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Friday, October 11th – 6-8pm
Eric & the In Crowd salute the
Composers Behind the Jazz Standards
Every second Friday of the month, Eric Shifrin brings in a trio to have a little fun with tunes written by some of the master composers of popular music that have become standards played in piano bars, restaurants, clubs and concert halls through the decades throughout the land. This month, he’ll present tunes by the…
Read MoreYou don’t need a passport this weekend to get to Glen Park for jazz, Hindustani & Carnatic music, and Americana!
Apply for your jazz passport this month on a visit to any one of four great San Francisco jazz clubs — Keys, Tipples, Black Cat or Dawn Club and patronize those wonderful joints! We wish them all great success, and we want their help keeping San Francisco jazzy and literary! You won’t need a passport…
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The Booksellers Ball
Friday Oct. 10th at the Club Fugazi!
Celebrate Litquake’s 25th Anniversary!
Litquake turns 25! Litquake’s 2024 festival kicked off with the Booksellers Ball on Thursday the 10th, an opening night bash at Club Fugazi in North Beach when the Litquake community came together to fête San Francisco’s independent bookstores. It was a catered event with abundant libations and a sizzling lineup of literature-themed drag performances hosted…
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Tuesday, October 8th – 7:30-9pm
Ava Koohbor, electronics
plus the Evidence Trio
Ava Koohbor is a poet, visual and sound artist. Through sound, words, and objects she seeks to find balance in everyday’s chaos. Her latest works have been exhibited and performed at Audium, APICC Festival 2023: Reimagine Horizons, and as a part of group exhibition at RootDivision: ME in a(ME)rica. Her latest publication, a…
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Mamboléo tonight at 7pm!
Note time change!
it’s too hot out there at 5!
three stripes of jazz this weekend
10/4-10/6 at Bird & Beckett!
~Mamboléo Sunday at 7pm~
~Jam Session at 8pm~
Friday, October 4th, 8:30-10pm, Swerve: Darren Johnston, trumpet; Kai Lyons, guitar; Rob Ewing, electric bass; and Dillon Vado, drums. Darren says the combo, Swerve, is “not a swing thing, more a collective groove band doing each others originals.” It’s always a thrill to hear what Darren and his cohorts cook up. At a simmer or…
Read MoreArt Walk in Glen Park!
Come out to the neighborhood for the Art Walk! Merchants and cafes up and down Diamond Street between Bosworth and Chenery will feature fine and graphic art for your pleasure, perusal & purchase from noon to five on Saturday. Take a leisurely stroll in the canyon after you’ve stowed your treasures in your trunk, enjoy…
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