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Piano Marathon
Noon to 9 Piano Marathon on Saturday 1/22/11- A Bird & Beckett Benefit! Bring your checkbook! This Saturday, a cavalcade of pianists will coax beautiful music from the Yamaha P22 studio upright piano that we’re raising the money to buy from Oakland’s Piedmont Piano Company. If 100 of you put up $25 apiece, the job…
Walker Brents III on Goethe’s Faust
Faust’s Deal with the Devil – Sun. 2:30pm On the fourth Sunday of each month, Walker Brents III plumbs the depths of subjects literary, mythological and historical…Â always a fascinating excursion into the realm of human imagination… Through the years, Walker has gained a loyal audience for his monthly talks at Bird & Beckett… for…
www? Nancy Wright Trio
Nancy Wright Trio @ which way west? 4:30 to 6:30 this Sunday, January 23, in our weekly concert series, we present a wonderful organ trio, with Wayne Delacruz at the keys and Kent Bryson on the skins, led by the fabulous tenor player Nancy Wright… you heard her here before (with Macy Blackman’s band called…
www? Rudy Mwongozi & Paula Hackett – jazz/poetry
Rudy Mwongozi w/Paula Hackett Rudy Mwongozi left Oakland for NYC a few years ago, but he’s here on a visit, and we’re thrilled to have him back on Sun., Jan. 16 at 4:30 at the Bird & Beckett piano — a might better piano than before, we might add — one we’re saving up to…
POETS! OR: The Otis Review
OR: The Otis Review Editor & poet Paul Vangelisti will be up from Los Angeles for this reading, joined by Neeli Cherkovski, Art Beck and Michael Rothenberg. Sunday, January 16 at 2 pm.
Scholars of the Arab Empire
Scholars of the Arab Empire Dr. Wajih Ibrahim Saadeh has synthesized his knowledge of the development of Arab thought, its roots and its influence on Western ideas in a series of books. His lecture on Sunday, Jan. 16, at 1 pm will set forth an overview of Arab philosophy and its effect on the European…
www? A Re-Coronation of Norton I, Emperor of These United States and Protector of Mexico
A Re-Coronation of Norton I, Emperor of These United States and Protector of Mexico Sunday, January 9, 2011, at 4:30 pm, join us for a Re-Coronation of Norton I, Emperor of These United States and Protector of Mexico, on the occasion of the 131st anniversary of his death. During his 21-year reign, the good Emperor…
Celebrate the New Year with Bird & Beckett
Celebrate the New Year with Bird & Beckett $35 buys a convivial evening of music, food and- at midnight-Â free champagne, plus the company of neighbors and friends. Don Prell (bass) and Raymond Scott (guitar) will kick off the evening at 8:00 pm, and then the Chuck Peterson Quintet will swing it on through ’til…
New Books on the shelves- Cleopatra, Stephen Sondheim and More
Stacy Schiff’s new biography of Cleopatra and Stephen Sondheim on Stephen Sondheim Two terrific books on the shelf in the bookshop (and orderable through our online store): Stacy Schiff’s biography of the Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra: A Life has received raves in the press (see the New York Times review here) and from bookshop patrons as…
Bishop Norman Williams passes away December 8, 2010
Legendary alto player Bishop Norman William passes away, December 8, 2010 We’re saddened to note the passing of Bishop Norman Williams, a much loved and respected alto player born in Kansas City in 1938, and a fixture on the San Francisco scene since 1961. He played with top-flight musicians from Phineas Newborn to George Coleman…