JANUARY
2010
January 31 - Jack Kerouac in Queens Lecture. Where: Weeping Beech, Margaret I Carmen Green Kingsland Homestead (143-35 37th Ave.) Flushing, NY.
Head to Kingsland Homestead this afternoon to hear writer, playwright and Kerouac historian Pat Fenton present a lecture celebrating the famed American writer — and, specifically, how Queens greatly impacted his life and writing. Call 718-939-0647 or visit www.nycgovparks.org for more details.
February 2010
Sunday, February 7- 1st Annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash,
Sunday, February 7th, 2:00 - 5:00pm,
My Brother's Bar,
2376 15th Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202.
Neal Cassady Birthday Bash in DENVER Sunday, February 7th, 2 PM
If you're in or near Denver you're in for a treat! John Allen Cassady, his sister Jami Cassady Ratto and her husband Randy Ratto will be celebrating their father's birthday at MY BROTHER'S BAR.
Sunday, February 7th, Beat Museum, San Francisco, CA, FIFTH ANNUAL NEAL CASSADY BIRTHDAY BASH - Sunday, February 7th, 7 PM.
Special Guest of Honor will be AL HINKLE, aka BIG ED DUNKEL from "On The Road". Our theme will be "Last Man Standing". Al was actually in the '49 Hudson as it roared across America! He drove the Hudson! He was with Neal when he bought it and suggested Neal buy the radio option instead of the heater! Al worked side by side with Neal at the Southern Pacific Railroad, and, in fact, he's the one who helped Neal get the job! He's been a lifelong friend to Carolyn Cassady and the Cassady children and continues to live in Northern California. Al Hinkle is 83 years old and has stories only he can tell. Al Hinkle - (Big Ed Dunkel) - at the Beat Museum to help us celebrate Neal's birthday.
Click here for details:
http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/feb-events.htm
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March 2010
Jack Kerouac's Birthday, March 12, 1922
MARCH 11-13, 2010 - Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! JACK KEROUAC WEEKEND AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 11:
Docu-drama: One Fast Move or I’m Gone. Based on Kerouac’s experiences
as described in his novel Big Sur. Website: www.kerouacfilms.com
11:00 a.m.: Soundtrack CD Listening Session with Jim Sampas. Durgin Hall, Room 114. U-Mass., Lowell South Campus. To attend RSVP paul_marion@uml.edu
3:00 p.m. Screening and discussion with producer Jim Sampas. UML South Campus. O’Leary Library Auditorium.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12:
JACK KEROUAC DAY AND 88th BIRTHDAY
Featured Event: Book Release of Jay Atkinson’sParadise Road: Jack Kerouac’s Lost Highway And My Search for America. Web address: www.jayatkinson.com
General: Governor’s Proclamation of “Jack Kerouac Day.”
4:00 p.m. Lowell Blues, a film by Henry Ferrini. Lowell National Historical Park Visitors Center, 61 Market Street.
5:30 p.m.: Paradise Road Reading and Signing With Jay Atkinson and Other Readers.Brew’d Awakenings. 61 Market Street.
7:00p.m. Paradise Road Launch Party. Remarks by Jay Atkinson and David Amram.General Celebration at the Old Court. 29 Central Street.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13:
DAVID AMRAM JAMS
2:00 p.m. Open Mike Readings with David Amram
The Dharma Buns. 26A Market Street.
*David Amram plays behind the readings
*Host: Mary/John Capriole; Moderator: Roger Brunelle
*On the Road Art Presentation by Mary Capriole
*John Capriole discusses the origin of Dharma Buns
*Paradise Road web video (2:30—2:40 p.m.)
7:00 p.m. This is BEAT! Caffe Paradiso 45 Palmer Street.*Readings by David, Tony Sampas, Paul Marion, John Leite, Jerry Bisantz, Richard Rourke. Acoustic Jazz presentation by David Amram with*Stanley Swann, Charles Langford, Adam Amram, Lura Smith of MCC. Lowell Jazz Day Camp: Alyssa Jones, Stanley Swann. Paul Combs and John Harrington. UMass Lowell Classical String Trio.
9:00 p.m. This Song’s For You, Jack! Continuing at Caffe Paradiso.
*Singer/Songwriter Bob Martin
*Singer/Songwriter Alan Crane
*Amy Black and the Red Clay Rascals
*Nolwenn Monjarret
*Special Late Night Guest.
