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SUMMARY:Hipsteria! A jazz quartet with guest vocalist May Oskan
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260404T010000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260404T030000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Jesse Levit\, saxophone and EWI\nJon Venker\, organ\nLuke Schw
 artz\, guitar\n“Tender” Tim Shea\, drums\nwith special guest vocalist 
 May Oskan\n\n$20 suggested cover charge / byob.\n$10 students\; kids free.
 \nFor a reservation\, call the shop at 415-586-3733
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SUMMARY:Dan Seamans Trio
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260404T033000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260404T050000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Dan Seamans\, bass\nDarren Johnston\, trumpet\nScott Foster\, 
 guitar\n\n$20 cover charge\; byob.\nStudents\, $10.
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SUMMARY:Swing Fever feat. Noel Jewkes
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260405T023000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260405T043000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Bryan Gould\, bandleader\, trombone and vocalistNoel Jewkes\, 
 saxophonesBrad Buethe\, guitarRichard Saunders\, bassTony Johnson\, drums$
 25 cover charge\; byob.Students\, $10Kids free.For a reservation\, call th
 e shop at 415-586-3733Swing Fever declares: "The music is our passion. Rh
 ythmic\, romantic\, torrid and witty\, we're crazy for it. Tunes from the
  1930s and '40s have inspired Swing Fever for decades. We learned from t
 he originators of the genre\, which gives our performance authenticity. We
  not only play the music\, we talk about it too - colorful stories\, histo
 rical anecdotes\, biographical sketches that revive the spirit of the peop
 le who created the music and the era which gave it life. We have the most 
 experienced jazz players in the area."
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SUMMARY:Poet Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260405T200000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260405T213000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Sunnylyn Thibodeaux is the author of six full length collectio
 ns of poetry\, as well as over a dozen small books including Witch Like Me
  from the Operating System. She is a teacher\, neighborhood activist and t
 ree enthusiast. She is the mother of a Scorpio and wife of a poet and spli
 ts her time between San Francisco and New Orleans. Her latest book\, Lucky
  Charms: New and Selected Poems\, 2000–2025 is out from City Lights.\n\n
 \n"Literacy and the community such provides are our only hope it seems\," 
 opines Sunnylyn. "Without these\, the ignorance swells. Democracy dies in 
 darkness as it's said.\nGrumble. Spread love. Spread knowledge. Read on."
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SUMMARY:UC Jazz Quintet + a student-centric jam session
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260406T000000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260406T020000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Trumpet player Jeremy Kemmerer brings a jazz quintet from UC B
 erkeley for a set\, followed by our monthly first-Sundays jam session espe
 cially open to young and young-at-heart jazz musicians still learning the 
 ropes of this hoary tradition!
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SUMMARY:Cellist Rosalind Zhang with the Billy Higgins Legacy Band 
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260406T023000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260406T043000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The Billy Higgins Legacy Band makes an all-too-rare appearance
  on the Bird &amp\; Beckett stage\, this time out featuring the blossoming
  jazz talents of Rosalind Zhang\, a renowned classical cellist\, and the f
 ully mature jazz genius of saxophonist Richard Howell\, with Alex So on sa
 xophone and Yoav Konig on bass\, and the indomitable and amazing Myron Coh
 en on the drum kit.Saxophonist Richard Howell has just returned from New 
 York City\, having had the honor of sitting in with Ravi Coltane at the fa
 med Blue Note jazz club.  Making her second appearance at Bird &amp\; Be
 ckett\, cellist Rosalind Zhang\, a native of Toronto\, Canada\, is princip
 al cellist in the New York Concert Orchestra. After completing her academi
 c degrees\, Rosie joined the China National Centre for the Performing Arts
  (NCPA) on their 2017 US Tour\, where they performed in Carnegie Hall (New
  York)\, Symphony Center (Chicago)\, Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco)\
 , The Kimmel Center (Philadelphia)\, Hill Auditorium (Ann Arbor)\, and Mem
 orial Hall (Chapel Hill). In October 2018\, Rosalind performed at the sold
 -out “Ocean of Dreams” event at the 10\,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Arena i
 n Shanghai. Here is video of a 2024 performance of Rosie with the New York
  Concert Orchestra\, playing Elgar's cello concerto: https://www.youtube.
 com/watch?v=t-Sq5kdVGb0Drummer Myron Cohen\, blessed to have been mentored
  by saxphonist Bishop Norman Williams at the famed And/Or jazz club on Div
 isadero Street in the 1970s and by drummer Billy Higgins through Higgins' 
 final years\, conceived and formed the Billy Higgins Legacy Band to bring 
 together at any opportunity creators possessing rare talents of collective
  and individual improvisation\, with the ability to "throw down" on the sp
 ot.Additional clips will be found here soon to help you prepare yourself t
 o experience unique and cosmic music at Bird &amp\; Beckett that will most
  assuredly have you shouting joyfully!
