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in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

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Wednesday, April 19th – 7:30pm
Live Stream Only:
Walker Talks!
A Monthly Excursion
into the Mind of Walker Brents III
Tonight’s Subject:
Harry Smith, Magus

Wednesday, April 19th at 7:30pm, tune in to our live stream to catch Walker Brents III’s monthy talk., this time out on the American Magus Otherwise Known As Harry Smith. The historian of unspeakableness. The cartographer of the ungraspable. The anthologist of the collection of songs that inspired the 20th century left wing poetic archetype. The scribe of our mysterious comprehension of the unknowable momentary perception. The one we know ourselves to be, uniquely particular, observent and elegant. The one upon whom nothing is lost. The one whose work we are, always. Whoever that is, consider this as that… Walker Brents III has been elucidating topics of a diverse nature on a near-monthly basis at Bird & Beckett for two decades. There are good, though in a sense unfathomable reasons that you should tune in! Find out for yourself by doing so, and consider also becoming a donor to Bird…

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Saturday, April 8th – 7:30pm
Eric Swinderman Quartet featuring saxophonist Kristen Strom

Remembering Marty Williams, and exploring the future. With Ruth Davies on bass and Jack Dorsey on drums, and the great Kristen Strom playing saxophones, guitarist Eric Swinderman leads a brilliant quartet through two sets of originals and standards. byob and a twenty to help us pay the quartet! These musicians appear regularly in the Friday night jazz series at Cafe Society in Half Moon Bay, where the quartet was led for years by Marty Williams, a veteran, much loved jazz pianist who recently passed away. Here’s a little video. Drive down to HMB some Friday to get a taste of that, and come to Bird & Beckett this Saturday to hear them in exquisite detail without the hiss of the espresso machine! Byob and a twenty for the band. For reservations, call 415-586-3733.

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Friday, April 7th – 9pm
The Late Show!
Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble

Come out for the late set at Bird & Beckett, Fridays from 9-10:30pm! Bassist Dewayne Oakley and guitarist Ralph Nelson return for a gorgeous romp through their rich repertoire of blues, soul, calypso and jazz. BYOB and a twenty for the band! Reservations, call 415-586-3733 The blues speak to all of us, and we’ll let the Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble speak for itself. Enjoy the video below, and come to the show! There’s nothing like being in the room with the musicians and their music!     Here’s video from their March 27 late show at Bird & Beckett (the show starts at the 7:55 mark in this video):

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Friday, April 7th – 5:30-8pm
Sebastian Pinillos Quartet

This evening, saxophonist Sebastian Pinillos brings The Odiaga Project, a quartet performing Afro-Peruvian folk music arranged in a jazz setting, incorporating native Peruvian instruments. Sebastian Pinillos – Saxophone, composer Junhong Jung – Guitar Pedro Rosales – Cajón Kevin Silveida – Bass Born in Lima, Peru but raised in the northern city of Trujillo, Sebastian Pinillos took up the tenor sax at age 12, the flute at 18 and the clarinet at 21, and has been performing professionally since 2012. From the Bahamas to Peru to New York, he has had the opportunity to play with world class artists in genres from reggae to jazz to Afro-Peruvian music. Between 2018 and 2021, Sebastian lived in South Florida and spent time fostering his community by working with nonprofits focused on providing music education to low-income schools. In 2021, he moved to the Bay Area to spend a year at the San Francisco…

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Saturday, April 29th – 7:30pm
Bill Ortiz Quintet
jazz club! when lights are low…

Bill Ortiz, trumpet & flugelhorn Howard Wiley, saxes Matt Clark, piano Marcus Shelby, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums Major league trumpet player Bill Ortiz brings an all-star quintet to Bird & Beckett tonight! A San Francisco native, Bill took up the trumpet at age 10. Before long, he held the first trumpet chair in the San Francisco All-City Band, and by his mid-teens he was playing at local dances and clubs with a number of R&B and jazz groups, making for an early and varied start to his professional career. His horizons were broadened further during his college years with his study and participation in electronic and Latin music. After high school, he joined the highly acclaimed Orchestra Batachanga, a young Afro Cuban group under the direction of percussionist/musicologist John Santos, leading to important tenures with Pete Escovedo, John Santos’ Machete Ensemble, and other leading latin bands in the Bay Area…

