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Tuesday, May 28th – 8:00-10:00 pm
Craig & MacGregor
with vocalist Crystal Miller
Coming to the Bay Area for just a few days from her native Nashville, Crystal Miller will be joining The Craig & MacGregor Band in an exceptional performance not to be missed. She will move you with the music that moves her! $10 cover charge.
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Monday, May 27th – 7:00-9:00 pm
Been out all day…
A remembrance of the poet and humanitarian Maurice Woods
Friends gather to remember a wonderful member of the Bird & Beckett family, whose lively and generous intellect engaged readily and eagerly with the questions of poetry, philosophy & humanism that form the basis of true community. Maurice Woods was a doctor, a soldier and a poet, serving in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Haiti and other…
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Sunday, May 26th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Evangenitals
A Memorial Day Weekend tradition at Bird & Beckett! The Evangenitals, led by the ferociously funny and intelligent multiple threat Juli Crockett, take no prisoners, but, man, are you going to love the battlefield skirmishes! They’re up from Los Angeles for El Rio’s Shit-Kicking Memorial Day extravaganza, and as usual make a pit stop at…
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Sunday, May 26th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Frank Tusa Trio
which way west?
Sunday concert series
Frank Tusa Trio John Klopotowski, guitar Frank Tusa, bass Akira Tana,drums w/guest Rich Crandall, piano $15 suggested donation. Frank Tusa, bassist, composer, educator, has had a wide variety of recording and performing experiences with such diverse artists as Art Blakey, Buddy Montgomery, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Bobby Hutcherson, Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Randy Brecker, Freddie…
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Sunday, May 26th – 2:30-4:00 pm
Walker Talks! on William Blake
Walker Brents III has been an important aspect of the Bird & Beckett enterprise since he emerged from the stacks of the old store down on Diamond Street (this would have been in at the tail end of the 20th century, just as the new millennium was dawning.) We believe he must have materialized from…
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Saturday, May 25th – 7:30–10:00 pm
Glen Pearson Quartet
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday nightÂ
One of the very great jazz pianists on the Bay Area scene, Glen Pearson leads a fine quartet with saxophonist Robert Stewart, bassist Heshima Mark Williams and drummer Ruthie Price. $20 cover charge / sliding scale available. Pianist Glen Pearson currently tours in Count Basie’s chair with the Count Basie Orchestra. He also heads the…
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