Bill Glassley returns to Bird & Beckett to present his newly published book, A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice (Bellevue Literary Press, 2018). In A Wilder Time, Glassley, a surfer turned geologist at the University of California at Davis and an emeritus researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark, retraces his…

Rural blues from the San Francisco masters of the form HowellDevine Joshua Howell, harp, guitar, vocals Pete Devine, traps, washboard, percussion, jug Joe Kyle, Jr., bass

  Maxine Chernoff will read her poems from Camera (2016) and Under the Music, forthcoming 2019. She has won an NEA grant and the PEN Translation Award, and has been a visiting writer at The American Academy in Rome. Neeli Cherkovski has been a key post-beat poet and essayist, from his days in Los Angeles in the late 1960s…

Sunday mornings while you’re browsing, you’ll hear Jerry Ferraz playing his guitar, singing the occasional song. Not a concert setting, but you’re welcome to find a seat — whether to listen more closely or to peruse a book.  Jerry has been sighted around San Francisco since he was a kid growing up in Eureka Valley…

A musical journey, composed and presented by Danny Bittker (diverse woodwinds) along with a caravan of wonderful Bay Area musicians: Jesse Foster-vocal and percussion; Lee Heuermann-vocal, flute; Scott Foster-guitar; Alex Baum-bass; Jason Levis-drums; Mara Fox-trombone; Cote Reese-piano; Danny Bittker-reeds Exciting and compelling sound and rhythm; something old new borrowed and yes….blue

Joe Cohen, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar Adam Gay, bass Omar Aran, drums The moon isn’t just for June anymore!      Let Scott’s quartet fly you there tonight!

Litquake comes to Glen Park, courtesy of Bird & Beckett! Calle 24 Showcase! A dozen poets associated with the reading and writing series that convenes regularly at the Mission District’s United Booksellers (Alley Cat Books and Adobe Books) read from their collective chapbook at Bird & Beckett, the Glen Park bookstore with a mission to present…

Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate, reads in the company of Lee Slonimsky. An open mic follows, hosted by Jerry Ferraz.

Dan Neville presents Música del Pacífico (Colombian marimba) featuring Ali Cuama & Adrian Sabogal Join us for a rare opportunity to see Colombia’s “Música del Pacífico” performed live, featuring one of the true masters of the music, Ali Cuama. Ali comes from a lineage of master marimba players from Buenaventura, Colombia, and will be joined…

Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar. Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals. Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals. Kenny Owen, drums. $10-20 suggested donation. $5 for students/musicians/fixed income.