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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Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002! Friday, October 7th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble The first Friday of each month, bassist Don Prell puts together a combo and puts them through their paces, chasing down the bebop changes that continue to intrigue and delight us. This week, reed & flute…
Black Crown String Band
which way west? Sunday concert series Sunday, October 9th, 4:30 & 5:30 pm (two sets) $10 suggested donation per adult – kids welcome & free! The Black Crown Stringband Didn’t get enough bluegrass and old-time music last weekend at HSBG? True to its name, the festival ranges far afield from that lively and mournful music…
Vaganova Today + Allan Jacobs
Two Book Events This Weekend Sunday, October 9th, 1:00 pm Vaganova Today: The Preservation of a Pedagogical Tradition Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) is revered as the visionary who first codified the Russian system of classical ballet training. The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, founded on impeccable technique and centuries of tradition, has a reputation for elite…
George Peacock Benefit
                      At First Christian Church at the corner of Duboce and Noe (adjacent to Duboce Park) Saturday, October 8th, 6:30 to 9:30 pm String Thing! A Benefit to Celebrate the Elegant Universe of George…
fingerstyle guitarist
October 2nd – Sunday, 4:30 to 6:30 pm Special guest “fingerstyle†jazz guitarist who must remain nameless! In the tradition of the famed Massey Hall concert in Toronto in 1952, where our patron saint Charlie Parker had to be billed as “Charlie Chan†for contractual reasons, we must not name the performer gracing our stage…
Poets Lyon, Mackey, Ormerod + Suffrage
Sunday, October 2nd – 1 pm From New York: Three Poets – One Hour Brant Lyon Mary Mackey & Jane Ormerod Three poets who love to perform, on tour! Jane Ormerod called us up and said she was coming to San Francisco, and could she bring some friends along for the ride, so how could…
Tom Lander / Charlie McCarthy
Friday, September 30th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Special Fifth Friday booking! The Tom Lander/Charlie McCarthy Quartet jazz in the bookshop every Friday — since 2002! When there are five Fridays in a month, we enjoy the luxury of a special booking, and this time it’s a terrific quartet comprising guitarist Tom Lander and sax player…
Prasant Radhakrishnan
Sunday, September 25th, 4:30 and 5:30 pm (two sets) Prasant Radhakrishnan Jazz/Carnatic Saxophone which way west? Sunday concert series Each week, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project presents two sets of music on the stage at Bird & Becektt by Bay Area-based performers working in a variety of traditions, be it bluegrass, sufi Qawwali,…
Layla and Majnun
Sunday, September 25, 2:30 pm Walker Talks! Mad love: The Story of Layla and Majnun Walker Brents III tells the tale of Layla and Majnun — a 7th century Arabic story, best remembered from the rendering by 12th century Persian poet Nizami. Cherished by Persians, Arabs, Afghans, Turks, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Indians and Pakistanis, the story…
Post-colonial literature + Macy Blackman
This coming Sunday… September 18th… two events A Panel Discussion of New Writing from India, Africa and the Caribbean Music by Macy Blackman and the Mighty Fines first up: literary panel at 2 pm! Speakers: Aaron Bady – Rohit Chopra – Gautam Premnath Academic specialists Rohit Chopra (Asst. Prof., Dept. of Communication, Santa Clara Univ.), Gautam Premnath…