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Thursday, April 6th – 7pm
Poets! Every First Thursday

Been dwelling on North Beach and all it means to San Francisco culcha? Been thinking Phyllis Diller & Lenny Bruce, the Purple Onion, the Hungry i, Mort Sahl, the Jazz Workshop, Enrico Balducci, the Cellar & the Co-Existence Bagel Shop, Mabuhay Gardens, Dirk Dirksen, dozens of punk bands you never heard of? Phyllis Diller? Lenny Bruce? Did we say Claire Hawkins? Alan Harris? Get to Bird & Beckett for the poets Thursday 4/6 at 7! Blabbermouth open mic at 8! You’re in for a wild ride.  

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Saturday, April 1st – 7:30-9:30pm
Harvey Wainapel Quartet

Harvey Wainapel, saxes Adam Shulman, piano Doug Miller, bass Bryan Bowman, drums The last time Harvey Wainapel played Bird & Beckett, it was mid-summer 2019. A lot of water under the bridge since then–a lot of loss and tears, and lately much falling from that river in the sky. Now’s the time for Harvey’s joyful reemergence before live audiences. Tonight, Harvey returns to Bird & Beckett with a terrific quartet. A great master of the reeds with a special place in the Bay Area pantheon of jazz musicians, Harvey promises his trademark mix of originals, fresh arrangements of standards and songs that ought to be standards, plus some Brazilian spice. Welcome back, Harvey! ~~~ BYOB and a twenty for the quartet, and enjoy live music at Bird & Beckett! ~~~ Harvey has toured internationally with Ray Charles, Joe Lovano, and Airto Moreira/Flora Purim. Japan’s JazzLife calls him “a musician with…

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Sunday, April 2nd – 5pm
In a Nutshell: Matthew Perifano & Co.

You are cordially invited to  enjoy a generous sampling from the Matthew Perifano songbook this San Francisco early spring late Sunday afternoon, as Matthew delves into new material and old, with Amyellen Kessler and Joshua Raoul Brody providing sweet harmonies and, from JRB, nimble keyboard support. You’ll hear quirky undergrad college songs to collaborations with Shakespeare to a camp song that possibly saved the lives of dozens upon dozens of banana slugs to subsequent compositions that attempt to come up with an answer to what’s it all about?!! Yes! it’s all here in sixty (or so) tuneful minutes for your listening pleasure. Do please byob and a twenty to help us pay the musicians!

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Friday, March 31st – 9pm
Charles Unger Experience

Are you experienced? Charles Unger represents a half century of jazz in San Francisco, and has been our ambassador to the world for decades. E “Doc” Smith, writing in 2014, noted that in just the three prior years, “Charles Unger Experience has performed in Sweden at the Gothenburg Cultural Festival, in BÃ¥stad and at the Kristianstad/Ã…hus Jazz Festival. He has also performed with the Swedish group Wavemakers in the musical ‘A Dream of a Better Life’ at multiple locations. During the summer of 2011, Unger toured Europe for the first time since 2005, and performed in Sweden, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris and in the South of France.” Local audiences and visitors to our city from the world over know him well from 2-1/2 decades of weekly and twice-weekly bookings at the only recently defunct Les Joulins Bistro across from the iconic John’s Grill on Ellis. Sam Spade territory…  Unlike the Maltese…

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Friday, March 31st – 5:30-8pm
Jinx Jones Trio

Luxurious guitar and exotica. Cool swing and soul with a hot trio. That’s Jinx’s jazz bag! Long-time Bird & Beckett fans know that bag well, though most beyond our cozy niche know him only for his rockabilly twang and train songs, whether wafting out the swinging doors of the Saloon across from Caffe Trieste or ringing loud from the stage of the annual Glen Park Festival. You can nudge Jinx that way for a minute if you want to try, he’s a reasonable man. But his true compass points to the jazz north star tonight, and a star he is in that glistening firmament. It’s jazz and Swedish pastry you’ll get from Jinx and his trio tonight! Welcome a true and capable apostle of the many towering gods of the jazz guitar traditions, from Freddie Green to Charlie Christian to Tal Farlow to Wes Montgomery to Barney Kessel to Joe…

