Holderlin & WordWind

February 22, 2012

Sunday, February 25 2:30 pm – Walker Talks! on the German poet Holderlin Once a month, Walker mesmerizes us with his fascinating meanderings amidst the meanings of writers, philosophers, mythologies and mysteries… how he does it, we don’t know, but he’s gained a following that hangs on the gossamer threads of thought that he spins. …

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Jazz in the bookshop / patchen

October 31, 2011

Friday, November 4 – double date! jazz in the bookshop + the jazz of poetry: a Kenneth Patchen Moment Seabop rides the waves and then, Jonathan Clark reads from the poems of Kenneth Patchen while Don Prell lays down a bass line Every week, the neighborhood gathers for a long running jazz party we’ve hosted…

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Meltzer on Stage

October 14, 2011

Sunday, October 16 – 2 pm Maestro David Meltzer The Stuntman! Interviewed on  the Bird & Beckett stage by Gerry Fialka David just wowed ’em in the Mission, at our Litquake reading at Kaleidoscope, trading “fours” with his new bride Julie Rogers and then dazzling ’em all with his fleet-footed delivery of the newly penned…

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Litquake – B&B at Kaleidoscope

October 13, 2011

Thursday, October 13th, 7:00 pm Six at Kaleidoscope: San Francisco Poets For the Ages Buddhists, Beats & Beyond! Bird & Beckett at Litquake (offsite at 24th St & Folsom) Bird & Beckett takes its show to the Mission District to meet Litquake on its own turf! Poets David Meltzer, Neeli Cherkovski, Latif Harris, Julie Rogers,…

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Litquake – Micah Ballard & Alli Warren

October 10, 2011

Monday, October 10th, 7 pm Micah Ballard + Alli Warren – POETS! Litquake at Bird & Beckett Litquake and Bird & Beckett both got their start in San Francisco in 1999, and we’re proud to be participating in that amazing city-wide literary festival for the first time with two events this week! First off, tonight…

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Poets Sakkis & Xu

September 13, 2011

Monday, September 19th, 7 pm John Sakkis & Lynn Xu + open mic POETS! 1st & 3rd Mondays hosted by Jerry Ferraz John Sakkis is the author of Rude Girl (BlazeVOX Books), and with Angelos Sakkis he has translated two books by Athenian poet Demothenes Agrafiotis — Maribor (The Post-Apollo Press), awarded the 2011 Northern…

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