653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
[email protected]

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!

Sunday, February 23rd, 2:30 pm
Walker Talks!

Walker Brents III discusses Herman Hesse.

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Sunday, February 16th – 4:30 pm
Violin & Piano Sonatas

Violinist Drew Cranfill and pianist Manu Petaia perform a program of sonatas by Bach, Mozart and Brahms, in solo and duo format.

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Sunday, February 16th, 2:00 pm
Third Verse: Jesse Nathan,
Benjamin Paloff, Alissa Valles

A reading and discussion of new work by poets, translators and editors Jesse Nathan, Benjamin Paloff, and Alissa Valles. Jesse Nathan’s poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, the Nation, jubilat, and elsewhere. He’s a founding editor of the McSweeney’s Poetry Series, and the former managing editor of the Best American Nonrequired Reading. Nathan…

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Sunday, February 9th,
two extremes of beauty!
rock n’ roll plus a string quartet!
1 pm – The Optimals
4:30 pm – The Temescal Quartet

At 1:00 pm, some neighborhood youths will strap on guitars & all the rest for a set of rock ‘n’ roll — They’re The Optimals & they’re ready to take on the world… At 4:30, we’ll bring it right down to the sweet spot where The Temescal String Quartet will set the bookshop atmosphere vibrating with…

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Monday, February 3rd at 7 pm
POETS!
Our twice-monthly 1st & 3rd Mondays series of featured poets
plus an open mic

Tonight, poet QR Hands “trades fours” with improvising pianist Walter Earl. Trading fours is a jazz tradition, where members of an ensemble take turns stepping up to the mic for short solo bursts over the length of the standard jazz chorus.  Take our word for it, it’s energized and exciting & these two individuals are…

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Sunday, February 2nd, 1:30 pm
Tangents Turkey Music Tour Preview

Sixteen Days in Turkey…Ten Nights of Music Dore Stein’s Tangents Turkey Music Tour promo concert & talk Sunday, Feb. 2nd, 1:30-3:00 pm (before you might need to hustle over to Glen Park Station to watch the Super Bowl), come hear Gari Hegedus play Turkish music on oud & baglama, catch a few poems from Clara Hsu, and then hear…

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Sunday, February 2nd – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
The Michael Parsons Trio

Among the handful of astonishingly talented young piano players on the San Francisco jazz scene, Michael is often heard at Bird & Beckett on the first Friday of the month in bassist Don Prell’s group.  This afternoon, we have the distinct pleasure of presenting Michael fronting his own trio, showcasing original compositions as well as wailing on…

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January 31st: Fifth Friday
“jazz in the bookshop”
The Dave Parker Quartet

Bassist Dave Parker leads this group, which features trombonist Charles Hamilton, reed player Jerry Logas and drummer Bob Marshall.  Sizzling jazz, like you used to hear down on the corner at the Red Rock Lounge back in the early days of the 21st century!

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Sunday, January 26, 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Amazigh (Berber) musician
Moh Alileche & Ensemble
music of North Africa

  Moh Alileche, born in Kabylia in the mountains of Algeria, came to the San Francisco Bay Area and took up residence in 1990.  A few years ago, in 2011, he relocated to Portland, but he travels back to this area from time to time, and we are fortunate to be able to present him…

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Sunday, January 26th, 2:30-4:00 pm
Lines & Letters:
A Hydra-Headed Poetic Symposium

Walker Brents III offers a contemplative glance of the poem as a whole image of itself.     See with the ears, Hear with the eyes.       The last Sunday of each month, Walker Brents takes us along another meander.  Where it takes you is the question…

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