Archive for August 2017
Wednesday, December 20 – 7:30-9:30 pm
Release celebration & reading
CCSF’s “Forum” Literary Magazine
San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck joins students from City College of San Francisco to celebrate the new issue of “Forum” magazine – CCSF’s literary and arts journal, published twice each year. Music will be provided by the CCSF Jazz Musicians Club.
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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, December 18th – 7-9 pm
San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck
and Jerry Ferraz read recent work
An open mic follows
We’re pleased and proud tonight to present San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck as a featured reader in our ongoing bimonthly poetry series, sharing the podium and spotlight with her colleague and friend, Jerry Ferraz. An open mic, hosted by Jerry, will follow. This dual feature/open mic format seems particularly fitting, as Kim, named San…
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Sunday, December 17th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio featuring
bassist Doug Stuart and drummer Jeff Minnieweather
$15 cover charge
And here we are at the end of a beautiful ride. Come be a part of it. On this third Sunday in December, Pianist Grant Levin collaborates in a trio date with bassist Doug Stuart and drummer Jeff Minnieweather to finish out seven months of duo, trio and quartet work! 2, 3, 4… Count it…
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Sunday, December 17th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Friends of Old Puppy
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10 suggested donation Â
One of the most delightful dates we’ve hosted at the bookshop was just this last October, when Friends of Old Puppy played from their eclectic bag of tunes. By popular demand, here they come again! Just the thing for a Sunday afternoon in the midst of the holiday maddness. Steven Strauss, ukulele Greg Pratt, guitar…
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Saturday, December 16th– 7:30-10:00 pm
Vocalist Denise Perrier
jazz club! when lights are low…
$20 cover chargeÂ
Denise Perrier is known for her elegant contralto, for her phrasing and swing, for her unparalleled interpretation of tunes drawn from the “Great American Songbook” — the timeless popular music that poured out of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and the little offices and garrets of songwriters across the land from the teens and ’20s through…
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Friday, December 15th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Quartet, featuring saxophonist Rob Sudduth
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
Saxophonist Rob Sudduth — whose credits include work with everyone from Norah Jones to Huey Lewis (a lot of work with Huey Lewis) to Ben Goldberg and Graham Connah — joins guitarist Scott Foster, bassist Dan Seamans and drummer Tom Hassett.
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