Events
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Video: “Ferlinghetti: His Life and His Work” Panel Discussion
Video by Tate Swindell Lawrence Ferlinghetti, legendary poet, painter, and cofounder of the City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, celebrated his 100th birthday on March 24th, 2019. The Beat Museum hosted a panel discussion of Ferlinghetti’s life and work with SF Poet Laureate emeritus Jack Hirschman; poet and Ferlinghetti biographer Neeli Cherkovski; poet and artist […]
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Thanks to Everyone Who Attended ruthFest!
We'd like to thank everyone who joined us on Saturday for ruthFest: Celebrating ruth weiss at 90, and the Women of the Beat Generation.
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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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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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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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The Beat Museum Presents: Harold Norse Centennial
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The Beat Museum Presents: ruth weiss
ruth weiss, "Goddess of the Beat Generation" live with jazz at Monroe - June 15th
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Maggie’s Riff at FaultLine Theater
"...hopeful and laughing, mournful and wary as the wash of Big Sur beckons."
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Celebrating the Beats at Top of the Mark, 2016
Every Tuesday this April, our poetry and jazz series returns to the Top of the Mark.
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Jack Kerouac Birthday Events on 3 Different Coasts!
On March 12th, Jack Kerouac would have been 94 years old. Here are three ways on three different coasts to celebrate his life and work.
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And now…our new speaker series!
An ambitious speaker series featuring luminaries, poets, writers, musicians, artists, and more...