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in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
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Sunday Double-Header
Sunday, June 26 – events at 2:00 and 4:30/5:30 Sunday Double Header 2:00 pm – The Poems of Richard Hugo A Staged Reading by PUS Theatre Company Richard Hugo was the poet of the barroom, the open road, and the river, his work laced through with mystery, sadness and regret. Hugo (1923-1982) gave us several…
Chuck Peterson Quintet
Friday, June 24, 5:30 to 8:00 pm The Chuck Peterson Quintet with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits jazz in the bookshop every Friday When Chuck carried his tenor saxophone down to the Bay Area from Portland’s Reed College in about 1950, he fell in with a lot of young cats who were mad to play bebop, congregating…
Eminent Authors
Thursday, June 23, 7:00 pm Eminent Authors’ Birthdays Open Reading A monthly conclave of literature devotees Each month, we gather to read aloud from the works of authors we admire– or suspect we might admire. The organizing conceit is that the author should be born in the month at hand… June in this case… Check…
Bergon & Resan
Double header Sunday / Poets Monday Novelist at 2:30 Sun. Middle-Eastern Ensemble at 4:30 Sun. Poets at 7:00 Mon. Sunday, June 19th – 2:30 pm Frank Bergon reads from his novel, Jesse’s Ghost A novelist, critic, and essayist, Frank Bergon’s focus has been on the history and environment of the American West. His Nevada trilogy…
Prell / Logas / Pilorz / Aran
Jazz in the bookshop Logas / Pilorz / Prell / Aran Friday, June 17, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Bassist Don Prell put this one together, using his usual resourcefulness and enthusiasm for the task at hand… when Chuck Peterson, Scott Foster & Ron Marabuto all found they had conflicts for their usual 3rd Friday, Don…
Armada of Golden Dreams
Beneath San Francisco’s streets lie the skeletons of ships… detritus of a mid-19th century “Armada of Golden Dreams” Hear from writer-contributors to the new Invisible City Audio Tour, with guest Jim Nelson previewing his upcoming “Everywhere Man” tour. Thursday, June 16, 7 pm Hundreds of vessels sailed for San Francisco in the mid-1800s, bringing countless…
Ruth and her trio
Ruth Keady sings and her trio swings which way west? Sunday concert series Sunday, June 12, 4:30 & 5:30 pm (two sets) She’s a mighty vocalist in a diminutive frame, Ruth is… and for this date she’s assembled a trio of crack instrumentalists, to provide the field and the direction for her excursion through some…
Jimmy Ryan Quintet
Bassists in town! The Jimmy Ryan Quintet with guest bassist Charles Thomas jazz in the bookshop every Friday Friday, June 9, 5:30 to 8:00 pm With Jimmy’s regular bassist, Bishu Chatterjee, off to Kolkata this month, we’re pleased to welcome Charles Thomas to the stage — and also a brief cameo appearance during the second…
QR Hand
QR Hand, Jr. — Kim Shuck — Bill Vartnaw POETS! reading series with open mic Jerry Ferraz, m.c. 1st and 3rd Monday of every month Monday, June 6, 7 pm Q. R. Hand, Jr.’s poetry, according to his late, great compadre Reginald Lockett, “traverses the terrain of form, music, and language. This is an inspired,…
Misisipi Mike
Misisipi Mike all by his lonesome which way west? Sunday concert series Sunday, June 5th, 4:30 & 5:30 pm (two sets) Mike Wolf moved out west from Pass Christian, Mississippi, a punk rock kid filled with frustration, lived the life, hit the bottom, and climbed back up again, with a lot of help from his…