Partners

Partners

“Because we can do more together
than any of us can do
on our own”

‘Diamond Dave’ Whitaker

We’ve been fortunate to work with some amazing organizations

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg

Last year we worked closely with The Contemporary Jewish Museum on programs and events related to their 2013 summer Allen Ginsberg photography exhibition. The Beat Museum hosted a San Francisco walking and photography tour of Beat related sites throughout the city, and co-sponsored and participated on a panel presentation relating to the life and times of Allen Ginsberg.

The Making of the Beat Museum at the CJM Blog »

Litquake

We have also partnered with Litquake, San Francisco’s annual literary festival, offering neighborhood literary walking tour programs, and hosting readings and author events at the Beat Museum.

Friends of the SFPL

We have also partnered with Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, hosting readings as part of the International Poetry Festival.

Warby Parker

We teamed up with Warby Parker for “Turn the Beat Around,” the kickoff party for Beatnik Shindig—the largest Beat Generation conference in 20 years. The pre-party featured specialty cocktails, and The Word Party performing live poetry in collaboration with the Nova Jazz band.

InterContinental Mark Hopkins

The Mark Hopkins Hotel (part of the InterContinental Hotel Group) hosted our poetry and jazz series, Celebrating the Beats at the Top of the Mark, featuring poets and jazz musicians in stirring live, collaborative performances in one of San Francisco’s greatest historic cocktail lounges.

Events

A History of Sponsored Events

Since 2006, Friends of the Beat Museum has organized over a hundred literary, artistic, and cultural events.

Women of the Beat Generation

Publisher, editor & writer Brenda Knight & friends present an evening celebrating the writers, artists, and muses at the heart of a revolution. Joanna McClure has been writing poetry since the 1950s and worked for 35 years in early childhood development. The author of several poetry collections, she continues to give readings and publish her(…)
Fri. March 14, 7pm
Jack Kerouac’s 92nd Birthday

Join us at the Beat Museum as we celebrate the life and work of Jack Kerouac. Event will feature a talk about Jack prepared by Brandon Loberg, and live performance by The Dharma Bums. Purchase the poster »
Wed. March 12th, 7pm
Celebrating Black History

with jazz poet Charles Curtis Blackwell, Gail Mitchell, Q.R. Hand Jr., James Martin, Ramu Aki, Brian Johnson, Larry Ware & Friends, with jazz accompaniment by Luis Cardenas (sax) & Toku Woo (guitar).
Fri. Feb. 21tt, 7pm
Burroughs@100

RE/Search Publications with V.Vale presents “William S. Burroughs at 100.” Join us as we celebrate William S. Burroughs on what would have been his 100th birthday. V.Vale will show rare slides, talk about his times with “Old Bull Lee” Bill Burroughs and there will be a surprise “presentation” too secret to reveal in advance.
Wed. Feb. 5th, 7pm
9th Annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash

Our annual tribute to Neal Cassady, the “secret hero” of “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg and the inspiration for Jack Kerouac’s character ‘Dean Moriarty’ in On the Road. This event will feature his son, John Allen Cassady, sharing reflections and reminisces of his father, Neal, and his recently departed mother, Carolyn, and special guest Al Hinkle.
Tues. Feb. 4th, 7pm
Owsley & Me Booksigning

“Owsley ‘Bear’ Stanley met her in Berkeley in 1965, when LSD was still legal and he was the world’s largest producer and distributor of LSD. Rhoney found herself working in an LSD laboratory, and the third corner in a love triangle. We have all heard the stories from the ’60s—but never from the point of(…)
Friday, August 23rd, 7:30pm
Re-Invent the Scroll

On Saturday, October 27th, The Beat Museum will be hosting guests from all over the world for an induction ceremony of the “Reinvented Scroll” of Jack Kerouac. Above: Kerouac’s original scroll. The ‘scroll’ being inducted into the Museum is an homage to Kerouac’s original, assembled from the contributions of Kerouac fans the world over. This(…)
Sat. Oct. 27th, 7pm
Passport 2012 – North Beach