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SUMMARY:Free Gold Watch
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260406T220000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260407T000000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Free Gold Watch
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:A reading: Poets Jerry Martien\, Hilton Obenzinger\,  & Stephen Vi
 ncent
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260410T020000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260410T040000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Jerry Martien has lived on the northern California coast for 
 nearly half a century\, supporting his writing habit as a book clerk\, doo
 rman\, poet in the schools\, carpenter\, and Humboldt State writing instru
 ctor. He has published several collections of poetry\, including chapbooks
  and broadsides from Jerry Reddan's Tangram Press\, as well as Shell Game 
 (Mercury House) and The Price of a Life (self-published)\, both histories 
 of money and exchange in North America and northwest California. He is als
 o the editor of A Watershed Runs Through\, a collection of essays by Freem
 an House\, published by Empty Bowl in 2023.Martien will read from his new 
 collection of poems\, Bodies of Water. He will also talk about his recent
  book\, Waveshock: Ed Ricketts\, The Voyage of the  Grampus &amp\; Our B
 iopoetic Future. Through the spring and summer of 1932\, four questing sou
 ls made their way north to Alaska aboard cabin cruiser Grampus\, among the
 m Ed Ricketts and Joseph Campbell. From his home on the shores of Humboldt
  Bay\, Martien sees the roots of his own generation’s journey and a char
 t for future voyagers.Hilton Obenzinger writes criticism\, poetry\, ficti
 on\, and history. His books include Witness: 2017-2020 and This Passove
 r Or The Next I Will Never Be in Jerusalem\, which received the American 
 Book Award. He taught honors writing\, literature and American studies at
  Stanford University. He is Associate Director Emeritus of the Chinese Rai
 lroad Workers in North America Project.Hilton will be reading from a forth
 coming book\, Old Fool\, a chronology of the Gaza war\, a memoir of an an
 ti-Zionist Jew\, a map of aging and mortality\, an omnibus of upheaval and
  change from the 60s to today\, a tonic against fascism\, and the litany o
 f an Old Fool.Stephen Vincent is the author of numerous books of poems\, 
 photographs and haptics. He is a poet-artist\, and he has produced numerou
 s books\, such as Walking and Sleeping with Sapho. From 1972 to 1981\,
  he was the publisher of Momo’s Press books\, which first introduced the
  work of such poets and writers as Ntozake Shange\, Victor Hernandez Cruz\
 , Hilton Obenzinger\, Beverly Dahlen\, and Jessica Hagedorn. In the eighti
 es\, he was the director of Bedford Arts Publishers\, which became interna
 tionally recognized for the publication of books featuring the works of Ma
 sahisa Fukase\, David Park\, Roy DeForest\, Miriam Schapiro\, Mark Klett\,
  and Christo\, among others.Stephen will be reading from and showing photo
 graphs from Street Work\, a unique volume of almost one hundred pictures 
 in which street marks and configurations—the stains\, found objects\, cr
 acks\, accidental chalk phrases\; an occasional house\, trees\, foliage—
 variously combine to drive mind and eye into an alchemy of reflection bear
 ing insights\; crossfire politics\, dance\, romance\, love\, death\, and w
 ords themselves bear down to offer life and consciousness into the formati
 on of a human community.
