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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
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phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Sunday, April 26th – 5pm
Jam session hosted by
the Vince Lateano Trio
Bring your talent and your friends! Jam session on the last Sunday of each month at 5pm! Contribute what you can to the care and feeding of the trio! Cash, please!
Sunday, April 26th – 8pm
The Howell Boys – Richard & Elé
& their band
At left in the featured photo, that’s Richard Howell, the magnificent saxophonist known a lot now by newbies as Elé’s dad, ever since Elé became the drummer of choice for saxophonist Ravi Coltrane’s quartet. Read about Richard here: http://www.rchowellmusic.com/about.html. In the picture at right, that’s Richard peeking out from the left side and Elé towering…
Monday, April 27th – 6pm to 9pm
Bohemia with Grub in West Portal
A Benefit Blow Out for Bird & Beckett
at Proposition Chicken, with
The Skooter Fein Trio
Hank Maninger & the Juke Box Charlies
The Kai Lyons Trio
plus poets!
Fried, Flipped or Fake, Proposition Chicken has something for everyone — and 10% of your tab goes to Bird & Beckett every Monday in April, from 9am to 9pm. It’s their Non-Profit Mondays policy, and they do it year round! They serve great food all year round as well. From ten bucks in revenue on…
Tuesday, March 28th – 7pm
Author Event: Jeanne Carstensen
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis
Join PEN Award finalist Jeanne Carstensen, in conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel, for the paperback launch party for A GREEK TRAGEDY, with live rebetika music. The author: Jeanne Carstensen, in conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel The book: A Greek Tragedy: One Day, A Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis (Atria/One Signal,…
Thursday, April 30, 7pm – Eileen Myles + Nathan Kernan on James Schuyler, with Tom Carey, Jason Morris, & Hannah Zeavin
Eileen Myles in conversation with Nathan Kernan, author of A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler (FSG, 2025), on the life and language of James Schuyler, with additional discussion & reading of Schuyler’s work by Tom Carey, Jason Morris, & Hannah Zeavin. * Born in Chicago in 1923, James Schuyler grew up in Washington,…
Water under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
A little backstory on
Friday “jazz in the bookshop”
~~our jazz happy hour~~
continuous since 2002
growing from roots planted in 1999
Here’s a little backstory, to get us to where we now stand… in re: the Fridays, anyway… Read on! And thanks for being part of the Bird & Beckett story in the present day. /s/Eric Whittington, proprietor, since 1999 Once upon a time, in the late spring of 1999, Bird & Beckett opened its…
Sunday, April 12th – 5pm
Panthéa Flutes
Panthéa Flutes brings you an evening of quintets, quartets, trios, duos, and solos. Enjoy classic repertoire, from Bach, Bernstein, Debussy, and Muczynski, as well as contemporary pieces from Amano, Beeftink, Green, Sakai, and more. Tessa Moore – C flute + alto flute. Josie Clements – C flute + piccolo flute. Sha Jin – C flute…
Saturday, April 11th – 7:30pm
Brazilian guitar duo
Ricardo Peixoto & Carlos Oliveira
Ricardo Peixoto and Carlos Oliveira, Brazilian guitarists, perform in duo Saturday night at Bird & Beckett. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students $10. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Reserved seats are held until the music starts. Born in Rio de Janeiro, guitarist, composer and arranger Ricardo Peixoto came…
Friday, April 10th – 8:30pm
The Fred Randolph Quartet
Sheldon Brown, saxes and flute. Matt Clark, piano. Fred Randolph, bass. Brian Fishler, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students: $10. Composer, bandleader & bassist Fred Randolph brings a quartet comprising top talent for two sets of jazz classics and originals. Enjoy the late show vibe this Friday, and every Friday…