Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
Beat icon ruth weiss
with David Brinks & Megan Burns
poets!
Tuesday, October 16th at 7 p.m. A reading by the trailblazing beat icon and a key New Orleans poet/publisher couple. ruth weiss is returning from Europe, where she participated in the prestigious Sprachsalz Festival in Innsbruck, Austria, with three fresh books of her work in hand from German and Swiss publishers. She’ll be joined in…
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Eight Day Forecast!
Oct. 8 to Oct. 16
Sunny with a chance of culture… Thursday, 10/11 – 7 pm: The Bird & Beckett Political Book Discussion Group meets to consider George Lakoff’s handbook for progressives:Â The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic. Friday, 10/12 – 5:30 to 8:00 pm: jazz in the bookshop features The Jimmy Ryan Quintet,…
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Jazz in the Bookshop
Litquake at B&B
and The Music of Kenny Dorham played by the Jay Sanders Quartet
It’s a big weekend all over town, and there’s plenty going on right here at Bird & Beckett. Friday, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., we offer the ebullient bop of Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble, with Jerry Logas on reeds, Michael Parsons on piano and Chris Bjorkbom on drums. San Francisco’s longest running weekly jazz party…
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POETS!
Rebecca Farivar and Ben Mirov
open mic follows
Monday, October 1st – 7 to 9 p.m. Featured poets followed by an open mic 1st and 3rd Monday of each month hosted by Jerry Ferraz. Rebecca Farivar hosts a poetry podcast where, as resident poet, she talks with guests about poetry– the hook? the guests aren’t poets. Rebecca, though, is assuredly such an animal……
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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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Every Day is an Act of Resistance:
The Poetry of Carol Tarlen
Sunday, Sept. 9th at 2 pm: Work by the late poet/activist Tarlen will be read by Jack Hirschman (SF Poet Laureate, 2003-2006) and David Joseph, as well as Nellie Wong, Sarah Menefee, Agneta Falk and Louise Nayer. Carol Tarlen, who passed away in 2004, was a hugely influential and well-loved figure in the progressive literary…
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