653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
Live Streams every weekend!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Friday, March 23rd – 5:30-8:00 pm
230 Jones Street Jazz Band
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10-20 suggested donation; students $5
Tonight, bassist Al Obidinski sits in for 230 Jones Street regular Dean Reilly, with Ray Loeckle and Jerry Logas on reeds, Glen Deardorff on guitar and Tony Johnson on drums.
Thursday, March 22nd – 7:30 pm
Poet Neeli Cherkovski reads from his new collection
Elegy for My Beat Generation
Neeli Cherkovski, born Neeli Cherry in San Bernardino California in 1945. was an integral part of the mid-1960s Los Angeles poetry scene, edited a literary magazine there with Charles Bukowski called “Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns” and came up to San Francisco in the early 1970s. Throughout those years and ever since, he…
Thursday, March 22nd – 5:30-6:30 pm
Book event:Â Rock & Roll Priest Harry Schlitt
presents his memoirI’ll Never Tell
“ “Father Harry,” Msgr. Harry G. Schlitt, got his start in the rock & roll side of the Catholic Church (or maybe created it) in the 1970s in Springfield, Missouri. He’ll tell a sliver of the tale and sign books at Bird & Beckett March 22nd from 5:30-6:30 pm. Read up on Father Schlitt’s Springfield…
POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, March 19th – 7-9 pm
Featured poets Tamsin Smith & Cara Vida
An open mic follows, Jerry Ferraz, m.c.Â
Jerry Ferraz, m.c. Open mic starts at about 8 pm.
Sunday, March 18th – 2:00-3:30 pm
Susan Dambroff reads from
Conversations with Trees
In Conversations with Trees, Susan Dambroff examines the dualities hidden deep within the human heart and how those dualities are in dialogue with one another. These are tender poems which stand as witness to the passions of both pain and beauty. The poet wants us to see clearly and love deeply—even though we might “…watch smoke rise/talk about how a…
Saturday, March 17th– 7:30 -10:00 pm
Sandor y su Mecanica, feat. Fito Reinoso
jazz club! when lights are low…
$20 cover charge; students $5Â
Dale timba pa que suena! Sandor y su Mecanica Fito Reinoso, tres & lead vocals Sandy Perez, congas Juan Ceballos. magic flute Gabriel Navia, bass Sandor Moss, drumset
Friday, March 16th – 9:00 pm
COPUS, a poets and composers salon
$10 cover charge
COPUS (Creation Of Peace Under Stars), comprising Royal Kent (poet/spoken word artist), Wendy Loomis (composer/pianist) , Melissa Finder (singer), Ann Souren (singer), Patrick Mahon (bassist) and Levon Washington ( drummer), convenes another in its long line of poets and composers salons. COPUS, which began in the late 1980s, presents powerful lyrics intertwined with beautiful melodies…
Friday, March 16th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Quartet celebrates Pisces birthdays!
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
David Boyce, reeds Scott Foster, guitar Noah Schencker, bass Cairo McCockran, drums A slammin’ quartet! All fun! All jazz!