JANUARY
2008
I counted minutes and
subtracted miles. Just ahead, over the rolling wheat fields all
golden beneath the distant snows of Estes, I’d be seeing old
Denver at last.
--
Jack Kerouac, On The Road
Scroll Tour Continues -
November 9, 2007 through March 16,
2008 - On the Road Scroll at the New York City
Public Library. Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road
on View from November 9, 2007 through March 16, 2008; Includes Famous
Scroll Manuscript Typed on 120 Feet of Paper.
http://www.nypl.org/press/2007/Beatific_exhibition.cfm
Diaries, manuscripts, snapshots, and
personal items of Jack Kerouac, the visionary author whose
pioneering work helped to established the Beat Movement in the
United States, will be on display in Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac
on the Road, an exhibition on view at The New
York Public Library November 9, 2007 through March 16, 2008.
February
2008
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues -
November 9, 2007 through March 16,
2008 - On the Road Scroll at the New York City
Public Library. Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road
on View from November 9, 2007 through March 16, 2008; Includes Famous
Scroll Manuscript Typed on 120 Feet of Paper.
The scroll itself will be on display from November 9, 2007 through
February 22, 2008; http://www.nypl.org/press/2007/Beatific_exhibition.cfm
Diaries, manuscripts, snapshots, and
personal items of Jack Kerouac, the visionary author whose
pioneering work helped to established the Beat Movement in the
United States, will be on display in Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac
on the Road, an exhibition on view at The New
York Public Library November 9, 2007 through March 16, 2008.
February 5 - August 3, 2008 -
On the Road with the
Beats, Ransom Center Galleries, The University of Texas at Austin.
 The
Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" explores
the lives and works of the artists who made up the "Beat Generation."
Featuring more than 250 items drawn from across the Ransom Center's
collections, the exhibition will take visitors on a journey through
the cities, landscapes and communities that fostered and shaped the
most important works of the Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to
the mid-1960s. The exhibition runs from Feb. 5 to Aug. 3 in the
Ransom Center Galleries at The University of Texas at Austin.
The scroll will not be available for viewing until Friday, March 7.
This exhibition will
take visitors on a journey through the cities, landscapes, and
communities that fostered and shaped the most important works of the
Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. Writers such
as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gregory
Corso are deeply identified with cities such as New York, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Tangier, Calcutta, London, and
Paris. Indeed, without "visiting" these places one cannot truly
grasp the nature of the Beat scene. Presses in Paris and London
printed writings deemed obscene in the United States; a poetry
reading in San Francisco vaulted Ginsberg's "Howl" to the sphere of
literary myth; and Neal Cassady's scrawled description of a bus ride
to Kansas City sparked Jack Kerouac's method of "spontaneous prose."
The exhibition places the Ransom Center's most important Beat
holdings into geographical context and includes special sections
that highlight important themes such as jazz, marriage, and the
beatnik phenomenon of the late 1950s.
Jack Kerouac's scroll
manuscript of On the Road, on loan from the collection of Jim
Irsay, will be on display from March 7 through June 1. The first 48
feet of this 120-foot "page" will be visible in the gallery. This
visually stunning first draft has no paragraph or chapter breaks,
and the characters are all referred to by their real names.
Docent-led tours are
offered Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m. For groups of more
than 10 people, please call Lisa Murray at 512-475-8086 to arrange a
tour.
"On
the Road with the Beats" can be seen at the Ransom Center Galleries
on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended
Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries
are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/
Other
Related Events
Beat Voices
PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 7 P.M.
The Harry Ransom Center presents the
premiere performance of Beat Voices on Thursday, February
21, at 7 p.m.
The series of brief plays, produced
in conjunction with the current exhibition On the Road with
the Beats, are written, directed, and performed by students
in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of
Texas at Austin. The pieces illuminate objects and people
featured in the exhibition, including Beat figures Peter
Orlovsky and Diane DiPrima, specific letters exchanged by Beat
authors, and a painting by artist Alfred Leslie.
