Sunday, November 13th – 2 pm
Song of the Stubborn One Thousand:
The Watsonville Canning Strike, 1985-1987
an event with author Peter Shapiro, joined by pianist Jon Jang!
Peter Shapiro was trained as a labor historian at Berkeley in the early 1970s, then left academia and became a letter carrier for the USPS, working as a labor journalist…
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Sunday, November 13th – 11 a.m.
Kids’ Book & Craft Event!
Author Emma Bland Smith presents her new picture book
Journey: Based on the True Story of OR-7,
the Most Famous Wolf in the West
Bring your kids to Bird & Beckett for a wolf-themed craft and story time. Emma Bland Smith (San Francisco’s Glen Park and Diamond Heights, Arcadia Publishing, 2007) will read her…
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Saturday, November 12th – 7:30-10 pm
The Scott Foster Quintet! A Tenor Saxophone Summit!
jazz club! when lights are low…
Tenor saxophone giants David Boyce and Phillip Greenlief join forces on the front line of guitarist Scott Foster’s quintet tonight, with the solid support of bassist Adam Gay and drummer…
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Saturday, November 12th – 4-6 pm
The Art of the Duo
A Walk on the Sunny Side of the Street…
Pianist Grant Levin Meets Bassist Giulio Cetto
two sets of  joyous jazz interplay on piano and bass
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So long, Howie…
Howard Dudune passed away September 24th, and all that are left are memories… and fortunately, at least one magnificent recording; undoubtedly more. Howie was a joy to hear from the…
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Tuesday, November 15th – 6:30-7:30 pm
Book release reading & pizza party!
Glen Park author Gordon Jack presents his new
comic novel for teens, The Boomerang Effect
Gordon Jack has wanted to be a novelist since he was a kid.  He ranked it right up there with astronaut and professional dog walker on one of those  career…
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Friday, November 11th – 5:30-8 pm
The Aaron Cohn Quartet
plays jazz in the bookshop
Bassist Aaron Cohn brings together an exciting quartet featuring Henry Hung on trumpet Danny Brown on tenor sax Andre Sumelius on drums jazz as it’s played in San Francisco…
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Monday, November 7th – 7-9 pm
Two Poets & a Murder of Crows
Jerry Ferraz, Dan Richman and an open mic’s worth of others!
Jerry Ferraz and Dan Richman were on the first bill of poets to read at Bird & Beckett back in 1999 or 2000, and have been solid favorites of ours…
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Sunday, November 6th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio! Now!
Pianist Grant Levin has been heard at Bird & Beckett time and again, in many formations– as leader, as sideman… in duos, trios, quartets, quintets… Tonight, he’s leading a trio with…
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