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...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...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...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...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...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...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.