About Brandon Loberg
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The Beat Museum remains temporarily closed for seismic retrofitting.
Construction work continues, but rest assured, we’ll be back. We anticipate reopening sometime in 2027.
In the meantime, visit us at the Counterculture Museum, on the corner of Haight & Ashbury. Open Wed–Sun, 11am–6pm.
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Read more...Ferlinghetti’s Handwritten Notes on Bad Reviews of Starting from San Francisco
First edition contained clippings of reviews, plus Lawrence's handwritten response.
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Read more...Painting of Bob Kaufman by George Pennewell Arrives at the Beat Museum
George Pennewell's exquisite rendering of Bob Kaufman, commissioned by Bob Gilman, finds a new home at the Beat Museum.
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Read more...Recap: Andy Romanoff & Wavy Gravy
It was a packed house on May 1st, as the Beat Museum hosted a very special evening with Andy Romanoff and Wavy Gravy. Pictures and Video here.
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Read more...Q&A from Our 20th Anniversary Party
Closing our 20th Anniversary event with a Q&A session.
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Read more...Horst Spandler Donates ‘On the Road’ Collection
The poet ruth weiss was the first person to ever tell us about Horst Spandler. Soon after we moved to San Francisco in 2006, ruth mentioned she had this amazing friend who lived in Nuremberg, and that he was instrumental in the translation and publication of her poetry in Germany. Later I was told by […]
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Read more...Photos from Beat Not Beat Release
On Friday, January 13th, the Beat Museum hosted a reading/release event for the new Beat Not Beat anthology, edited by Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, and Kim Shuck. It was a packed house as contributors read selections from the book. A big thank you to all the readers, and to everyone who came […]
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Read more...St. Peter’s University, Jersey City
When Allen Ginsberg appeared with his father Louis Ginsberg at a Jesuit College in Jersey City, NJ in 1969 there was no predicting what was about to unfold. So, in 2022, when The Beat Museum on Wheels was invited by the school’s librarian, Mark Graceffo, we knew we had to go in memory of Allen. […]
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Read more...Our Presentation in Lowell
Wherein we present to our most knowledgeable (and formidable) audience yet...
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Read more...Jack Kerouac’s Lowell
The Beatmobile arrived in Jack's hometown, just in time for Lowell Celebrates Kerouac.
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Read more...Lowell Celebrates Kerouac – Centennial Year
There hasn’t been a year in the world of Kerouac like there was in 2022. So it stands to reason that Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, having been around since 1985, would have its biggest year ever for Jack’s Centennial. In addition to the single largest group of Kerouac fans Lowell has ever seen there were numerous […]
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Read more...The Beat Museum on Wheels
Starting in August 2022, the Beat Museum on Wheels hit the road in celebration of Jack Kerouac's centennial. Read more about our adventures here!