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Sunday, November 24th – 5-7pm
Jam Session with the
Vince Lateano Trio
Sunday, 11/24 at 5pm, it’s our last-Sunday-of-the-month jam session hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio. If you’re not working a gig, drop in. If you just want to hear some in-the-moment jazz, drop in. $20 helps us pay the trio — Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums — three of the great…
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Saturday, November 23rd – 7:30-9:30pm
On tour from Bordeaux
Rachael Magidson’s West Coast Jazz Quartet
Saturday, 11/23 at 7:30pm, Rachael Magidson’s West Coast Jazz Quartet, direct from the Atlantic seaport of Bordeaux in Southwestern France. Rachael migrated to France from the Bay Area a number of years ago, and many will remember her group Sophisticated Ladies holding forth at the Bliss Bar in Noe Valley many years back. Read the…
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Friday, November 22nd – 6pm and 8:30 pm
two shows: Tony Johnson Quartet at 6
Gurkestra at 8:30
Friday, 11/22 at 6pm, the Tony Johnson Quartet holds forth, playing bebop, hardbop and classic jazz standards from across the spectrum as befits their mood. Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax; Keith Saunders, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; Tony Johnson, drums. $20/byob….. Friday, 11/22 at 8:30pm, the Gurkestra, a small combo flexible in repertoire with a…
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Thursday, November 21 — 7:30pm
Walker Brents III talks on the subject of
Democratic Creativity: From Whitman to You.
Walker Brents III, our resident philosopher & spiritual advisor, builds on thoughts begun in his October talk on Walt Whitman’s Democratic Vistas. Tonight’s talk is entitled “Democratic Creativity: From Whitman to You.” Inspiration in challenging times has been a constant and perennial theme. What forms has literature taken as communities, societies and individuals evolve amidst…
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Wednesday, November 20th – 7pm
Parakeet Reading – Michelle Ott, Patricia Zaballos, Jane Hargrave, Sarah McColl & Stephany Joy Ashley
Parakeet, a year-long intensive writing program that helps writers finish their books, is run by Beth Pickens, a Los Angeles-based consultant for artists and arts organizations. She is the Managing Director of LA-based queer press, Dopamine Books, which is led by legendary writer Michelle Tea. Pickens is the author of Make Your Art No Matter…
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Tuesday, November 19th – 7-9pm
The Journal of the Plague Years
The Journal of the Plague Years: A Reading Maxine Chernoff –poet, novelist, UCSF creative writing chair Christine Kiessling –art historian Mike Medberry –essayist, solar installer, environmentalist Hailey Nicole Warner –frontline worker Susan Zakin –journalist, author, magazine founder The Journal: A few days after the Covid-19 pandemic sent us into lockdown, journalist and author Susan Zakin…
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