For the first time, The Beat Museum will be one of the stops on PASSPORT, an annual DIY art-collecting event benefitting the SF Arts Commission Galleries. PASSPORT places Bay Area artists in select locations, and invites participants to embark on an afternoon art-walk through North Beach, collecting stamps created by each of the featured artists(…)
Sun. Oct. 14, Noon-4pm
5th Annual Beat Museum Poetry Festival

Two days of poetry, presented in conjunction with100 Thousand Poets for Change Saturday, Sept. 29th: Beat Spirituality Featured presenters to include Mark Eckert, Raging Granny Vee, David James Randolph, Leah Lubin, Andrew Mayer, Marcia Moonstar, Gaetana Caldwell-Smith, Joan Gelfand, and others to be named. Hosted by David Madgalene 3-5pm Sunday, Sept. 30th: Psychedelic Sunday Featured(…)
Sept. 29th, 3-5pm — Sept. 30th, 1-6pm
Read ‘Til They Bleed! – Suzi Kaplan Olmsted, Peter Marti & Friends

Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, Round 42 Celebrating the publication of Marti’s Elephants I Didn’t Ride & Kaplan Olmsted’s Electra’s Mouth. Spar hosted by Marc Olmsted. Plus: Open mic lottery. Suzi Kaplan Olmsted has appeared in The Sun, Blue Satellite, 51%, F.T.S, Big Scream, poetrysuperhighway.com, M.A.G., Lummox Journal, getunderground.com, and Napalm Health Spa. Suzi recently read(…)
Fri. Sept. 28th, 7pm
Prankster Girl – Anne Murphy and Lynn Rogers

Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, Round 41 A woman’s view of Neal and the Beats from two generations, featuring Anne Murphy and Lynn Rogers, plus speacial guests. Spar hosted by Daniel Yaryan. Plus: Open mic lottery. Anne Murphy has written the most controversial memoir on her adventures as the companion of Beat legend Neal Cassady and(…)
Thurs. Sept. 27th, 7pm
Revolutionaries en Passant

A booksigning party featuring: “Al The Pirate” Havassy Copies of his novel will be available for sale and signing. Jessica Loos Poetry Momo Poetry and Art Paul K. Bach Reading from his novel Mark Schwartz Poetry Linsley Bock Poetry Art Exposé Please join us as these North Beach writers and artists share their work.
Sept. 15, 3-5pm
Woody & Jack – a Conversation About Two American Heroes

2012 marks Jack Kerouac’s 90th Birthday and Woody Guthrie’s 100th. Our good friend Steve Edington (author of The Beat Face of God and past President of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac) will be in California in the next few weeks. Steve just completed a new book on Woody Guthrie and will be sharing his latest passion for(…)
Wed. July 25th, 7pm
The Painted Word at Meridian Gallery

The Painted Word, on display at Meridian Gallery until July 14th, is an exhibition comprised of over 80 artworks by some of the Bay Area’s foremost poets and writers. This very special exhibition provides a rare glimpse into additional modes of reflection used by these individuals – whether drawing, painting or photography. Anne Trueblood Brodzky,(…)
Apr 28 – Jul 14, 2012
Shig Murao Anniversary + Allen Ginsberg’s 86th Birthday

Soon after Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin opened the City Lights Pocket Book Shop in 1953, they hired Shigeyoshi “Shig” Murao as their first clerk. Shig was young and charismatic, with an infectious geniality that became as integral a part of the bookstore’s culture as the paperbound volumes on its shelves. Shig Murao was born(…)
Sun. June 3rd, 7pm
Matt Theado: on the Road to Hollywood

It’s no secret we’re excited about the imminent release of On the Road in theatres. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been reading along as we’ve done our best to provide you as many details as possible (you’re welcome), concerning the journey Kerouac’s beloved classic has made from book to film. That journey, however, is(…)
Sun. May 27th, 4:00pm
Marc Olmsted & Jonah Raskin

