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!

Sale!

~~Through Labor Day~~ New release hardcovers 12% off! Buy $20 or more in used books and take a 20% discount. Buy $10-20 of used books and take a 10% discount. Store hours:  11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sunday & Monday For those who look longingly through the new releases but have trouble with hardcover prices…

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Sunday, September 1st, 4:30-6:30 pm
Vocalist Sandra Aran
with Bob Brumbeloe, Grant Levin,
Eric Markowitz and Omar Aran
Live recording today for
KCSM’s “In the Moment”!

which way west? Sunday concert series. All ages welcome! No cover charge, but your generous donations make it possible for us to pay the musicians. Sunday, September 1st – 4:30-6:30 pm: Vocalist Sandra Aran + Quartet. Live recording for KCSM’s “In the Moment” Born in Mexico City, Sandra Aran evinces an unabashed love for singing in her native Spanish…

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5th Friday, August 30th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm
jazz rhythms from the Latin side,
with the Jazz Commissioner,
John Calloway
& a fresh conclave of sidemen

Once in awhile we’re treated to a five-Friday month, and when that happens we get to bring in a favorite pinch-hitting band– this one led by one of the key players on the Latin jazz scene in San Francisco for several decades already… a top musician, a valued educator, the Jazz Commissioner… Dr. John Calloway….

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Sunday, August 25th, 4:00-6:00pm
Note early start/finish time
The Jimmy Gallagher Quartet

Sunday, September 1st – 4:00-6:00 pm: The Jimmy Gallagher Quartet — Note the early start/finish this Sunday! and don’t miss a note… or a beat! — Tenor player Patrick Wolff Guitarist Jeffrey Burr and bassist John Wiitala   join drummer Jimmy Gallagher A stellar Sunday date! which way west? Sunday concert series   All ages welcome!   No…

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Friday, August 16th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm
Scott Foster Brazilian Jazz

Jazz in the bookshop… every Friday without fail.  San Francisco’s longest running neighborhood jazz party. Joining guitarist Scott Foster at Bird & Beckett this Friday are vibes player Jim Zimmerman, bassist Ken Lenga and drummer Curt Moore, playing a repertoire steeped in the work of the Brazilian masters Jobim, Gilberto, Lins & more…

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Thursday, August 15th, 7:00 pm:
Poets Michael Koch & Gerald Nicosia
open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz hosts

Michael Koch, born in New York City of Slavic and Jamaican heritage. He is a painter, poet, translator, amateur percussionist and avid salsero. Gerald Nicosia is a biographer, historian, poet, playwright and novelist. His biography of Jack Kerouac, Memory Babe, won the Distinguished Young Writer Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters and…

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Wednesday, August 14th, 7:00 pm:
The Gardener’s Guide to Common-Sense Pest Control

Steven Ash (coauthor and editor) will present this new edition (Taunton Press, 2013) of the valuable book by William Olkowski, Sheila Daar and Helga Olkowski — who pioneered the non-toxic alternative “Integrated Pest Management” approach. IPM provides an environmentally friendly approach to controlling insects and diseases that can afflict lawns, edible and ornamental gardens, and…

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Sunday, August 11th:
An Afghan Afternoon

Little Kabul comes to San Francisco! 2:00 pm – “Secrets of Little Kabul: The Inside Scoop on Afghans in America” A panel discussion with journalist Fariba Nawa, memoirist Atta Arghandiwal and poet/fiction writer Nahid Fattahi. 4:30 pm – A concert of music by Afghan-American vocalist Abu Sofyan with tabla accompaniment performing modern and traditional music Fariba…

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Thursday, August 8th, 7 pm
The Righteous Mind by Haidt
Bird & Beckett Political Book Group

This week’s subject of discussion is Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. Anyone can come and join the discussion, and take part in choosing future books… Following are some thoughts on the book by one of the regulars in the group, Dwight Smith: The Righteous Mind I…

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Wednesday, August 7th, 7:00 pm:
Killing All Your Darlings…
& finding an audience

An evening with writers Seth Harwood and Jim Sidel - the first in a series featuring prose writers with emerging careers, who will read from their work and discuss matters of craft, process and getting one’s work published. Seth Harwood, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, was born in Boston…

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