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SUMMARY:Eric & the In Crowd 
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260411T010000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260411T030000Z
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DESCRIPTION: \nEric Shifrin\, piano/vocals\nHeath Proskin\, bass\nMark Le
 e\, drums\n\nLetter F\n\n \n$20 cover requested  (negotiable) / byob\nSt
 udents $10 / kids free
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SUMMARY:Fred Randolph Quartet
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260411T033000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260411T050000Z
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DESCRIPTION:FRED RANDOLPH\, is a multifaceted bassist\, composer\, and ban
 dleader known for his warm\, swinging sound and fiery solos. He was born a
 nd raised in Honolulu\, Hawaii. Fred’s passion for music\, particularly 
 jazz\, led him to study ukulele\, guitar\, saxophone\, trumpet\, flute\, a
 nd piano before settling on his main instrument\, the bass. He has release
 d 4 cds under his own name and has composed music for the films “Love Tw
 ice” and “Fourth Movement” directed by Rob Nilsson. Fred maintains a
  busy schedule both as a freelance bassist and as a bandleader/composer. H
 e is director of instrumental music at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakl
 and California and holds a Masters Degree in music composition from CSUEB 
 in Hayward.\n\nThe Fred Randolph Quartet is made up of four of the most so
 ught after Bay Area musicians\, including pianist Matt Clark\, drummer Bri
 an Fishle\, and multi reed player Sheldon Brown. Fred's four 4 cd releases
  to date are: Learning Curve\, New Day\, Song Without Singing\, and the re
 cent “Mood Walk” all released on his own “Creative  Spirit Records
 ” label.\n\nJW magazine says of Randolph’s most recent recording (Mood
  Walk):\n“Stylistically eclectic\, supremely grooving\, endlessly fascin
 ating masterwork… a\nrambunctious\, twist\, turn and improvisation-fille
 d set.”\n\nwww.fredrandolph.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Ricardo Peixoto & Carlos Oliveira duo
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260412T023000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260412T043000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Born in Rio de Janeiro\, guitarist\, composer and arranger Ric
 ardo Peixoto came to the U.S. by way of a scholarship to the Berklee Colle
 ge of Music\, and later settled in the Bay Area. An inspired improviser wi
 th a keen compositional sense\, Ricardo’s eloquent style evokes images f
 ar beyond his Brazilian territory. In addition to his most recent recordin
 g ‘Scary Beautiful’\, Peixoto’s long-standing partnership with vocal
 ist/composer Claudia Villela has produced the acclaimed CD ‘Inverse Univ
 erse’. Peixoto has recorded and performed with\, among others\, Flora Pu
 rim and Airto\, Claudia Villela\, Bud Shank\, Dom Um Romão\, Claudio Rodi
 ti\, Toots Thielemans and Dori Caymmi.Guitarist\, composer\, arranger\, an
 d teacher Carlos Oliveira\, originally from the state of Pernambuco (North
 east region of Brazil)\, started playing the guitar in his teens but lived
  in the US since 1980 teaching and performing his native music in which he
  showcases a variety of Brazilian music styles. His CD Brazilian Origins w
 as released in 2000\, and his group Brazilian Origins has appeared as main
  and introductory acts for great Brazilian artists such as Sergio Mendes\,
  Jaques Morelenbaum Quartet\, Rosa Passos\, and has appeared at many impor
 tant venues like Yoshis\, Kuumbwa Jazz\, San Francisco\, San Jose and Mont
 erey Jazz Festivals
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SUMMARY:Jorge Agueta\, a reading: Tay Naja Nitajtaketzki Achtu Tik Nawat /
  Mis Primeras Palabras En Nahuat / My First Words in Nahuat
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260412T220000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260412T233000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Saladoran poet Jorge Argueta\, who came to San Francisco in th
 e 1980s at the age of 19 during his home country's civil war. He grew up i
 n Santo Domingo de Guzmán El Salvador\, where his grandmother\, an indig
 enous healer\, told him stories from his indigenous heritage and their bel
 ief in a human-nature connection\, instilling in him great respect for the
  environment and appreciation for oral tradition. He spent time in the cit
 y helping his parents run a small restaurant as well as in the countryside
 \, helping his grandparents tend to their farm\, before coming to America.
 He has written numerous children's books\, short stories as well as poems 
 that have been included in textbooks and anthologies. His children's books
  are written in poetry form\, in two languages (English and Spanish)\, and
  reflect the Latino experience and heritage\; he also writes about the Nah
 uat Pipil and their deep appreciation and respect for nature. His adult po
 ems cover themes of the hardships of growing up in El Salvador during wa
 rtime and the difficulties experienced by immigrants in the United States.
