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Friday, May 25th – 5:30-8:00 pm
230 Jones Street Jazz Band
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10-20 suggested donation; students $5
May 2018 marks the start of our 19th year in business… Come celebrate on Friday, May 24th with Chuck Peterson’s legacy jazz band — the quintet known as the 230 Jones Street Literary Jazz Band and now featuring reed players Ray Loeckle and Jerry Logas, guitarist Glen Deardorff, bassist Dean Reilly and drummer Tony Johnson.…
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Thursday, May 24th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Lisa Mezzacappa Six: COSMICOMICS Salon #2!
Bookstore residency; $10 requested donation Â
New music for jazz sextet by the Lisa Mezzacappa Six, inspired by Italo Calvino’s stories on the history of the universe – developed in a series of salon performances at Bird & Beckett and concluding Saturday, November 3rd. Aaron Bennett, tenor saxJohn Finkbeiner, guitarMark Clifford, vibesTim Perkis, electronicsLisa Mezzacappa, bassJordan Glenn, drumsBookstore Residency & Work-in-Progress…
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Wednesday, May 23rd – 7-9 pm
CCSF Forum Magazine Launch Party
Established in 1937, Forum Magazine is a student-run literary journal that serves the City College of San Francisco community. Dedicated to providing a platform for the contemporary, urban voices of our institution, Forum collects, edits and publishes quality works of literature and the visual arts as produced by the CCSF family. Publication is open to any who have ever been involved…
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Monday, May 21st – 7-9pm
Jerry Ferraz in concert with Karlyn DeSteno on viola
poetry open mic follows
Our traditional twice-monthly poetry series has been hosted by Jerry Ferraz since the beginning, with Jerry usually performing a poem or a song at the start of each session’s open mic. Tonight, Jerry will stretch out with an hour of song, accompanied by viola player Karlyn DeSteno. Together, they’ve just recently developed a beautiful musical collaboration. The open…
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Sunday, May 20th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Kasey Knudsen Quartet
The concluding concert in the lovely search for truth somewhere beyond the hashtag – Alternative Acts!
$15 suggested donation; students $10
The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project and the Jazz Philanthropists Union, with financial support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, present Alternative Acts: Seeking Truth Above #F 5/20/18:Â Kasey Knudsen Quartet Kasey Knudsen, sax;Â Lorin Benedict, vocals; Ben Goldberg, clarinet;Â Miles Wick, bass https://www.facebook.com/events/198530430870942/ [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUut7EmasvU” /] The “Alternative Acts” series is devoted to improvised and other avant…
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Meet Jane Kim, candidate for Mayor!
Sunday afternoon, May 20th, 3-4 pm
Jane Kim! Jane has been a committed activist, loyal community member and elected official in SF for the last 20 years. She’s supporting universal child care for working families, affordable housing, health care and housing to resolve homelessness, clean streets, and sensible solutions to transit problems. She’s our hope! Please RSVP to Glen Park resident…
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