Archive for April 2016
Friday, June 3rd – 5:30-8:00 pm: jazz in the bookshop!
Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble
The first Friday of the month is the province of one of our elder statesmen of bop and west coast jazz, Mr. Don Prell, bassist. He learned his trade in L.A. in the 50s and has stories to tell, and bebop lines to play! Â Jerry Logas on reeds and Vinnie Rodriguez on drums lend able…
Read MoreOpening Reception at Gallery Ex Libris – Thursday, June 2nd – 7 pm
Join us Thursday, June 2nd from 7–9pm for the opening reception of Life After Death: Hand Lettering and Book Arts in the Digital Age featuring work by students from City College of San Francisco. The show will run through mid July, open daily from 11–7.
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Sunday, May 29th -7:30 pm
in the canyon moonlight, live at Bird & Beckett!
The Evangenitals!!!
They’re fierce, they’re funny, and they’ll make your head spin while your toe’s tappin’. Plus, the Moby Dick album is deep. The rest is beyond category. Two sets, so you’ll get a generous helping of both. Â No cover charge per se: $10-20 donation suggested and appreciated. After you’ve supped, you’ll want to feast on…
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Sunday, May 29th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Charles Thomas Quartet
Trumpet player George Spencer pianist Grant Levin and drummer Mark Lee join bassist Charles Thomas for two sets of jazz Sunday afternoon, 4:30-6:30 pm, at Bird & Beckett Books That’s Charles and Grant in the photo, with drummer Omar Aran, at a previous Bird & Beckett date. Â This one? Expect a transcendent afternoon. Things won’t…
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Sunday, May 29th – 2:30 pm
Walker Talks! on Aldous Huxley
Walker Brents III never fails to spin a fascinating account of some aspect of philosophy, history, mythology, some poet, a cultural moment… This afternoon, Walker’s subject is novelist and essayist Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World, The Doors of Perception, The Art of Seeing and more.
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Saturday, May 28th – 7:30-10 pm
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet featuring Jay Standards, trumpet
Focus on trumpeters Kenny Dorham and Donald Byrd
Saturday nights, the vibe shifts at Bird & Beckett as we put the lights down low and welcome to the stage an array of great jazz players from the Bay Area’s deep talent pool. Drummer Vinnie Rodriguez’s quartet this Saturday night features trumpeter Jay Sanders (aka Jay Standards, ’cause he’s ready to play any tune,…
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