 He's coming to Bird &amp\; Beckett to present his latest book\, Tay Naja 
 Nitajtaketzki Achtu Tik Nawat / Mis Primeras Palabras En Nahuat / My First
  Words in Nahuat\, published by House of Anansi Press\, iIllustrated by:
  El Aleph Sánchez\; translations by Juan Valentín Ramírez  Garcia and
  translated by: Elizabeth Bell.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Panthéa Flutes
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T000000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T020000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Panthéa Flutes brings you an evening of quintets\, quartets\,
  trios\, duos\, and solos. Enjoy classic repertoire\, from Bach\, Bernstei
 n\, Debussy\, and Muczynski\, as well as contemporary pieces from Amano\, 
 Beeftink\, Green\, Sakai\, and more.  \n\nTessa Moore - C flute + alto\n
 Josie Clements - C flute + piccolo flute\nSha Jin - C flute - piccolo flut
 e\nLucy Kaye - C flute - piccolo flute\nGabby Benuto - C flute & bass flut
 e\n \n$25 cover charge\; cash at the door\, please. byob.\nStudent $10\;
   kids free
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Scott  Foster Combo - Third Fridays 
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260418T010000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260418T030000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Scott  Foster Combo - Third Fridays 
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Macy Blackman Trio
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260418T033000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260418T050000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Macy Blackman\, piano and vocals\nLarry Vann drums and vocals\
 nBing Nathan\, bass\n\n$20 cover\; byob.\nStudents $10.\nFor a reservation
 \, call 415-586-3733
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Tim Price Quintet plays the music of Lennie Tristano 
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260419T023000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260419T043000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Lennie Tristano's chromatic bebop compositions.\n\nTim Price\,
  alto sax\nTod Dickow\, tenor sax\nBob Brumbeloe\, guitar\nJim Kerwin\, ba
 ss\nCurt Moore\, drums
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:FLOWER-RADISH: Ben Goldberg Trio with Andrew Conklin & Hamir Atwal
  
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260424T023000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260424T043000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Ben Goldberg\, clarinet\nAndrew Conklin\, guitar\nHamir Atwal\
 , drums\n \n$20 cover charge (cash at the door\, please) / byob.\nStudent
 s $10.\nFor a reservation\, call the shop at 415-586-3733.
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SUMMARY:Tony Johnson residency - The 230 Jones Street Band
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260425T010000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260425T030000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Charlie McCarthy\, saxophone\nSam Cady\, piano\nChuck Bennett\
 , bass\nTony Johnson\, drums
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SUMMARY:George Cotsirilos Solo + Duo with Robb Fisher
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260425T033000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260425T050000Z
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DESCRIPTION:George Cotsirilos Solo + Duo with Robb Fisher
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Darren Johnston Project
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260426T023000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260426T043000Z
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DESCRIPTION:\nDarren Johnston\, peace cannon\nDanny Lubin-Laden\, trombone
 \nLiberty Ellman\, electric guitar\nMat Munz\, bass\nTim Bulkley\, drums
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SUMMARY:A Greek Tragedy - Jeanne Carstensen book event
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260429T020000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260429T033000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join PEN Award finalist Jeanne Carstensen\, in conversation w
 ith Frances Dinkelspiel\, for the paperback launch party for A GREEK TRAGE
 DY\, with live rebetika music — Tuesday\, April 28\, 7 to 9 pmThe author
 :     Jeanne Carstensen\, in conversation with Frances DinkelspielThe 
 book:       A Greek Tragedy: One Day\, A Deadly Shipwreck\, and the Hu
 man Cost of the Refugee Crisis (Atria/One Signal\, 2025)The band:     
  Gregory Masaki Jenkins &amp\; friends               Wine and che
 ese will be served!Jeanne Carstensen is an award-winning journalist and 
 the author of A Greek Tragedy: One Day\, a Deadly Shipwreck\, and the Hum
 an Cost of the Refugee Crisis (2025)\, a finalist for the 2026 PEN/John K
 enneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction\, Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, and
  the California Book Award. Author Héctor Tobar called it “essential re
 ading for anyone hoping to understand the migrations and injustices of our
  modern world.” Jeanne lives in Glen Park and is thrilled to celebrate h
 er paperback release at Bird and Beckett.Frances Dinkelspiel is a widely 
 published journalist and author of two award-winning books\, Towers of Go
 ld: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California and
  Tangled Vines: Greed\, Murder\, Obsession\, and an Arsonist in the Viney
 ards of California.Gregory Masaki Jenkins — voice\, baglamas\, tzouras\,
  bouzouki — leads the Bay Area rebetika group Disciples of Markos. Reb
 etika is a mixture of Greek folk music and the Turkish music brought to Gr
 eece by Greek refugees from Turkey in the 1920s. Tonight he’ll perform w
 ith a special ensemble.
