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Read more...Become a Member and Support the ACLU!
Double-down in defense of freedom! Become a Member of the Beat Museum, and we'll donate 50% to the ACLU!
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Read more...On William S. Burroughs 103rd Birthday
William S. Burroughs would’ve been 103 today.
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Read more...North Beach Stories with Ray Hanna
From the streets of North Beach and beyond—all the sleaze, drugs, trailblazing strippers, and punks acting out, Timothy Leary performing at a Broadway nightclub, sheer rock-and-roll madness at the Mabuhay—all in a night’s work in Hanna’s world.
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Read more...Why a Beat Hotel?
Ever since we went public with Michael Palumbo’s initial sketch of what a new Beat Museum building at 580 Green Street might look like, the feature that seems to inspire the greatest curiosity is the suggestion of a Beat hotel. Sure, it might seem like an odd idea, however, it isn’t without precedent: The Original […]
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Read more...MetroActive: “Tech Bros Forget Beat Generation’s Imprint”
Last week, I slithered back into the Beat Museum in San Francisco, arriving by sheer chance. Turns out the museum is currently angling to raise a cool few million so it can buy a new facility up the street. Within minutes, director Jerry Cimino and I found ourselves venting—er, contemplating—the current generations of tech in […]
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Read more...The Beat Generation Bagel Shop That Didn’t Sell Bagels
Extra Crispy's Judy Berman offers an illuminating scoop on the Coexistence Bagel Shop
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Read more...Beat Generation Legacy Fund – Advisory Board
The following people believe a permanent Beat Museum in North Beach is an idea worth pursuing.
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Read more...Harold Adler’s Photos of Demonstrations for The Living Theatre
As a photographer for the Berkeley Barb, Harold Adler covered protests on behalf of imprisoned members of The Living Theatre in Union Square.
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Read more...First Appearance of Kerouac in Russia, 1960
Wherein we're gifted a rare 1960 book of 'foreign literature' translated into Russian, and containing excerpts from On the Road.
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Read more...The Beat Museum Presents: The Living Theatre
Founded in 1947 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina, The Living Theatre brings their powerful performance of "Seven Meditations on Political Sadomasochism" to SF.
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Preserving the Legacy of the Beats in San Francisco
We're launching a fundraiser for a permanent North Beach home