D.L. Lang, Vallejo Poet Laureate 2017-2019 Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate 2016-2017 Dani Gabriel, El Cerrito Poet Laureate 2018-present Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Berkeley Poet Laureate 2017-present Chris Olander, Nevada County Poet Laureate 2019-present Ron Riekki, co-editor of Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice

Adam Gay, bass, leads a quartet featuring Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Ben Stolorow on piano and Peppe Merolla on drums. Adam moved to Brooklyn a month or two ago, what a loss…  their gain!  But he’s back for a minute and that’s our gain. A fabulous quartet, playing some Blue Note bop classics and…

Celebrate the publication of great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea and meet a friendly indie press looking for new voices. Featuring Neeli Cherkovski, Joan Gelfand, Matthew Hupert, Deborah Kennedy, Mira Martin-Parker, and SB Stokes. Hosted by Jane Ormerod and Richard Loranger. “Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea” is…

Jerry Ferraz and Kim Shuck host and egg them on! Seriously, they’re as serious as your life.

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Dave Tidball (clarinet, bass clarinet) Jim Dukey (clarinet, bass clarinet) Dick Mathias (clarinet, bass clarinet) Charlie Keagle (clarinet) With this concert, the Albatross Clarinet Quartet will present an array of new music, much of it recently conceived and arranged. Bebop to polytonal funk, musical commentary on classical pieces from the late 19th century …

Here are the wrappers. Send me more tamales. — Esteban Lujan to Porfirio Díaz, January 2, 1911 Esteban Lujan’s EL RONDIN is his account of events leading to the suppression of General Pasqual Orozco, Jr.’s 1912 revolt against the Madera presidency in Chihuahua, Mexico.  It is perhaps the earliest written document about this important chapter of…

Guitar god Jinx Jones– twang & rockabilly monster, cover guy for numerous guitar mags, darling of North Beach, oft-featured star of music festivals throughout the western United States as well as the annual Glen Park Festival– has jazz chops to burn, and brings them to                   jazz club!…

$20 per set donation is much appreciated… whatever you can manage! Flat broke? No problem, pay what you will… Al Molina, trumpet Jerry Logas, reeds, flute & vocals Larry Chinn, piano Dean Reilly, bass Vince Lateano, drums   It’s loose, and it’s deep; at one and the same time. Come out and find out for…

$20 cover charge; sliding scale available Italian jazz vocalist Valentina Ranalli, from Naples, is noted for her purity of tone, phrasing, intonation, and improvisational ability. Valentina sings in English, Italian, Neapolitan, French, and Portuguese. She studied singing, piano, and music theory, going though opera singing, gospel music, and jazz music since she was a child….