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!
Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Saturday, March 16 – 2:00-3:30 pm
Book event – High Voltage Women:
Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light
by Ellie Belew
High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light (Red Letter Press, 2019), by Ellie Belew, documents a great victory for women in the trades and for women’s rights. One of the first women Electrical Trainees at Seattle City Light, Megan Cornish, will speak at the event.
Friday, March 15th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Tonight, the Scott Foster Quintet
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since October 2002Â
Scott has a good band for you this month… Darren Johnston, David Boyce, Noah Schencker, Cairo McCockran… He does it for you the 3rd Friday of the month… each and every month… this is a man who does not heed the siren’s song… he stays the course! So, who’s he got? We’ll tell you again:…
Thursday, March 14th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Elliott Levin/Mogauwane Mahloele
an Excursion into the Freedom of Words and Music
Elliott Levin; Mogauwane Mahloele; Mark Pino, drums Elijah Pontecorvo, bass Elliott Levin is a legendary poet and vocalist on the Philly free jazz scene, traveling out to the Bay Area, a solar flare on any bandstand. In the company of Mogauwane Mahloele, South African percussionist, instrument builder, sculptor and painter, bassist Elijah Pontecorvo and drummer…
postponed
Phillip Johnston and Bruce Ackley Duo
We sincerely regret to announce that the Bruce Ackley / Phillip Johnson date, previously scheduled for June 11th, has been postponed. We look forward to rescheduling when possible. Bruce Ackley has been a cornerstone of the world-traveled, San Francisco-based saxophone quartet Rova since its founding in 1978. Born in Rochester, New York in 1948, he…
Monday, March 11th
7:00-9:30 pm
RJAM JAM SESSION!
(Monthly every 2nd Monday)
Students from the SFCM Roots, Jazz & American Music Program hosts young Bay Area talent
2nd year! Students in the SF Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” BMUS degree program host their peers from Bay Area colleges and high schools. No cover charge. Donations to support the bookshop that supports the students are very much appreciated.
Sunday, March 10th – 2pm
You’re Doing What? Older Women’s Tales of Achievement and Adventure
Contributors Betsy Chafcouloff, Rita Delgado, Kathryn A. Johnon and Mary Jo Lazear join editor Marjorie Lasky to read from their pieces included in the new anthology, You’re Doing What? Older Women’s Tales of Achievement and Adventure — which is bursting with 62 memorable first-person tales and photos. In the book, you’ll meet daring older women — like…
With a little help from our friends…
As we start to think about our 20th anniversary coming up in May, we at Bird & Beckett think it’s appropriate to reproduce this email from the proprietor to the store’s patrons, dated June 24, 2008: Big Move Coming Up! After nine years in its present location on Diamond Street, Bird & Beckett is moving…
Sunday, March 10th – 11:00 am -1:00 pm
Blanche Bebb Memorial Party
Born September 27, 1934, Blanche Bebb passed away on March 10, 2018 at the age of 83. She lived for years on Chenery Street, near the corner of Diamond, with her daughter Karen and granddaughter Jenna, and was a constant presence at the bookshop from the day it opened until a stroke made it impossible…