The performances allow audience
members to engage with artifacts and historical figures in the
exhibition through live performance.
After the premiere, the plays will
be performed every Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 3 p.m. until the
exhibition closes.
More
Information
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March
2008
Jack Kerouac's Birthday, March 12, 1922
Celebrate Jack Kerouac's 86th Birthday in Lowell at these happenings:
 Friday,
March 7th: Talkin' Jack. Bob Pare Studio-117 Market Street.
7:30. Drop in for a time of informal conversation about how
Kerouac's writings have played a part in your life. Wine and Cheese
provided.
Saturday, March 8th: 6:00-7:30 Kerouac Memorabilia
Display: Lowell Gallery. Stop by the Lowell Gallery at 14 Jackson
Street to view Kerouac-related art, posters, and first editions of
his work. Hosted by Guy LeFebvre. Refreshments provided.
7: 30 p.m. Kerouac
Birthday Party! Olive That and More- 167 Market St. Readings and
Music. Featured reader will be David Robinson reading from his
recently published Sweeney on the Fringe. Open Mike: Bring your
favorite Kerouac reading, or a Kerouac-inspired work of your own.
Birthday Cake...Governor's Proclamation of Jack Kerouac Day In
Massachusetts!
Wednesday, March
12th -[Actual Birth Date] O'Leary Library Auditorium. UMass
Lowell. 61 Wilder Street. 7:00 p.m. Premier showing of "Remembering
Jack Kerouac" a documentary about last summer's Scroll Exhibit in
Lowell. Produced by Bridget Driscoll and River TV Studios. Followed
by a forum on Where Do We Go With Kerouac? A Community Conversation
about keeping the Kerouac Legacy alive in Lowell. Led by Paul
Marion, Executive Director-Office of Outreach, University of
Massachusetts at Lowell.
Sponsored by
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! and the Cultural Organization of Lowell
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues
(In New York and Texas) -
February
5 - August 3, 2008 -
On the Road with the
Beats, Ransom Center Galleries, The University of Texas at Austin.
The
Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" explores
the lives and works of the artists who made up the "Beat Generation."
Featuring more than 250 items drawn from across the Ransom Center's
collections, the exhibition will take visitors on a journey through
the cities, landscapes and communities that fostered and shaped the
most important works of the Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to
the mid-1960s. The exhibition runs from Feb. 5 to Aug. 3 in the
Ransom Center Galleries at The University of Texas at Austin.
This exhibition will
take visitors on a journey through the cities, landscapes, and
communities that fostered and shaped the most important works of the
Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. Writers such
as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gregory
Corso are deeply identified with cities such as New York, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Tangier, Calcutta, London, and
Paris. Indeed, without "visiting" these places one cannot truly
grasp the nature of the Beat scene. Presses in Paris and London
printed writings deemed obscene in the United States; a poetry
reading in San Francisco vaulted Ginsberg's "Howl" to the sphere of
literary myth; and Neal Cassady's scrawled description of a bus ride
to Kansas City sparked Jack Kerouac's method of "spontaneous prose."
The exhibition places the Ransom Center's most important Beat
holdings into geographical context and includes special sections
that highlight important themes such as jazz, marriage, and the
beatnik phenomenon of the late 1950s.
Jack Kerouac's scroll
manuscript of On the Road, on loan from the collection of Jim
Irsay, will be on display from March 7 through June 1. The first 48
feet of this 120-foot "page" will be visible in the gallery. This
visually stunning first draft has no paragraph or chapter breaks,
and the characters are all referred to by their real names.
Other
Scroll
Related Events
 Kerouac
scroll available for viewing
EXHIBITION
starting FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 10 A.M.-5 P.M.
First day to see the scroll
manuscript of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road in the
exhibition On the Road with the Beats.
