David Solbach Trio

September 15, 2012

Sunday, September 16 – 4:30-6:30 p.m. “which way west” Sunday afternoon concert series. All ages welcome.  Never a cover charge, but your generous donations help us pay the musicians. David Solbach, jazz clarinet player & composer, brings in two of the musicians with whom he recorded his recent CD of original tunes, “Dinosaur Dreams” —…

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live jazz at Bird & Beckett…
Happy birthday, Dorothy!

September 14, 2012

Friday, Sept. 14, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., it’s drummer Jimmy Ryan’s quintet swinging through another bop-drenched session of our weekly “jazz in the bookshop” series… and Sunday, Sept. 16, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., clarinetist/composer David Solbach brings in a trio with Jason Martineau on piano/vocals and Aaron Germain on bass in our weekly “which…

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8 day forecast

September 10, 2012

Literature with a chance of pulp fiction coming up, a little stormy political commentary, some gentle philosophical breezes out of the west.  Between now and Thursday, we’re selling books.  Open 11 a.m. every day, closing at 7 p.m… except when we’re here late for an event… and this week the fun begins on Thursday… Thursday…

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SF Organ Trio – Phil Cousineau – Young/Griesser Accidental Quintet

August 27, 2012

Monday, September 3 – 7:00 pm Marsha Campbell & Sheppard B. Kominars POETS! PLUS AN OPEN MIC 1st & 3rd Monday of each month Hosted by Jerry Ferraz Regarding Marsha Campbell’s Revolutions per Minute (Beatitude Press, 2006), poet Ed Mycue has said “Bright statements emerge from smoky industrial sites or a countryside underwater.  These ideas…

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Writers RD Armstrong & G Murray Thomas

August 21, 2012

Friday, August 31st – 5:30 to 8:00 pm Special 5th Friday booking in our weekly jazz in the bookshop series Scott Foster Trio live jazz without fail every Friday since October 2002!! 10 years & counting… Each Friday, we present one of four combos in rotation, but when there’s a fifth Friday in a month,…

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