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Visiting the Harker School in San Jose, CA
We visited the Harker School in San Jose to deliver a new presentation called "Jack Kerouac Centennial 1922-2022."
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The Floor Plan and Layout
Repurposing The Buon Gusto Building
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The Architect Behind this World Class Design
Eugene Tssui
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The News is Out!
Overview - Level Setting - Introduction
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A Visit to John Natsoulas Gallery
The new Beatmobile makes a visit to the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts in Davis, CA.
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Announcing: The Beat Museum on Wheels II
After a long hiatus, the Beat Museum on Wheels hits the road again, coming soon to a town near you!
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Interview with Joe Lee
Lee's collection of Beat Generation artworks will soon be on exhibit at John Natsoulas Center for the Arts in Davis, California. The exhibition, The Beat Goes On: Poets as Painters opens on November 10th.
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Ken Kesey On Misconceptions Of Counterculture
Terry Gross spoke with Ken Kesey in 1989, and asked him what he thought about Wolfe's book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and how accurate it was.
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North Beach Remembers Jack Hirschman
On Saturday, a multitude from North Beach and beyond came out to pay their respects to our dearly departed poet, Jack Hirschman. Beginning at Specs’, a second line procession featuring the North Beach Brass Players marched north up Columbus to Grant Ave, pausing at the Caffe Trieste for readings from the Revolutionary Poets Brigade. The […]
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The Dreamachine
The Dreamachine was conceived by Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs’ “systems advisor” Ian Sommerville, after reading William Grey Walter’s book The Living Brain. Composed of a cylinder with slits cut in the sides, rotating at 45rpm around a light bulb suspended in the middle, light is emitted through the slits at a frequency between […]
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Jack Hirschman, in Memoriam
Jack Hirschman, poet and tireless revolutionary activist, has set down his pen for the last time. He was 87.