Marc Olmsted (author of What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost?) and Jonah Raskin (author of American Scream) welcome the Beat Studies Association and its participation in the American Literature Association Annual Conference in San Francisco with a poetry reading at the Beat Museum, hosted by “Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts.”
Fri. May 25th, 7:00pm
The Collected Poems of Lenore Kandel Book Release

North Atlantic Books presents the first-ever publication of The Collected Poems of Lenore Kandel. You really don’t want to miss this one. Readers will include: Peter Coyote ruth weiss Brenda Knight (Women of the Beat Generation) Lindy Hough (poet, Wild Horses, Wild Dreams) Dan Langton (SF Poetry Center) Lenore Kandel (1932-2009) was a member of(…)
Thurs. May 10th, 7:00pm
The Lost Coast Spoken-Music Ensemble

Back by popular demand, the Lost Coast Spoken-Music Ensemble returns to the Beat Museum. Join us for this unique performance with very special guests Toby Lurie, Toni Orans, and Motherbear. This new form of spoken music and improvisation needs to be experienced. Come prepared to participate in orchestrations. “When language becomes music, becomes poetry, becomes(…)
Fri. April 20th, 7:00pm
National Haiku Poetry Day

The Beats introduced the English-language haiku to much of America. What better place to celebrate the haiku poetry form than the Beat Museum! During National Poetry Month! The history of the Beat poets’ interest and experiments in haiku, and how the traces of their work manifests itself in poetry today will be provided. Notable Bay(…)
Thurs. April 19th, 7-9pm
Dharma Bums: An Evening of Beat Zen with Mel Ash

This three-hour participatory workshop with Zen teacher and Beat Spirit author Mel Ash is an entertaining and enlightening introduction to our rich local Zen history and heritage, as introduced by the Beat Generation. Wear confortable clothing, bring your original mind, a notebook/sketchbook, pen/pencil, and cushion (Zafu or pillow) if desired. A perfect way to meet(…)
Wed. April 18th, 7-10pm
Tony Serra’s Prison Camp Chronicles

Tony Serra will be reading from his new book, Prison Camp Chronicles published by Grizzly Peak Press. The book is a collection of poems, prose and essays written while doing time in Lompoc Prison Camp for refusal to pay taxes during the second Bush administration. Liv Zutphen will be performing poems about Los Angeles and(…)
Sat. April 14, 7-9pm
Frank Albers, author of Beatland

Frank Albers, Belgian Professor of literature and author of the book
Mon. April 9th, 5-7pm
Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts: Round 34

The reading series that packs a punch returns to the Beat Museum, with performances by both established poets and talented newcomers. JERRY KAMSTRA was born in a mining camp in a shack buried under thirty-five feet of snow. His father, a Dutch immigrant, made his living as a hard-rock miner. His mother was the daughter(…)
Thurs. April 5th, 7:00pm
Jack Kerouac Birthday Bash

Brenda Knight, (author of Women of the Beat Generation) & Cleis Press present the Jack Kerouac Birthday Bash—a celebration of the eternal spirit of the birthday boy himself on this, what would have been his 90th birthday. More details to be announced.
Mon. March 12, 2012, 7:00pm
Jack Hirschman Presents: “A Leap Forward”

The Beat Museum, in solidarity with the World Poetry Movement presents A Leap Forward, a leap-year’s day open mic to celebrate all that’s going on all over the world. Readings by the following poets: Jimmy Mankind Sharon Doubiago Agneta Falk Bobby Coleman Gary Hicks Yolanda Catzalco Dottie Payne Jack Hirschman Everyone is welcome to participate.(…)
Wed. February 29th, 2:00pm
Gerald Nicosia: One and Only – The Untold Story of On the Road

Beloved by both Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, Lu Anne Henderson’s story has never been told. Lu Anne was a beautiful 15-year-old girl in Denver in 1945 when she met Neal, a fast-talking hurricane of male sexuality and vast promises. The two married, and soon they were hanging out with a group of would-be writers,(…)
Thurs. Dec. 8th 7:00pm
Alan Kaufman: Drunken Angel Booksigning

