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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six

phone: 1-415-586-3733     email: [email protected]

Monday, February 19th — 7:00-9:00 pm
A Day of Remembrance
Readings by Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Shizue Seigel,
Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Peter Yamamoto
followed by an open mic

Members of the Japanese-American community and their friends observe February 19th as a Day of Remembrance, as it marks the date in 1942 when Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, leading to the internment of Japanese-Americans in concentration camps spread throughout the country. Tonight, Shizue Seigel, Hiroshi Kashiwag, Mia Ayumi Malhotra and…

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Sunday, February 18th – 4:30-6:30 pm
HowellDevine
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10 suggested donation

Rural blues from the San Francisco masters of the form HowellDevine Joshua Howell, harp, guitar, vocals Pete Devine, traps, washboard, percussion, jug Joe Kyle, Jr., bass

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Saturday, February 17th– 7:30-10:00 pm
Lyle Link Quartet
jazz club! when lights are low…
$20 cover charge

Lyle Link, tenor sax  •  Greg Jacobs, piano  •  Chris Amberger, bass  •  Mark Lee, drums

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Friday, February 16th – 8:30 pm
Baker-Hamilton-Young Trio
$15 cover
 

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Friday, February 16th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Trio
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation

Songs that bear a message… The Scott Foster Trio Scott Foster, guitar Richard Hall, piano Andrew Higgins, bass  

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Thursday, February 15th – 7:00-9:00 pm
Two Way Mirror:
Marina Lazzara & Friends reading

Poetry! Stephanie Baker Jess Rowland Ava Koober / Marina Lazzara / Patrick James Dunagan collaboration Music! J & Kevin BYO Bottle, Ears, Minds, Heart 

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Monday, February 12th – 7:30 pm
RJAM JAM SESSION! (Monthly every 2nd Monday)
Students from the SFCM Roots, Jazz & American Music Program
host young Bay Area talent

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Sunday, February 11th – 4:30-6:30 pm
El Guajiro – Johnny Escobedo
$10 suggested donation
 

El Guajiro plays the gamut of popular music from Latin America, including cha cha, boleros, Latin jazz, as well as different varieties of Cuban music. El Guajiro is el guajiro Johnny Escobedo’s group, with a number of associates that include Norman Downing, the Razons Bo and Richie, Mario Vega and others. For this concert, he’s…

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Sunday, February 11th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Take a Wacky Walk with the Seducers
Classic, Outlaw & Honky Tonk Country Music
$10 suggested donation

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Sunday, February 11th – 1:45-3:00 pm
The fiction of Don Alberts
 

Don Alberts, known to Bird & Beckett audiences as a fine jazz pianist, is also a prolific writer, and reads this afternoon from his autobiographical novel, The Rushing and his short story collection, The God Fire Mantras — just a sliver of the poetry and prose he’s produced over the course of a rich career. He’ll have…

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