653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
Live Streams every weekend!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, April 20th – 7pm
Jacki Rigoni +
Camincha Benvenuto,
followed by an open mic
Camincha Benvenutto, Poet Laureate of Pacifica…
Tuesday, April 21st – 7pm
David Kubrin:
Marxism & Witchcraft
$20 cover charge; sliding scale available
Thursday, April 23rd – 7pm
Richard Grossinger,
Bottoming Out the Universe
$20 cover charge; sliding scale available
Friday, April 24th – 5:30-8pm
The 230 Jones Street,
Local 6 Literary Jazz Band
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday after work
$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated
Tuesday, April 7, 2020:
Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin
live streamed from Bird & Beckett
Tongo Eisen-Martin, a child of the Bay Area, seemed to emerge full blown on the Bay Area poetry front in 2015 with his debut Someone’s Dead Already from Bootstrap Press and a cascade of uncanny readings, hands in pockets, gaze fixed in the middle distance of his mind. But by that point he had already…
Back to the Essentials!
Eric Shifrin plays solo piano
jazz in the bookshop
Live streamed on Friday, 4/3/20
Eric Shifrin plays solo from the Bird & Beckett stage over the facebook! Click here to go there in one simple step, or go to facebook, search for “bird & beckett books,” click on “videos” – scroll down a bit and watch for the screen with the little red square that says “LIVE” Join us…
Friday, March 27th – 5:30-8pm
The 230 Jones Street,
Local 6 Literary Jazz Band
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since 2002
$20 suggested/sliding scale available. Talk about your San Francisco jazz… On the fourth Friday of each month, our weekly jazz in the bookshop series features The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band — in direct line of descent from the Chuck Peterson Trio, which started the whole “jazz in the bookshop†thing 17…
Saturday, March 28th – 7:30–10pm
Dmitri Matheny Trio
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night at Bird & Beckett
$20 cover charge / sliding scale available Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn Ken French, piano Ron Belcher, bass A gorgeous, charming and intimate evening of music guaranteed
Sunday, March 29th – 4:30pm
Grant Levin Residency
last Sundays through June
which way west?
concert series
$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Grant Levin Quartet: James Mahone, tenor saxophone Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Michael Mitchell, drums Pianist Grant Levin has gained great acclaim on the San Francisco jazz scene since his move here in 2001; since that time, Bird & Beckett has been pleased and honored to present him…