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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
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phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
POETS! — Book Release Celebration!
Jerry Ferraz reads
from two new chapbooks
Thursday, January 16, 7 pm
open mic follows
The Grace of Crows:  Jerry Ferraz, long-time host of our ongoing poetry series at Bird & Beckett — and a key bard of the San Francisco poetic axis that runs through North Beach and the Mission District — will read from two chapbooks that have just been produced.  The first, The Golden Key is an epic work…
Author event with
Glen Park writer Beth Winegarner
The Columbine Effect
Monday, January 13th at 7 pm
Subtitled “How Five Teen Pastimes Got Caught in the Crossfire, and Why Teens are Taking Them Back”, Beth Winegarner shows why we can “stop blaming teen violence on the wrong things–and…understand how Slayer, Satanism and Grand Theft Auto can be a healthy part of growing up.” Read more on Beth’s blog at http://bethwinegarner.squarespace.com/the-columbine-effect/
which way west? concert series
every Sunday, 4:30-6:30 pm
Jan. 12: Patrick Wolff Trio
Patrick Wolff – tenor sax John Wiitala – bass Hamir Atwal – drums Deep in the groove of classic jazz, and straight into the here and now. Â All three musicians are among the elite players on the San Francisco jazz scene. Read up on Patrick here
which way west? concert series
4:30-6:30 pm every Sunday
January 5th: Avotcja & Modupue!
Afro-Nuyorican by birth, Avotcja is a Bay Area treasure now & has been for decades! Â Hear her radio shows on KPFA and KPOO, and catch her performances of music & poetry around the Bay and you’ll know why. Â She’s a brilliant and deep poet, a champion of la cultura, an inspiration to countless young, creative…
Thursday, Dec. 26th – 3:00 to 6:00 pm
Butterfly Jazz Trio
cd release!
Ready to relax a bit as the holidays wind down…and regroup before celebrating the new year? Â Drift into the shop mid-day on the day after Christmas for a few sets of jazz that will put you in a solid late ’50s groove… Â remember those Miles albums like Cookin’, Relaxin’, Workin’? Â remember Wes Montgomery’s gorgeously…
Sunday, Dec. 22nd – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Buena Vista Jazz Band
A Christmas season tradition at Bird & Beckett, join us for a trad jazz blowout on Sunday the 22nd with the sweet sounds of the 20s & 30s and a few Christmas favorites from the Buena Vista Jazz Band on the last Sunday before Christmas… The bandstand will be full to bursting with seven fine instrumentalists…
Sunday, Dec. 15th – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
The Joe Warner Trio
During the holidays, we’re excited to welcome back the supremely talented young pianist Joe Warner, who’s been making a big impression on jazz audiences — and on some of the best jazz musicians in the Bay Area — for the past several years. This afternooon at Bird & Beckett, he’s playing with bassist Josh Hari and…
Sunday, December 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Crooked Jades
With this special show the Crooked Jades will be gearing up to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2014!! The Jades state that “Bird & Beckett has always been a great intimate venue to try new material, but in this case the core trio will be fearlessly attempting a 20-year retrospective, unearthing the Crooked Jades back catalogue from their proto-grass beginnings……
Tuesday, December 3rd – 7:00 pm
CD release!
Colonels of Truth
Hailing from way up in Miraloma Park, Robert Mueller leads this Americana/roots country rock outfit with Rick Santos, both contributing original songs, guitar work and vocals. With the stellar work of string wonder Peter Dominguez (dobro, banjo & guitars) and bassist/producer David Sands, the band is complete. Their tremendous, haunting & wry “Songs of Love,…
Bird Lives!
Eddie Duran & Friends
Sunday, Dec. 1st, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Eddie Duran, guitar Chuck Peterson & Mad Duran, saxes Henry Hung, trumpet Dean Reilly, bass Vince Lateano, drums Back in 1952, young Eddie Duran was the house guitarist at San Francisco’s Say When Club on Bush Street when Charlie Parker was brought in for a two-week booking with co-headliner Flip Phillips.  Flip quit the gig after a week and…