Disruptive Play is all about tricking power into performing acts of love. Shepherd Siegel will be talking, listening, singing, dancing, appearing and disappearing at Bird and Beckett  on Sunday, October 6th at 2 p.m. Siegel is the author of the mind-bending book, Disruptive Play: The Trickster in Politics and Culture. Disruptive Play journeys from ancient folkloric appearances of Tricksters…

$20 cover charge; sliding scale available Jules Broussard, reeds Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Al Marshall, drums Grant Levin’s legion of fans know him as a fantastic pianist who plays with incredible brio and unbelievable chops — which almost, but not quite, masks the fact that he’s an unmatchable ensemble player, digging deeply into…

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Al Molina, trumpet; Jerry Logas, reeds, flute & vocal; Larry Chinn, piano; Dean Reilly, bass; Vince Lateano, drums. Bop & swing from five solid senders. The long-running Friday after work jazz party at Bird & Beckett has never paused since it started eighteen years ago! Contribute what you can…

A Daughter’s Work is Heartless by Nature, Caledonia Kearns’ first collection of poems, just published at the age of 49, is a sort of a hybrid between poetry and memoir. It’s an attempt to meet Muriel Rukeyser’s challenge, “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?/The world would split open.” Caledonia’s…

$20 suggested donation; contribute what you can A siren from the shore, Moonshine Maybelline lures you with spellbinding ballads, mesmerizes with moody soundscapes and crashes your broken heart into their country-rock. Catherine Foreman’s vocals and songs are the centerpiece of this 5-piece band from San Francisco. Sparks first flew when she teamed up with twang-rockers…

Herman Melville was born in 1819, making 2019 his 200th Anniversary Year. Celebrate his genius with us at Bird & Beckett! Come at 2pm to Bird & Beckett to hear readings by the Melville Society from Moby Dick, Melville’s masterpiece about Captain Ahab and his obsessive quest for the great white whale, Moby Dick. Sign…

With the support of Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund, the Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… B3B4 $20 cover charge; $10 for students / musicians / low income.   B3B4 is the musical conversation between Bay Area jazz veterans Tom Griesser (tenor sax), Scott Foster (guitar), Kevin Gerzevits (organ) and Dan Foltz (drums). The…

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Denise Perrier is celebrated from Havana to St. Petersburg and here at home for her elegant contralto, for her phrasing and swing, for her unparalleled interpretation of tunes drawn from the jazz canon and the Great American Songbook — the timeless popular music that poured out of Tin Pan…

Mark Statmen will be reading from his book Exile Home and will also read from his translations of the Uruguayan poet Martín Barea Mattos, Never Made in America. A native New Yorker, Mark studied under Kenneth Koch at Columbia University in the 1970s, and has published a number of collections of his own work as…

Trombonist Rick Brown! It’s a birthday bash! Rick Brown, trombone; Grant Levin, piano Carl Herder, bass Pepe Jacobo, drums