Archive for July 2016
Friday, September 2nd – 5:30-8:00 pm
West Coast Cool & Bebop!
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
featuring trumpeter Al Molina
In the early 1950s, Don Prell was deep in the scene where a whole school & industry of “west coast jazz” was being created. He spent copious amounts of time playing and hanging at venues like Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach and the Haig in downtown L.A., just two of many clubs where the…
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Thursday, September 1st – 8-10 pm
Beat Clown Poetry Happening
TONIGHT! The Big Show!!
One slip makes you a mother…
The Bad Mommies: Live!!!
…and so much larger than life!
Tuesday, August 30th – 7:30-10 pm
Put the kids to bed and c’mon out!
Please don’t bring ’em– they’d be scarred for life!
Desperate and dazed by the agony of sleepless nights and endless days of ill-conceived parenthood,      caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, because I’ve got two children, baby… three gorgeous women with sparkling shades hiding tired eyes      too tired for my life, I’m too…
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Sunday, August 28th – 7:30-10 pm
Howard Alden / Duncan James Duo
Two guitarists with a common history, ample musical respect and affection take a turn together on the Bird & Beckett stage.
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Sunday, August 28th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Justin Rock / Jonathan Bautista Duo
Music of Alec Wilder
A guitarist and tenor sax player explore the music of a great American songwriter. Click on the photo below for their version of “Listen to Your Heart.” From the website www.alecwildermusicandlife.com Jazz musicians fascinated Wilder with their gift for creating extemporaneous compositions. Among those for whom he composed major works were Marian McPartland, piano; Stan Getz,…
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Sunday, August 28th – 2:30 pm
Walker Talks!
Walker Brents III on Surrealism
Walker Brents III gives a monthly talk at Bird & Beckett, on the last Sunday of each month. Today, his subject is an elusive and curious thing: Surrealism.
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