Sunday, June 4th – 2-3:30 pm
Bonnie Willdorf reads from Dancing with Cancer
The real time journals of Barry and Bonnie Willdorf, written in parallel and vividly depicting their rollercoaster ride from diagnosis to hope to despair to hope, up and down, over…
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Saturday, June 3rd – 7:30-10pm
North Berkeley Jazz Quintet
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night
Ian Carey, trumpet Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax Mark Levine, piano Robb Fischer,  bass Ron Marabuto, drums Fine, well traveled musicians right down the line, led by pianist Mark Levine — four…
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Friday, June 2nd – 5:30-8 pm
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
jazz in the bookshop — every Friday since 2002
Seabop! Don Prell, leader, on bass, with Al Molina, trumpet, and Jerry Logas, reeds. Â Drummer tba. Bassist Prell got his start in L.A. in the 1950s, traveling for several years…
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Randy Lee Odell presents…
Thursday, June 1st – 7:30-10:00 pm
After basketball, come hear some
fantastic West Coast blues by the
GG Amos Trio
Catch GG after the game! GG Amos, vocals and guitar Parris Bertolucci, organ Randy Lee Odell, drums GG Amos carries the torch of the African American guitarists and singers who…
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Tuesday, May 30th – 7-8:30 pm
Alexandra Teague reads from her new novel,
The Principles Behind Flotation
The Principles Behind Flotation (Skyhorse Press, 2017) is the first novel from Alexandra Teague, a former NEA Fellow, Stegner Fellow, and City College of San Francisco instructor, currently an…
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Sunday, May 28th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Evangenitals
One Folked-up Genre-Bending
Good Time Band!
They’re fierce, they’re funny, and they’ll make your head spin while your toe’s tappin’. Plus, the Moby Dick album is deep. The rest is beyond category. Two sets, so you’ll…
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Sunday, May 28th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Jazz on a Summer’s Day! Melanie O’Reilly sings Anita O’Day
which way west? Sunday concert series
“Jazz on a Summer’s Day: A Tribute to Anita O’Day†featuring Melanie O’Reilly & Trio Frank Martin – piano Fred Randolph – bass Jack Dorsey – drums “….the ideal soundtrack to a hot summer nightâ€Â (Edinburgh…
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Sunday, May 28th – 2:30-4 pm
Walker Talks!
The Lotus Sutra: What it means to the poet
The literary profile of a revered Buddhist text and what it means for poets.
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