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Sunday, February 16th – 4:30 pm
Violin & Piano Sonatas
Violinist Drew Cranfill and pianist Manu Petaia perform a program of sonatas by Bach, Mozart and Brahms, in solo and duo format.
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Sunday, February 16th, 2:00 pm
Third Verse: Jesse Nathan,
Benjamin Paloff, Alissa Valles
A reading and discussion of new work by poets, translators and editors Jesse Nathan, Benjamin Paloff, and Alissa Valles. Jesse Nathan’s poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, the Nation, jubilat, and elsewhere. He’s a founding editor of the McSweeney’s Poetry Series, and the former managing editor of the Best American Nonrequired Reading. Nathan…
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Sunday, February 9th,
two extremes of beauty!
rock n’ roll plus a string quartet!
1 pm – The Optimals
4:30 pm – The Temescal Quartet
At 1:00 pm, some neighborhood youths will strap on guitars & all the rest for a set of rock ‘n’ roll — They’re The Optimals & they’re ready to take on the world… At 4:30, we’ll bring it right down to the sweet spot where The Temescal String Quartet will set the bookshop atmosphere vibrating with…
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Monday, February 3rd at 7 pm
POETS!
Our twice-monthly 1st & 3rd Mondays series of featured poets
plus an open mic
Tonight, poet QR Hands “trades fours” with improvising pianist Walter Earl. Trading fours is a jazz tradition, where members of an ensemble take turns stepping up to the mic for short solo bursts over the length of the standard jazz chorus. Â Take our word for it, it’s energized and exciting & these two individuals are…
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Sunday, February 2nd, 1:30 pm
Tangents Turkey Music Tour Preview
Sixteen Days in Turkey…Ten Nights of Music Dore Stein’s Tangents Turkey Music Tour promo concert & talk Sunday, Feb. 2nd, 1:30-3:00 pm (before you might need to hustle over to Glen Park Station to watch the Super Bowl), come hear Gari Hegedus play Turkish music on oud & baglama, catch a few poems from Clara Hsu, and then hear…
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Sunday, February 2nd – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
The Michael Parsons Trio
Among the handful of astonishingly talented young piano players on the San Francisco jazz scene, Michael is often heard at Bird & Beckett on the first Friday of the month in bassist Don Prell’s group. This afternoon, we have the distinct pleasure of presenting Michael fronting his own trio, showcasing original compositions as well as wailing on…
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