Friday, May 1st – 8:30pm
Ramya Shankar & the Human Experience
Ramya Shankar, vocals Prasant Radakrishnan, saxophone Unpil Baek, piano Peter Barshay, bass Varun Pattabhiraman, mridangam Barbara Nerness, biosignal researcher/composer $25 cover students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at…
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Friday, May 1st – 6pm
THE TRIO: Berthiaume-Bennett-Moore
Denny Berthiaume, piano. Chuck Bennett, bass. Curt Moore, drums. $20 suggested / adult; byob. (pay what you can). Students, $10; kids free. A classic piano trio date. Pianist Denny Berthiaume,…
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A little backstory on
Friday “jazz in the bookshop”
~~our jazz happy hour~~
continuous since 2002
growing from roots planted in 1999
Here’s a little backstory, to get us to where we now stand… in re: the Fridays, anyway… Read on! And thanks for being part of the Bird & Beckett story…
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Thursday, April 30, 7pm – Eileen Myles + Nathan Kernan on James Schuyler, with Tom Carey, Jason Morris, & Hannah Zeavin
Eileen Myles in conversation with Nathan Kernan, author of A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler (FSG, 2025), on the life and language of James Schuyler, with additional discussion…
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Tuesday, April 28th – 7pm
Author Event: Jeanne Carstensen
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis
Join PEN Award finalist Jeanne Carstensen, in conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel, for the paperback launch party for A GREEK TRAGEDY, with live rebetika music. The author: Jeanne Carstensen, in conversation…
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Monday, April 27th – 6pm to 9pm
Bohemia with Grub in West Portal
A Benefit Blow Out for Bird & Beckett
at Proposition Chicken, with
Junk Drawer
Hank Maninger & the Juke Box Charlies
The Kai Lyons Trio
plus poets!
Fried, Flipped or Fake, Proposition Chicken has something for everyone — and 10% of your tab goes to Bird & Beckett every Monday in April, from 9am to 9pm. It’s…
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how to get there! what you’ll find!
All month long, Proposition Chicken has been dedicating their non-profit Mondays to Bird & Beckett, cutting us in for 10% of the revenues from any sales made at the counter.…
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Friday, April 24th – 8:30pm
solo guitar + duo guitar/bass
guitarist George Cotsirilos
with bassist Robb Fisher
Bay Area guitarist George Cotsirilos returns to the intimate language of solo nylon-string guitar on In the Wee Hours, due for release by OA2 Records on May 15th, performed live…
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Friday, April 24th – 6pm
the last Friday jazz happy hour!
Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Band
Tony Johnson brings the 230 Jones Street crew this week! Saxophonist Charlie McCarthy is on the front line. A finer player than Charlie, you’ll not find anywhere on the planet.…
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Thursday, April 23rd – 7:30pm
FLOWER-RADISH, a trio
Ben Goldberg/Andrew Conklin/Hamir Atwal
It’s been way too long since Hamir has made the Bird & Beckett scene! And Andrew? Well, we never! But we’re looking forward to hearing him. And Ben Goldberg! You…
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