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Bloomsday! June 16th
a benefit reading for
Bird & Beckett’s cash flow needs!
10 minutes of Ulysses read aloud every hour on the hour from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed… –Come up, Kinch. Â Come up, you fearful Jesuit… And thus is introduced young, intense Stephen Dedalus whose day unfolds in counterpoint to and occasionally overlapping that of ad salesman Leopold Bloom in 1904…
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Monday, June 15th – 7 pm
POETS!
Robert Anbian and Gerald Nicosia
open mic follows
Richard Anbian has been described as “a passionate virtuoso steeped in these times and deep with tradition,†according to Richard Hack, “[whose] poetry crackles with currency – hiply linguistic turns of natural originality, rhythmically brimming with a tempestuous taste of ecstasy, reason, and love.†Dusty Dog Reviews declared him “a genius or a Venusian.†Gerald…
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Sunday Noon! June 14th
Lee Vilensky Trio
Surf-a-billy Swing Time!
Sunday, June 14th – 3-5 pm
Blues/Roots Saxophonist Nancy Wright
Note the 3pm to 5pm time for this gig! The Warriors are taking the NBA by storm, and we recognize that many of you want to be glued to this game! Fear not! Â No reason to miss blues saxophone powerhouse Nancy Wright & her trio, with Lorenzo Farrell on organ and Jay Hansen on drums.…
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Saturday, June 13th – 8-11pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Grant Levin Quartet
Pianist Grant Levin enlists master reed player Noel Jewkes, bassist Kash Killion and drummer Mark Lee for three sets of small combo work. Each of these players is a seasoned pro with a stellar reputation in the Bay Area. All welcome!  $10 cover charge; $7 for members of “jazz club!” ($75 annual dues).
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R.I.P. Ornette Coleman, who gave us the shape of jazz to come
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