Sharon Doubiago notes: Wild Ocean Press has published Bill Bradd’s brilliant book-length poem, “Continent of Ghosts”. He’s a great reader who has lived for decades north of Fort Bragg on the Pacific mouth of 10 Mile River and while well-known and active there as a poet, he’s barely known elsewhere. Sharon Doubiago, on the other hand, is…

$10-20 suggested donation; $5-10 for students / musicians / low income. Nashville Honeymoon’s music is a modern reworking of the classic country sounds of the 50s and 60s. Their songwriting draws on country, rockabilly, and honky tonk traditions. Hank and Lynne bring the best of traditional country duets to life, reminding listeners of George and…

$10 suggested donation; $5 for students / musicians / low income. Don’t you just know it? Piano professor Macy Blackman’s got the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu, and is feeling strangely good! Why wouldn’t he, with bassist Bing Nathan sharing the stage, letting the good times roll?

Genny Lim will share the bill with Jerry Ferraz today. Her work as a playwright, poet and performing artist has been widely respected in San Francisco and further afield for four decades. Who’s that trumping over my bridge??? Jerry Ferraz reads his Trump poem, completed!   [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLXyaE5Dwk” /]

$20 cover charge. $10 for students / musicians / low income. Jason Hayashi – tenor saxophone Andrew Weitz – piano Jelani Banfield – bass Ryan Higley – drum Jelani Banfield is a formidable voice on bass already at the age of 20… Now a bona fide veteran (i.e., a sophomore) in Sam Clam’s Disco and…

$20 cover charge; $10 for students/musicians/low income. Traveling out of New York City, guitarist Roni Ben-Hur, bassist Harvie S. and drummer Sylvia Cuenca join forces with San Francisco pianist David Udolf and vocalist Sherri Roberts for two sets of jazz! Guitarist Roni Ben-Hur– born in Israel in 1962 but a longtime American citizen, based in…

$10-20 suggested donation; $5 for students/musicians/low income. The volcanic creativity and technique of Grant Levin has been thrilling San Francisco jazz fans for the past decade and shows no signs of abating! Saxophonist Noel Jewkes, bassist Tomoko Funaki and drummer Mark Lee join Grant for two sets of bop, latin & straight ahead jazz.

“We were still in the boundless void, striped here and there by a streak or two of hydrogen around the vortexes of the first constellations. I admit it required very complicated deductions to foresee the Mesopotamian plains black with men and horses and arrows and trumpets, but, since I had nothing else to do, I…

M + M + M + M 4 Poets at Bird & Beckett A mellifluous evening of poetry by Miriam Bird Greenberg, Margaret Stawowy, Melissa Stein & Maw Shein Win Macaroons, meringue & merlot will be served Miriam Bird Greenberg is the author of In the Volcano’s Mouth, which won the 2015 Agnes Lynch Starrett…

With the commencement of their second year, the sophomore class of students in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s new “Roots, Jazz & American Music” Bachelor’s degree program hosts the incoming SFCM RJAM freshman class and peers from colleges and high schools throughout the Bay Area in a monthly jam session! This is an exciting opportunity to watch and…