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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]
Wednesday, October 29th – 7:30pm
Anne Whiteside
reads from
The Moon in Splinters
Anne Whiteside’s The Moon in Splinters: Searching for Maurice Pertschuk, British Secret Agent in the French Resistance, is a moving and meticulously researched account that brings to light the extraordinary life and tragic death of British Special Operations Executive (SOE) Lieutenant Maurice Pertschuk. On a moonless night in 1942, Pertschuk, a handsome and brilliant 20-year-old…
Tuesday, October 28th – 7pm
Poet Alison Luterman – Hard Listening – with Leslie Absher
Alison Luterman reads from her new volume of poetry, Hard Listening (Wildhouse Publishing, 2025), and is joined in conversation about her work by Leslie Absher. Hard Listening focuses on women’s voices raised up in song, poetry, and activism. Spiritual teacher and writer Mirabai Starr has said, “Alison Luterman is one of my favorite poetic voices….
Saturday, October 25th – 7:30pm
Grupo Falso Baiano
Brazilian choro music from San Francisco. $20/byob. Students $10. Grupo Falso Baiano. Catia Machado, vocals. Zack Pitt-Smith, reeds and cavaquinho. Brian Moran, guitar. Ami Molinelli. percussion. with special guest Kerry Politzer, piano. .
Friday, October 24th – 8:30pm
LOBE: was that on purpose?
release party & concert
for their debut album
LOBE, a sextet with Stanford roots, now in the diaspora, come together and come to Bird & Beckett to kick off their 10-day, 5-stop California tour in support of their debut album “was that on purpose?” — release date October 21, 2025. Daiki Nakajima, flute/bass. Ethan Buck, alto sax/bass. Sam Silverstein, violin. Nolan Miranda,…
Thursday, October 23rd – 7:30pm
Poets John Curl and Alice Rogoff
Two writers long committed to the struggle and to poetry roll out new work for you.
Wednesday, October 22nd – 7:30pm
Walker Talks!
Walker Brents III on the poet Gary Snyder
A live stream found on the Bird & Beckett YouTube channel and Facebook page. Donations appreciated. Walker Brents III has been giving a monthly talk at Bird & Beckett on a diversity of topics in poetry, philosophy and culture since 1999. This month, Walker considers the poet Gary Snyder, and gives us this to ponder:…
Tuesday, October 21st – 7pm
Novelist Diane Frank
+ Poet Janet Popesco Archibald
Diane Frank reads from her new novel, Mermaids and Musicians, wherein a virtuoso violinist falls madly in love with a mermaid, but can he deal with loving a woman who isn’t completely human? And can their love travel through time? The novel begins on Signal Mountain in Tennessee and migrates to the coast of Northern…
Sunday, October 19th – 5pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
with guest Erich Ippen, guitar & vocals
Ben Stolorow, piano. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. with guest Erich Ippen, guitar & vocals. $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. Kids free. The trio returns for their ongoing 3rd Sundays residency at Bird & Beckett. Leader Vince Lateano has been a cornerstone of the San Francisco jazz scene since he arrived in…
Saturday, October 18th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Jinx Jones Jazz Trio
Jinx Jones, guitar. Kenan O’Brien, bass. Ken Owen, guitar. cover charge $20; byob. students $10. reservations, call 415-586-3733. Luxurious guitar and exotica. Cool swing and soul with a hot trio. That’s Jinx’s jazz bag! Welcome a true apostle of the many towering gods of the jazz guitar traditions, from Freddie Green to Charlie Christian to…
No Kings Day: Saturday, October 18th
We’ll be out putting it to the man until 3pm
(closed up tight in Glen Park),
but then…
After 3pm drop in to buy a book or just to commiserate over the failure of our democracy. At 5pm: a reading from Colossus:Current – The Ways and Workings of Water. At 7:30pm: The Jinx Jones Trio plays jazz. ________ At 5pm today, join Sara Biel, Elisa Salasin and Kim Shuck co-editors of Colussus:Current The…