Messin’ with Mezz

October 14, 2012

Sunday, October 14 – 4:30 p.m. which way west? Sunday concert series Gerry Fialka & jazzbos reinvent the seminal music book Really The Blues by Mezz Mezzrow (Louis Armstrong’s herbalist) and Bernard Wolfe (cybernetics pioneer) with LIVE music, readings and rare film clips. Mezz influenced everybody from Henry Miller to the Beats to Tom Waits…

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POETS!
Christopher Bernard & Philip Fried
open mic follows

October 14, 2012

Monday, October 15th at 7 p.m. POETS!  1st & 3rd Monday of Every Month Featured poets plus an open mic hosted by B&B’s resident troubadour, Jerry Ferraz. Philip Fried has published five books of poetry, the most recent being Early/Late: New and Selected Poems (Salmon, 2011). Publishers Weekly called that book “skillful and memorable,” and…

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Beat icon ruth weiss
with David Brinks & Megan Burns
poets!

October 14, 2012

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

October 8, 2012

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:  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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Remembering Mary Goode

October 5, 2012

Anyone who knew her will be shocked to hear that Mary Goode passed away suddenly last week. From what we can tell, her heart simply gave out on her at home. It was an amazing heart, and many of us loved her very, very much. She was 68, had her health issues, but none of…

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