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Old news, circa Feb 2021: Living in the Purple Tier
We’re back in the purple tier, thinking about Prince and thinking about how much more comfortable this tier feels relative to wherever that was we just were. But it is purple, and officially that’s pretty far from safe, so we’ll continue to urge you to “Collaborate to keep San Francisco safe, neighborhood by neighborhood, block…
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Big doings in jazz next weekend!
Friday, Saturday & Sunday!
Hungry to hear some of Bird & Beckett’s past live streams? Scroll down to read the posts for the shows we’ve mounted in the past seven-plus months, since the pandemic lock-down began. Every time you see the “load more” button, go ahead. It’ll stop offering you that option once you’ve arrived at the first show…
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Live streams coming up this weekend…
full details in the posts below!
Simon Rowe Organ Trio on Friday, 12/4
Kalil Amar Wilson / Javier Santiago Duo on Saturday, 12/5
Fabulous music time and again at Bird & Beckett. It’s a time of few gigs and little gig income, so please help us pay the Bay Area’s treasured professional musicians! Enlist your friends in the effort to provide a decent paycheck on these outings. If you’re making a living in these times, help us see…
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Miss your evenings in the bookshop?
Live streaming from Bird& Beckett Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30pm
right in your living room, but more than six feet away!
The live streams from Bird & Beckett all started in mid-March on Friday the 13th, when the towering saxophonist Michael Zilber brought his trio (Jason Lewis on drums and Tyler Harlow on bass) into the shop before a scant audience in the face of the exploding novel coronavirus crisis. Angela Bennett pioneered our broadcasting foray…
Read MoreHey, it’s not June any more!!
Whither goeth jazz?! We haven’t resigned ourselves to live without live audiences We’re cooking up a new idea for when jazz club opens back up. Stay tuned! Especially you members of the Jazz Philanthropists Union– you know who you are. Your country will be calling on you to make it work for all the peoples…
Read MoreNow open for business at the storefront six days a week!
We’re now open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. We can fill your requests for specific titles and help you find the books you don’t know you need. Upon request, we can admit you to the shop to browse. Walk down, take a bus or find a parking space — and visit our…
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