Archive for January 2017
Tuesday, June 13th – 7-8:30 pm
Poised for Retirement
Neighborhood writer Louise Nayer presents her new book
Louise Nayer, retired CCSF instructor, will launch her newest book, Poised for Retirement: Moving from Anxiety to Zen, (Central Recovery Press, 2017). A unique narrative on a unique time offering solace to people nearing retirement, Poised for Retirement is not your parents’ retirement guide. It’s not a financial planning guide. Rather, it’s the story of an ordinary…
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Sunday, June 11th – 7:30-9:30 pm
…2,3,4: The Grant Levin Duo with Kash Killion
Grant Levin is just one magnificent jazz pianist. We’re always pleased and proud to present him at Bird & Beckett. And bassist Kash Killion is a beautiful and formidable musician, with a career that has spanned decades and continents in fabulous company. Grant and Kash have worked together on many occasions, with a terrific interplay…
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Sunday, June 11th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Kurt Ribak Quartet
which way west? Sunday concert series
Lincoln Adler, sax Greg Sankovich, piano Kurt Ribak, bass Randy Lee Odell, drums
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Sunday, June 11 – 2-4 pm
Hoopla!
Eight writers from Eclectica Mag share their work!
Eclectica is more than one of the first online literary magazines–it’s an ever-growing community of artists and writers. Join us for a reading at Bird and Beckett in part to celebrate Eclectica’s first 20 years but also to celebrate the written word itself. As Melvin Sterne, founding editor of Carve Magazine, has said, “In another…
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Saturday, June 10th – 7:30-10pm
Darren Johnston’s Broken Shadows
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night
$15 cover
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Darren Johnston, trumpet Miles Wick, bass Jordan Glenn, drums
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Friday, June 9th – 9 pm
Ben Goldberg – Smith Dobson Quartet
with bassist Rob Adkins and drummer Hamir Atwal!
jazz follows jazz in the bookshop tonight!
$10 cover
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg and tenor saxophonist Smith Dobson join forces in a program of tunes by Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman and  other masters of America’s classical music — including Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker! This will be a conclave of the highest order. Dobson, a multi-instrumentalist and a cornerstone of the local jazz scene, will…
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