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Saturday, October 25th – 7:30pm
Grupo Falso Baiano
Brazilian choro music from San Francisco. $20/byob. Students $10. Grupo Falso Baiano. Catia Machado, vocals. Zack Pitt-Smith, reeds and cavaquinho. Brian Moran, guitar. Ami Molinelli. percussion. with special guest Kerry Politzer, piano. .
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Friday, October 24th – 8:30pm
LOBE: was that on purpose?
release party & concert
for their debut album
LOBE, a sextet with Stanford roots, now in the diaspora, come together and come to Bird & Beckett to kick off their 10-day, 5-stop California tour in support of their debut album “was that on purpose?” — release date October 21, 2025. Daiki Nakajima, flute/bass. Ethan Buck, alto sax/bass. Sam Silverstein, violin. Nolan Miranda,…
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Thursday, October 23rd – 7:30pm
Poets John Curl and Alice Rogoff
Two writers long committed to the struggle and to poetry roll out new work for you.
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Wednesday, October 22nd – 7:30pm
Walker Talks!
Walker Brents III on the poet Gary Snyder
A live stream found on the Bird & Beckett YouTube channel and Facebook page. Donations appreciated. Walker Brents III has been giving a monthly talk at Bird & Beckett on a diversity of topics in poetry, philosophy and culture since 1999. This month, Walker considers the poet Gary Snyder, and gives us this to ponder:…
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Tuesday, October 21st – 7pm
Novelist Diane Frank
+ Poet Janet Popesco Archibald
Diane Frank reads from her new novel, Mermaids and Musicians, wherein a virtuoso violinist falls madly in love with a mermaid, but can he deal with loving a woman who isn’t completely human? And can their love travel through time? The novel begins on Signal Mountain in Tennessee and migrates to the coast of Northern…
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Sunday, October 19th – 5pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
with guest Erich Ippen, guitar & vocals
Ben Stolorow, piano. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. with guest Erich Ippen, guitar & vocals. $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. Kids free. The trio returns for their ongoing 3rd Sundays residency at Bird & Beckett. Leader Vince Lateano has been a cornerstone of the San Francisco jazz scene since he arrived in…
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