Docent-led tours
are offered Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m. For groups
of more than 10 people, please call Lisa Murray at 512-475-8086
to arrange a tour.
In
conjunction with the exhibition, there will be a series of plays
and readings. Please visit their website for more up to date
information.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/events/
"On the Road with the Beats" can be seen at the Ransom Center
Galleries on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
with extended Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and
Sundays the galleries are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries
are closed on Mondays.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/
Poetry on the Plaza:
On the Road
READING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, NOON
The Harry Ransom Center hosts Poetry
on the Plaza: On the Road on Wednesday, March 5, at noon.
Professor Jeffrey Meikle and two
students from his class "The Beats and American Culture," Meg
Halpin and Tom Bevilacqua, read poetry from the Beat Generation.
They will be joined by Dr. Molly Schwartzburg, Curator of
British and American Literature, who will read selections
featured in the Ransom Center's current exhibition On the
Road with the Beats, which runs through August 3.
The exhibition traces the travels of
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and their
friends across America and the globe. Manuscripts, books,
photographs, and visual art from the Ransom Center's collections
tell the story of the Beat Generation and the literary and
social revolution they inspired. The scroll manuscript of Jack
Kerouac's On the Road will be on display March 7-June 1,
2008.
Refreshments will be served at this
free event.
More
Information
"Hearing Private History: The Home Recordings of John Clellon
Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, 1949-1951"
LECTURE
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 7 P.M.
Phil Ford, Assistant Professor of
Musicology at Indiana University, presents "Hearing Private
History: The Home Recordings of John Clellon Holmes, Jack
Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, 1949-1951," on Thursday, March 6,
at 7 p.m. at the Harry Ransom Center.
The talk focuses on an unpublished
cache of home recordings that capture Clellon Holmes, Kerouac,
and Ginsberg reciting poetry, listening to jazz, and trying
their hand at vocal jazz improvisation. Ford will discuss how
these recordings help us think about the unstable relationship
between recorded sound and its decay, and the place of nostalgia
in our reconstruction of the past through such ephemeral
archival materials.
This event is held in conjunction
with the Ransom Center's exhibition On the Road with the
Beats, on display through August 3.
"Celebrating On the Road"
LECTURE
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 7 P.M.
 Ann
Charters, biographer and bibliographer of Jack Kerouac, talks
about her association with the novelist in "Celebrating On
The Road" on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at the Harry
Ransom Center.
Charters, a professor of English at
the University of Connecticut in Storrs, discusses the changing
reputation of Kerouac's On the Road since its publication
in 1957—from its beginning as a best-selling novel that aroused
controversy coast-to-coast in the United States to its present
status honored as an American classic throughout the world.
This event is presented in
conjunction with the Ransom Center's current exhibition On
the Road with the Beats, on display through August 3. The
scroll manuscript of Jack Kerouac's On the Road will be
on display March 7-June 1.
Charters began collecting books by
Beat writers in the early 1960s, and she worked with Jack
Kerouac in the compilation of his bibliography in 1966. She
published Kerouac: A Biography in 1973, and she's edited
The Beat Reader, The Sixties Reader, two volumes
of Selected Letters of Jack Kerouac, and the textbook
The Story and Its Writer.
Marathon Reading of On the Road
READING
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 10 A.M.-10 P.M.
 The
Harry Ransom Center presents a marathon reading of Jack
Kerouac's novel On the Road, on Saturday, March 29,
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Spider House Café.
Readers can sign up for a time
slot to read on the Ransom Center's website at
www.hrc.utexas.edu/ontheroad.
This event is presented in
conjunction with the Ransom Center's current exhibition
On the Road with the Beats, on display through August 3.
The exhibition traces the travels of Jack Kerouac, Allen
Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and their friends across
America and the globe. Manuscripts, books, photographs, and
visual art from the Ransom Center's collections tell the
story of the Beat Generation and the literary and social
revolution they inspired. The scroll manuscript of Jack
Kerouac's On the Road will be on display March 7
through June 1.
