BIRD & BECKETT
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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THIS WEEK AT
BIRD & BECKETT!
Poet Elaine Sexton
reads from her new collection
Causeway
Wednesday, May 14th -- 7:30 pm
see below for more detail!
Thursday, May 15th -- 7 pm
The David Meltzer/Theo Saunders engagement
originally scheduled for May 15 has been postponed -- probably to Fri. Aug. 15...
David took a fall last week,
and will take a little while to get
back on his feet
so this date, May 15, will be
A TRIBUTE TO
DAVID MELTZER
Featuring
Neeli Cherkovski
Sharon Doubiago
& Micah Ballard
reading David's work
plus a score of David's friends and admirers--
Poets! bring a poem by David
(or find one here)
and bring
one of your own!
cash donations gratefully accepted
for David's medical expenses!
visit
meltzerville.com
and
Big Bridge's Meltzer Tribute
Friday, May 16,
5:30 to 8:00 pm
Don Prell's
SeaBop Ensemble
Live jazz in the bookshop
every Friday!
[Please note that Sunday's previously scheduled appreciation of
poet David Hallstrom
has been postponed to
Sunday, June 8th at 2 pm]
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Bring some cash to help pay these fine musicians!
$10 suggested
donation,
but absolutely voluntary--please don't
let a lack of funds keep you away!
top flight bebop, hard bop, post bop,
call it what you will...
straight ahead jazz
non pareil
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Live Jazz
in the bookshop
every Friday
evening!
1st & 3rd Fridays - Don Prell's SeaBop Ensemble
2nd Fridays - The Jimmy Ryan Quintet
with Joel Ryan, Rick Elmore,
Scott Foster
& Bishu Chatterjee
4th Fridays - The Henry Irvin Quartet
with
Dorothy Lefkovits, Bishop Norman Williams
& Jimmy Ryan
NOTE: In May, there are five Fridays!
So, The Chuck Peterson Quintet
will play May 23rd
and The Henry Irvin Quartet
will play on May 30th.
The music starts at 5:30 pm
and runs 'til 8:00 pm
Bring a few bucks for the band!!!
-- A neighborhood tradition since 2002 --
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Still to come in May--
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May 14 - Wednesday - 7:30 pm
Poet Elaine Sexton - once a local,
here visiting old haunts from her home
in New York and reading for
friends and passersby...
Her second book of poems is just out,
and is called
Causeway.
May 15 - Thursday - 7 pm
Tribute to Poet David Meltzer
(who had to postpone his reading
due to an accident)
Poets will read work by David
and some of their own!
See numerous mentions above!
May 18 - Sunday
No events scheduled.
The David Hallstrom gathering
has been rescheduled
to Sunday, June 8th at 2 pm
Tuesday - May 20 - 7 pm
Student poets from the San Francisco School
slam their way out of 8th grade!
May 21 - Wednesday - 7:30 pm
Big Spoil
Lars Hidde and filmmaker John Reily
present a program
of abstract film
and live music
May 25 - Sunday
2 pm: "The Petaluma Poetry Walk"
Participants in Petaluma's annual poetry event
read from their new anthology--
hosted by Geri Digiorno and Bill Vartnaw
click here to read an interview with Geri
about last year's walk and the anthology
5:30 pm: Walker Brents III delivers another in his
amazing series of monthly talks on topics literary,
mythological and otherwise --
this time, his subject is the great
spiritual philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti...
[please note the late starting time for Walker's talk
due to the preceding program]
May 28 - Wednesday -
7:30 pm
Author Phil Cousineau
discusses
his new book,
Stoking the Creative Fires:
9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination.
Check it out at
www.philcousineau.net
May 29 - Thursday - 7:30 pm
Poet Ron Johnson
A solo reading
wherein the poet
grapples with his epic work,
32 years in the making, entitled:
"White Ghost Dance"
Dedicated, a la Ti-Jean K.:
To America! Whatever that is...
Plus jazz every Friday from 5:30 to 8 pm
including a special engagement for
The Chuck Peterson Quintet on May 23rd
(Henry Irvin Quartet will be on May 30th)
and book groups on May 7th, 8th and 22nd
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Coming up in June--
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please note: our celebration of Italian culture,
food, and literary and popular writing
dubbed "Festa Italiana"
has been postponed
(previously scheduled for June 1).
New date tba -- watch this space!
Sunday, June 1st:
kicking off our Sunday afternoon
"which way west!" concert series...
every Sunday at 4:30 pm starting with this one...
4:30 pm: Americana roots band
Misisipi Rider
inaugurating a regular monthly slot at Bird & Beckett
for acoustic music of the rural heartland...
...the first show in our new
"which way west"
sunday afternoon concert series...
other dates to include a whole variety of
"local incarnations of global traditions"
June 8 - Sunday
2:00 pm:
this is the rescheduled date
for our appreciation of
David Hallstrom
David and a number of his old and dear friends
will gather to give this poet of exquisite observation his due.
Music and anecdote will augment David's poetry,
which spans half a century, all the coast,
and the continent itself
and,
at 4:30 pm:
Poet Paula Hacket
and Pianist Rudi Wongozi
...a jazz date in our ongoing
"which way west"
sunday afternoon concert series...
June 11 - Wednesday
7:30 pm: Mel Clay narrates
an
appreciation of photographer
Diane Arbus
June 15 - Sunday
4:30 pm: artist tba
[Mad & Eddie Duran postponed 'til later in the summer]
...another date in our ongoing
"which way west'
sunday afternoon concert series...
June 22 - Sunday
2:30 pm: Poet Dan Liberthson and friends celebrate his new collection,
The Pitch is on the Way:
Poems about Baseball and Life
4:30 pm: Georges Lammam Ensemble
music of Lebanon on violin, guitar and dumbek
...a world music date in our ongoing
"which way west"
sunday afternoon concert series...
June 29 - Sunday
4:30 pm: The Hapa Haole Boys: vintage Hawaiian and country blues
- another date in our ongoing "which way west" sunday concert series...
Plus jazz every Friday from 5:30 to 8 pm
Open mic poetry on June 5th and 19th
and book groups on June 4th, 12th and 26th |
1st Wednesday
each month
7:00 pm
2nd Thursday
each month
7:00 pm
4th Thursday
each month
7:00 pm
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Bird & Beckett Book Club
This group meets the
1st Wednesday
of each month at 7:00 pm
For June 4th,
the book selection is:
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
Open to all!
10% off on book club selection
Bird & Beckett Political Book Discussion Group
This group meets the
2nd Thursday
of each month at 7:00 p.m.
For June 12th,
the book selection is:
My Land and My People
the autobiography of the Dalai Lama
The book group is open to all!
10% off on the group's book selection
Eminent Authors' Birthdays Open Reading
This group meets the 4th Thursday
of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Next meeting May 22nd
come and read
from the work of
a favorite writer born in Mayl
Stop at the store
for suggestions,
or do your own research
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