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!
Tuesday, June 13th – 7-8:30 pm
Poised for Retirement
Neighborhood writer Louise Nayer presents her new book
Louise Nayer, retired CCSF instructor, will launch her newest book, Poised for Retirement: Moving from Anxiety to Zen, (Central Recovery Press, 2017). A unique narrative on a unique time offering solace to people nearing retirement, Poised for Retirement is not your parents’ retirement guide. It’s not a financial planning guide. Rather, it’s the story of an ordinary…
Sunday, June 11th – 7:30-9:30 pm
…2,3,4: The Grant Levin Duo with Kash Killion
Grant Levin is just one magnificent jazz pianist. We’re always pleased and proud to present him at Bird & Beckett. And bassist Kash Killion is a beautiful and formidable musician, with a career that has spanned decades and continents in fabulous company. Grant and Kash have worked together on many occasions, with a terrific interplay…
Sunday, June 11th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Kurt Ribak Quartet
which way west? Sunday concert series
Lincoln Adler, sax Greg Sankovich, piano Kurt Ribak, bass Randy Lee Odell, drums
Sunday, June 11 – 2-4 pm
Hoopla!
Eight writers from Eclectica Mag share their work!
Eclectica is more than one of the first online literary magazines–it’s an ever-growing community of artists and writers. Join us for a reading at Bird and Beckett in part to celebrate Eclectica’s first 20 years but also to celebrate the written word itself. As Melvin Sterne, founding editor of Carve Magazine, has said, “In another…
Saturday, June 10th – 7:30-10pm
Darren Johnston’s Broken Shadows
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night
$15 cover
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Darren Johnston, trumpet Miles Wick, bass Jordan Glenn, drums
Friday, June 9th – 9 pm
Ben Goldberg – Smith Dobson Quartet
with bassist Rob Adkins and drummer Hamir Atwal!
jazz follows jazz in the bookshop tonight!
$10 cover
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg and tenor saxophonist Smith Dobson join forces in a program of tunes by Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman and  other masters of America’s classical music — including Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker! This will be a conclave of the highest order. Dobson, a multi-instrumentalist and a cornerstone of the local jazz scene, will…
Friday, June 9th – 5:30-8 pm
Harvey Wainapel / Sylvia Cuenca Quartet
jazz in the bookshop — every Friday since 2002
Harvey Wainapel, reeds Adam Shulman, piano Peter Barshay, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums Reuniting two old friends who have rarely played together in recent years, the Harvey Wainapel/Sylvia Cuenca Quartet promises an evening of fresh musical energy and material, with a mix of originals, “standards” and “ought to be standards!” Sylvia (who has played with Joe Henderson, Clark Terry,…
Wednesday, June 7th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Sylvia Cuenca/Jared Gold Quartet
with Joe Cohen, sax, and Jack Tone Riordan, guitar
$15 cover charge
Sylvia Cuenca, a San Jose native who’s been a first call drummer on the jazz scene in New York City now for several decades, is passing through town and will play Bird & Beckett twice this week — tonight in a quartet with New York organ player Jared Gold and local icons Joe Cohen on…
