Call us if you want to be notified when a new date is set. Poet, educator, humanitarian Jorge Argueta, a proud son of El Salvador and San Francisco, has dozens of books to his credit — books of his poems, books of poetry, culture and life philosophy for children… He also operates Luna Books in…

“The only war is the war on the imagination” – Diane di Prima Tehmina Khan, Priscilla Wathington, Farzaneh Safavi, Beau Beausoleil, Walker Brents III and Jerry Ferraz read poems in commemoration of the March 5, 2007 destruction by car bomb of Al-Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad’s bookseller’s street, named for the 10th century Iraqi poet. This tragedy,…

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Matt Renzi – saxophone, clarinet, English horn Jessica Ivry – cello John Wiitala – bass Tim Bulkley – drums Arm-Sized Legging is a project consisting of woodwinds (saxophone, clarinet, english horn), cello, bass, and drums, playing a repertoire of all original compositions. The music explores textures and colors, as…

On Leap Day 2020, celebrate jazz in San Francisco at Bird & Beckett! Support the organizations that support the musicians! 2020 is a leap year, and leap day, February 29, 2020, is a Saturday. What better day to set aside for a celebration of your local bookshop cum jazz club… and its ally Jazz in…

Community Music Center instructors and students present a wide-ranging program to celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rat. The opening set will include a gamut of music from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The second set will feature a jazz ensemble led by pianist Randy Craig, featuring, among others, reed player…

$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…

Gigging jazz musicians convened in a “town hall” discussion at the bookshop on February 25th to discuss the prospects for an “Independent Musicians Alliance” – a solidarity organization without dues or meetings – to encourage a free flow of information among musicians that might facilitate collective action seeking overall improvement in wages, benefits and working…

$20 suggested donation; pay what you can. Grant Levin, piano Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass Genius Wesley, 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 hundreds of times — and…