Son of a French Holocaust survivor, Alan Kaufman was an alcoholic so mauled by his indulgences it’s a marvel he was alive enough to get into recovery. Drunken Angel, published in November 2011 by Viva Editions, is the story of how he climbed up from the abyss of a life pickled in self-pity, self-loathing and(…)
Thurs. December 1st 7:00Pm
ruth weiss: can’t stop the beat

Beat Poet ruth weiss returns to the Beat Museum to celebrate the release of her newest book of poems, can’t stop the beat. Percussionist Hal Davis will join her. ruth weiss is one of the last living poets of the Beat Generation. Born to a Jewish family during the rise of Nazism, she eventually made(…)
Thurs. November 3rd 7:00Pm
The Revolutionary Poets Brigade Presents: In Your Face Again

The Revolutionary Poets Brigade presents passionately engaged and provocatively attuned poems of and for our challenged and challenging times. Readers include: Jorge Argueta, Mahnaz Badihian, Virginia Barrett, Kristine Brown,Giancarlo Campagna, Bob Coleman, Edward Frank, Richard Gross, Jessica Loos, Jimmy Mankind, Sarah Menefee, Francisco Orrego, Arthur Sheridan, with music by George Long and hosted by Jack(…)
Sun. October 23rd 7:00Pm
Henry Miller Slept Here: The Ping-Pong Anthology Release Party

Ping-Pong is a journal of art and literature published annually by the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, CA. The event will feature MC Maria Garcia Teutsch, with readings by recent contributors. Two films from the Verruckter Schwanz cinepoetry festival will be shown. Come by and plant yourself at the intersection of film and(…)
Sat. October 22nd 7:00Pm
Voices of North Beach: A Literary Tour

Join us for a literary walking tour of North Beach, starting at The Beat Museum on Broadway. Along the way, we’ll hear famous, (or would that be infamous?) voices in passages embodying what San Francisco means to its denizens. The tour ends at Tosca just in time for the Mean Streets event. Please note: Comfortable(…)
Sun. October 9th 4:30Pm
Queer North Beach and Beyond 1930 – 1965

Michael Flanagan will trace the history of queer North Beach from its beginnings to the period in the 60s when the community moved (in large part) to other parts of the city and answer these questions. By reading from the biographies and memoirs of Jack Spicer, Sam Steward, Elsa Gidlow, Allen Ginsberg, James Broughton and(…)
Wednesday, June 15th – 7:30Pm
The Revolutionary Poets Brigade

“In Your Face Again”
with Jorge Argueta
Mahnaz Badihian
Virginia Barrett
Kristine Brown
Giancarlo Campagna
Bob Coleman
Edward Frank
Richard Gross
Jessica Loos
Jimmy Mankind
Sarah Menefee
Francisco Orrego
Arthur Sheridan
music by George Long
hosted by Jack Hirschman.
Sun. October 23rd, 2011
Henry Miller Slept Here:

The Ping•Pong Anthology Release Party
Maria Garcia Teutsch, with readings by recent contributors.
Two films from the Verruckter Schwanz cinepoetry festival.
DJs Graham Gustafson and Dan Guerra.
Sat. October 22nd, 2011
Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts: Round 24

with A.D. Winans
Pam Benjamin
James Cagney
Ana Elsner
Bill Gainer
David Gollub
Marc Olmsted
Pablo Rosales
Keith Savage
Jonathan Siegel
Mike Sonksen
and mikel weisser
Hosted by Yaryan.
Thurs. Oct. 13th, 2011
LITQUAKE PRESENTS

Voices of North Beach
A Literary Tour
Sun. October 9th, 2011
Arthur & Kit Knight

The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual
Sun. October 2, 2011
The San Francisco/New York Connection

Performance by David Amram
Mon. September 26, 2011
4th Annual

North Beach Art Walk & Poetry Festival
with Leah Lubin
part of “100 Thousand Poets for Change”
Sat & Sun – Sept. 24th & 25th, 2011
Blues & the Word

