Tuesday, November 12th – 7pm
Poets Kim Shuck and Denise Low
celebrate the release of
DEER / A-WI, a chapbook
Join us in the shop Tuesday night for a much needed reading by two fine, productive and relevant American poets. Together, they have just released a chapbook, DEER /A-WI (Mammoth…
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Sunday, November 10th – 5-7pm
Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces
with Joe Goldmark on pedal steel guitar
Mitch Polzak is one swingin’ cat! Wait ’til you hear him smoke that pig with lightning speed. His trio is the toast of rockabilly festivals, county fairs, bars and clubs…
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Sunday, November 10th – 10am
SFLives Live Stream
Namaste, Motherfucker!
Journalist Denise Sullivan
in conversation with Ben Terrall
Independent reporter Denise Sullivan brings the SFLives series to Bird & Beckett for a Sunday morning livestream, which you can find on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.…
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Friday to Sunday, November 8th to 10th
From Indiana to New Orleans
to Maharashtra to Nashville
four shows this weekend
The music kicks off this Friday at 6pm, when piano professor Eric Shifrin brings his In Crowd–Ari Munkres on bass and Mark Lee on drums–to celebrate the songs of…
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POETS! First Thursday Every Month
Thursday, November 7th – 7pm
Featured poet Dan Richman
followed by an open mic
Dan Richman, scheduled as the featured poet tonight, cannot attend due to illness. Dan is a wry and philosophical poet, also a playwright, novelist, essayist and performer, of good humor…
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Wednesday, November 6th – 7pm
Poet Nellie Wong reads
from her new collection,
Nothing Like Freedom
Chinese American revolutionary feminist poet Nellie Wong, a Glen Park resident, grew up in Oakland’s Chinatown and came of age working in her parents’ restaurant there. Tracked into a working…
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Sunday, November 3rd – 3-6pm
SF Conservatory Jazz Combos
Occupy Bird & Beckett
Four jazz combos from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music take the stage tonight! Four 30-45 minute sets starting at 3pm with a 15 minute break between sets. $25 cover…
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Saturday, November 2nd – 7:30-9:30pm
The Hal Richards Quintet
Hal Richards, saxophones, clarinets, flutes, shawm, crumhorn. Henry Hung, trumpet. Kevin Gerzevitz, piano. Ron Belcher, bass. Akira Tana, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. For a reservation, call the shop at…
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Friday, November 1st – 8:30-10pm
Neil Adler Trio
Emi’s Song
cd release celebration
Neil Adler, harmonica and piano. Jeff Buenz, six-string bass. Akira Tana, drums. $20 cover; byob. students and musicians, $10. Also streamed live on Bird & Beckett’s facebook page and youtube…
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Friday, November 1st, 6-8pm
Jim Witzel: Breaking Through Gently
album release concert
Jim Witzel, guitar. Adam Shulman, organ. Jason Lewis, drums. $20 suggested donation, byob. $10 for students and musicians, kids free. “Jim Witzel has a warmth to his style and a…
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