Sunday, May 24th – 2 pm
Poet Alexandra Teague
reads poems of a curious and
twisted American trajectory
Alexandra returns to present her new collection of poems. Â She’s an award winning poet, late of the Bay Area (she was a Stegner fellow here from 2006-2008 and a 2011…
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Saturday, May 23rd – 8-11 pm
jazz club… when lights are low
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet
Vinnie Rodriguez has assembled an exciting quartet to accompany him on an exploration of the trombone in modern jazz: Scott Larson, Adam Shulman and Robert Overbury. The quartet will be…
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Store Anniversary Celebration!
Friday, May 22nd – 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
The Jazz Founders!
Store Anniversary Celebration! Founded in May 1999 at 2788 Diamond, Bird & Beckett is 16 years old this month! Tonight, May 22nd, it’s a special “Founders’ Reunion” of the Friday…
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Thursday, May 21st – 7 pm
Gallery Ex Libris Opening Reception
City College Book Arts Class Projects
They’re doing some fine work over at City College.  Always have.  And the book arts class taught by Grendl Löfkvist has resonated with many people we’ve mentioned it to. Gallery…
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Vinnie Rodriguez’s quartet pays tribute to Horace Silver in tonight’s broadcast of a recent live performance at Bird & Beckett.  With Erik Jekabson, trumpet; Keith Saunders, piano; Adam Gay, bass; and…
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Wednesday, May 20th – 7 pm
Murmurations Reading Series
Poets Tiff Dressen & Nico Peck
Come to the 2nd installment of Murmurations reading series (Avery Burns’ occasional series at Bird & Beckett) for an evening of Delphic proportions. What does that mean? Here are two…
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Monday, May 18th – 7 pm
POETS! 1st & 3rd Mondays
Tonight, Patti Trimble,
with musician Peter Whitehead
Poet Patti Trimble shares the bill on May 18th with musician and instrument builder Peter Whitehead in our twice-monthly series, hosted by Jerry Ferraz with an open mic to follow.…
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Sunday, June 7th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? Sunday concert series
The Gerald Beckett Quartet
Gerald Beckett – flute Gary Zellerbach – guitar Trevor Murphy – bass Greg German – drums  Originally from Texas, flutist Gerald Beckett is now a stalwart of the San…
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Sunday, May 17th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? Sunday concert series
Mean to Me – Ben Slater, Judy Butterfield, Dave Shaff + 3
Mean to Me resurrects jazz of the 1920s through 1940s–sometimes twisted by the more modern stylings of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Ahmad Jamal–and an eclectic variety of soul-jazz and latin-jazz.…
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Saturday, May 16th – 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Ways & Means Committee
Heshima Mark Williams presents The Ways & Means Committee, a tight quintet that delves deep into a book of straight-ahead jazz influenced by Herbie Hancock, Jerry Gonzalez, Buster Williams, and Fort Apache…
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