Upcoming Events:

At Red Hill

Short Attention Span Book Club

Short Attention Span Book Club has changed it's meeting time to the 3rd Sunday in May which is the 18th at 4:30. We return to the writer I like to call the Vonnegut of contemporary Israel, Etgar Keret and his latest collection of sharp, surreal short stories, The Girl On the Fridge.

 

Waffles for Dinner meets May 31, 12:30- 1:30

The Waffles for Dinner Book Club for middle readers brought to you by our own Dennis Griffin, the ebullient agent for getting kids to talk about good books for the sheer fun of it!

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

A Vermeer painting is stolen. Petra and Calder, two bright, quirky sixth-graders, come together to solve the crime that has the whole world baffled.

Already being heralded as The DaVinci Code for kids, Chasing Vermeer will have middle grade readers scrutinizing art books as they try to solve the mystery along with Calder and Petra.

Join Dennis as we explore the hidden messages in art.

 

Red Hill Is Turning 5!

May is our birthday month! Come help Red Hill celebrate its 5th anniversary with the annual Gamblers' Sale. Try your luck through the week with a no holds progressive sale. Drop by for big savings on all of our stock:
May 1st: 10% off
May 2nd: 15% off
May 3rd: 20% off
May 4th: 25% off
May 5th: 30% off
May 6th: 35% off
May 7th: 40% off
Sorry, the discounts don't apply if you use your trade slip.

 

Children's Morning Story Hours Expanded to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Red Hill!

Tuesdays at 10 am: Itinerant children's librarian (and Bernal resident and historian) Valerie Reichert leads the library's Lapsit Storytime for children ages 0 to 3 at Red Hill Books.

All the kids want to know what stories Red Hill's Patrick has in store for them! Come by every Wednesday and find out!

Thursdays at 10 am: Valerie leads the library's Preschool Storytime for children ages 3 to 5.

This means that we have now have regular children's programming Tuesday through Thursday at 10 am!

 

Every Monday from 3 - 7p
The Itinerant Poetry Librarian's Lending Library

The Itinerant Poetry Librarian will be setting up shop and loaning books at Red Hill every Monday.

 

 

 

 

Every Sunday and the evening of the Full Moon
Free Live Music, Wine & Snacks!

Always on a Sunday and every full moon you can find great live music at Red Hill.  Search the shelves or sit down with a cup of wine, a neighborly cheeseplate of delectables, let the kids browse the board books, and enjoy your Sunday afternoon with some of the best music by the best musicians San Francisco has to offer. All shows are from 3 to 5 pm.

On the evening of the full moon we put a bunch of great books on sale and invite you to a fabulous free concert.

Sunday, May 4 -- 3 - 5p
Gaucho

Gaucho began as a Gypsy Jazz trio in 2002 but has now grown to the size of a sextet and has brought the styles of Klezmer, Brazialian Choros, Swing, New Orleans and Roots styles as well as modern day melodies of relevence and the occasional irreverence. Dave Ricketts-guitarist/bandleader, Rob Reich-accordion, Mike Groh-guitar, Ralph Carney-horns, Pete Devine-drums and Ari Munkres on bass.

www.gauchojazz.com

Dig Gaucho playing a red hot session at Red Hill: [mp3]

 

Sunday, May 11 -- 3 to 5p
Octomutt

Octomutt is a San Francisco Bay Area gigging duo comprising Ashley Adams (bass) and Ted Savarese (guitar and vocals). Each project is treated in a unique way and utilizes other instrumentalists accordingly for color and texture. As friend and fellow musician Amy Molinelli says, Octomutt “sounds like San Francisco—like its skyline, like its angles, like its hills.”

www.octomutt.com

http://ericfriedmann.com/drivel/archives/000177.html

www.beamfoundation.org/triometrik_members.php

 

Sunday, May 18 -- 3 to 5p
Heller Highwater

Heller Highwater have become Red Hill Sunday favorites. John Heller on guitar and vocals, Mike Mechanic on guitar and vocals, Andrew Waegel on banjo, dobro and vocals with Chris Xiques on bass and vocals. Four part harmony with four guitars by four fabulous musicians... for a bunch o' Berkeley hillbillies.

 

Tuesday, May 20
Full Moon Book Sale (all day long!) and concert with Jonathan Segal (6:30p)

Every full moon you can find great live music at Red Hill. Search the shelves or sit down with a cup of wine or a neighborly cheeseplate of delectables, let the kids browse the board books, and enjoy your evening with some of the best music by the best musicians San Francisco has to offer. Help us celebrate this month's full moon with a free concert by Camper Van Beethoven's Jonathan Segal and, as always, an outrageously good book sale. This event is also a fundraiser to Save Rent Control in San Francisco. Enjoy the party, donate to the cause and learn why you should vote NO on Prop 98!

 

Sunday, May 25 -- 3 to 5p
Knuckle Knockers

Hailing from the hayseed neighborhood of Bernal Heights in San Francisco, the Knunkle Knockers can't wait to play you their favorite vintage and original songs and fiddle tunes.  The Knuc Knocs stoke the fires of the Appalachian music tradition to give you a glimpse of the past through the eyes of the present, with voice, fiddles, mandolin, guitar and 5-string banjo.  Bill's nimble and masterful playing, Stairwell Sisters' stalwart Martha's crisp guitar work and voice that's the envy of the trailer park, and Karen's emotive playing that's a confluence of the past and the playful, all go neck and neck, knuckle to knuckle on lightning dance tunes, fire and brimstone, and magical harmonies.  Contact the Knuckle Knockers at nerakk@gmail.com, 415-821-1567 or 415-282-2125.

At Phoenix

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Saturday, April 12 -- 10 - 11a
The Waffles for Dinner Book Club

The Waffles for Dinner Book Club for middle readers brought to you by our own Dennis Griffin, the ebullient agent for getting kids to talk about good books for the sheer fun of it! It is at both Phoenix (10 - 11a) and Red Hill (12:30 - 1:30p).

Unexplained disappearances, daring thefts, perplexing mysteries, and the greatest sleuths of all time combine in this page-turning read. From Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot, famous detectives puzzle their way through a maze of alibis and motives in this superb selection of classic and contemporary crime fiction.

 

At Dog Eared

 

Babble On (on hiatus until further notice)

Babble On is a performance and reading series with a smattering of open-mic flavor, trotting out some of the hottest local writers and musicians and also giving you the opportunity to showcase your talents, as well. To ease your way up to the microphone we make sure to have free wine and delicious pastries on hand.

Thursday, March 20 -- 8p
David Lincoln, Mobility Lounge

At the frontiers of global think, Singapore is San Francisco, San Francisco is London, London is Bangkok.

Van is a computer animator who aspires to creating the perfect cartoon spider. When he is served eviction notice on his low-rent apartment, he is forced to secure his bohemian perch by taking the extreme recourse of marrying a complete stranger.

Renée, the French traveler he meets on the internet, is drawn into his web. As the attraction ignites, their relationship falls apart, and Van is forced to seek not fame but riches by joining a mysterious start-up with its headquarters in virtual space.

The software architect, K.P. Nair, who arranges everything for DQI (Digital Queen International), plots to trade places with Van—including a not-so-subtle play for Renée, Van's wife of convenience.

Personal loyalties must endure misunderstandings and stubbornness in this wry and tender debut novel about the boom and bust era of the late 1990s.

From an airport city outside Amsterdam, to Silicon Valley, France, India, and beyond, Mobility Lounge reveals the information and its consequences in this all-too-real world of global desire.

For more information, visit www.moblounge.info or www.Scripter.com.