653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Now open six days a week
Tuesdays to Sundays
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
with limited browsing
curbside pickup and delivery also available
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Stay tuned for the next B&B benefit party in Jerry Ferraz's backyard! Here's some video of the last one!
Thursday, June 18 – 7pm
Noel Jewkes 80th Birthday Live Stream
join us for a duo jazz date at the bookshop
The Elegance of Noel Jewkes
Saxophonist Noel Jewkes has been a revered and well loved figure
on the San Francisco jazz scene for five decades plus, and he’s turning 80 today!
We’ll celebrate in the bookshop with a duo concert
featuring Noel and pianist Keith Saunders.
Be sure to have some cake on hand at home!
Here’s where to view the live stream:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/bird.and.beckett/videos/?ref=page_internal
Here’s where to donate:
https://tinyurl.com/Donate-B-and-B
Give $20 if you’re able, more if you’re flush.
Books
"It is in doubt and not in faith that the salvation of the world is to be found. Faith is a delusion and a snare: a pitfall, a prison. It intimidates the intellect. With fear of eternal damnation religion crushes intellectual activity; with hero worship it destroys individuality; with hopes for the beyond it prevents the growth of ideals for the present. It makes of us a race of intellectual cowards; it changes but little if any our daily conduct toward each other. But doubt sets us free."
-- Job Harriman, 1902
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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