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SUMMARY:Eileen Myles & Nathan Kernan on James Schuyler\, with Tom Carey\, 
 Jason Morris\, & Hannah Zeavin     
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260501T020000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260501T040000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Eileen Myles in conversation with Nathan Kernan\, author of A
  Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler (FSG\, 2025)\, on the life
  and language of James Schuyler\, with additional discussion &amp\; readi
 ng of Schuyler’s work by Tom Carey\, Jason Morris\, &amp\; Hannah Zeavin
 .Nathan Kernan is a writer who lives in New York. He edited The Diary of
  James Schuyler\, which was published by Black Sparrow Press in 1997\, and
  his biography of Schuyler\, A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schu
 yler was published by Farrar\, Straus and Giroux in the Fall of 2025.Eilee
 n Myles (b. 1949\, they/them) is a poet\, novelist and art journalist whos
 e practice of vernacular first-person writing has has made them one of the
  most recognized writers of their generation. Bird Watching and Their Fir
 st Three Books of Poetry will be published by Fonograf in April 2026. Pa
 thetic Literature\, which they edited\, came out in Fall of '22. Their ne
 west collection of poems\, a “Working Life”\, came out in '23 from Gr
 ove Atlantic. Their fiction includes Chelsea Girls (1994) which just wo
 n France’s Inrockuptibles Prize for best foreign novel\, Cool for You 
 (2000)\, Inferno (a poet’s novel) (2010) and Afterglow (2017). Writi
 ng on art was gathered in the volume The Importance of Being Iceland: Tra
 vel Essays in Art (2009). Books of poetry include Evolution (2018) and
  I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 1975-2014. Their super-8 
 road film “The Trip” is on YouTube. They live in New York &amp\; in Ma
 rfa\, TX.Tom Carey is a writer\, poet\, and vicar in the Church of the Epi
 phany in Los Angeles\, California. Carey was born in 1951 in Santa Monica\
 , California and is of English and German descent. He graduated from Colum
 bia University with a degree in Spanish and studied theology at Church Div
 inity School of the Pacific. His father and grandfathers were western movi
 e actors\, and Carey himself studied acting with Jack Garfein and Stella A
 dler. In the 1970s and 80s Carey fronted for the punk rock band\, The Beek
 s\, and was a literary assistant to James Schuyler as well as John Ashbery
 . Carey became a Franciscan brother in 1988 and ran The Bushwick Play Proj
 ect and taught poetry in New York City public schools for ten years. Carey
 's poetry has been published in various anthologies\, magazines and journa
 ls. His book of poems titled Desire (Painted Leaf Press\, 1997) was a Lam
 bda Literary Award finalist. A novel\, Small Crimes\, was published by Bl
 azeVox in 2011.Jason Morris was born in Vermont. He is the author of ten b
 ooks and chapbooks\, including Attending Void (Lithic\, 2025)\; Hologram
  (Two Way Mirror Books\, 2025)\; Low Life (Bird &amp\; Beckett Books\, 
 2021)\; and Levon Helm (Ugly Duckling Presse\, 2018). In addition to poe
 try\, he has written essays on Clark Coolidge's Crystal Text and Bernade
 tte Mayer's interest in Nathaniel Hawthorne. He lives in San Francisco wit
 h his wife and their child.Hannah Zeavin is an Associate Professor in the
  Department of History and The Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkele
 y. Zeavin is the author of the award winning books\, The Distance Cure: A 
 History of Teletherapy (2021\, MIT Press) and Mother Media: Hot and Cool P
 arenting in the 20th Century (MIT Press\, April 2025). She is at work on h
 er third book\, All Freud’s Children: A Story of Inheritance (US: Pengui
 n Press\; UK: Fern Press)\, for which she received a 2022 Works in Progres
 s Grant from the Robert B. Silvers Foundation and a 2024 Whiting Foundatio
 n Non-Fiction Grant. In 2021\, Zeavin co-founded The Psychosocial Foundati
 on and is the Founding Editor of Parapraxis\, a new magazine for psychoana
 lysis.
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SUMMARY:The Trio: Denny Berthiaume / Chuck Bennett / Curt Moore
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260502T010000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260502T030000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Three old friends and veteran jazz musicians playing tunes the
 y know well\, with a fresh take on them every time\, as well as original m
 usic.\n \nBios will follow.\n \n$20 cover charge / byob\n$10 for student
 s\nKids free\n \nTo reserve a seat\, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733.
