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Thursday, February 8th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Paul Sanwald Quartet – LP release celebration!
Come out to celebrate the new long-playing album — an actual lp! — by the Paul Sanwald Quartet! No cds on this one, just vinyl! Don’t own a turntable? All the more reason to come hear the music live!! Wataru Uchida, tenor sax Spencer Caton, piano Paul Sanwald, bass Dan Foltz, drums
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Join us in promoting a living wage for performing artists in this wealthy and sophisticated city! Think it through, and express your opinions to your district supervisor! Get behind Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund! At Bird & Beckett, we generally ask you to put up $10 to $15 to $20 when you come…
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Wednesday, February 7th – 7:00 pm
All the Women in My Family Sing:
Women Write the World – Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom
Contributors read!
Raising the Voices of Women of Color! Deborah Santana – activist, author, and editor of All the Women in My Family Sing – hosts contributors to the anthology: Samina Ali, La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson, Denise Diaab and Camille Hayes.  A new collection of essays by America Ferrera, Belva Davis, Marian Wright Edelman, Natalie Baszile, Porochista Khakpour, Samina Ali, Nayomi…
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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, February 5th – 7-9 pm
Fanny Renoir & Ronald Sauer
An open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz, m.c.
Listen to the interview with Fanny Renoir you’ll find at this link (scroll down to “The Road to Enlightenment,” Episode 6 of the Passport Podcast). San Francisco has an incredibly rich recent present, whether you date it from 1946 or 1961 or 1968 or 1971 or… 1899… name your year. So much of it revolves…
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Sunday, February 4th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Alcatraz Islanders — Swing Era Hawaiian Music
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10 suggested donation
The Alcatraz Islanders perform swing era Hawaiian music that blends traditional island melodies with mainland jazz. The band is led by steel guitarist, Mikiya Matsuda, with Nick Rossi on guitar, Dan Neville on vibes and Vic Wong on bass. You can catch them in San Francisco every Tuesday at Pagan Idol and every first Wednesday…
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