Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
Sunday Double-Header
Sunday, June 26 – events at 2:00 and 4:30/5:30 Sunday Double Header 2:00 pm – The Poems of Richard Hugo A Staged Reading by PUS Theatre Company Richard Hugo was the poet of the barroom, the open road, and the river, his work laced through with mystery, sadness and regret. Hugo (1923-1982) gave us several…
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Friday, June 24, 5:30 to 8:00 pm The Chuck Peterson Quintet with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits jazz in the bookshop every Friday When Chuck carried his tenor saxophone down to the Bay Area from Portland’s Reed College in about 1950, he fell in with a lot of young cats who were mad to play bebop, congregating…
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Double header Sunday / Poets Monday Novelist at 2:30 Sun. Middle-Eastern Ensemble at 4:30 Sun. Poets at 7:00 Mon. Sunday, June 19th – 2:30 pm Frank Bergon reads from his novel, Jesse’s Ghost A novelist, critic, and essayist, Frank Bergon’s focus has been on the history and environment of the American West. His Nevada trilogy…
Read MorePrell / Logas / Pilorz / Aran
Jazz in the bookshop Logas / Pilorz / Prell / Aran Friday, June 17, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Bassist Don Prell put this one together, using his usual resourcefulness and enthusiasm for the task at hand… when Chuck Peterson, Scott Foster & Ron Marabuto all found they had conflicts for their usual 3rd Friday, Don…
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Ruth Keady sings and her trio swings which way west? Sunday concert series Sunday, June 12, 4:30 & 5:30 pm (two sets) She’s a mighty vocalist in a diminutive frame, Ruth is… and for this date she’s assembled a trio of crack instrumentalists, to provide the field and the direction for her excursion through some…
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Bassists in town! The Jimmy Ryan Quintet with guest bassist Charles Thomas jazz in the bookshop every Friday Friday, June 9, 5:30 to 8:00 pm With Jimmy’s regular bassist, Bishu Chatterjee, off to Kolkata this month, we’re pleased to welcome Charles Thomas to the stage — and also a brief cameo appearance during the second…
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