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Friday, March 31, April Fool’s Day & the Sunday hangover… Three (count ’em, only three!), ok, make that four Medium Huge Shows!
Jinx Jones Jazz Friday early, Charles Unger Jazz Friday late, Harvey Wainapel Jazz Saturday, Matthew Perifano Songwriter Sunday

Catch the Jinx Jones Jazz Trio at the Friday Happy Hour show, 5:30 to 8pm on Friday the 31st — and pick up a copy of his first jazz trio cd, magnificently recorded live at Bird & Beckett back when the thing was abornin’! Then scoot over to La Corneta to grab a taco and get back to the shop by 9pm for the Charles Unger Experience! ~~~ BYOB and a twenty for the band, and enjoy live music at Bird & Beckett! ~~~ On Saturday, April Fool’s Day, at 7:30pm, you’ll hear the reed player & puppet master Harvey Wainapel’s quartet with Adam Shulman on piano, Doug Miller on bass and Bryan Bowman on drums playing Harvey’s originals and fresh arrangements of standards and songs that ought to be standards, plus some Brazilian spice! And Sunday, April 2nd at 5pm, stop foolin’ around and close out your weekend with…

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Sunday, March 26th – 5-7pm
Jam Session with the Vince Lateano Trio

Vince Lateano, drums Peter Barshay, bass Ben Stolorow, piano All jazz players welcome to take the stage. Or just come to listen. No cover charge. If you can’t make it into the shop, you might be able to catch the live stream on our Facebook page or YouTube channel. If you do, your donations to help pay the trio and support the stream are much appreciated! But keep in mind the live jazz experience is always more exciting when you’re in the room with the musicians when they’re playing their music! Bird & Beckett adheres to the guaranteed fair wage standard promoted by the Independent Musicians Alliance.

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Saturday, March 25th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Lost Trio with Ian Carey

Phillip Greenlief, saxophone; Dan Seamans, bass; Tom Hassett, drums with special guest Ian Carey, trumpet. Originals and the likes of Bird, Monk, Ornette, Wayne Shorter… The Lost Trio, now celebrating 28 years of wandering through the landscapes of jazz, is excited to announce the latest chapter in their collaborations – this time with trumpeter/composer Ian Carey. These long-standing Bay Area wizards will perform compositions by Carey, along with their tradition of surprising their audiences with unexpected song selections, including a few tunes by the saxophone giant and recently-departed Wayne Shorter. The Lost Trio has been at it as a unit of deep and adventurous improvisors for more than a couple of decades. Top flight players all. And Ian? Having studied in New York with jazz legends including Reggie Workman, Billy Harper and Andrew Cyrille, he’s lived and worked in the Bay Area since 2001, performing with local bandleaders including Bryan…

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Friday, March 24th at 9pm
The Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble

Come out for the late set at Bird & Beckett, Fridays from 9-10:30pm! Kicking off nine consecutive Fridays of late shows after their fabulous Bird & Beckett debut in early March, bassist Dewayne Oakley and guitarist Ralph Nelson offer a gorgeous romp through a rich repertoire of blues, soul and jazz on March 24th. March 31st, it’s the Charles Unger Experience… BYOB and a twenty for the band! Reservations, call 415-586-3733 The blues speak to all of us, and we’ll let the Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble speak for itself. Enjoy the videos below, and come to the show! There’s nothing like being in the room with the musicians and their music. Video

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Friday, March 24th – 5:30-8pm
Tony Johnson Quartet

Shake off the workweek with a happy hour or two in the company of veteran drummer Tony Johnson and his merry crew — Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Keith Saunders on piano and Matt Montgomery on upright bass. Two solid sets of straight ahead jazz & bebop, swing & bossa nova. Tony has been plying his trade in San Francisco since he immigrated from Australia in 1959. Straight off, he was busy in the clubs and on the road — and recorded a memorable album live at The Cellar on Grant Avenue in North Beach in 1960 with vocalist Bev Kelly, in the company of saxophonist Pony Poindexter. He’s never stopped since. BYOB and a twenty for the band! Can’t make it to the show? On Fridays, we’ll be streaming just the second set, starting at about 7pm. To hear the first set, you’ll need to brave the elements and…

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Mark your calendar!
March 24-26
Four Big Shows!
Friday late shows kicking in!