Seating at Caffe Paradiso is limited. Please RSVP to george@copleymedia.com for the 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. shows.
Special thanks to: The Lowell Historical National Park, The Dharma Buns, Caffe Paradiso. The University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Brew’d Awakenings, The Old Court, Middlesex Community College, all the performers; and to George DeLuca for producing the Amram Jams
This schedule is also posted at: http://www.cometolowell.com/KerouacSchedule.htm
The Courtyard by Marriott Hotel of Lowell has set aside 10 rooms for the nights of March 12 and 13 for persons attending the Kerouac 2010 Birthday events. The cost of a room with one king size bed for one night is $67.00 plus an 11.7% sales tax.
The Marriott is located off Exit 3 of the Lowell Connector. The Connector is accessed from Exit 35B on I-495.
To make a reservation call 1-800-321-2211 and reference the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Room Block at the Lowell Courtyard by Marriott to make their reservations at the group rate.
Thursday, March 11, “Jack’s Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac”, Northport, NY. Pat Fenton reading from his Kerouac play at Northport-East-Library. 7:30 pm.
It’s the summer of 1964 and Jack Kerouac is spending his last night in Northport before moving to Florida with his mother. Long after his small going-away party is over, Jack keeps on drinking as he reflects on his youth as a football star in Lowell, Massachusetts, and wonders whether his time has come and gone. As he sums up his life in a bittersweet narrative, he receives a series of soul-searching phone calls
from his daughter Jan.
Join journalist and playwright Patrick Fenton as he reads from his play “Jack’s Last Call” and talks about how he has chased the ghost of Jack Kerouac from Ozone Park to Northport. Mr. Fenton’s play has been featured on more than 50 radio stations across the country since its April 2008 release. No registration required. Northport East Library. 7:30 p.m.
March 12, 2010, The Kerouac Effect 2010, Auckland New Zealand. Bright Yellow Beetle Records presents...The Kerouac Effect 2010
The Kerouac Effect, the annual celebration of Beat Poetry in Auckland City held on the birthday of one of Beat's most recognised proponants Jack Kerouac. It is a celebration of crossovers of music and spoken word/poetry featuring some of the region's finest voices in this genre.
This is our 4th year of running this event and again we have a stirling line up including:
Apirana Taylor, Beautiful Losers, Otis Mace, Anna Kaye & The Engineers, The Literatti, Courtney Meredith. Lee Wallace. Karen Hunter. Murray Haddow,
Boggy Beat & The Lost Poet
Location/venue:
Fordes Bar,
122 Anzac Avenue,
Auckland CBD, 1010.
Cost:
$15.
Entry details:
Doors open at 6pm.
R18 - Door Sales Only.
Contact details:
Email: tabitha@bybr.co.nz
Orlando, FL, March 18, Thursday. Social Fundraiser to Benefit the Kerouac Project
The Kerouac Project in Orlando, Florida, is having a fun fundraiser with a simple premise. Buy a $20 ticket and come drink all the wine (you can) and eat all the flatbread (you want) with your Kerouac pals. All the usual suspects and some unusual ones too… you know who you are.
Thursday March 18, 2010 5:30 to 7:30 at Urban Flats downtown (where the movie theater is).
Buy tickets at the door or mail a check with your contact information to Kerouac Project PO Box 547477, Orlando, Fl 32854 and they will mail some out to you. Or you can use the paypal donation button then shoot me and email at kerouacproject@gmail.com that you paid and tickets will be mailed.
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April 2010
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May 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 7:00 P.M, City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, Michael McClure reading from his new collection of poetry Mysterioso published by New Directions.
Michael McClure has long been noted for the popularity of his dynamic poetry performances. He is a poet, playwright, songwriter, and one of the "movers and shakers" of the Beat Generation. He has authored over 30 books. At the age of 22 he gave his first poetry reading at the legendary Six Gallery event in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg first read Howl. Today McClure is more active than ever, writing and performing his poetry at festivals, and colleges and clubs across the country. He has worked extensively with his old friend Ray Manzarek, the Doors' keyboardist.
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June 2010
July 2010
August 2010
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September 2010
Please
email your Kerouac and beat event to: jack@dharmabeat.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 2010
Jack Safe in Heaven dead, October 21, 1969
November 2010
December 2010
January 2011
Please
email your Kerouac and beat event to: jack@dharmabeat.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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