ruth weiss

performing live with jazz

ruth weiss - June 15

at Monroe | 473 Broadway, SF
21 and over only


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  • General Admission – $25 (pizza included)
  • Members of the Beat Museum – $12 (use promo code)

Born in Berlin, jazz poet ruth weiss arrived in San Francisco in 1952 and was instrumental to the establishment of the North Beach scene. Famed SF Chronicle columnist Herb Caen called her “The Goddess of The Beat Generation.” Join ruth for an evening of high energy and innovative Poetry & Jazz with Doug O’Connor (acoustic bass), Rent Romus (saxophones), and Hal Davis (percussion).


Pizza provided by Tony’s Pizza Napoletana

This event is presented by Friends of the Beat Museum, and is made possible with the generous support of the Margaret and William R. Hearst III Gift Fund.