Sunday, Oct. 19 – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Hamir Atwal Quartet
Ben Goldberg, clarinet. Michael Coleman, piano. Rob Adkins, bass. Hamir Atwal, drums. These musicians have been playing together for years in a bunch of incredible groups. As a quartet they…
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Sunday, October 19th — 2 pm
The Poetry Deal: Diane di Prima
with poet QR Hand
and pianist Walter Earl
Diane di Prima, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus, launches her new collection The Poetry Deal (San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 5, City Lights Publishers, 2014) in the company of the legendary QR…
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Wednesday, October 22nd – 7 pm
Consider the Ballot!:
Supervisor David Campos with representatives of both sides of Propositions G (real estate speculation tax) and E (soda tax)
Join us for a community forum on two controversial propositions on the November ballot with State Assembly Candidate and SF Supervisor David Campos and experts from both sides of the…
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Saturday, October 18th – 8-11 pm:
jazz club! The Jay Sanders Quartet
Jay Sanders is a fiery and lyrical trumpet player who will play any tune, any time, any tempo, any key…. that’s why they call him Jay Standards! Â Get down to…
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Friday, October 17 – 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
Guitarist Scott Foster
quartet with Henry Hung, Mike Bordelon and Surya Prakasha
San Francisco’s longest running neighborhood jazz party continues to pack the place, and every third Friday our favorite guitarist takes the helm. No cover charge, but your kind donations at…
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Thursday, October 16 – 7:30 pm
Litquake at Bird & Beckett!
Poets Amos, Cherkovski,
Dunagan, Lazzara, Loos
“Generations” – a Bird & Beckett Litquake reading!    Five San Francisco Poets, 27 to 69:                …
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Sunday, October 12th — 4:30-6:30 pm
sitar and tabla duo play
classical music of North India
a concert of Hindustani (North Indian) Classical Music. Joanna Mack, sitar. Ferhan Qureshi, tabla. Joanna Mack began her study of Indian Classical sitar in 1997. She spent eight years in Kolkata…
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Saturday Night Jazz Club!
The Grant Levin Quartet
featuring Noel Jewkes
October 11th – 8-11 pm
Pianist Grant Levin has become appreciated as among the very finest young pianists on the local jazz scene, and his collaboration with seasoned tenor sax player Noel Jewkes has paid dividends…
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Friday, October 10th – 5:30-8:00 p.m.
The Bird & Beckett Bebop Band
plays jazz in the bookshop
Drummer Jimmy Ryan leads a stellar rotating crew of musicians on the 2nd Friday of each month — usually two horns on the front line, piano, bass and drums.  This week,…
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Sunday, October 5 – 4:30-6:30 pm
Duocracy: Ian Carey and Ben Stolorow
Duocracy, a project of trumpeter Ian Carey and pianist Ben Stolorow, focuses on classic tunes from the rare to the familiar, ranging from Gershwin and Gordon Jenkins to Thelonious Monk…
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