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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Friday, June 19th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Group
plays jazz in the bookshop
Guitarist Scott Foster holds down the 3rd Fridays assignment in Bird & Beckett’s “jazz in the bookshop” series. Now well into its 13th year, this is truly a neighborhood jazz party par excellence. Tonight, Scott is bringing in a quartet with Art Khu on piano, Adam Gay on bass and Greg Wyser-Pratte on drums. Songs of…
Thursday, June 18th – 7-10 pm
The Michael Parsons/Ulf Bjorkbom Quartet
Here on a brief visit from Paris and Oslo, pianist Michael Parsons and drummer Ulf Bjorkbom, with sax player Danny Brown and bassist Noah Schenker — all familiar faces on the Bird & Beckett bandstand — return to Bird & Beckett! Besides celebrating Paris & Oslo & all that jazz, we’ll be celebrating the proprietor’s…
Bloomsday! June 16th
a benefit reading for
Bird & Beckett’s cash flow needs!
10 minutes of Ulysses read aloud every hour on the hour from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed… –Come up, Kinch. Â Come up, you fearful Jesuit… And thus is introduced young, intense Stephen Dedalus whose day unfolds in counterpoint to and occasionally overlapping that of ad salesman Leopold Bloom in 1904…
Monday, June 15th – 7 pm
POETS!
Robert Anbian and Gerald Nicosia
open mic follows
Richard Anbian has been described as “a passionate virtuoso steeped in these times and deep with tradition,†according to Richard Hack, “[whose] poetry crackles with currency – hiply linguistic turns of natural originality, rhythmically brimming with a tempestuous taste of ecstasy, reason, and love.†Dusty Dog Reviews declared him “a genius or a Venusian.†Gerald…
Sunday, June 14th – 3-5 pm
Blues/Roots Saxophonist Nancy Wright
Note the 3pm to 5pm time for this gig! The Warriors are taking the NBA by storm, and we recognize that many of you want to be glued to this game! Fear not! Â No reason to miss blues saxophone powerhouse Nancy Wright & her trio, with Lorenzo Farrell on organ and Jay Hansen on drums….
Saturday, June 13th – 8-11pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Grant Levin Quartet
Pianist Grant Levin enlists master reed player Noel Jewkes, bassist Kash Killion and drummer Mark Lee for three sets of small combo work. Each of these players is a seasoned pro with a stellar reputation in the Bay Area. All welcome!  $10 cover charge; $7 for members of “jazz club!” ($75 annual dues).
Friday, June 12th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm
Jimmy Ryan’s
Bird & Beckett Bebop Band
plays jazz in the bookshop
On the second Friday of each month, jazz in the bookshop features The Jimmy Ryan Quintet aka The Bird & Beckett Bebop Band! In June, Jimmy’s band features Stu Pilorz, trombone Joe Cohen, tenor sax Don Alberts, piano Bishu Chatterjee, bass Jimmy Ryan, drums Jimmy learned his trade in L.A. in the ’50s, and hit the…
Sunday, June 7th – 2 pm
Reading by Sons of Noir Contributors
San Francisco Book Launch and Reading! Sons Of Noir: Murder and Mayhem by San Francisco North Bay Writers, edited by Ed Coletti and David Madgalene Contributors: David Beckman, Gary Brandt, Ed Coletti, David Madgalene, Pat Nolan, Jonah Raskin and Waights Taylor, Jr. Publisher: Round Barn Press, Santa Rosa, CA (June 7, 2015)