On Friday, March 24th, the Tony Johnson Quartet, with Bob Kenmotsu, Keith Saunders and Eric Markowitz, swings the blues from bebop to bossa 5:30-8pm. But we’re not done at 8! The Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble kicks off a late Friday time slot in earnest, 9-10:30pm. We don’t promise a late show every Friday, though we’ve got a tight little sequence planned for you from late March to mid-May, so turn out in force and show us it can work! Get on that social media and tell your friends “meet us at Bird & Beckett!” Byob and a twenty for the band! There’s more in store for you for the weekend, of course! The Lost Trio (Phillip Greenlief, saxophone; Dan Seamans, bass and Tom Hassett, drums) digs in deep with guest trumpet player and composer Ian Carey on Saturday, March 25th from 7:30-9:30pm. And on Sunday, March 26th, from 5-7pm, it’s…

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Thursday, March 23rd at 7:30pm
Dark Days & A Black Dog

  Dark Days and a Black Dog, performed by esteemed actor Andrea Snow and directed by Jael Weisman (both Obie Award winners) from the book by Emily Keeler, evokes seven heartwrenching, darkly comic years in the writer’s life, at once shocking and breathtakingly familiar.   Emily Keeler is a four-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship who has worked as a dancer, choreographer and writer in San Francisco and New York since the 1970s.   Debuted by the company at Bird & Beckett in January, Andrea’s performance of Emily’s work under Jael’s direction brought gasps of delight and shudders of recognition. We’re more than pleased to revisit this work en route to its discovery by theater audiences far afield.   _________________________________ From the first audience: “Thank you, Andrea, for your bravura performance…. The poems are guided by the poet’s dogged presence in the phenomenological world; the…

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Sunday, March 19th – 5-7pm
Third Sundays with the Vince Lateano Trio

Enjoy a classic jazz trio, led by drummer Vince Lateano–a crucial presence on the San Francisco jazz scene since the mid-1960s. Veteran bassist Peter Barshay and the fine young pianist Ben Stolorow join Vince on the third Sunday evening of every month for a deep and pleasurable swing through jazz standards, bop, blues and bossa.     Nothing gives us more pleasure than this trio. Byob and a twenty for the band!   Check out this video of a recent performance by the  trio… Vince Lateano Trio at Bird & Beckett, November 2022   This is not the time to leave town, though it might just be the right weekend for a visit from afar! To get to Glen Park from Vince Lateano’s North Beach beat, ride  MUNI’s T-Line (the Central Subway) to Powell Street from the Bayview or from Chinatown’s Rose Pak Station at Stockton & Washington, and grab…

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Saturday, March 18th – 7:30-9:30pm
Masha Campagne: Voz da Lapa

Bossa Nova crooner Masha Campagne and her project Voz Da Lapa celebrate passion & saudade of Brazilian Samba & Bossa, honoring creativity & artistic modernization of Tom Jobim, Gilberto Gil, and other Brazilian legends. JazzTimes magazine noted that “Brazilian stylist Campagne is blending the wistfulness of Astrud Gilberto with the robust liquidity of Flora Purim” praising her spellbinding, sensuous vocals full of rich fire, deep soul, creativity and flair. Campagne is one of the most lauded voices in the Bay Area, with three internationally acclaimed CDs to her credit. Her recent 2022 engagements included SFJAZZ &  SJZ BoomBox stages. Official Website: www.mashacampagnemusic.com No Fundo Do Rio Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.ALU4KyLJT9k Masha Campagne -Vocals/Percussion Gaea Schel – Flute William Bohrer – Guitar Percussion – TBA

