A LaborFest Presentation: Loretta Starvus Stack, Communist Organizer, Community Gardener, and Her Fight for Rights of Free Speech Tucked away in a scenic cul-de-sac on on the crest of Glen Canyon Park Recreation Area sits one of the most charming community gardens in San Francisco. In this LaborFest presentation, Evelyn Rose, Director of the Glen…

We’re pleased to enter our sixth year of Saturday night “jazz club” programming with a quartet led by the masterful saxophonist and composer James Mahone, with Grant Levin on piano; Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass and Malachi Whitson on drums. James Mahone has performed throughout the U.S., Japan and Europe over 30 years. In early…

Soulful, righteous and joyous, no one mobilizes such amazing musicians as Avotcja! Their devotion to her and her music and poetry speaks volumes. Avotcja, poetry and small multi-percussion Francis Wong, saxophone & flute Sandi Poindexter, violin Jon Jang, piano Sascha Jacobsen, bass Raul Ramirez, percussion Come out for one of the peak experiences you’ll have…

David Holper is a performing poet and Professor of English at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California. He recently published his second book of poems, The Bridge, with (Sequoia Song Publishing). Many of the poems in that collection have already been published, and a number of have won prizes. Times Standard article, April 5,…

The Seducers have had a monthly gig at Bird & Beckett for three years, playing classic, outlaw and honky tonk songs by the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Bobby Bare, plus originals and a few from left field. Look for the Seducers every second Sunday in San Francisco’s premier little bookshop/listening room….

Drummer Jon Frank leads a quartet with Noah Frank, trumpet; Grant Levin, piano; Charles Thomas; bass.

Avant pastoralism in a chamber music mode Sheldon Brown (clarinet and bass clarinet) Joseph Noble (flute, alto flute, bass flute) Amber Lamprecht (oboe and English horn) www.echosbones.bandcamp.com.

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… the 5th Anniversary of jazz club!   Join us to celebrate five years of Saturday night jazz, when lights are low! Pianist Grant Levin has been on the date since the beginning, building an avid following and bringing to the stage some of the Bay Area’s most amazing musicians. Tonight,…

Noah Frank, trumpet Eli Maliwan, tenor sax Kai Lyons, guitar Curtis Aikens, bass Genius Wesley, drums With a sound and approach flexibly fitted to the space and the time, Sueños fuses hip-hop & R&B rhythms, blending modal with gospel harmonies, flowing with bebop-tinged horns over the top of a tight rhythm section that knows no…

The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project in association with Jazz in the Neighborhood presents: Ray Skjelbred, piano Clint Baker, trumpet Riley Baker, drums A sublime stroll through the history of early jazz and the stride era.   Many have had good things to say about Ray: He plays so good it scares me. –…