Posts by Jerry Cimino:
CCM directors Estelle & Jerry Cimino will be at the Flamingo Hotel, and the Resort-O-Rama marketplace is free! Come say hello!
Our friends Otto and Baby Doe, organizers of the annual Tiki Oasis events in San Diego and Arizona, are at it again—this time with Resort-O-Rama: Mid-Century Style & Design, October 8–11 at the historic Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa, California.
“Resort-O-Rama is a Northern California event focusing on Mid-Century design, style, history and whimsy! STAY at the hotel – rooms available! Enjoy educational seminars, cocktail soirées, an elegant Supperclub dinner and FREE Mid-Century Modern Marketplace. Full weekend passes and ala carte single ticket options available.”
Resort-O-Rama directly benefits the Counterculture Museum
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Read more...Farewell John Dorfner
by Jerry Cimino The Beat community lost a long time contributor and good friend this week. John Dorfner, of Raleigh, North Carolina, passed away after a long illness. John is survived by his wife Diane, daughters Jolie and Jamie, his grandchildren and other family members. My first contact with John was in 1991 when he […]
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Read more...A Conversation with Jim Sampas
We caught up with Jim Sampas to talk about the proposed new Jack Kerouac Center in Jack's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Read more...Kerouac on Cape Cod
In 1966, Kerouac bought a home for he and Mémère in Hyannis, on Cape Cod.
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Read more...Beat Angel Gets Its Due at LCK
Amongst the festivities at Lowell Celebrates Kerouac 2022, Brian Hassett gave a presentation on the many portrayals of Jack on the silver screen.
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Read more...Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
We rolled into Cleveland for a presentation at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Read more...American Writers Museum
We presented 'Kerouac@100: The Man vs The Myth' at the American Writers Museum in Chicago.
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Read more...The Jim Irsay Collection
Some highlights from our visit to the Jim Irsay Collection at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis!
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Read more...The Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa
The highlight of Oklahoma was the new Bob Dylan Center.
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Read more...Eisenhower Library & Museum
You can't run a museum about the Beat Generation without a deep understanding of what Dwight David Eisenhower meant to America in the post-WWII era.
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Read more...Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur
Our Kerouac Centennial Tour kicked off in Big Sur, with an event at the Henry Miller Memorial Library
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Read more...2022 – A Big Year for Kerouac
2022 was a Milestone Year Our Commitment to Education Kerouac@100 National Tour The Benefit to Youth 2022 was a Milestone Year 2022 has been a huge year for fans of Jack Kerouac. People around the world celebrated the 65th Anniversaries of both the publication of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s victory in […]

