Bird & Beckett Books and Records
Upcoming Events
September Calendar
September 1, 7:00 pm
B&B Book Group discusses Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
September 3, 5:30 pm
Don Prell's SeaBop Ensemble (personnel to be announced) (jazz in the bookshop)
September 5, 2:00 pm
Word Catcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words with author Phil Cousineau
September 5, 4:30 pm
BIRD LIVES! A Tribute to Charlie Parker w/ Pete Yellin (alto), Terry Rodriguez (piano), Chuck Metcalf (bass), Hamir Atwal (drums) (which way west?)
September 6, 7:00 pm
Clara Hsu and Bill Mercer followed by an open mic (POETS!)
September 9, 7:00 pm
Author Event hosted by the B&B Political Book Group -
Antonia Juhasz discusses her book The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry and What We Must Do To Stop It.
Allegra Fortunati will interview the writer on stage; Q&A follows - open to all!
September 12, 2:00 pm
Poets AD Winans, Art Beck, Annie Menebroker and Bill Gainer read new and selected works
September 12, 4:30 pm
live music act to be announced (which way west?)
September 13, 7:00 pm
SF Poet Laureate Diane di Prima and poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan (no open)
September, Continued
September 17, 5:30 pm
CPSFDPRM with Chuck Peterson (sax), Scott Foster (guitar), Don Prell (bass), Ron Marabuto (drums) (jazz in the bookshop)
September 19, 2:00 pm
Ma la vita e fatta cosi / Such Is Life translator Laura Ruberto reads and discusses this memoir of emigration from Southern Italy to the United States in the 1950s, written by her very own grandmother
September 19, 4:30 pm
Evie Laden and her band play old time banjo music and much more (which way west?)
September 20, 7:00 pm
Poets Amaran Tarnoff (Hash Flash) and G. P. Skratz, followed by an open mic (POETS!)
September 23, 7:00 pm
Eminent Authors' Birthdays Open Reading
September 24, 5:30 pm
The Chuck Peterson Quintet with Chuck Peterson and Howie Dudune (reeds), Glen Deardorff (guitar), Dean Reilly (bass), Tony Johnson (drums) (jazz in the bookshop)
September 26, 2:30 pm
Walker Talks! A monthly musing by storyteller/scholar Walker Brents III - topic tba
September 26, 4:30 pm
Doris Williams and Steve Stein playing Celtic and American Folk music (which way west?)
Click here for our full calendar of events.
recurring Event Series
Jazz in the Bookshop
Top flight local jazz musicians and the occasional special guest from afar -- a neighborhood tradition since 2002! Every Friday evening from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.
A series in search of a sponsor!
POETS!
A couple of featured poets followed by a slew of 'em in the open mic segment. Famous, infamous or obscure, they're all welcome here and most of 'em have plenty to say. Then there's some that say just enough, and that's plenty in its own way! 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Sponsored by Carlota del Portillo
Which Way West?
Live music by locally based performers hailing from many diverse traditions -- Jazz, Americana, and all sorts of music from all over the world. Every Sunday afternoon from 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Sponsored by the Conner Family Trust
Three Book Groups, open to all!
Call for titles or just drop in... all of these groups run from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
- 1st Wednesdays: Most anything goes -- fiction, nonfiction, the gamut...
- 2nd Thursdays: Books on current & historical political issues
- 4th Thursdays: Share a 5-8 minute selection from the works of a favorite author in the month of his or her birth
Your generous donations at the music and poetry events are essential to help us compensate the performers and writers, and your annual tax-deducible donations to the nonprofit Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project make our overall programming possible. Support culture in the neighborhoods; it's an essential element of what makes San Francisco tick!