653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Postponed. Previously scheduled for Thurs. 3/9. New date not yet set
McCabe & Mrs. Miller perform Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska”
Sorry, we’ll work with the artists to set a new date in the fall for this… _________ McCabe & Mrs. Miller, a collaboration of Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom) and Alison Faith Levy (The Sippy Cups, The Loud Family), blend their voices in the tradition of classic duets; their songwriting styles mesh…
Sunday, March 5th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio
Bassist Greg D’Augelli and drummer Mark Lee join pianist Grant Levin for two sets of jazz. For good reason, Grant has gained a substantial following at Bird & Beckett and other San Francisco jazz venues for his astonishingly fluid and creative work.
Sunday, March 5th – 2 pm
Electric Cool Jelly!— a reading by Buster Baer
Buster Baer reads from Electric Cool Jelly. He notes, I wrote most of the book over the Summer of 2015. It was the only way I could keep my head on my shoulders. Then by the end of the Summer I got the wild idea to collect up everything I’d written, format it, and get…
Saturday, March 4th – 7:30-10pm
Keith Saunders Quartet
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Pianist Keith Saunders’ formative years in jazz happened in Los Angeles, and then came a quarter century making up Keith’s New York years, notably centered around the New York HardBop Quintet, an outfit he co-led which had an eight year run, touring extensively and recording four cds, two of them with Rudy Van Gelder at…
Friday, March 3rd – 5:30-8 pm
Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002
Don got his start in L.A. in the 1950s, traveling for several years as a member of the Bud Shank Quartet and put in 30 years with the SF Symphony as well… Tonight, he’s joined by Al Molina, trumpet; Jerry Logas, reeds and Kris Gustafson, drums.
Thursday, March 2nd – 8-10 pm
Randy Lee Odell presents
Allison Lovejoy & Friends, cabaret & classical
canyon moonlight music series — occasional Thursday and Sunday nights
Allison Lovejoy performs with Greg Stephens on trombone, Bing Nathan on bass and Randy Lee Odell on drums. Read up on Allison’s career in classical music and her cabaret projects at this link.
Sunday, March 5th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? Sunday concert series
Betty Wong hosts faculty and friends of Community Music Center
in a celebration of the Year of the Rooster
In celebration of the Year of the Rooster and San Francisco’s wonderful multi-cultural, full access Community Music Center, pianist, composer, bandleader and teacher Betty Wong will present a number of accomplished musicians performing music from all corners of the globe on a variety of traditional and modern Asian and western instruments. A jazz set by…
Sunday, February 26th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west?
Bill Belasco Trio
In 2010, three San Francisco Bay Area musicians decided to create a rhythm section devoted to their own compositions and standards. After recording its studio demo in 2010, the trio — dubbed 3BE for its members Belasco, Bennett and Berthiaume — began performing publicly. Their recent CD, “Three Musicians”, was released under “The Bill Belasco…
Sunday, February 26th – 2:30-4 pm
Walker Talks!
Romanticism: What Individual Vision Means Today
The rise of mass industrial society necessitated a new manifestation of human creativity.  Blake, Byron, Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth and others brought us  to the edge of what we need to see now… The last Sunday of each month, Walker Brents III traverses intellectual and imaginative territories at once timeless and of the moment. A touch…
Saturday, February 25th – 7:30-10 pm
Ian Carey’s Takoyaki 4
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Ian Carey’s Takoyaki 4 is Ian Carey on trumpet, James Mahone on sax, Adam Shulman on the organ, and Hamir Atwal on drums $10 cover charge