Spider House is located at 2908
Fruth Street.
Sign up to read
Beat Voices
PERFORMANCE
The series of brief plays,
produced in conjunction with the current exhibition On
the Road with the Beats, are written, directed, and
performed by students in the Department of Theatre and Dance
at The University of Texas at Austin. The pieces illuminate
objects and people featured in the exhibition, including
Beat figures Peter Orlovsky and Diane DiPrima, specific
letters exchanged by Beat authors, and a painting by artist
Alfred Leslie.
The performances allow audience
members to engage with artifacts and historical figures in
the exhibition through live performance.
The plays will be performed
every Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 3 p.m. until the
exhibition closes.
More
Information
November 9, 2007 through March 16,
2008 - On the Road Scroll at the New York City
Public Library. Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road
on View from November 9, 2007 through March 16, 2008; The original
scroll itself will be on display from November 9, 2007 through February
22, 2008 only; will includes a
facsimile copy of the scroll roll, the original is now on display in
Texas (see above).
http://www.nypl.org/press/2007/Beatific_exhibition.cfm
Diaries, manuscripts, snapshots, and
personal items of Jack Kerouac, the visionary author whose
pioneering work helped to established the Beat Movement in the
United States, will be on display in Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac
on the Road, an exhibition on view at The New
York Public Library November 9, 2007 through March 16, 2008.
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April
2008
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues -
February
5 - August 3, 2008 -
On the Road with the
Beats, Ransom Center Galleries, The University of Texas at Austin.
The
Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" explores
the lives and works of the artists who made up the "Beat Generation."
See
March listing for more information. Featuring more than 250 items
drawn from across the Ransom Center's collections, the exhibition
will take visitors on a journey through the cities, landscapes and
communities that fostered and shaped the most important works of the
Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. The
exhibition runs from Feb. 5 to Aug. 3 in the Ransom Center Galleries
at The University of Texas at Austin.
"On
the Road with the Beats" can be seen at the Ransom Center Galleries
on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended
Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries
are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/
Other Scroll Related events
More Information
Beat
Film Series with Motion Picture, Pull
My Daisy, City of Jazz,
Bridges-Go-Round, Anticipation of NightFILM
SERIES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 7 P.M.
 This
series features selected works from filmmakers
involved in the Beat
movement, including: Frank Paine's Motion
Picture (1956), Robert Frank and Alfred
Leslie's Pull My Daisy (1959), Ed Bland's
Cry of Jazz (1958), Shirley Clarke's
Bridges-Go-Round (1958), and Stan Brakhage's
Anticipation of the Night (1958).
Co-sponsored by the Austin Film Society. Tickets
Required.
ALAMO
DRAFTHOUSE AT THE RITZ, 320 E. 6th Street
 "California
Beat: West Coast Art from
the Beat Era" LECTURE
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 7 P.M.
David S.
Rubin, Curator of
Contemporary Art at the San
Antonio Museum of Art,
presents "California Beat:
West Coast Art from the Beat
Era."
 Beat
Film Series with The Last
Clean Shirt, Wholly
Communion, Towers
Open Fire, The End,
and Beat
FILM SERIES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 7 P.M.
Alfred Leslie's The Last
Clean Shirt (1964),
Peter Whitehead's Wholly
Communion (1965),
Anthony Balch and William S.
Burroughs's Towers Open
Fire (1962), and
Christopher MacLaine's
The End (1953) and
Beat (1958).
Co-sponsored by the Austin
Film Society. Tickets
Required.
More Information
ALAMO
DRAFTHOUSE AT THE RITZ, 320
E. 6th Street
Anne Waldman on Life as a
Beat Poet
READING
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 7 P.M.
 Ann
Waldman, co-founder of the
Jack Kerouac School of
Disembodied Poetics at
Naropa University, discusses
her life as a Beat poet.