Kim Addonizio & friends
Fri. September 9, 2011
The Art of Howl: A Slide Lecture by Eric Drooker

Wed. September 7, 2011
Queer North Beach and Beyond 1930 – 1965

Michael Flanagan
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The Questions Out Loud

with Clara Hsu
Vince Storti
Don Brennan
Jane Green
Peter Sherburn-Zimmer
Anna Boothe
Steve Mackin
Ana Elsner
Richard Hack
Marlene Aron
Jehanah Wedgwood (Read by Clara Hsu)
Paul Landry & Susan Birkeland (Read by Bill Mercer)
Music by Chuck Bernstein
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Beat Atlas: A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation in America

with Bill Morgan
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Toby Lurie’s Lost Coast Word Music Ensemble

Thursday, April 21, 2011
Dharma Bums: An Evening of Beat Zen with Mel Ash

Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Psychedelics, Consciousness, and Counterculture with Ralph Metzner

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Spring Bird Beats

with Clive Matson
Jayne Lyn Stahl
Harold Adler
H.D. Moe
Ava Bird
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Beat Spirit: The Way of the Beat Writers as a Living Experience

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Beatniks and Hippies: A Compatible Geneology of Cigarettes and Brown Rice

John McCleary, author of ‘The Hippie Dictionary’
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Dharma Bums: An Evening of Beat Zen with Mel Ash

Wednesday, February 23, 2011
6th Annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash

with Al Hinkle
Friday, February 4, 2011
A Regent Press Showcase

with Barry Spector
Marcelline Krafchick
Lawrence H. Stotter
La Tigresa
Joseph Arthur
Renee Blitz
Richard Alther
Robert Balmanno
Marianne Robinson
Thursday, February 3, 2011
A Workshop in Beat Cinema

with Dominic Angerame
Sunday, Nov. 14th
Ping Pong Release Party

Henry Miller Memorial Library quarterly magazine release
with Kim Addonizio and special guests.
Hosted by Magnus Torren.
Friday, Nov. 12th, 2010
Revolutionary Poets Brigade

Anthology Release
Jack Hirschman and the Revolutionary Poets Brigade
Thursday, Nov. 11th, 2010
An Evening with Wavy Gravy

Wednesday, Nov. 10th, 2010
Linda King & Company

Readings by Jack Hirschman, Neeli Cherkovski, and A.D. Winans
Sunday, Nov 7th, 2010
Toby Lurie’s Lost Coast Word Music Ensemble

Friday, Nov. 5th, 2010
Elias Schneitter & Heinz D. Heisl

Translations read by Jimmy Flynn.
Thursday, Oct. 28th, 2010
Mel Ash

Beat Spirit Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 27th, 2010
uphook press presents

Hell, Strung & Crooked
Anthology Release
Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 2010
Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts: Round IX

David Meltzer, San Francisco Poet & Beat Icon
Ellyn Maybe & Her Band, from Los Angeles
Steve Arntson, Berkeley Poet
Jerry Ferraz, San Francisco Poet
Martin Hickle, Marin Poet
Richard Loranger, Oakland Poet
Whitman McGowan, San Francisco Poet
Ginger Murray (Guest Host), San Francisco Poet
Julie Rogers, Bay Area Poet
Margery Snyder, San Francisco Poet
Chris Vannoy, San Diego Poet
Thursday, Oct. 14th, 2010
‘Beat’ by Stephen Jay Schwartz

with Kim Dower, reading from ‘Air Kissing on Mars’
Wednesday, Oct. 13th, 2010
The Beat Museum

Third Annual Poetry Festival
& North Beach Art Walk
Terry Adams
Marie Chang
Danny Goldberg
Dan H.
Philip Hackett
Katherine Hastings
Gary Horsman
Mary Hower
Leah Lubin
Kirk Lumpkin
Carl Macki
David Madgalene
Tom Mariani
Jym Marks
Juanita Martin
Clive Matson
Andrew Mayer
Peter Sherburn-Zimmer
Rick Tutunjian
Margo van Veen
Bill Vartnaw
Musicians
Dan H.
Gary Horsman
Judy Madgalene
Mystic Cowboy
Nkechi
Rick Tutunjian
The Word-Music Continuum
Presentations
Michael Flanagan
David James Randolph
Anna Wolfe
Saturday & Sunday
Sept. 25th & 26th, 2010
Harold Norse Record/CD Release

