Archive for August 2017
Saturday, November 25th – 7:30-10:00 pm
New Squatoolas
jazz club! when lights are low…
$20 cover charge
NEW SQUATOOLAS! New Squatoolas Celebrate the Musical Spirit of New Orleans! Jim Peterson, sax Scott Foster, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Larry Vann, drums Music inspired by New Orleans jazz, funk and soul pioneers — The Meters, Smokey Johnson, Fats Domino, The Nevilles, The Wild Tchoupitoulas and ‘Fess. Come on out to Bird & Beckett!…
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Friday, November 24th – 5:30-8 pm
230 Jones Street, Local 6, Literary Jazz Band
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002
Ray Loeckle (tenor saxophone); Brad Buethe (guitar), Dean Reilly (bass) and Tony Johnson (drums) carry on the tradition that began with Chuck Peterson’s weekly Friday trio date that started it all back in late 2002. This band showcases the music we love best– straight ahead, bebop-based, swinging jazz. It’s a lively time in the neighborhood…
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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, November 20th – 7-9 pm
Barbara Paschke & David Volpendesta
followed by an open mic
Jerry Ferraz, m.c.
Barbara Paschke has been involved in translation for over thirty years, both as a translator and editor. Her publications include Riverbed of Memory (by Daisy Zamora), Clamor of Innocence, and Volcán (City Lights Books), Clandestine Poems (Curbstone Press) and short stories and poetry in the literary travel companions to Costa Rica, Cuba, and Spain (Whereabouts Press), New World, New Words (Two Lines Press), First World Ha Ha Ha (City Lights), Literary…
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 Sunday, November 19th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio
featuring
Chris Amberger and Rodney Ruckus
$15 cover charge
Why are these musicians smiling? Maybe it’s because your cover charge tonight, plus what we, as charter members of the Jazz Philanthropists Union, put in, plus a wage subsidy from the Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund (created by Jazz in the Neighborhood) will combine to pay a decent guarantee (“a fair wage”) to the musicians who make…
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Sunday, November 19th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Ramana Vieira Fado
which way west? Sunday concert seriesÂ
Journey to the world of Portuguese Fado as interpreted by Ramana Vieira. Born in San Leandro, CA to Portuguese immigrants, Viera was raised on a diet of traditional Fado music that has made its way into the very core of her being. With inspiration from Amália Rodrigues to Shakira and Dulce Pontes, Vieira and her ensemble play both…
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Sunday, November 19th – 2 pm
Brave Poets! A Poetry Salon for new and unpublished poets
with Maysa Ib & Friends
The Young Mesopotamians, an arts cooperative, invite you to attend a poetry salon at Bird & Beckett this Sunday afternoon in Glen Park to read your own work in return for the feedback from your fellow brave poets. The aim of today’s gathering is to encourage readings of works which may not have been read…
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