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SUMMARY:Ramya Shankar: The Human Experience - An Arts for More Benefit
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260502T033000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260502T050000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Conceptualized by sound artist/vocalist Ramya Shankar\, "The H
 uman Experience: Emotion in a World of AI\," is an interactive vocal and s
 onic journey exploring emotion as energy in motion. Through raga-inspired 
 phrasing\, cross-genre soundscapes\, and audience participation\, the perf
 ormance traces stages of anger\, grief\, rejection\, and relationships - i
 nviting discovery\, presence\, and deep listening in an AI-shaped world. T
 he work moves through lived emotional landscapes--such as anger\, rejectio
 n\, grief\, and relationships\, joy\, realization\, each unfolding in disc
 ernible stages. For example\, before exploring the stages of anger\, the a
 udience is invited to sense the initial rise of tension through sound itse
 lf. Drawing from raga phrasing and cross-genre influences\, the voice beco
 mes a mirror of human behavior\, revealing emotion through resonance. Audi
 ence participation is integral\, encouraging discovery and presence. In an
  era shaped by AI and optimization\, this work re-centers listening\, embo
 diment\, and emotional truth.Tonight's concert is an offering by the nonpr
 ofit organization "Arts for More"--which seeks multitudinous ways to bring
  cultural expression to audiences while in the process raising funds for o
 rganizations in critical need of funds to disperse in this "time of consta
 nt emergency." Ramya Shankar will designate the specific beneficiary of th
 is benefit. The Ensemble will also present this project on the afternoon o
 f Sunday\, May 3rd at San Francisco's Community Music Center as part of th
 e San Francisco International Arts Festival.Ramya Shankar is a genre-blurr
 ing sound artist and vocalist whose voice flows from deep Carnatic and fol
 k roots of India into jazz and global music. Her voice is a vessel for emo
 tion\, healing\, and human connection—fusing improvisation\, rhythm\, an
 d story. As a composer and producer\, Ramya crafts immersive sonic landsca
 pes that explore the shared human experience—Love\, Grief\, Courage\, Ad
 venture\, Joy—using the voice as a medium to trace emotional stages and 
 reveal the profound textures of human feeling. Her work invites listeners 
 into discovery\, presence\, and resonance.Peter Barshay is a veteran bassi
 st with a strong reputation built over decades of performing on both the N
 ew York City and San Francisco Bay Area jazz scenes. He has collaborated w
 ith jazz luminaries such as Kenny Barron\, Freddie Hubbard\, Sonny Stitt\,
  Kenny Werner\, Shirley Horn\, Woody Shaw\, Pharoah Sanders\, Blue Mitchel
 l\, Tony Williams\, Joe Henderson\, Joe Lovano\, Johnny Griffin\, and Bobb
 y McFerrin. His sound reflects a lifetime of musical exploration—from sa
 lsa and straight-ahead jazz to fusion\, avant-garde\, and music rooted in 
 Afro-Cuban and Brazilian traditions.Varun Pattabhiraman is a Mridangist ba
 sed in San Francisco\, California. In addition to the mridangam\, Varun ex
 plores hybrid acoustic and electronic percussion setups that include the k
 hanjira\, ghatam\, konakkol\, drum set and electronic drum pads. He regula
 rly performs concerts in the Bay Area and is a member of fusion groups inc
 luding the Sufi-Rock band CaliQawwali.Unpil Baek is a pianist\, improviser
 \, and composer whose music flows freely across jazz\, classical\, global\
 , sacred\, and experimental traditions. He also performs regularly with Vi
 tamin Em\, a chamber jazz collective known for its joyful\, genre-bending 
 performances that blend improvisation with classical and world music.Zach 
 Mondlick is a Berkeley-based drummer. He received his Masters of Music fr
 om Berklee College of Music\, where he studied Contemporary Performance an
 d Production. Zach is the music teacher for The Presentations School in So
 noma.
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SUMMARY:Cinco De Mayo Show - Cantos de mi Tierra
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DESCRIPTION:Cinco De Mayo Show - Cantos de mi Tierra
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SUMMARY:Yoav Konig Quartet + Jam Session - Monthly First Sundays Student-C
 entric Jam Session
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DESCRIPTION:RASOTA bass student Yoav Konig\, a formidable young talent\, h
 as assembled a quartet of great players - with Nico Colucci on tenor sax\,
  Michael Potter on piano and Miles Turk on drums\, all current or recent g
 raduates of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's RJAM B.Mus. program.
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