“Live in Amsterdam 1984”
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
The Artwork of Don Ed Hardy and Their Influence on Popular Culture

Sun, Dec. 13th, 2010
Jon Michael Turner reads from his new book ‘Eat the Apple’

Friday, March 12th, 2010
Suel D. Jones

Meeting the Enemy: A Marine Goes Home
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
St. Valentine’s Day

Henry Valentine Miller
with Magnus Toren
of the Henry Miller Memorial Library
Feb 14th, 2010
5th Annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash

Feb 7th, 2010
Diamond Tumbleweeds

book release party
Kate Abarbanel and Stellar Cassidy
with Charlie Getter
Shye Powers
J. Brandon Loberg
Nicole Alea
Jonathan Siegel
Dusty Rose
Pam Benjamin
and Guinevere Q
Jan 23rd, 2010
Dig Lord Buckley!

Lord Buckley impersonator Rod Harrison
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Harold Norse Memorial Tribute

Neeli Cherkovski
Mel Clay
a.d. winans
Sunday, July 12 @ 2pm
Boulevard

by Stephen Jay Schwartz
Wed. Sept. 23, 2009
Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts: Round II

featuring Charles Curtis Blackwell, Steve Arntson,
Jennifer Barone, Craig Easley, Ana Elsner,
Gail Mitchell, and special guests Alfonso Texidor,
Lunation with Clara Hsu & Bill Mercer,
and music by Black Earth & The Laughing Childe
Produced and hosted by Daniel Yaryan & Bob Booker
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
4th Annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash

Carolyn Cassady – Off the Road booksigning
Sun. February 8th, 2009
William S. Burroughs

95th Birthday Party
Charles Gatewood and V. Vale
May 5, 2008
Travis Shane Brandon

May 4th, 2008
Booksigning: Legends of the Chelsea Hotel by Ed Hamilton

April 24th, 2008
Reading of Beat a play by Yale Cabaret Hollywood

April 20th, 2008
Linda King: Bukowski Undigested

April 19th, 2008
Harold Norse

Sun. March 16th, 2008
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society present

Beats, Broadway & Beyond
Jerry Cimino + John Allen Cassady
Tues. March 11th, 2008
Combat Paper

with Iraq Veterans Against the War
Sun. March 9th, 2008
Lou Rowan & Michael McClure

Thurs. March 6th, 2008
poor magazine produkshuns

in collaboration with the sf bay guardian & sf bay view presents:
The Poetry Battle of (All) the Sexes
on Valentine’s Day
Thurs. Feb. 14th, 2008
3rd Annual

Neal Cassady Birthday Bash
with Al Hinkle
Sat. & Sun. – February 9th & 10th, 2008
Eyé séyedre (‘to your health’)

Hungarian poet Gabor Gyukics and Jack Hirschman
Sun. Jan. 27th, 2008
To Beat or Not Быть

An Evening of Russian Poetry
Jack Hirschman, Alex Galper and Roman Gadzhilov
Thurs. Jan. 3rd, 2008
The Beat Museum Poetry Series

ruth weiss
Janet DeBar
Thursday, Nov. 15th, 2007
The Beat Museum Poetry Series

Jack & Adelle Foley
Thursday, Nov. 8th, 2007
Ira Cohen & Michael Rothenberg

Sunday, Nov. 11th, 2007
‘Screwed Pooch’ by Jan Millsapps

Presentation & Book Signing
Sunday, Nov. 4th, 2007
Marathon Reading of On the Road

at the Phoenix Theatre in Petaluma
John Cassady, Jonah Raskin, Gerald Nicosia, Joanna McClure
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3rd & 4th, 2007
The Beat Museum Poetry Series

