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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 […]
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Read more...New design ideas for a new Beat Museum
Architect Eugene Tssui has created some additional concept designs for a Beat Museum facade at 535 Green.
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Read more...Kerouac@100 Open House Event
On Saturday, March 12th, we're hosting an Open House event in celebration of Jack Kerouac's Centennial.
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Read more...Concept Drawings and Details
Fifth in a series reimagining a new Beat Museum in the old Buon Gusto building
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Read more...Scott Donahue, Public Artist
Jerry Cimino and architect Eugene Tssui visit Scott Donahue, sculptor of public art.
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Read more...The Floor Plan and Layout
For the last few years the building on Broadway we’ve called home since 2006 has been facing an impending earthquake retrofit. Though it’s been delayed, that retrofit could still happen at any time, and with relatively little notice. Because of this, our most important ongoing project has been working to establish a more permanent home […]
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Read more...The Architect Behind this World Class Design
Architect Eugene Tssui The first thing I noticed about Eugene Tssui when I met him at a ruth weiss event sponsored by The Beat Museum in 2016, was that he’s a pretty fancy dresser. We sat next to each other as ruth performed, and later made small talk during intermission. I was introduced to his […]
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Read more...The News is Out!
Reimagining a new life in North Beach
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Read more...A Treasure Trove of North Beach Photos, c. 1959
C.R. Snyder's photographs of North Beach circa-1959 capture the vibrance and diversity at the height of the Beat era.
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Read more...Exclusive: Interview with Kerouac Biographer Holly George-Warren
Brian Hassett interviews Holly George-Warren, editor of The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats, and recently tapped as official Jack Kerouac biographer.
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Read more...Brautigan, McClure, Rexroth, and Snyder at the Nourse Theatre, 1969
Famed Bay Area photographer Clay Geerdes photographed the poets reading for benefit of the Planning and Conservation League in 1969.