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Friday, March 17th – 5:30-8pm
Scott Foster Quintet
with Kevin Rayhill

Guitarist Scott Foster makes jazz new each and every time out, and always swings. Every third Friday, he presents a fresh ensemble at Bird & Beckett. This week Scott is joined by featured artist Kevin Rayhill on piano, and great jazz players well familiar to Bird & Beckett audiences — Jim Peterson on sax, Dan Seamans on bass and Bryan Bowman on drums. Kevin was a regular fixture on the local jazz scene in the ’90s, playing at 42 Degrees and other venues, and has been keeping it going as a solo pianist lately. This is a reboot of the kind of thing he was getting to back then, with some really interesting material from modern jazz composers and including some of his own originals. $25 contribution requested to help us pay the quintet! byob, a twenty and a five! but as always, pay what you can.

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March 16-19: More books, more fun

Always books! Tuesday to Sunday, noon to six. Plenty of live music and such, mostly in the evenings, but sometimes overlapping the store hours. Always bring a twenty to help us pay the musicians. They should work for free? Thursday, March 16 at 8:30pm, The Francis Wong Special Quartet ($20 cover) with Francis Wong, saxophone; William Roper, tuba; Scott Oshira, flute & electronics; Jordan Glenn, drums with guest poet Lynn Huang Friday, March 17 from 5:30-8pm, The Scott Foster Quintet ($25 requested) with Kevin Rayhill, featured artist on piano, Jim Peterson, sax; Scott Foster, guitar; Dan Seamans bass, Bryan Bowman, drums Saturday, March 18 from 7:30-9;30pm, Masha Campagne & Voz da Lapa ($20 cover) with Masha Campagne, vocals/percussion; Gaea Schell, flute; William Bohrer, guitar; percussion, tba Sunday, March 19 from 5-7pm, the Vince Lateano Trio ($20 cover) with Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums  

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Thursday, March 16th – 8:30-10pm
Francis Wong Special Quartet

Francis Wong, saxophones William Roper, tuba Scott Oshiro, flute & electronics Jordan Glenn, drums with poet Lynn Huang Francis Wong and William Roper go way back, and take it forward with two young lions. $20 cover charge (cash please) reservations, call 415-586-3733  

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Thursday, March 16th – 7-8pm
Narrow Escapes
Louise Nayer presents her memoir

In Narrow Escapes, memoirist Louise Nayer takes the reader on a journey filled with danger and romance. Haunted by a terrible accident and adrift in love, the writer travels through Morocco, to New York City and finally, on a solo journey, to California, thousands of miles from her home. Set in the early 70s at a time of cataclysmic change in America, Narrow Escapes resonates with those who find themselves needing to release themselves from a difficult past in search for joy and home. https://www.spuytenduyvil.net/narrow-escapes.html Author Louise Nayer is a long-time educator and author of six books.  Burned: A Memoir was an Oprah Great Read and won the Wisconsin Library Association Award. She received six California Arts Council grants as a poet and has taught for years in community colleges, senior centers and nursing homes. She now teaches at OLLI UC Berkeley and at the Writer’s Grotto where she is…

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Wednesday, March 15th – 7:30pm
Alchemy
A Walker Brents III Live Streamed Talk

Alchemy! Not as it seems, this ancient art. Neither is it otherwise. Is it what science was before science became what it is? Yes and no. Were the ancient alchemists really believing they could turn lead into gold? If so, what were their actual raw materials? Regardless of the answers to such questions, Walker Brents III will be offering a way to imagine the wealth of concepts contained in the various symbols of its theory and practice. For two decades, Walker has delved into diverse subjects in his monthly live streamed talks from Bird & Beckett, which you can find at the appointed time on our Facebook page or YouTube channel. Your donations to support Walker and this project are always welcome and appreciated.

