Posts by Eric
Sunday, December 17th – 8-9pm
Walker Talks! on Rumi
December 17th is the night that dervishes around the world whirl, each in their own place, celebrating the passage of the great wise man Rumi into the unseen realms. They celebrate the gift of his life and thought, which still inspires now, even after seven hundred and fifty years. Rumi’s rapturous turns of phrase, carried…
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Sunday, December 17th – 5pm to 7pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
The Vince Lateano Trio has a long-standing monthly residency on the third Sunday of each month, from 5-7pm. Vince has been a mainstay of the San Francisco jazz scene since the mid-1960s. No better way to spend a late Sunday afternoon! Do come, byob and a twenty for the band, or whatever you can afford.…
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Friday, December 8th – 6-8pm
jazz in the bookshop: the happy hour show
Eric & the In Crowd
BYOB and a twenty for the band– and a penchant for a good time. Bring friends, neighbors, kids, parents, parrots, whatever ya got. Unwind at the end of the thing we used to call the “work week” by settling into the cozy confines of your neighborhood bookshop, and enjoy jazz & good company with a…
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Thursday, December 7th – 7pm
POETS!
Lisa B + Thoreau Lovell
open mic follows
Book release reading & celebration! Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein)’s new volume of poems God in Her Ruffled Dress (What Books Press, 10/23) appears 34 years after publication of her debut full-length poetry book The Transparent Body (Wesleyan University Press). Her poems have appeared in more than 60 anthologies and periodicals, including City Lights Review,…
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Wednesday, December 6th – 7pm
There You Are
Sarah Menefee chapbook release reading
with Patrick Dunagan
Poets Sarah Menefee and Patrick Dunagan read tonight to celebrate the release of “There You Are,” Sarah’s chapbook just published by Bird & Beckett. An accomplished poet with deep roots in the San Francisco tradition of political activism, Sarah is a homeless rights activist, a founding member of Homes Not Jails and First they came…
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Sunday, December 3rd – 5pm
Holiday party for student jazz musicians hosted by SFCM’s RJAM program
We’re always pleased when we can host the talented youth who are enrolled in the Roots, Jazz and American Music undergraduate degree program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Tonight, it’s their end of the semester holiday party. Food, drink and music!
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