More Information
Beat Film Series
with Scorpio Rising,
Kustom Kar Kommandos, and
A Bucket of Blood
FILM SERIES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 7 P.M.
Kenneth Anger's Scorpio
Rising (1964) and Kustom
Kar Kommandos (1965), and
Roger Corman's A Bucket of
Blood (1959). Co-sponsored
by the Austin Film Society.
Tickets Required.
More Information
ALAMO
DRAFTHOUSE AT THE RITZ, 320 E.
6th Street
"Jack Kerouac's America"
LECTURE
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 7 P.M.
 Douglas
Brinkley, Professor of History
at Rice University and editor of
Windblown World: The Journals
of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954
and Jack Kerouac: Road Novels
1957-1960, offers his
insights into "Jack Kerouac's
America."
Beat Voices
PERFORMANCE
The
series of brief plays, produced
in conjunction with the current
exhibition On the Road with
the Beats, are written,
directed, and performed by
students in the Department of
Theatre and Dance at The
University of Texas at Austin.
The pieces illuminate objects
and people featured in the
exhibition, including Beat
figures Peter Orlovsky and Diane
DiPrima, specific letters
exchanged by Beat authors, and a
painting by artist Alfred
Leslie.
The
performances allow audience
members to engage with artifacts
and historical figures in the
exhibition through live
performance.
The
plays will be performed every
Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 3
p.m. until the exhibition
closes.
More Information
April 3, 2008,
Auction of Beat, Bukowski, and Counter Culture Books at PBA
Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
www.PBAGalleries.com (415)
989-2665
April 21 - July 3, 2008 - The Beats and
Beyond, Counterculture Poetry 1950-1975.
The Beats and Beyond celebrates the remarkable growth of the
Rare Book Collection’s
holdings of post–World War II American avant-garde poetry over the past
fifteen years. Development of this collecting area has been gradual but
steady, with items purchased both as collections and individually.
Today, the RBC holds thousands of modern American poetry items, by both
mainstream (or “academic”) writers and by participants in the
counterculture. Curated by Sarah E. Fass, Rare Book Collection,
Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.lib.unc.edu/rbc/beats_and_beyond/
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May
2008
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues -
February
5 - August 3, 2008 -
On the Road with the
Beats, Ransom Center Galleries, The University of Texas at Austin.
The
Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" explores
the lives and works of the artists who made up the "Beat Generation."
Last day to see Kerouac scroll
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, NOON-5 P.M.
Last day
to see the scroll manuscript of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road
in the exhibition On the Road with the Beats.
See
March listing for more information. Featuring more than 250 items
drawn from across the Ransom Center's collections, the exhibition
will take visitors on a journey through the cities, landscapes and
communities that fostered and shaped the most important works of the
Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. The
exhibition runs from Feb. 5 to Aug. 3 in the Ransom Center Galleries
at The University of Texas at Austin.
"On
the Road with the Beats" can be seen at the Ransom Center Galleries
on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended
Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries
are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/
Beat Voices
PERFORMANCE
The series of brief plays, produced
in conjunction with the current exhibition On the Road with
the Beats, are written, directed, and performed by students
in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of
Texas at Austin. The pieces illuminate objects and people
featured in the exhibition, including Beat figures Peter
Orlovsky and Diane DiPrima, specific letters exchanged by Beat
authors, and a painting by artist Alfred Leslie.
The performances allow audience
members to engage with artifacts and historical figures in the
exhibition through live performance.
The plays will be performed every
Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 3 p.m. until the exhibition closes.
More
Information
April 21 - July 3, 2008 - The Beats and
Beyond, Counterculture Poetry 1950-1975. The
Beats and Beyond celebrates the remarkable growth of the
Rare Book Collection’s
holdings of post–World War II American avant-garde poetry over the past
fifteen years. Development of this collecting area has been gradual but
steady, with items purchased both as collections and individually.
