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, November 20th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Quartet
plumbs the depths of John Scofield

Guitarist Scott Foster is joined this evening by James Mahone, tenor sax; Sam Bevan, bass; and Brandon Etzler, drums, for an excursion through the work of a guitarist that influenced Scott profoundly early on and retains a fascination still. Scofield himself characterizes his music as falling in a continuum of post-bop, funk edged jazz, and R…

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Thursday, November 19th – 7 pm
Mukta Sambrani reads from
Broomrider’s Book of the Dead

Broomrider’s Book of the Dead purports to be “A book in no genre based on found fragments from the notebooks of Anna Albuquar a.k.a. Anna Plum.” By happenstance the first reader of this book comes upon some poems. A tourist, he would like to believe he is in Bombay for work alone. Not pleasure, he is…

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Wednesday, November 18th – 7 pm
Margo Perin reads from
The Opposite of Hollywood

   Based on Margo Perin’s childhood, The Opposite of Hollywood is a riveting novel of a family on the run. Marked by secrecy, false identities, and her father’s criminality, Tosca goes “on vacation” through five countries and two continents as she fights to learn her true identity. Margo Perin is the contributing editor of Only…

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Monday, November 16th – 7-9 pm
POETS!
Jane & Jerry / Rades & Ferraz!
open mic follows

Jane taught Jerry to sing. Just sing, she said, as loud as you can, and don’t stop. And lord if he didn’t! From the Meat Market Cafe to the Cafe Babar to the Noe Valley Writers’ Workshop, in one order or another, and countless living rooms along the way… Welcome home… An open mic follows,…

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Sunday, November 15th – 7:30-10 pm
Twang Explosion!
Jinx Jones’ Jazz-a-billy All Stars

Jinx Jones, guitar powerhouse well known to the crowds at the Saloon, Tupelo, Speisekammer and countless other spots around Northern California, is joined by the imperturbable Joe Kyle Jr. on bass and solid rocking Kenny Owen on drums for two sets of rockabilly classics with a jazz edge, and classic jazz with a rockabilly flavor….

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Sunday, November 15th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Rob Reich Quartet

Guitarist Ila Cantor, bassist John Wiitala and drummer Eric Garland join Rob Reich in a quartet formation to cover jazz standards, not-so-standards, and originals. Hear Rob, Ila and John’s take on “The Myth” with Hamir Atwal on drums and Ben Goldberg on clarinet in September 2015 by clicking here.  Rob just keeps going deeper. Thanks to…

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Sunday, November 15th – 2 pm
Donnelle McGee’s novel Ghost Man
book launch!

Donnelle McGee reads from his novel Ghost Man Novelist Chris Abani notes that “Donnelle McGee writes with an incisive grace and insight. Uncompromising in its exploration of grit and themes of history, weaving noir into the literary, Ghost Man is an exciting and timely book. With some Chester Himes and some Walter Mosley and hints of…

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Saturday, November 14th – Grant Levin Duo & Quartet

Pianist Grant Levin plays with Chris Amberger on bass from 4-6 pm and returns at 7:30 with saxophonist Bob Kenmotsu, Chris on bass, and Jeff Minnieweather on drums. Bob has had a storied career, recording in 1992 with Billy Hart on drums; 1994 with Pat Martino on guitar and Jack McDuff on organ; in 1998…

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Friday, November 13th – 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop!
The Aaron Cohn Quartet

Carrying on where Jimmy Ryan left off, our second Fridays bookings now go to a sequence of groups led by musicians who were part of Jimmy’s regular group. This month, it’s Aaron Cohn’s turn — and he’s assembled a fine quartet featuring Bob Kenmotsu on sax; Luke Westbrook on guitar; and Jimmy Gallagher on drums,…

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Monday, November 9th – 6:30-8:00 pm
bistronomy: Recipes from
the Best New Paris Bistros

Author Jane Sigal in person

Food writer Jane Sigal presents her new book, and is joined for the Q&A by Paul Chutkow, author, journalist and publisher. bistronomy covers today’s bistro cooking in Paris – French food reimagined by a new generation of chefs. There’s a new movement afoot in Paris. Young chefs have turned their backs on stuffiness and are creating an…

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