Saturday night, March 14th – 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Grant Levin Quartet
Jonathan Bautista, sax Grant Levin, piano Joe McKinley, bass Jon Arkin, drums More fantastic jazz from Grant Levin and a hardy band of co-conspirators. Jazz club at Bird & Beckett…
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Friday, March 13 – 5:30-8 pm
Scott Foster Ensemble:
Rummaging in Dexter’s Bag
Guitarist Scott Foster leads a quartet through tunes associated with the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon. We’re talkin’ the great David Boyce on sax (think Broun Fellinis, but then think…
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Surf-a-billy Swing Time Dance Party!
Sunday, March 8th – Noon to 1:30 pm
The Monroe Trio
Pam Brandon has her hand in a lot of bands in a lot of genres around these parts — from the Luxomatics to Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys… from…
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Sunday, March 8th — 2 pm
Bill Berkson & Dale Herd:
a poet and a short story writer
read their work
Two writers with recent books out from Coffee House Press will share the Bird & Beckett stage:  Dale Herd reading stories from Empty Pockets and Bill Berkson reading poems from Expect…
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Sunday, March 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Joe Warner Trio
Jazz pianist Joe Warner is one of the Bay Area’s brightest young talents, regularly sharing the bandstand with some of the region’s best and most experienced singers and instrumentalists, from…
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Saturday, March 7th – 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Smith Dobson Group
Smith Dobson, vibes Jeffrey Burr, guitar Adam Gay, bass James Gallagher, drums Smith Dobson is a triple threat — a supremely talented musician on tenor sax, vibes and drums. Â He’s…
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Thursday, March 5th – 7 pm
Osha Neumann presents his memoir
Doodling on the Titanic
Osha Neumann, muralist, sculptor, and civil rights lawyer, will doodle and draw and read from just published Doodling on the Titanic: The Making of Art in a World on the…
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Tuesday, March 3rd – 7 pm
Ex Libris Gallery Opening
Jackson Whittington photos
Work in Kolkata and Pondicherry
Come Tuesday evening! Â Jack’s mounting his photos, and hard on the heels of the opening, we’re sending his sister Rebecca off to India along with Rebecca’s husband Abhijeet and the…
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Monday, March 2nd – 7 pm
Poet Franklin Zawacki
(Robt. Frost Award Winner 2014)
+ open mic
Franklin Zawacki’s poem “Roadsiding Hay” — which is reproduced below — just won him the 2014 Robert Frost Award. Â His bio can be read at the organization’s website (click here).…
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Sunday, March 1st – 4:30-6:30 pm
CMC All Stars! A Year of the Ram Showcase with Betty Wong & Friends
On March 1st, Bird & Beckett is proud and pleased to welcome faculty and friends of that august institution, the Community Music Center, with its headquarters on Capp Street in…
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