8 Day Forecast:
Friday, Jan 25th to Friday, Feb 1st
Seven events over eight days… and one more on Super Bowl Sunday (before the game!) Friday, the 25th, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.: Come down to the shop after work for…
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Sunday, January 27th:
Walker Talks!
Walt Whitman & the Civil War
Sunday, Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m. A talk on the poet in the time of America’s greatest trial, his work amidst the intense misery of the hospital wards bringing him…
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Monday, January 28:
Poets Lee Slonimsky
& Katherine Hastings
Monday, Jan. 28th at 7:00 p.m. Poets from the West Coast and the East Coast converge in Glen Park. Lee Slonimsky has published one book of poems in free verse,…
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Thursday, January 17th:
POETS! All open mic
in the memory of Dan Harrington
7:00 p.m.
Poets! is an ongoing Bird & Beckett poetry series, hosted by Jerry Ferraz, which presents featured poets followed by an open mic. We’re moving this series from its twice-a-month Monday schedule…
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Sunday, January 20th:
Mike Lipskin & Dinah Lee
stride piano and jazz vocals
which way west? Sunday concert series. All ages welcome! No cover charge, but your generous donations make it possible for us to pay the musicians. Sunday, Jan. 20 – 4:30-6:30…
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Sunday, January 20th:
Poets Mary Burger & Denise Newman
2:00 p.m. Mary Burger is a writer and artist living in Oakland. Her book Then Go On was published in 2012 by Litmus Press. Earlier books include Sonny (Leon Works,…
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Sunday, January 13th:
Misisipi Mike Wolf & Friends
which way west? Sunday concert series. All ages welcome! No cover charge, but your generous donations make it possible for us to pay the musicians. Sunday, Jan. 13 – 4:30-6:30…
Read MoreBig jazz in little glen park!
This winter/spring, watch for some major jazz musicians in our Sunday “which way west?” series… always 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Never a cover charge, but don’t neglect to help us…
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Support your local bookshop
& cultural center!
Bird & Beckett is proud to have served the Glen Park neighborhood since 1999 in at least two significant ways — as a bookshop bursting at the seams with a…
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Sunday, January 6th:
Avotcja, Poet & Musician
A double shot of Avotcja love on the first Sunday of 2013! Poetry at 2 p.m.   –    Modupue at 4:30 p.m. 2:00 pm – With Every Step I Take: Avotcja…
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