Poetryx2 + Jazzx5 = 4/2-4/5
Poetryx2 + Jazzx5 = 4/2-4/5 _____ Thursday, April 2, 7:00pm David Holper + Kimi Sugioka + open mic {Free} _____ Friday, April 3, 6:00pm Hipsteria {$20} _____ Friday, April 3,…
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Sunday, March 29th – 5pm
Jam Session!
JAM session, last Sunday of every month!
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Saturday, March 28th – 7:30pm
The Benny Amón Trio
Charles Chen, piano Mikiya Matsuda, bass Benny Amón, drums $20 cover charge, cash at the door / byob. Students $10; kids free. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733…
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March 23rd to March 29th
Two Monday events
+ four shows Thursday to Sunday
Although the bookshop is typically closed on Mondays, we’ll be open Monday, March 23rd for two events that hold great meaning for us. Dan Richman — a poet and musician,…
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Friday, March 27th – 6pm
The Tony Johnson Quartet
Drummer Tony Johnson’s residency at Bird & Beckett continues, this month with his quartet featuring Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Keith Saunders on piano and Eric Markowitz on bass. Tony…
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Thursday, March 26th – 7:30pm
WORDPlay: An Arts for More benefit
for Options Recovery Systems
An Evening with Poet Kim Addonizio
with Danny Caron, guitar
& Peter Barshay, bass
Arts for More and Bird & Beckett present an intimate evening of poetry and music with acclaimed writer Kim Addonizio, joined by accomplished jazz and blues guitarist Danny Caron and…
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Monday, March 23rd – 5pm
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
Forgive but Never Forget
On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb destroyed blocks of a street in Baghdad with a history dating back to the 8th century as a site where booksellers displayed…
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Sunday, March 22nd – 7:30pm
Ralph Alessi Quartet
Ralph Alessi, trumpet. Adam Benjamin, piano. Richard Giddens, bass. Mark Ferber, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please). BYOB. Students, $10. Trumpeter Ralph Alessi–ECM recording artist and acclaimed…
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Sunday, March 22nd – 5pm
Matthew Perifano: Shakespeare Dharma
a monologue with music
Shakespeare Dharma recounts Matthew Perifano’s rich and strange journey with Shakespeare that began with a reading group that approached Shakespeare as mind/body practice rather than as theater. Eventually, this reading…
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Saturday, March 21st – 7:30pm
Vernaculars pay tribute to
guitarist Sonny Sharrock
Encore: Vernaculars Plays Sonny Sharrock’s Ask the Ages Karl Evangelista, guitar David James, guitar Francis Wong, sax Chris Trinidad, bass Jimmy Biala, drums $25 cover charge (cash at the door…
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