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Bird and Beckett

Enjoy a tribute to Zoanne Nordstrom at Bird & Beckett

August 8, 2024 by Eric Whittington

Bird & Beckett has invited a former neighbor, Jeff DeMark, to take the stage and reprise a tale that’s funny, insightful and evocative of Zoanne (Zoe) Nordstrom, a Glen Park legend whom he knew well. For three years in the late 1980s DeMark rented a space in Zoe’s home. In a comedic monologue on Sunday, […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Events

Glen Park’s Nicki Michaels nominated for prestigious award

June 17, 2024 by Bonnee Waldstein

Nicki Michaels, resident of Glen Park since 2007, has been nominated along with two collaborators for an Eisner award, the “Oscar” of comics and graphic novels. There are 32 categories of awards. The trio was nominated in the Best Comics-Related Book category for Flamed Out: The Underground Adventures and Comix Genius of Willy Murphy. (Fantagraphics […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Books, Neighborhood, Uncategorized

Bird & Beckett Turns 25!

May 3, 2024 by Eric Whittington

Celebrating 25 Years A quarter-century ago, in May 1999, Bird & Beckett Books flung its doors open with reckless abandon, and somehow, some way, we’ve kept those doors open ever since. We’ll keep them open come hell or high water. But like Slim said to Steve in To Have and Have Not, it’s better when you […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett

Glen Park author writes book about San Francisco’s “buried history”

September 9, 2023 by Bonnee Waldstein

On Sunday, September 17, at 3pm, prolific author and journalist Beth Winegarner will be discussing her new book, San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History, just published by The History Press, at Bird & Beckett Bookstore. She’ll be in conversation with Courtney Minick, chronicler on her website of all things macabre in California, Here Lies […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Books, Uncategorized

Benefit for Bird & Beckett Thursday

August 8, 2023 by Bird & Beckett

   

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Uncategorized

A Good Read: Profile of Bookstore Owner Eric Whittington

July 29, 2022 by Glen Park News staff

The Glen Park News is pleased to reprint this wonderful story about Eric Whittington, owner of neighborhood gem Bird & Beckett Books and Records, written by Bill Snyder of SF Senior Beat, an online newsletter. We’re also taking this opportunity to draw attention to the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, the nonprofit that supports […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Businesses, Uncategorized

Bird & Beckett Bash Celebrates Tony 6/16!

June 14, 2022 by Glen Park Merchants

This month’s Neighborhood Bash honors Tony from Critter Fritters! The ongoing third Thursday celebration is free and open to all. Great tunes provided by the Larry Vann Trio, with groove merchant Larry Van on drums, Michael Warren on bass and Tim Landis on guitar. No cover charge, though donations for the band always gladly accepted. […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Businesses

Local Author Reads: The Witches of Glen Park

May 12, 2022 by Heather World

Book Reading! Hear it straight from the cat’s mouth: Mark Shoffner reads from his latest book, The Witches of Glen Park, the sequel to Miriam, Witch of GP. Sunday, May 15, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books 653 Chenery Street Free!

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett

Bird & Beckett bash celebrates our neighborhood–a new tradition

March 26, 2022 by Eric Whittington, owner, Bird & Beckett Books & Records

Photos by Marian Dalere Big fun this past Thursday when Bird & Beckett hosted a party for the neighborhood with free beer & snacks and live music (The Potrero Hillbillies with intermission piano by Eric Shifrin). At the center of the festivities was Soo Emens, a partner in the POD design studio across the street […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Uncategorized

Neighborhood Party at Bird & Beckett

March 22, 2022 by Eric Whittington

Thursday March 24, Bird & Beckett kicks off a regular bash that’ll take place in the bookshop every third month for the sole purpose of celebrating Glen Park, toasting a merchant or community member with music, chatter and libations. This time out, Soo Emens is in the spotlight, serenaded by her friends in the droll […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett

Neighbors still say Hi in Village of Glen Park

March 23, 2021 by Bonnee Waldstein

If you think this headline was written today, think again.  Think about over twenty years ago, May 26, 2000, when this was the headline in SF Gate, followed by a rundown of the people and places that make our neighborhood cozy and warm. After you read the SF Gate story, look at the “footnotes” that […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Businesses, Canyon Market, Editor's Pick, Glen Park History, Neighborhood, Uncategorized

Bird & Beckett featured in SF Chronicle

March 18, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

Our local bookstore got a shout out from the Chronicle’s Heather Knight Wednesday. Read it here.

