Archive for August 2015
Wednesday, October 21st – 7 pm
Dylan Goes Electric!
Author Elijah Wald in person at Bird & Beckett, reading from and signing his new book, Dylan Goes Electric! Live music as well, with Elijah performing a few songs with his wife, the clarinettist Sandrine Sheon. On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival backed by an…
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Tuesday, October 20th – 7-9 pm
Gallery Ex Libris opening:
Dan Bagshaw Memorial Show
Join us Tuesday, October 20th 7–9pm for the opening reception of Dan Bagshaw’s memorial show, featuring found paper, objects and assemblage from his extensive collection. Show runs through mid-November, open daily 11–7 galleryexlibris.com Facebook event- https://www.facebook.com/events/443405452534780/
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Monday, October 19th – 7 pm
POETS! Peter Sherburn-Zimmer
and Alexis Spencer-Byers feature,
with an open mic to follow
Peter Sherburn-Zimmer was raised in Southie, in Boston, a slum kid. No one famous came from there, he had to admit to Gordon Cairney, lounging on a couch in Cairney’s Grolier Book Shop. Traveled an arc through mathematics to literature, sociology, philosophy and more to no bachelor’s degree ’til much later, at his wife’s urging,…
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Sunday, October 18th – 7:30 pm
G. G. Amos Trio
West Coast Blues!
The GG Amos Trio with Greg Sankovich on keyboards and Randy Odell on drums are featured this week in a new Sunday night series we’re calling Canyon Moonlight Music, 7:30-10 pm each week. Guitarist / Vocalist GG Amos is an artist in the West Coast Blues tradition, raised in Sacramento and now based in San Francisco.…
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Sunday, October 18th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Anthony Brown Ensemble featuring Genny Lim: “1945: A Year of Infamy”
Special sneak preview of SFMusic Day 15’s Field Report:  Asian American Jazz Anthony Brown’s Ensemble featuring Genny Lim performing “1945: A Year of Infamy” plus a set by the Brown, Izu & Jordan Trio Today’s sneak preview performance at Bird & Beckett will include an opening set by the Anthony Brown-Mark Izu-Lewis Jordan Trio (original members…
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Saturday, October 17th – 7:30-10 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
Muziki Roberson Quartet
Pianist Duane Muziki Roberson’s distinct style and creative individuality have placed him among the most respected musicians in the Bay Area. It has been said, that “Muziki’s music and playing will move you at the very depths of your being.† His breathtaking compositions are always characterized by the hippest of rhythms and the deepest elements of swing.…
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