Sunday, October 23rd, 2 pm
Poet Kim Shuck and friends pay tribute to the late Susan Sibbet
Great Blue, a posthumous collection of poems by Susan Herron Sibbet, spans three decades, from her first published works to her death in 2013. Today at Bird & Beckett, poet Kim…
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Eddie Duran & Friends!
Saturday, October 22nd – 7:30-10 pm
jazz club! when light are low…
Guitarist Eddie Duran leads the date. 92 years old and a San Franciscan by birth and upbringing, he released his debut album on Fantasy in 1956, a gorgeous and swinging…
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Saturday, October 22nd – 4-6 pm
The Art of the Duo:
Pianist Grant Levin & Bassist Charles Thomas
Grant Levin and Charles Thomas have developed a rapport on the bandstand that ensures a strikingly vital collaboration when they have the space to themselves. Come enjoy the dialogue that…
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Friday, October 21st – 5:30-8 pm
The Scott Foster Quartet
plays jazz in the bookshop, The City’s longest running jazz party!
Scott Foster’s band this time around features saxophonist Larry Delacruz, bassist Adam Gay and drummer Bryan Bowman. Scott’s a brilliant guitarist, His sidemen are equally adept, deep & swinging, as…
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Thursday, October 20 – 8-10 pm
The Seducers play country music
in the canyon moonlight
The Seducers play classic country music from Bakersfield to Nashville and tread the outlaw path as called for. Â They’re a fantastic band, led by Joe Goldmark, a master of the…
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Monday, October 17th – 7-9 pm
POETS!
Avotcja and Dan Brady — open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz, m.c.
Avotcja, the name conjures up feelings of wisdom and strength. Her voice and music have given life to several instances of social injustice, propelling her audiences to be inspired and…
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Saturday, October 15th – 7:30-10 pm
Idris Ackamoor ☥ the Pyramids
We Be All Africans – the new album!
bon voyage show! hosted by Rhodessa Jones
last chance to hear The Pyramids before their European tour
jazz club! when lights are low…
Featuring Idris Ackamoor on saxophones; Sandy Poindexter, violins and vocals; Skyler Stover, acoustic and electric bass; Sandor Moss, drums; Raul Ramirez, congas & drums; Bobby Cobb, guitar. Hosted  by Rhodessa Jones.…
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Sunday, October 16th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Kurt Ribak Quartet
Saxophonist Lincoln Adler, keyboard player Greg Sankovitch and drummer Randy Lee Odell join bassist Kurt Ribak for a couple sets of originals and standards. This quartet has years of experience…
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Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice
a reading by editor Odilia Galvan Rodriguez and contributors
Sunday, October 16th – 2 pm
Odilia Galvan Rodriguez, Sharon Elliott, Jabez W. Churchill, Avotcja, Antoinette Nora Claypool, James Downs, Cathy Arellano, Genny Lim and Cesar Love read to celebrate this new anthology, edited by Rodriguez…
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Friday, October 14th – 5:30-8 pm
The Patrick Wolff Quartet
plays jazz in the bookshop!
Patrick Wolff, tenor sax Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Tony Johnson drums Injecting swing into jazz classics, a little Monk, some Kenny Dorham, some Lucky Thompson– you can’t really…
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