Today, the RBC holds thousands of modern American poetry items, by both
mainstream (or “academic”) writers and by participants in the
counterculture. Curated by Sarah E. Fass, Rare Book Collection,
Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.lib.unc.edu/rbc/beats_and_beyond/
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June
2008
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues -
February
5 - August 3, 2008 -
On the Road with the
Beats, Ransom Center Galleries, The University of Texas at Austin.
The
Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" explores
the lives and works of the artists who made up the "Beat Generation."
See
March listing for more information. Featuring more than 250 items
drawn from across the Ransom Center's collections, the exhibition
will take visitors on a journey through the cities, landscapes and
communities that fostered and shaped the most important works of the
Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. The
exhibition runs from Feb. 5 to Aug. 3 in the Ransom Center Galleries
at The University of Texas at Austin.
"On
the Road with the Beats" can be seen at the Ransom Center Galleries
on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended
Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries
are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/
Last day to see Kerouac
scroll EXHIBITION SUNDAY, JUNE 1,
NOON-5 P.M.
Last day to
see the scroll manuscript of Jack Kerouac's
novel On the Road in the exhibition On
the Road with the Beats.
Beat Voices
PERFORMANCE
The series of
brief plays, produced in conjunction with
the current exhibition On the Road with
the Beats, are written, directed, and
performed by students in the Department of
Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas
at Austin. The pieces illuminate objects and
people featured in the exhibition, including
Beat figures Peter Orlovsky and Diane
DiPrima, specific letters exchanged by Beat
authors, and a painting by artist Alfred
Leslie.
The performances
allow audience members to engage with
artifacts and historical figures in the
exhibition through live performance.
The plays will
be performed every Saturday and Sunday at 1
and 3 p.m. until the exhibition closes.
More Information
April 21 - July 3, 2008 - The Beats and
Beyond, Counterculture Poetry 1950-1975.
The Beats and Beyond celebrates the remarkable growth of the
Rare Book Collection’s
holdings of post–World War II American avant-garde poetry over the past
fifteen years. Development of this collecting area has been gradual but
steady, with items purchased both as collections and individually.
Today, the RBC holds thousands of modern American poetry items, by both
mainstream (or “academic”) writers and by participants in the
counterculture. Curated by Sarah E. Fass, Rare Book Collection,
Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.lib.unc.edu/rbc/beats_and_beyond/
July
2008
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues -
February 5 - August 3, 2008 -
On the Road with the
Beats, Ransom Center Galleries, The University of Texas at Austin.
The
Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" explores
the lives and works of the artists who made up the "Beat Generation."
The On The Road Scroll will be removed June 1, however the rest
of the beat exhibition will remain for viewing till the end of the
exhibition.
See
March listing for more information. Featuring more than 250 items
drawn from across the Ransom Center's collections, the exhibition
will take visitors on a journey through the cities, landscapes and
communities that fostered and shaped the most important works of the
Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. The
exhibition runs from Feb. 5 to Aug. 3 in the Ransom Center Galleries
at The University of Texas at Austin.
"On
the Road with the Beats" can be seen at the Ransom Center Galleries
on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended
Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries
are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/
 Austin
Chamber Music Center performs tribute to Beats
PERFORMANCE THURSDAY, JULY 17, 7 P.M.
The Austin
Chamber Music Center presents the Tosca String
Quartet in a tribute to the Beats, featuring
Boston composer Lee Hyla's arrangement of Allen
Ginsberg's "Howl."
JESSEN AUDITORIUM
Beat Voices
PERFORMANCE
The series of
brief plays, produced in conjunction with
the current exhibition On the Road with
the Beats, are written, directed, and
performed by students in the Department of
Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas
at Austin. The pieces illuminate objects and
people featured in the exhibition, including
Beat figures Peter Orlovsky and Diane
DiPrima, specific letters exchanged by Beat
authors, and a painting by artist Alfred
Leslie.
The performances
allow audience members to engage with
artifacts and historical figures in the
exhibition through live performance.
