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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The Oy Way!
Sunday, October 21st – 2:00 p.m. Follow the Path of Most Resistance! Cogitator, philosopher & humorist Harvey Gottliffe imparts the technique and wisdom — and the beneficial health effects – of “The Oy Way”. Feeling a little stiff after a vigorous Saturday of windsurfing, gardening and gesticulating through the social hour after synagogue?  Maybe those bones and muscles just won’t…
House of the Unexpected — poet Julie Rogers, together with David Meltzer
Sunday, October 14 – 2 p.m. A dual reading to celebrate the release of Rogers’ book, House of the Unexpected: Selected Poems, 1981-2012, from Wild Ocean Press. Julie Rogers began writing at age 12 and began reading her poetry in San Francisco cafes in the late 1970’s. She’s self-published five chapbooks and has read on public…
Messin’ with Mezz
Sunday, October 14 – 4:30 p.m. which way west? Sunday concert series Gerry Fialka & jazzbos reinvent the seminal music book Really The Blues by Mezz Mezzrow (Louis Armstrong’s herbalist) and Bernard Wolfe (cybernetics pioneer) with LIVE music, readings and rare film clips. Mezz influenced everybody from Henry Miller to the Beats to Tom Waits…
POETS!
Christopher Bernard & Philip Fried
open mic follows
Monday, October 15th at 7 p.m. POETS! 1st & 3rd Monday of Every Month Featured poets plus an open mic hosted by B&B’s resident troubadour, Jerry Ferraz. Philip Fried has published five books of poetry, the most recent being Early/Late: New and Selected Poems (Salmon, 2011). Publishers Weekly called that book “skillful and memorable,†and…
Beat icon ruth weiss
with David Brinks & Megan Burns
poets!
Tuesday, October 16th at 7 p.m. A reading by the trailblazing beat icon and a key New Orleans poet/publisher couple. ruth weiss is returning from Europe, where she participated in the prestigious Sprachsalz Festival in Innsbruck, Austria, with three fresh books of her work in hand from German and Swiss publishers. She’ll be joined in…
Eight Day Forecast!
Oct. 8 to Oct. 16
Sunny with a chance of culture… Thursday, 10/11 – 7 pm: The Bird & Beckett Political Book Discussion Group meets to consider George Lakoff’s handbook for progressives:Â The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic. Friday, 10/12 – 5:30 to 8:00 pm: jazz in the bookshop features The Jimmy Ryan Quintet,…
Jazz in the Bookshop
Litquake at B&B
and The Music of Kenny Dorham played by the Jay Sanders Quartet
It’s a big weekend all over town, and there’s plenty going on right here at Bird & Beckett. Friday, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., we offer the ebullient bop of Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble, with Jerry Logas on reeds, Michael Parsons on piano and Chris Bjorkbom on drums. San Francisco’s longest running weekly jazz party…
Remembering Mary Goode
Anyone who knew her will be shocked to hear that Mary Goode passed away suddenly last week. From what we can tell, her heart simply gave out on her at home. It was an amazing heart, and many of us loved her very, very much. She was 68, had her health issues, but none of…
POETS!
Rebecca Farivar and Ben Mirov
open mic follows
Monday, October 1st – 7 to 9 p.m. Featured poets followed by an open mic 1st and 3rd Monday of each month hosted by Jerry Ferraz. Rebecca Farivar hosts a poetry podcast where, as resident poet, she talks with guests about poetry– the hook? the guests aren’t poets. Rebecca, though, is assuredly such an animal……
Smooth Toad Croons at Bird & Beckett
Sunday, September 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m. which way west? Sunday concert series. All ages welcome – no cover, but bring a few bones for the boys. They rhyme “philosopher” and “on top of her” and sing of the antidiluvial zoo. Their texts may be drawn from John Keats and Jimmy Joyce (a fine singer, himself, oncet)…