductible donations to our 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, FEIN 261906810, are the secret sauce. Book sales and cover…
Water under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
Sunday, November 30th – 5-7pm
The Cottontails
Standing Room Only!!
Karina Denike, vocals. Tom Griesser, clarinet and sax. Michael MacIntosh, piano. Joe Kyle, Jr., bass. Randy Lee Odell, drums. $30 for adults, cash please! Students $15. Kids free. Jump jazz, rhythm & blues, fresh as a daisy with deep roots in the ’40s & ’50s! A Thanksgiving tradition at Bird &…
after the turkey…
230 Jones Street, Friday at 7:30pm
New Squatoolas, Saturday at 7:30pm
The Cottontails, Sunday at 5pm
Just one show Friday the 28th instead of our typical Friday double header, but you’ll get two swinging sets of jazz starting at 7:30pm. A twenty dollar bill gets you the evening when The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band takes the stage. Long a staple of Bird & Beckett’s bookings, this quartet…
Saturday, November 29th – 7:30-9:30pm
New Squatoolas!
Jim Peterson, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Larry Vann, drums $20 cash cover charge at the door, byob. A Thanksgiving weekend tradition at Bird & Beckett! New Squatoolas are ready to take you on a joyous romp in a New Orleans mode, playing the music of NOLA jazz, funk and soul pioneers…