Bird & Beckett Books and Records
Upcoming Events
August Calendar
August 1, 1:00 pm
Alfonso Texeidor hosts a reading to celebrate the publication of a new local literary anthology
August 1, 4:30 pm
Barbara Hunter Quartet
Barbara Hunter, sax, flute and vocal; Bliss Rodriguez, piano; Ravi Abcarian, bass; and Achyutan, percussion
(which way west?)
August 2, 7:00 pm
Poets devorah major, Kim Schuck & Howard Isaac Williams followed by an open mic (POETS!)
August 4, 7:00 pm
Bird & Beckett Book Group discusses Confessions of Madame Psyche, by Dorothy Bryant
August 6, 5:30 pm
Don Prell's SeaBop Ensemble (personnel tba) (jazz in the bookshop)
August 8, 2:00 pm
Red Hen Press celebrates the publication of the new anthology, The Devil's Punchbowl: A Cultural and Geographical Map of California Today
August 8, 4:30 pm
Family Lines (Tim McDonald, Susan Nielsen, Ken Frankel) (which way west?)
August 9, 7:00 pm
Nan Chase presents her new book Eat Your Yard: Edible trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and flowers for your landscape
August 12, 7:00 pm
Bird & Beckett Political Book Group discusses Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry And What We Must Do To Stop It, by Antonia Juhasz
August 13, 5:30 pm
The Jimmy Ryan Quintet (Henry Hung, Rick Elmore, Scott Foster, Bishu Chatterjee, Jimmy Ryan) (jazz in the bookshop)
August Calendar, cont.
August 15, 2:00 pm
Ocean's Edge: part of an ongoing series of roundtable discussions of matters of life in the City and its environs
August 15, 4:30 pm
The Rachid Halihal Ensemble plays music of the Fertile Crescent, from throughout Northern Africa and the Middle East (which way west?)
August 16, 7:00 pm
Alfonso Texeidor and Charles Curtis Blackwell, followed by an open mic (POETS!)
August 20, 5:30 pm
CPSFDPRM (Chuck Peterson, Scott Foster, Don Prell and Ron Marabuto) (jazz in the bookshop)
August 22, 2:00 pm
Dolan Eargle gives a two-part talk on Native California & Indigenous Argentina
August 22 4:30 pm
Sussex Street Winds (Catherine Jennings, Audrey Gore, Doug Tong, Phillip Hobson and Loren Stewart) (which way west?)
August 26, 7:00 pm
Eminent Authors' Birthdays Open Reading
August 27, 5:30 pm
The Chuck Peterson Quintet (Chuck Peterson, Howie Dudune, Glenn Deardorf, Dean Reilly and Tony Johnson) (jazz in the bookshop)
August 29, 2:30 pm
Walker Brents III digresses into the territory of the Comanche (Walker Talks!)
August 29, 4:30 pm
Jenny Ferris sings Mercer and Loesser with Rich Lesnik, Laura Klein, Ted Wolff and Tom Hassett (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!