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Wednesday, November 20th – 7pm
Celebration and reading for CCSF’s literary & arts journal, Forum.
The folks who pour their hearts, souls, art and toil into producing a literary journal out of City College of San Francisco twice each year, with fall and spring issues, invite you to listen to some of the work and party with them. It’s certainly a fundraiser, so if you can spare twenty or two…
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Thursday, December 5th – 7:30pm
Alan Kaufman – Reading from
The Berlin Woman
Lena is a married, chronically unfaithful, and devoted only to gratifying her ambitions and hard-driving libido. Nathan is a footloose womanizing American author, unable to produce the big novel for which he’s been contracted. Their affair becomes a high-stakes reckless game of jealousy, rivalling ambitions, gender conflict, political combat and artistic outrage. But beneath it…
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Friday, December 6th – 5:30-8pm
Mission Hot Club
featuring the Muted Jewel Tones
jazz in the bookshop every Friday evening
Le jazz hotshots meet sweet & sassy harmonizers and they’ve all got rhythm! Mission Hot Club Hélène Bahu, violin Sasha Yakubovich, clarinet Scott Feichter, guitar Roberto Aguilar, guitar Robert Kennedy, accordion Bing Nathan, bass The Muted Jewel Tones Rose Koron Raena Frohlich Cassandra Lindop $20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated https://www.facebook.com/missionhotclub/ https://www.facebook.com/themutedjeweltones/
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Saturday, December 7th – 7:30-10pm
Double Bill!
Rhodessa Jones & Idris Ackamoor
+ Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids
jazz club! when lights are low…
$20 cover charge; sliding scale available The Jazz Philanthropists Union, with support from the Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund, presents two phenomenal artists, long associated as Cultural Odyssey and equally acclaimed individually for their work. PERFORMANCE MUSIC: “WELL, SHUT MY MOUTH WIDE OPEN!” & DIRECT FROM EUROPE!!!! IDRIS ACKAMOOR AND THE PYRAMIDS “Well, Shut My Mouth…
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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, December 2nd – 7pm
Avotcja + Tony Aldarondo
followed by an open micÂ
Avotcja & Tony are joined by percussionists Louie Romero, Carlos Caro and Vince de Jesus for tonight’s reading! Avotcja is a profound force on the Bay Area cultural scene — a volcanic poet fluidly fusing English and Spanish in her fiery work; a writer of stories in many genres; an insightful essayist of great clarity;…
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Sunday, December 1st – 4:30-6:30pm
The Cottontails
which way west?
Sunday concert series
$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated no funds? all the better! come for the show! Karina Denike, vocals Tom Griesser, saxophone Michael McIntosh, piano Vic Wong, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass The Cottontails have romped through vintage classics of the jazz age, swing era hits and 50s R&B without a care at jazz clubs, dance…
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