Saturday, July 11th – 7:30 to 10 pm
The Grant Levin Quartet
plays Bird & Beckett’s jazz club!
when lights are low…
Grant Levin will be in the shop with bassist Chris Amberger, playing informally as a duo from 4-6 pm… plan to just browse around, as the chairs won’t be set…
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Friday, July 10th – 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop!
Dorothy Lefkovits sings with Jimmy Ryan’s Bird & Beckett Bebop Band
Jimmy Ryan leads the band on the 2nd Friday of each month… tonight, Dorothy Lefkovits sings, with Joe Cohen on tenor sax, Stu Pilorz on trombone, Don Alberts on piano,…
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Monday, July 6th – 7 pm
Jessica Loos and Francisco Orrego
POETS! — Jerry Ferraz hosts
Two widely admired San Francisco poets, followed by an open mic.
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Sunday, July 5th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Trad jazz blow out with the
Buena Vista Jazz Band
Why are they called “Buena Vista?” Why, it’s just ’cause they look so damned good! And they play good too! Modeled on Eddie Condon’s band that held forth in New…
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Saturday, July 4th – 7:30-10 pm
Smith Dobson & Danny Brown
tenor saxes
Two of the City’s premiere young saxophonists — Smith Dobson V and Downtown Danny Brown — go head to head at jazz club for the 4th of July — with…
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Friday, July 3rd – 5:30-8:00 pm
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
jazz in the bookshop every Friday, 5:30-8:00 pm Friday, July 3rd: Â SeaBop Trio Don Prell, bass –Â Scott Foster, guitar –Â Eugene Pliner, piano The 1st Friday of every month, Don Prell…
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Saturday, June 27th
jazz club! when lights are low…
note the time shift: 7:30-10pm!
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet
Drummer Vinnie Rodriguez puts together a combo on the fourth Saturday of every month. Â For his June date, he’s got Dan Magay on reeds; Neil Kelly on guitar; and Aaron…
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Friday, June 26th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Chuck Peterson Quintet
Every Friday evening at Bird & Beckett, the neighborhood — and folks from foreign climes and Bay Area aeries — assemble “after work” to enjoy each other’s company and the…
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Thursday, June 25th – 7 pm
Poets Lewis Warsh, Toni Mirosevich & Tod Thilleman read in
Avery Burns’ Murmuration series
Tod Thilleman, originally from Wisconsin, has been based in New York since the early 1980s, active in art and poetry there with a long list of associations, readings and exhibitions.…
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Holly Coley: Suggested Reading Wednesday, June 24th 7–9 pm
Gallery Opening
Join us Wednesday, June 24th from 7 to 9pm for the opening reception of Holly Coley: Suggested Reading, featuring painting, ceramic sculpture, and a library curated by the artist. See…
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