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Sunday, July 27th – 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Jam Session with the Vince Lateano Trio
The friendliest session in town! No charge to play, but audiences! bring a twenty to help pay the trio, and whatever you want to sip. Always familiar faces and surprises in store for you at Bird & Beckett.
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Sunday, July 27th – 7:30pm
The Portrait Gallery of Neeli Cherkovski:
A reading by his friends and fellow writers
from The Portrait Gallery Called Existence
(City Lights Publishing, 2025)
At last! Neeli gets a book from City Lights, posthumously published on July 1, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Neeli’s birth! Neeli Cherkovski, born Neeli Cherry in San Bernardino California on July 1, 1945, passed away in San Francisco on March 19, 2024 at the age of 78, and is sorely missed. But reading from…
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Friday, August 1st – 8:30-10pm
The Steve Carter Trio
featuring Marquinho Brasil
Steve Carter, piano. Dennis Smith, bass. Billy Johnson, drums. with guest percussionist Marquinho Brasil. $20 cover charge; cash please. byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. In the early 80s, Steve Carter became a first call piano player in the thriving Bay Area Funky-Latin-Jazz scene. He was Pete Escovedo’s piano player for several…
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Fundraising for the future of
Bird & Beckett in Glen Park!
Here at Bird & Beckett Books, we’ve always relied on the kindness of neighbors and strangers to make it all work; and we’ve always found that strangers don’t stay strangers long! Your tax-deductible donations to our 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, FEIN 261906810, are the secret sauce. Book sales and cover…
Read MoreWater under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
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Saturday, July 26th – 7:30-9:30pm
Bing Nathan & Kit Robberson present
The Nick Otis Orchestra
A Tribute to Johnny Otis
Check out Willie & the Hand Jive and a whole lot more at about the 21:30 mark in the video above… and don’t miss trumpeter Clora Bryant at 14:20!!! Li’l Bit (Gail Muldrow), guitar & vocals. Jason Thraites, guitar & banjo. Paul Lamb, bass. Nick Otis, drums. $20 cover, byob. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. Join bassist…
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