The plays will
be performed every Saturday and Sunday at 1
and 3 p.m. until the exhibition closes.
More Information
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues -
July 3 to September 28, 2008:
Indianapolis Museum of Art (awaiting confirmation on dates)
April 21 - July 3, 2008 - The Beats and
Beyond, Counterculture Poetry 1950-1975.
The Beats and Beyond celebrates the remarkable growth of the
Rare Book Collection’s
holdings of post–World War II American avant-garde poetry over the past
fifteen years. Development of this collecting area has been gradual but
steady, with items purchased both as collections and individually.
Today, the RBC holds thousands of modern American poetry items, by both
mainstream (or “academic”) writers and by participants in the
counterculture. Curated by Sarah E. Fass, Rare Book Collection,
Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.lib.unc.edu/rbc/beats_and_beyond/
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August
2008
On The Road Scroll Tour Continues -
February 5 - August 3, 2008 -
On the Road with the
Beats, Ransom Center Galleries, The University of Texas at Austin.
The
Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" explores
the lives and works of the artists who made up the "Beat Generation."
The On The Road Scroll will be removed June 1, however the rest
of the beat exhibition will remain for viewing till the end of the
exhibition.
See
March listing for more information. Featuring more than 250 items
drawn from across the Ransom Center's collections, the exhibition
will take visitors on a journey through the cities, landscapes and
communities that fostered and shaped the most important works of the
Beat Generation, from the early 1940s to the mid-1960s. The
exhibition runs from Feb. 5 to Aug. 3 in the Ransom Center Galleries
at The University of Texas at Austin.
"On
the Road with the Beats" can be seen at the Ransom Center Galleries
on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended
Thursday hours until 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries
are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/
Beat Voices
PERFORMANCE
The series of brief plays, produced
in conjunction with the current exhibition On the Road with
the Beats, are written, directed, and performed by students
in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of
Texas at Austin. The pieces illuminate objects and people
featured in the exhibition, including Beat figures Peter
Orlovsky and Diane DiPrima, specific letters exchanged by Beat
authors, and a painting by artist Alfred Leslie.
The performances allow audience
members to engage with artifacts and historical figures in the
exhibition through live performance.
The plays will be performed every
Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 3 p.m. until the exhibition closes.
More
Information
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September
2008
Please
email your Kerouac and beat event to: kerouaczin@aol.com
or write to: A. Gyenis, DHARMA beat, PO
Box 5174, Eureka, CA 95502-5174. I also appreciate copies of any publicity
information for the DHARMA beat archive. Please include date, time, address, and
contact. We try to maintain a complete list of Kerouac events. Thanks.
October
2008
Jack Safe in Heaven dead,
October 21, 1969
Annual
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!
-
Are you going to be in Lowell, MA, Jack's hometown. Join
the annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival celebrates Jack Kerouac
life and writings.
Take the time to spend 4 days in Kerouac's hometown, walk the streets he
wrote about, and listen to lectures, see movies, go on a pub crawl and
drink in the same bars that Kerouac did. Visit
their website to see all the events -
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac.
Kerouac was born in Lowell, and the city keeps
a strong Kerouac presence alive all year round with a park named
after the author. The original scroll is there right now, and will
be through the end of this annual festival, which features four days
of talks, readings, and events in what may be the most
Kerouac-oriented town in America.
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November
2008
December
2008
January
2009
Please
email your Kerouac and beat event to: kerouaczin@aol.com
or write to: A. Gyenis, DHARMA beat, PO
Box 5174, Eureka, CA 95502-5174. I also appreciate copies of any publicity
information for the DHARMA beat archive. Please include date, time, address, and
contact. We try to maintain a complete list of Kerouac events. Thanks.
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For Previous events, click here
This is a look at
Kerouac events dating back to 2001
|
Jack Kerouac's Birthday, March 12, 1922
Selected
Events:
