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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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Walker Tells Tibetan Tales!
Sunday, Apr. 28 at 2:30 p.m.
On the last Sunday of each month, Walker Brents gives a talk, on subjects ranging widely across the cultural and intellectual spectrum. This month, in keeping with the light-hearted spirit of the street fair playing out down the block, Walker will tell some Tibetan folk tales… fascinating bits of mental legerdemain to amuse & delight!
Sunday, April 21st – 4:30 p.m.
Eclaire de Lune, gypsy jazz!
which way west? Sunday afternoon concert series every week…4:30 to 6:30 pm No cover, but your donations make it possible for us to pay the band! Eclaire de Lune plays the music of Django Reinhart and quite a lot more…  Hot Club swing, bossa nova, West Coast jazz, tango, Parisian musette waltz, the Great American Songbook,…
Sunday, April 7th, at 4:30 pm:
Film Noir Jazz
Noel Jewkes/Larry Vuckovich Duo
As a duo, Jewkes & Vuckovich will dig deep into the music that enhanced the great noir films of American cinema in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Each of these gentlemen has been acknowledged as among the very top musicians on the local scene for five decades or more.
Sunday, April 7th, 2 p.m.
Jeff DeMark spins a few tales, with music
Jeff DeMark drives down from Humboldt County, returning to his old neighborhood and Bird & Beckett to tell some of his stories, play a little guitar and sing a few songs, with ample support on guitar by Oakland singer-songwriter Jerry Zeiger. DeMark is originally from Wisconsin, and has been writing and performing for decades. He’s…
Saturday, April 6th, at 7 pm: AMERARCANA 2013 Release Reading & Celebration
The 4th annual Bird & Beckett Review, AMERARCANA 2013 is here now, so please come down to the bookshop to check it out, and join us on Saturday, April 6th to celebrate and hear from a few of the contributors, including, but not necessarily limited to: Patrick James Dunagan, Christina Fisher, Jack Hirschman, Ava Khoobor,…
“Fifth Friday” jazz in the bookshop
The Michael Parsons Quintet
March 29th, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Our Friday evening jazz series has been going strong for more than a decade, and features four great bands in rotation each month– but on those lucky occasions when there’s a fifth Friday, we get the opportunity to bring in a different aggregation for your pleasure…Â this Friday, it’s pianist Michael Parsons with a fine…
Sunday, March 31st at 2:30 p.m.
Walker Brents III on W. B. Yeats
Each month, Walker Brents gives a talk on a subject literary, poetic, mythological, or wherever his investigations lead…Â This month, the poet William Butler Yeats and his enigmatic system articulated in the work called “A Vision”
Sunday, March 31st:
Sarode / Tabla Duo
Mallar Bhattacharya and Ferhan Qureshi
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, March 24 – 4:30-6:30 pm: Hindustani (North Indian) Classical Music. Bird & Beckett is pleased to present two concerts of Hindustani classical music on the last two Sundays in…
Monday, March 25th:
Patrick James Dunagan, Derek Fenner, Christina Fisher, poets
Monday, March 25th at 7:00 pm, Poets Patrick James Dunagan, Derek Fenner and Christina Fisher read poems and engage in repartee. Dunagan’s upcoming booke, Das Gedichtete, may or may not be hot off the Ugly Duckling Presse, in Brooklyn, and if so, may be read from. Regardless, there will be words to be heard, and,…
Sunday, March 24th
Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital
Pooja Chaudhuri
accompanied by Ferhan Qureshi
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, March 24 – 4:30-6:30 pm: Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital. Perhaps as long as three thousand years ago, the Vedic chant tradition originated in ancient India, setting the Sanskrit Vedas…