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Bird & Beckett Books and Records

Glen Park book store owner finds Literature and Live Jazz the perfect match for neighborhood communing, musicians staying employed

July 28, 2022 All Posts

Twenty-four years ago, Eric Whittington decided that a career as a word processor wasn’t how he wanted to spend the rest of his working life. Then 42, Whittington and his wife maxed out their credit cards and purchased a small, not-very-successful women’s bookstore in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood. They renamed it Bird & Beckett ...

Chinese musicologist brings wide range of instruments and influences to teaching, movie and theater scores, original CDs and local performances

May 16, 2022 All Posts 1 Comment

It’s a chilly March evening in Glen Park. Thirty or so music fans have crowded into Bird & Beckett Books and Records, a neighborhood haunt for live jazz and poetry performances. Tonight, though, classical Chinese music is on the menu as San Francisco celebrates Chinese New Year. “How many of you are Tigers?” Betty Wong ...