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Monday, March 13th – 7-9pm
VirtualPoets! Kim Shuck hosts featured poets Lourdes Figueroa and Yeva Johnson, with an open mic to follow

On the second and fourth Monday of each month, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita Kim Shuck hosts an online poetry series, with featured poets and an open mic on the 2nd Monday and an all-open mic format on the 4th Monday. Information on how to participate follows at the bottom of this post. This evening’s featured poets are Lourdes Figueroa and Yeva Johnson. Lourdes Figueroa is an oral poet. Her poems are a dialogue of her lived experience when her family worked in el azadón in Yolo County. The words el azadón are used by the ones who work in the fields — the work of tilling the soil under the blistering sun. She is the author of the chapbooks yolotl and Ruidos = To Learn Speak, completed during her Alley Cat Books Residency. Her chapbook Vuelta was recently published by Nomadic Press. She works and lives in Oakland with…

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Sunday, March 12th – 5pm
The Seducers!

America’s favorite honky tonk band, The Seducers, resident at Bird & Beckett since the Great Riptide Fire of 2015, returns for its regular odd-months second Sundays booking — a Bakersfield to Nashville rave-up that never fails to please. Joe Goldmark, pedal steel master, is captain of the ship, though his charismatic second lieutenants Mitch Polzac on lead guitar and vocals and Hank Maninger on bass guitar and vocals vie for power and influence on the quarterdeck,\ while Chief Poetry Officer Kenny Owen keeps the fire burning and the turbines spinning from the drumkit. Sail on to Seduction!

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Sunday, March 12th – 12-3pm
Jerry Ferraz, solo guitar and songs
Steve Arntson, solo piano

Two musicians who have long inhabited the liminal spaces of the San Francisco bohemia perform from the Bird & Beckett stage this afternoon. Poet and troubadour, guitarist and painter Jerry Ferraz, born in San Franciscan in 1950, grew up in Eureka Valley, the watershed from Twin Peaks that feeds the Castro District. He wandered the City from a young age, first just taking in the evolution of the culture and soon offering his own poetry and song to whoever he encountered in the cafes, bars, galleries and streets, channeling ancient traditions of France’s Languedoc region, the rural blues of the American South and the dust bowl folk music of the Southwest. He was on the first bill of poets to perform in the bookshop the year we opened, 1999, and has grounded our poetry series ever since. For a few years now, on many a Sunday he’s been found playing…

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Sunday, March 12th – 10-11am
SF Lives Live Talk: A conversation with
Mike Shriver, HIV/AIDS activist and policy worker

SF Lives Live Talks–Journalist Denise Sullivan + guest live streamed every 2nd Sunday at 10 a.m. San Francisco journalist Denise Sullivan conducts a monthly series of conversations (the second Sunday of each month from 10-11 a.m.) with The City’s activists, educators, arts and cultural leaders and workers, the everyday people who help make this place we call home, live streamed from Bird & Beckett Books and viewable on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page and YouTube channel. This month Denise is in conversation with Mike Shriver. Shriver has been involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy, activism, program development, organizational development and public policy efforts for over 30 years. He served on the Board of the National AIDS Memorial Grove and was honored with its Lifetime Achievement Award, is an honorary trustee of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), and is one of the organizers of Burrito Project SF. He was a…

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Saturday, March 11th – 7:30-9:30pm
Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble
with Jazzy Raja, featured vocalist

Dewayne Oakley, bass violin Raja, vocals Ralph Nelson, guitar Rob Rhodes, drums BYOB and a twenty for the band! Reservations, call 415-586-3733 The blues speak to all of us, and we’ll let the Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble speak for itself. Enjoy these videos, and then come to the show. There’s nothing like being in the room with the musicians and their music. And having Raja along for the ride on this date makes us more than  happy. Video  

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Friday, March 10th – 9-10:30pm
Masaru Koga Quartet

    Reed and flute player Masaru Koga, who left the Bay Area for New York a few years ago, returns to Bird & Beckett joined by pianist Frank Martin, bassist Essiet Okon Essiet and drummer Sylvia Cuenca for an intimate and open conversation in jazz. $20 cover charge, byob. Reservations – (415) 586-3733

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Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.

https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/

Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site

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