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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Saturday, August 10th – 7:30-9:30
The Ron Vincent Quartet
Brad Buethe, guitar. Ben Stolorow, piano. Jeff Saxton, bass. Ron Vincent, drums. $20 cover charge, byob. reservations: 415-586-3733. In the course of his career in jazz, Ron Vincent has played with such luminaries as Bob Brookmeyer, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Bill Charlap and Randy Brecker, to name a few. In 1989, Ron joined…
August 9-11 at Bird & Beckett
This weekend’s dates will include “Shifrin does Gershwin” on Friday the 9th at 6pm– it’s another happy hour night out with pianist Eric Shifrin’s ongoing 2nd Fridays residency. All year long, Eric & the In Crowd are celebrating the composers and songwriters whose tunes have come to be known as the “American Song Book,” gifting…
Thursday, August 8th – 7:30-9:00pm
Sitar and Tabla Concert
featuring Charles Lloyd and Ferhan Qureshi
Charles Lloyd (sitar and guitar) is a disciple of the renowned sitarist Pandit Habib Khan. Ferhan Qureshi (tabla) is a disciple of the legendary tabla maestro Ustad Tari Khan. Charles and Ferhan have been performing music together for over 15 years years and their concerts feature both traditional Hindustani (North Indian) classical music on sitar…
Wednesday, August 7th – 7pm
The Cape: a talk and visual presentation by artist/activist Patricia Diart
She wore a cape to S.F. City Hall to protest police violence. Then she got kicked out https://thecape.substack.com/
Sunday, August 4th – 5pm
Author Jeff Kaliss presents
I Want to Take You Higher:
The Life & Times of Sly & the Family Stone
Music journalist Jeff Kaliss returns to Bird & Beckett to present his deep dive into the world of Sly Stone and his band, revised & updated for a new edition just published by Backbeat Books, with George Clinton’s preface and a new forward by Ricky Vincent. From his anthemic early hits (“I Want to Take…
Sunday, August 4th – 3pm
A reading by
Stephen Vincent & Michael Wolfe
Stephen Vincent reads from Sleeping with Sappho and The Golden Book. Michael Wolfe reads from Cut These Words Into My Stone. Sleeping With Sappho is the enigmatic title of Stephen Vincent’s poems that imagine and explore the dramas that emerge from a radical re-making of Anne Carson’s translations of Sappho, If Not, Winter. Peter Manson, the Scottish…
Saturday, August 3rd – 7:30-9:30pm
The Dred Scott Trio
Jazz journalist Andrew Gilbert provides some background on Dred Scott: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932120/alphabet-soup-spelled-out-jazz-and-hip-hop-fusion-in-the-90s These two paragraphs from Andy’s article, about the formative early 1990s Bay Area years, say alot (although you should read the whole thing): Vocalist Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers turned Café du Nord into a jump blues joint, while guitarist Charlie…
Friday, August 2nd – 6-8pm
Vocalist Sandra Aran
with the John R. Burr Quartet
Sandra Aran, vocals John R. Burr, piano Daniel Fabricant, bass David Rokeach, drums BYOB and a twenty for the band! Teens and music students, $10 Kids free Sandra Aran and pianist/bandleader John R. Burr have developed a fine musical rapport that promises a beautiful evening. Dan and David are beyond wonderful. Do come! Sandra Aran…
Thursday, August 1st – 7pm
Poets Alice Rogoff & Antoinette Payne
followed by an open mic
POETS! every 1st Thursday at 7
Alice Elizabeth Rogoff grew up in New Rochelle, New York. She lives in the Sunnyside District of San Francisco near Bird and Beckett. Her poetry book Mural won a Blue Light Book Award. Her other books of poetry are Materials, Painting the Cat’s Vision, and the newest, City Canyons. Painting the Cat’s Vision was a semi-finalist in the Codhill Poetry…
Sunday, July 28th – 8-10pm
The Lillian Charlotte Quintet
Marvin Carter, saxophone. Ingbar Solomon, saxophone. Tamir Lifshitz, guitar. Lillian Charlotte Stern, bass. Gary Jones III, percussion. with special guest, pianist Art Khu. $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations, 415-586-3733. Lily Stern has just completed her degree in music at the New School in Manhattan, and is home this summer, preparing her debut album and playing…