Archive for August 2014
Thursday, Sept. 18 — 7:00 pm
Nancy Morejón, Cuban writer,
in a farewell reading and
70th birthday celebration!
Nancy Morejón is a highly regarded Cuban poet, essayist and literary critic, past president of the Writers’ Section of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).  Her work has been translated into numerous languages.  In 2001, she was winner of the National Literature Prize in Cuba. She’s been in the Bay Area for the…
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Monday, September 15th – 7 pm
Poet Ed Mycue + open mic
Jerry Ferraz, m.c.
plus Thurs., Sept. 18 @ 7pm writer Nancy Morejon, from Cuba. Sun., Sept. 21 @ 2pm poets Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet & Robert Thomas. Tues., Sept. 23rd @ 7pm poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan. and in October Sun., Oct. 5 @ 2pm Taurean Horn 40th Anniversary Reading Thurs, Oct. 16 @ 7:30 pm a Bird & Beckett Litquake…
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Friday, Saturday & Sunday
September 12, 13 & 14
live jazz 3 nights running!
Sunday “which way west “series always 4:30-6:30 pm Today, September 14th, THE LOST TRIO celebrates the release of their new cd, MONKWORK Phillip Greenlief, sax Dan Seamans – bass Tom Hassett – drums Join us to hear one of the Bay Area’s longest standing trios (now celebrating 20 years!) perform works from their newest CD, featuring an all-Thelonious Monk…
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Saturday, Sept. 6th – 8-11 pm
jazz club:The Smith Dobson Ensemble
Smith Dobson V — widely regarded a key young musician on the San Francisco jazz scene on vibes, drums and sax — leads Bird & Beckett’s first Saturday jazz club dates. He is heir to several generations of jazz talent — his father, Smith Dobson IV, was one of the very best jazz pianists in…
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Monday, September 1st – 7 pm
POETS! Charles Curtis Blackwell
open mic follows – Jerry Ferraz, mc
Charles Curtis Blackwell, though his vision is profoundly impaired, is a renowned painter as well as an incredible poet, steeped in jazz.  His books include Lou Next Door and Is, the Color of Mississippi Mud.  Just out is the latest poetry collection, title to follow. An exhibition of Charles’ paintings — “The Mood, The Music, The Passion…
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