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  • AMERARCANA 2012: A Bird & Beckett Review - $15.00
    The Third Annual, featuring the words of Bill Berkson, Justin Desmangles, Joanne Kyger, Rodrigo Lira (translated by Rodrigo Olavarría & Thomas Rothe), Duncan McNaughton, Jackson Meazle, David Meltzer, Sarah Menefee, Jason Morris, Jeffrey Joe Nelson, Erik Noonan, Cedar Sigo, Will Skinker, Tisa Walden & the editor Nicholas James Whittington, with artwo […]
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    In waging a long war against oppression and misery in the third world, Castro's Cuba sent more troops into battle on foreign soil in defense of besieged populations than all but the U.S., Russia and a few Western European countries. Gleijeses wonders what's next for a post-Castro Cuba. […]
  • Two Underdogs and a Cat, by Slavenka Drakulic - $17.00
    Drakulic, well known to readers of The Nation, the New York Times and the New York Review of Books, ponders the fate of the communist idea through three stories: "An Interview with The Oldest Dog in Bucharest," "A Guided Tour of the Museum of Communism" and "A Cat Keeper in Warsaw" […]

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Bird & Beckett Books and Records is located at 653 Chenery St. between Diamond and Castro in San Francisco’s Glen Park.

1 1/2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station and MUNI lines 23, 36, 44, 52 & J-Church.

By car, take the Monterey exit off I-280 South, or the Bosworth exit off I-280 North.

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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

For full descriptions, click here

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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