San Francisco journalist Denise Sullivan conducts a monthly series of conversations (the second Sunday of each month from 10-11 a.m.) with The City’s activists, educators, arts and cultural leaders and lesser-known workers, the everyday people who help make this place we call home, live streamed from Bird & Beckett Books. November 13, at 10 a.m.,…

Radical organizer and Chicago alderman Helen Shiller presents Daring to Stuggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community (Haymarket Books, 2022), her book about Chicago resistance politics. Helen Shiller went from radical anti-war activist in Wisconsin, to a member of a collective of white allies of the Black Panther Party in…

The jaded hopes and wistful dreams of Rolf Wilkinson, vocals, guitar and compositions Safa Shokrai, bass Vamaken Bedrosian, trombone. Check the Tin Cup Serenade website for insight! Tonight, doors open at 7:20 for the 7:30pm show. BYOB and a twenty for the trio. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Also live streamed on…

Domingo & Friends, harkening back to a golden era of R&B, blues and soul. When Domingo Balinton was a lad, the Fillmore District was in its full “Harlem of the West” mode, and he had the run of the neighborhood alongside his big sister, who we know as Sugar Pie DeSanto, and their cousin Jamesetta…

“A deeply nuanced world — Jonas crafts a richly expansive sound that stresses subtle timbral shadings and tersely composed phrases punctuated by sudden bursts of flavorful improvisation… Distinctive, accessible, simple and achingly beautiful.” – Michael Kremer, Jazziz The Chris Jonas Trio: Music from the Deserts explores the music Jonas wrote over two months of camping…

Friends and family gather to celebrate the life of Ellen Wall (October 23, 1939-March 11, 2022), an English professor at City College of San Francisco for 34 years who had a profound impact on a great number of San Franciscans across generations and cultures. At 3:30pm, you’re welcome to meet at Ellen’s house at 225…

The first Sunday of each month, Bird & Beckett is proud and pleased to host a jazz combo comprising students from a local college or high school opening the program, followed by a student jam session led by a professional trio. Co-produced and underwritten by Jazz in the Neighborhood and Bird & Beckett, the students…

Karl Evangelista-guitar Francis Wong-saxophone Lisa Mezzacappa-bass Donald Robinson-drums $20 cover charge. BYOB. Live in the shop and live streamed on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Your kind donations support the musicians and the stream. Filipino-American guitarist/composer Karl Evangelista presents Apura (Tagalog for “Very Urgent”), a project that explores the relationship between jazz-based…

Eric Scheide, saxophone Tom Disher, piano Tom Donald, bass Ramon Cairo, drums Latin & funk-infused jazz, heavy on originals in the vein of Horace Silver, Bill Evans and a panoply of influences. Once known as the Jazz Beaus, it’s the same four fellas with a new name and new music — a little jazz, a…

Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host featured poets (and in this case, prose fiction writers), on the first Thursday of each month, with an open mic following the featured readers. Live in the shop and live streamed on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Tobey Hiller is the author of six books: a…