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, COVID-19

Saturday night life takes a hit in Glen Park

March 14, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

Photos by Bonnee Waldstein The usual weekend hustle and bustle of folks enjoying a Saturday night in the neighborhood was nowhere to be seen tonight.  The village was eerily quiet.  The only establishment that seemed to be thriving was Canyon Market, which experienced a surge of shoppers all day and into the evening. The obvious […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Businesses, COVID-19, Editor's Pick, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Glen Park: Home to one of the City’s long-term, intimate venues for live jazz

February 9, 2020 by Murray Schneider

Neighborhoods change. Just look at ours. In a little over a decade Glen Park has witnessed Canyon Market claim the corner of Diamond Street and Wilder Street while it watched Hal and Susan Tauber retire as hardware store owners on Chenery Street and Aaron Esquivel and his crew take it on. We’ve seen Chenery Park […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Editor's Pick Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Deb Lunsford’s rent party at Bird and Beckett — What goes ’round, comes ’round

September 4, 2019 by Murray Schneider

“Dollars for Deb” Eric Whittington billed the fund-raiser. Whittington, proprietor of Bird & Beckett, has thrown rent parties with live jazz before, to help keep his independent bookstore open for another month. But over the summer, he threw a rent party for Destination Bakery’s Deb Lunsford, a neighborhood favorite who’s recovering from surgery. Bakery regulars […]

Filed Under: Anniversary NO, Bird and Beckett, Editor's Pick, Featured Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Mark your calendar for a Deb Lunsford Benefit! Destination Bakery’s goodwill ambassador!

July 18, 2019 by Eric Whittington

Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, SF July 26, 2019 – 5:30-8:00pm If you can’t make it in person you can donate online! Go to https://www.tinyurl.com/helpfordeb All proceeds go to Deb! –Glen Park Neighborhood Icon –Weekday Mornings Counter Gal at Destination Bakery, at the corner of Chenery & Castro –Friend and co-conspirator with all small […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Entertainment, Uncategorized

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Bird & Beckett Bookstore Recognized at City Hall

May 15, 2019 by Heather World

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Eric Whittington, proprietor of Glen Park’s Bird & Beckett Books, was honored at City Hall on Tuesday with a commendation from Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. (Or “Condemnation,” as Whittington accidentally referred to […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Rafael Mandelman

Celebrate 16 Years of Music at Bird & Beckett

February 15, 2019 by Mary Szczepanik

Tonight, February 15th, join the Scott Foster Quartet from 5:30-8:00pm at Bird & Beckett, featuring four superb players encountering each other for the first time as a unit, though they’ve all crossed paths in the past. It’s the nature of most jazz gigs, and one of the things that makes this music so exciting. Scott, Rob, […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Entertainment, Events, Neighborhood

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Dear Glen Park, Happy New Year

December 31, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. It was a clear chilly night in Glen Park on New Year’s eve. A number of people chose to ring in the new year close to home. Manzoni was open for […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Entertainment, Neighborhood, Restaurants, Uncategorized

Local Author on Sheep, Wool and Life

November 14, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

Glen Park resident Stephany Wilkes, vice president of the Glen Park Association, has managed to pull off a coup: taking a niche, arcane subject and writing a page-turner of a book about it. Wilkes, now 41, is one of those people who end up doing things that weren’t on their original life trajectory. She didn’t […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Events

Arlington Street’s Pauline Scholten and her Prairie Rose Band play city-wide

November 11, 2018 by Murray Schneider

While Clement Street is a bit of a stretch from Chenery Street, Pauline Scholten has performed music along both San Francisco avenues. Her most recent Glen Park gig was at Chenery Street’s Bird & Beckett on October 11. Scholten, who lives on Arlington Street, fronts a four-member group called The Prairie Rose Band, which two […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett

Glen Park Merchants Rock in 2018

November 8, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

This year has been a big one for Glen Park’s merchants. In May, the Cheese Boutique was honored as an exceptional business with a ceremony at City Hall. Last month, Dalere’s Beauty Salon, Glen Park’s oldest business at 50 years, was celebrated by Mayor London Breed and other dignitaries at the shop on Chenery Street. […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Glen Park Cleaners

Glen Park Businesses: Longevity Rules One family. Three locations. Fifty years.

