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Scott Foster has been on the Friday evening schedule since its start in late 2002. He brings in a project every third Friday, always fresh and always deeply satisfying. This time out, he’s hosting his long-time collaborator, Dave Scott, who left San Francisco for Sedona, AZ not long ago. Dave Len Scott brings together a…

Thursday evening, writer, literary spelunker, promoter of avant garde excellence Alan Kaufman presents his new novel, The Berlin Woman. Friday after work, Mission Hot Club (bassist Bing Nathan and a squad of gypsy jazzers plus vocal trio, The Muted Jewel Tones) celebrate as the holiday season rockets on Saturday night, Rhodessa Jones & Idris Ackamoor…

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Pete Devine, jug, washboard, kazoo, drums Meredith Axelrod, guitar and vocals Morgan Cochneuer, mandolin, banjo-mando, fiddle Devine’s Jug Band is a San Francisco ensemble wise to the ways of the weird old South. Devine’s Jug Band IS “America’s most authentic sounding jug band”…say’s legendary radio personality Mal Sharpe, formally…

The folks who pour their hearts, souls, art and toil into producing a literary journal out of City College of San Francisco twice each year, with fall and spring issues, invite you to listen to some of the work and party with them. It’s certainly a fundraiser, so if you can spare twenty or two…

Lena is a married, chronically unfaithful, and devoted only to gratifying her ambitions and hard-driving libido. Nathan is a footloose womanizing American author, unable to produce the big novel for which he’s been contracted. Their affair becomes a high-stakes reckless game of jealousy, rivalling ambitions, gender conflict, political combat and artistic outrage. But beneath it…

Le jazz hotshots meet sweet & sassy harmonizers and they’ve all got rhythm! Mission  Hot Club Hélène Bahu, violin Sasha Yakubovich, clarinet Scott Feichter, guitar Roberto Aguilar, guitar Robert Kennedy, accordion Bing Nathan, bass The Muted Jewel Tones Rose Koron Raena Frohlich Cassandra Lindop   $20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated https://www.facebook.com/missionhotclub/ https://www.facebook.com/themutedjeweltones/

$20 cover charge; sliding scale available The Jazz Philanthropists Union, with support from the Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund, presents two phenomenal artists, long associated as Cultural Odyssey and equally acclaimed individually for their work. PERFORMANCE MUSIC: “WELL, SHUT MY MOUTH WIDE OPEN!” & DIRECT FROM EUROPE!!!! IDRIS ACKAMOOR AND THE PYRAMIDS “Well, Shut My Mouth…

Avotcja & Tony are joined by percussionists Louie Romero, Carlos Caro and Vince de Jesus for tonight’s reading! Avotcja is a profound force on the Bay Area cultural scene — a volcanic poet fluidly fusing English and Spanish in her fiery work; a writer of stories in many genres; an insightful essayist of great clarity;…

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated no funds? all the better! come for the show! Karina Denike, vocals Tom Griesser, saxophone Michael McIntosh, piano Vic Wong, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass The Cottontails have romped through vintage classics of the jazz age, swing era hits and 50s R&B without a care at jazz clubs, dance…