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Saturday, January 18th – 7:30pm
The Tim Armacost Trio
Tim Armacost, saxophone. Dean Johnson, bass. Ron Vincent, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations always welcome; call 415-586-3733. Tim Armacost has established himself as one of the most important improvisers on the New York scene today, and he’s at Bird & Beckett tonight! Drummer Ron Vincent and bassist Dean Johnson, fresh and supercharged from a…
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POSTPONED
(no longer Saturday 4/18/25
but rather, a much better date, tba)
MUCH MORE FUN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Angie Bennett & Sharon Wayne ~~facebook stars of their own minds~~ will soon bring you an hour of unalloyed dual ukulele & vocal magnificence. Watch for a new date a few weeks hence! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sharon has worked for over thirty years as a solo performer, recording artist, chamber musician and music educator. A founding…
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Sunday, January 19th – 5pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
Ben Stolorow, piano Peter Barshay, bass Vince Lateano, drums $20 donation suggested, byob. Come enjoy the long-running third Sunday residency of this trio–three colleagues spanning generations, savvy in the ways of jazz and delighted with the work. You’ll be delighted, too. There’s usually a guest with the trio, so you never know what you’ll enjoy…
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Monday, January 20th – 7pm
Poets Kathleen McClung,
Jeanne Wagner
& Barbara Crooker
read new work
Three poets share new work, highlighting their latest published collections — Kathleen McClung with her 2024 book, Questions of Buoyancy; Jeanne Wagner with One Needful Song; and Barbara Crooker, with Slow Wreckage. No charge, but you may want to donate a few dollars to buy the poets a drink or gas to get home! And…
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Thursday, January 23rd – 7pm
Prof. Robert Cherny presents his book
San Francisco Reds: Communists
in the Bay Area 1919 to 1958
Robert Cherny taught American political history at San Francisco State University for decades, focusing on the Progressive Era and preceding periods. His book American Politics in the Gilded Age: 1868-1900 (Wiley-Blackwell, 1997) and other writings have informed the thought of generations of college students and academics with regard to the dimensions of a period depressingly…
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thanks to your generous support! Don’t overlook Argentinian musician Gustavo Lorenzatti’s solo bass turn on 1/24 after the 230 Jones Street band, surf jazzistas Jazz the Glass on 1/25, the jam session on the 26th and Italian poet Elena Pinnen reading from her collection, On the Breaking Wave on 1/30… nor the double birthday dates…
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