August 17, 2018 by Gail Bensinger

Even for tiny Glen Park, where a surprising number of businesses are in their second, third or even fourth decade under the same ownership, Dalere’s Beauty Salon stands out for longevity. Glory Dalere is 83 now, a widow, and has long since turned over the operation of the shop to her daughter Marian, who runs […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Businesses, Neighborhood Tagged With: Cheese Boutique, Darlere's, Perch, Small Business, Tygres

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IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

Bosworth & Lyell tarp wrap
Saturday, May 10, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
RSVP to info@glenparkassociation.org
Just need to get last week’s
loose material into tarps!


SFCTA Freeway Ramp Open House
Thursday, May 15, 5-6:30 p.m.
Ingleside Branch Library, 1298 Ocean Avenue



Spread the Love and the Mulch
Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m. to noon
500 block of Arlington at Roanoke
The blooming Oakwoodland on Arlington and Roanoke turns two. Come join the community in keeping out the weeds and making space for the California Natives. Tools, lunch (sponsored by neighbor Jodell) and good company provided.


Hamerton steps logoHamerton Steps Planting
Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
RSVP hamertonstairs@gmail.com



Upper Noe Neighbors Community Meeting Wednesday, May 21, 7 p.m.
Upper Noe Recreation Center auditorium
295 Day Street
Agenda


San Francisco Department of Public Works logoDPW Love Our City
District 8 Cleanup Day
Saturday, June 7, 9 a.m. to afternoon
Learn more and sign up here


 

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The Center for Creative Exploration
Explore all the Colors of the Rainbow
one-day workshop
Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
300 Chenery Street
Learn more and link to registration here


Weeding Party
June 21, 10 a.m. to noon
100 block of Arlington at Charles
Join neighbors on the North end of the Cut to keep down the weeds and beautify top to bottom. Tools, lunch and good company provided.


Monthly cleanup on the Greenway
First Saturday of the Month (usually)
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Friends of Glen Canyon’s
Glen Canyon Habitat Restoration
Every third Saturday 9:30 a.m to noon
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Yesterday was a great day at the Glen Park Small Business Stroll presented by the San Francisco Public Library’s Small Business Center and our Glen Park Branch Library!
Participating merchants were @bird.beckett , @perchsf , @theclarktechnique , @pebblescafesf , @glen_park_station_bar and Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose did a BART history talk at the Glen Park BART station.

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Yesterday was a great day at the Glen Park Small Business Stroll presented by the San Francisco Public Library’s Small Business Center and our Glen Park Branch Library!
Participating merchants were @bird.beckett , @perchsf , @theclarktechnique , @pebblescafesf , @glen_park_station_bar and Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose did a BART history talk at  the Glen Park BART station. 

📷: Photos courtesy of Bonnee Waldstein 

@sfpubliclibrary #glenparksf  #glenparksmallbusinessstroll
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It’s Darren, the Glen Park Branch Library manager…a reminder to submit your tiny canvas artwork by Monday, May 12 to be included in the Glen Park Branch Library Tiny Art Show on display May 17 to June 15!!

📍Glen Park Library is located at 2825 Diamond Street.

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It’s Darren, the Glen Park Branch Library manager…a reminder to submit your tiny canvas artwork by Monday, May 12 to be included in the Glen Park Branch Library Tiny Art Show on display May 17 to June 15!! 

📍Glen Park Library is located at 2825 Diamond Street. 

#tinyartshow #glenparklibrary #art #canvas #creativity #glenparksf #sanfransisco
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