653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
[email protected]

Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six

 

Live Streams every weekend!

Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Wednesday, March 19th – 7:30pm
Walker Talks: A Monthly Live Stream
Walker Brents III on The Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sutra is an operatic religious script, a poetic text. Epically visionary, yet utterly concrete. The poetry is only one element upon the palette of enlightened consciousness, and the Lotus Sutra teaches that enlightened consciousness is a possibility for all.  It may be surprising to think of this as an ancient truth, but the Lotus Sutra is an ancient text.  It is the source of many creative connections that can be made with contemporary concerns.
Walker Brents III has been musing at Bird & Beckett on diverse topics in poetry, philosophy, mythology and culture on a near monthly basis for two decades. He shows no sign of flagging. These days, post-pandemic, it’s primarily a live stream, found on our facebook page and youtube channel, but you can slip into the shop to listen in person if you like. Just give us a call the afternoon of the “show” – 415-586-3733. Donate ten bucks when you come, to contribute to his care and feeding. His talks are usually midweek, on a Wednesday or Thursday, mid-month, at 7:30 and run an hour and a half or so. Donations for the live stream are always appreciated as well.

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The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project

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.

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The Independent Musicians Alliance

Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.

https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/

Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site

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