Monique Marquisa de Magdalena
Thursday, Nov. 1st, 2007
The Beat Museum Poetry Series

Cameron McHenry
Jennifer Barone
Ruebi Freyja
Thursday, Oct. 25th, 2007
The Foundation for Creative Expression & Vesuvio Cafe

present “The Ragged Promised Land”
being the second installment of On the Road
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007
“The Beats” Book Signing with author Mike Evans

Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007
Opening Art Reception with Wavy Gravy

Friday, Oct. 12, 2007
The Beat Museum Poetry Series

H.D. Moe
Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007
The Beat Museum Poetry Series

George Tsongas
A.D. Winans
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007
The Beat Museum Poetry Series

Sharon Doubiago
Neeli Cherkovski
Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007
An Evening in Appreciation of Allen Cohen

creator the San Francisco Oracle
underground newspaper
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007
BBC Scotland Presents

50 Year Celebration of On the Road

Live performance by UK favourite Russell Brand
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007
Local Poets Reading

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007
Opening Reception – Jerry Garcia: Paintings & Drawings

& Robert Altman: The Sixties book signing
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007
On the Road 50th Anniversary Reading

Hosted by Vesuvio Cafe
Wesdnesday, Sept. 5, 2007
Summer of Love Pre-Party

Friday, August 31, 2007
Broadway North Beach: The Golden Years with Dick Boyd

Thursday, August 23, 2007
San Francisco International Poetry Festival:

Cletus Nelson-Nwadike & Agneta Falk
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Chris Chandler

Friday, July 20, 2007
Harold Norse 91st Birthday

Sunday, July 15, 2007
George Wallace

Award-winning poet and journalist, and Suffolk County, New York’s first Poet Laureate. Co-host of PoetryBrook, a SUNY StrongBrook poetry radio show, and founded online poetry publication Poetry Bay.
Also reading is A.D. Winans, a native San Francisco poet and photographer whose work has appeared internationally, and has been translated into eight languages.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Extracting the Teeth of Wisdom

Featuring Tony Vaughn and Michael Koch
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Jonah Raskin: “The Personal Relationship Between Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg”

Thursday November 9th, 2006
Beat Museum Bi-Weekly Poetry Showcase

Jack Micheline Birthday Celebration
Wednesday November 8th, 2006
“This is The Beat Generation” – Live Performance

with John Allen Cassady and Jerry Cimino
Thursday October 26th, 2006
Beat Museum Bi-Weekly Poetry Showcase

Poets q.r. hand Jr. and Charles Curtis Blackwell with musical accompaniment
Wednesday October 25th, 2006
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: Mark Bittner and Judy Irving

Tuesday October 24th, 2006
Beat Angel Movie Screening with Vince Balestri

Sunday October 22nd, 2006
The Dog Walked Down the Street: An Outspoken Guide for Writers Who Want to Publish by Sal Glynn

Thursday October 19th, 2006
East meets West: Russian Poet Alex Galper, and Jack Hirschman

Thursday October 12th, 2006
Beat Museum Bi-Weekly Poetry Showcase

Wednesday October 11th, 2006
Grand Opening

Michael McClure – Beat Poet
Jack Hirschman – Current SF Poet Laureate
Wavy Gravy – (aka Hugh Romney) – Beat Poet & Merry Prankster
Al Hinkle – friend & character Big Ed Dunkle in Kerouacs On The Road
Magda Cregg – Companion to Lew Welch
John Allen Cassady – Son of Neal & Carolyn Cassady
Stanley Mouse – famed 1960s Poster Artist
Wednesday September 27th, 2006
“SHE SPEAKS” a night of all-female music and poetry!

ruth weiss, Jennifer Barone, Bast, Elz, Nicole Henares Ingrid Keir, E.K. Keith, Jessica Loos, Monique Marquisa De Magdalena, Maria Medina Serafin Tatiana Molinar, Delia Tomino Nakayama, Imaya Sage and Cara Vida
Saturday, December 2, 2006
An Evening with Carolyn Cassady

Friday, December 29, 2006