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John Krokidas and the Beat Generation
John Krokidas, Director of Kill Your Darlings is interviewed by Mattia Micucci (28 Times Cinema) at the Venice Days film festival: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Three iconic figures in literature, the three main exponents of the literary beat movement. Three of the most influential writers of all time. It´s hard to […]
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Kill Your Darlings Trailer
The new trailer for Kill Your Darlings just went up, and leaves us with no shortage of curiosity. Refreshingly, the intellectual nature of the Beat circle, their fascination and voracious pursuit of ideas, during the Columbia years appears to feature prominently. It appears Director John Krokidas places due emphasis on their interest in the unconventional […]
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Kill Your Darlings Scheduled for October 18th Release
Since we first received word that the 1944 killing of David Kammerer by Lucien Carr was to be the subject of a forthcoming film, Kill Your Darlings, with an all-star cast including Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, and Jack Huston, we’ve been eagerly anticipating any new developments. So far details have been scarce, but […]
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Neal Cassady’s Gas Station
When I first moved to California with IBM back in 1988, we moved into a beautiful neighborhood called Almaden, a little south of San Jose. Right next door was the town of Los Gatos, the home of Neal and Carolyn Cassady. I didn’t meet the Cassady family for another five years but I spent a […]
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Beatnik Photowalk
Nearly 100 photographers joined the Contemporary Jewish Museum on a tour led by The Beat Museum Director Jerry Cimino from North Beach to the exhibition “Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg.” Click here for a digital version of the walking tour
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SOIFOLLOWJULIAN – Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg Still Creating a Community
“When I was 22 I went on a pilgrimage to Lowell, Massachusetts to visit Kerouac’s home. It was ill planned, we were walking in the snow, there were no signs, and what was worse, no one had even heard of him! I would have given anything for a map with directions of where to go […]
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Cats: The Beat Generation’s Secret Love Affair – CJM Blog
The Contemporary Jewish Museum writer Melanie Samay and photographer Rod Kilpatrick have teamed up with the San Francisco SPCA to create this tribute to the felines in the lives of the Beat Generation: Cats: The Beat Generation’s Secret Love Affair »
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Happy 60th Anniversary, City Lights
With great respect and admiration, the Beat Museum congratulates Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Booksellers and Publishers as they, North Beach—and indeed the entire literary world—celebrate 60 years in business! Since 1953, City Lights has been a tireless champion of the free exchange of ideas, and a stalwart defender of free expression. If you’re reading […]
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Big Sur Film Review
by Jerry Cimino I was meeting with movie director Michael Polish on a long, sprawling road called Highway One, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The road had been absolutely devoid of automobile traffic for the previous thirty minutes. That never happens in real life, and I found that warped reality to be a little unnerving. All […]
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Rest in Peace, Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek, best known as the innovative keyboardist for The Doors, died Monday, May 20th, after a long battle with cancer. He was 74. Manzarek and Jim Morrison formed The Doors in 1965, later recruiting John Densmore (drums) and Robby Krieger (guitar). Manzarek’s Vox Continental keyboard arrangements epitomized The Doors’ sound, setting the band apart […]
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Greta Bellamacina – Love Song to SF
Broadway and Columbus is like some magnificent vortex. You never know who will come sweeping in off the street. We get ’em all—from the down and out homeless person to up-and-coming supermodels visiting from overseas. One such model is Greta Bellamacina. She came in about six months ago, had an air about her that you […]