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Thursday, April 16th – 7:30pm – a live stream
Walker Talks: On Mulla Nasruddin
Mulla Nasruddin was not afraid to look foolish if it meant he could teach us something. Mulla Nasruddin—so smart he’s dumb, and so dumb he’s smart. The wise fool, juggling the concepts of the possible and the impossible. Just when you think he does or doesn’t mean it, he makes or doesn’t make it mean…
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Happy Hour! Friday, April 17th – 6pm
The Scott Foster Nostalgia Combo
Henry Hung, trumpet. Scott Foster, guitar. Charles Thomas, bass. Mark Lee, drums. byob, and a twenty for the band! A note from Scott, as we approach this date –– the last in his long-running 6pm Third-Fridays happy hour shows! (Though not the end of Scott’s Third-Fridays residency at Bird & Beckett, which will continue in…
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Friday, April 17th – 8:30pm
The Macy Blackman Trio
plays blues, R&B and soul
Macy Blackman, piano and vocals. Bing Nathan, bass. Larry Vann, drums and vocals. $20 cover charge / byob. Students $10. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Tonight, piano professor Macy Blackman and the Groove Merchant, Larry Vann inject a goodly dose of vocals into two sets of Motown, R&B, soul and blues, with…
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Saturday, April 18th – 7:30pm
The Tim Price Quintet
plays the chromatic bebop
compositions of Lennie Tristano
Tim Price, alto sax Tod Dickow, tenor sax Bob Brumbeloe, guitar Jim Kerwin, bass Curt Moore, drums $25 cover charge / byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733 An all-star band of jazz players renders a batch of compositions from the unique musical mind of pianist Lenny Tristano, with arrangements by…
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Sunday, April 19th – 3pm
Jorge Argueta presents
My First Words in Nahaut
Tay naja nitajtaketzki achtu tik Nawat / Mis primeras palabras en nahuat / My First Words in Nahuat is San Francisco Mission District poet and childrens’ book writer Jorge Argueta’s latest and very personal book, adding to nearly two dozen earlier works for children and readers of poetry. Jorge grew up in Santo Domingo de…
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Sunday, April 19th – 5pm
Vince Lateano Trio
with guest musician tba
Ben Stolorow, piano. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. $20 per person donation encouraged; byob. Students, $5-$10. Kids free. Vince Lateano is one of the great jazz treasures keeping San Francisco culture rich in spirit and tradition. He’s a Sacramento kid who rousted out of the Army in 1965 and settled into the City by…
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