Big Bash at the Clubhouse

a benefit for Bird & Beckett
& the Cultural Legacy Project
Saturday, May 19, 2-6 pm
at the Miraloma Clubhouse
on O'Shaughnessy Blvd.

SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS

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PROSE & POETRY EVENTS

May 6, Sunday- 2:00 pm
"Enclosure"- a talk by Dan Richman
May 7, Monday- 7:00 pm
Featured poets Bill Vartnaw and Patti Trimble + open mic
May 12, Saturday- 5:00 pm
Poet Nellie Wong A release reading and celebration for her new collection, Breakfast Lunch Dinner
May 13, Sunday- 2:30 pm
"Social Media"- a talk by Rohit Chopra and Aaron Bady
May 15, Tuesday- 6 pm
Author Stephanie Deutsch presents You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South
May 20, Sunday- 2:00 pm
"The Rix Journals"- a talk by Lynn Bonfield
May 27, Sunday- 2:30 pm
"Hannah Arendt"- a talk by Walker Brents
June 3, Sunday- 2:30 pm
"Luxorious!"- a reading by Art Beck
June 10, Sunday- 2:30 pm
"Barge Wood"- a reading by Alice Rogoff

WHICH WAY WEST? CONCERTS

Two Sets Every Sunday, 4:30 & 5:30 pm
all ages welcome - donations encouraged
May 6: New Orleans boogaloo
Macy Blackman & the Mighty Fines
May 13: unplugged rock
Blind Willies
May 20: jazz-age pop
Craig Ventresco-Meredith Axelrod-Marty Eggers
May 27: classico, nuevo, original
Tango No. 9
June 3: jazz
Joe Warner Trio
June 10: honky tonk
Maurice Tani, Jenn Courtney & 77 El Deora
June 17: straight-up now bop
Orion's Joy of Jazz w/Steve McQuarry, Ruben Salcido & Ron Crotty
June 24: nashville jazz
Jinx Jones & His Jazzabilly Allstars
July 1: trad jazz
Yerba Buena Jazz Band
July 8: young jazz
Natalie Cressman & Her Jazz Men
July 15: ageless jazz
Noel Jewkes Quartet
July 22: jazz titan
Charles Hamilton Quartet
July 29: jazz-age pop redux
Craig Ventresco-Meredith Axelrod-Rick Elmore
August 5: east bay jazz
Barbara Hunter Quartet, with Achyutan
August 12: American traditionals
The Bright Side Band - Jon Rubin / Laurel Thomsen / Shannon Miller

JAZZ IN THE BOOKSHOP

Nonstop jazz since 2002
Every Friday evening from 5:30 to 8:00 pm
The longest running neighborhood jazz party in town!
1st Fridays: Don Prell's Seabop Ensemble
2nd Fridays: The Jimmy Ryan Quintet
3rd Fridays: The Third Quintet - Peterson/Prell/Foster
4th Fridays: The Chuck Peterson Quartet
5th Fridays: Special Guests

BOOK GROUPS

1st, 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 7:00 pm
May 3
Bird & Beckett Book club
The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler
May 10
Political Book Discussion Group The Good Soldiers, David Finkel
May 24
Eminent Authors' Birthdays Open Reading

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