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in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
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Lori b
Sunday, September 11, 4:30 pm Lori B – a woman, a guitar, a toy piano… which way west? Sunday concert series lori B made an indelible mark on the American creative landscape as a singer-songwriter with her debut CD, Hurricane Child, in 1996. She toured extensively and won raves, including this tribute by David Crosby:…
poets Rice, Sigafoos, Polis, Black Radish
Poetry Readings Times Four Saturday-Sunday-Monday Saturday, September 10 – 5 pm a poet from the neighborhood, and one from farther out Jane Rice & Suzanne Sigafoos Jane Rice is a neighborhood gal, but more importantly a serious poet of long experience. She will read from her new chapbook, The Truth About the World. Jane notes,…
POETS! HD Moe
Monday, September 5th, 7:00 pm H.D. Moe POETS! Featured reader + open mic Hosted by Jerry Ferraz 1st & 3rd Monday of Each Month H.D. Moe has been a force on the Bay Area poetry scene since the 1970s, tirelessly generating volcanic streams of work that falls somewhere on the psychedelic / surrealist / automatic…
Anthony Brown & Friends
Sunday, September 4th, 4:30 & 5:30 pm – two sets Anthony Brown & Friends which way west? Sunday concert series Percussionist Anthony Brown, born of an African-American/Native American father and a Japanese mother, is a mainstay in a hugely influential movement that started locally three decades ago, as a handful of talented Asian-American musicians began…
Seabop
Friday, September 2nd, 5:30 to 8:00 pm jazz in the bookshop Every Friday Evening It’s the first Friday of the month, and that means it’s time for Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble! Next Friday (the second Friday of the month) we host The Jimmy Ryan Quintet. Bird & Beckett’s Friday jazz sessions have been going on…
Poets Berkson/McNaughton
Monday, August 29th, 7:00 pm Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton POETS! Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton are contemporaries, friends and widely respected literary figures. In addition to their writings (more than a dozen books of poetry by Duncan since 1961, and a like number of volumes of…
Anthony Brown & Friends
Sunday, September 4th, 5:30 & 6:30 pm – two sets Anthony Brown & Friends which way west? Sunday concert series Percussionist Anthony Brown, born of an African-American/Native American father and a Japanese mother, is a mainstay in a hugely influential movement that started locally three decades ago, as a handful of talented Asian-American musicians began…
Walker Brents: Flintlock
Sunday, August 28th, 2:30 pm Walker Brents III’s Flintlock Tales Walker talks! quite a lot! and most interestingly on the last Sunday of each month at Bird & Beckett, barring the summer months– when he rambles the west to make sure the roads still lead on… and, thus far, they have. For many many years…
JAZZ: There’s no stopping now
Jazz: there’s no stopping now! San Francisco holds its own as one of the key hubs of jazz in America, and we’re crazy for it in all its permutations Friday, August 26th, 5:30 to 8:00 pm The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band With vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits adding her own sweet sound, this…
Poets Berkson/McNaughton-Moe-Rice/Sigafoos
POETS! Three Readings of Note Bird & Beckett continues to offer one of the liveliest poetry scenes of any bookshop in town– in this City of Poets! Monday, August 29th, 7:00 pm Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton Bill and Duncan are contemporaries, friends and widely respected literary figures. In addition to their writings (more than…