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Seven Events in Five Days
Wednesday to Sunday, April 16-20
From gospel to Brazilian choro, poetry to literary investigation and celebration, and all that jazz, Bird & Beckett has a lot to offer you this week! Call the shop for information or to reserve seats – (415) 586-3733
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Monday April 21st to Sunday April 27th
Jazz musicians 18 to 80, a war correspondent, a playwright & her actors…
From Monday to Sunday, you can catch great jazz, hear from a Scottish war correspondent who left Moscow for Ukraine at the beginning of the war and is briefly on tour before returning there, attend the reading of a documentary theater piece in development… or just drop in during the day to buy a book…
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Wednesday, April 30th – 7pm
Graphic novelist Janice Shapiro
Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship
Thursday, April 30th at 7:30pm, we’re pleased to present a book release party for short story writer & cartoonist Janice Shapiro with her debut graphic novel fresh out from Fantagraphics, Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship. That’s young Honoria at the far right, with her siblings and her mother, Sara Murphy, who, together which her husband Gerald…
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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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Wednesday, April 16th – 7:30pm
Songs for Salvation: “Jazz Plays Spirituals”
Neil Adler & Gospel Interfaith Vocals
In troubled times music is a salve for the soul. This ‘Jazz plays Spirituals’ concert features Neil Adler (piano/bass), Michael Turner (voice/piano), David Adler (bass) and John Anning (drums). Neil Adler is a local bandleader/pianist and chromatic harmonica player whose has ‘Emi’s Song’ album, featuring a variety of jazz genres, was released with great success…
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