Posts by Eric
Events this week – Thursday to Sunday
Poetry & jazz kicking off
Bird & Beckett’s 25th Anniversary Month!
founded May 1999!
Thursday 5/2 at 7pm: Poets James Cagney and Thomas Dunn, followed by an open mic hosted by Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch. Featured poets and an open mic presented monthly since 1999. Free to all, though donations are always appreciated. James Cagney is the author of Black Steel Magnolias In The Hour Of Chaos Theory,…
Read MoreO Pioneers of the Cosmostream! We’ve been vaccinating you against the plague of boredom and the scourge of demagoguery with live streamed events twice a week and more since March 2020, when it all came down!
Hungry to hear some of Bird & Beckett’s past live streams? On the home page you can scroll down to read the individual posts for the shows we’ve mounted in the past several months, a hint of what’s gone down since the pandemic lock-down began. In more amazing times, it would take you right back…
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Yes! Believe your five senses–
shows for in-store audiences
resumed in mid-June 2021,
and continue apace
Bird & Beckett’s events open to the public have been back since mid-June 2021. Mask up if you’re inclined, and do come in! (Not vaxxed? Please get vaxxed and be safer!) Jazz, poetry & more live in the shop and live streamed Come to 653 Chenery if you’re in town! Doors open at 7:20 for…
Read MoreWater under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
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Sunday, April 28th – 5-9pm
Jam session with the Vince Lateano Trio
and jazzy SFCM RJAM end-of-semester party!
Join the precociously talented undergrads from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s B.Mus. “Roots, Jazz & American Music’ program to help celebrate the end of another semester. Some will be back next year, some will head for the bright lights of another big city… it’s the now that counts! Bring a donation to help us…
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Saturday, April 27th – 7:30-9:30pm
Phillip Greenlief – Scott Amendola Duo
30 years of spontaneous collaboration! No reason to stop now! $20 at the door. Doors open at 7:15pm. Showtime 7:30. BYOB. Scott Amendola and Phillip Greenlief celebrate 30 years of collaboration with the release of STAY WITH IT on clean feed records. The two musicians began playing together when Greenlief moved back to the SF…
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