653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
Live Streams Every Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm.
Monday, February 3rd at 7 pm
POETS!
Our twice-monthly 1st & 3rd Mondays series of featured poets
plus an open mic
Tonight, poet QR Hands “trades fours” with improvising pianist Walter Earl.
Trading fours is a jazz tradition, where members of an ensemble take turns stepping up to the mic for short solo bursts over the length of the standard jazz chorus. Take our word for it, it’s energized and exciting & these two individuals are guaranteed to take it to a level that will leave you wanting more…
but inevitably, we’ll take a break around 8 pm, and will follow that with our open mic, which traditionally kicks off with a song or poem by m.c. Jerry Ferraz, who can be uncanny in his channeling of the bardic wanderers of yore, and concludes with a tale or a poem by resident storytelling mystic Walker Brents III.
Our featured performers, QR Hand and Walter Earl, are both fascinating & hugely talented. You won’t be disappointed. Worth coming out in the cold for. We’ll keep the heat on…
Our events are put on under the umbrella of the nonprofit Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (the "BBCLP"). That's how we fund our ambitious schedule of 300 or so concerts and literary events every year.
The BBCLP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
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The Independent Musicians Alliance
Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.
https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/
Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site