Experimental Exploratorium activates awe at 40 Oct 31, 2009
The list sounds like a who's who of cutting-edge art making: Philip Glass, Muriel Rukeyser, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Brian Eno, Frank Zappa, Pamela Z. The artist-in-residence program has seen hundreds of artists pass through, leaving behind a panoply of playthings. And as the Exploratorium has grown, its mission to create a culture of learning through innovative environments, programs and tools has led to expanded programs serving everyone from teachers and schoolchildren to other science centers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
CAT to present evening of Beat poetry and jazz Oct 21, 2009
Members of the EIU faculty will present poems by such luminaries as Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder and Anne Waldman, with improvisatory jazz music provided by an ensemble under the leadership of Paul Johnston. The reading has been compiled by directors Bailey Young and David Radavich. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Tant: We lost a songbird with passing of Mary Travers Sep 26, 2009
Beatnik poets like Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti were breaking new ground in verse while Beat Generation novelist Jack Kerouac took his readers "On the Road" across America's emerging counterculture. Bohemian meccas like New York and San Francisco were fertile ground for such iconoclastic comedians as Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl, who skewered the sham and hypocrisy of American whitebread culture. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A moveable manuscript Sep 13, 2009
Other long-gone establishments include Jonathan Swift s, Mandrake Book Store, the Tasty, and Hayes Bickford s, the 24-hour restaurant immortalized in a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Club Passim, the storied basement venue, is hosting a party to celebrate Lotman s book on Tuesday at 7 p.m.. (Boston Globe)
The Original Beat Writers Sep 2, 2009
Soon afterwards, City Lights owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti was arrested on obscenity charges for selling the book, which portrayed homosexual content. A judge would later rule that the book was not obscene, and the subsequent controversy would only fuel Ginsberg s popularity and success. (Suite101.com)
McCartney still plays as if he was just 17 Aug 2, 2009
The sea, sky, sand, and air are recurring themes on the expansive Electric Arguments, and McCartney says he was lyrically inspired by folks like Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the cut and paste techniques of William Burroughs. But even with those offbeat origins, Arguments is unique among the Fireman releases in that it is the one that most resembles a proper McCartney solo album. (Boston Globe)
San Francisco International Poetry Festival Jul 25, 2009
In addition, former San Francisco poet laureate Lawrence Ferlinghetti will be honored as part of the festivities. While the opportunity to hear poems recited in their original language will be informed by a general air of celebration, the gathered artists are a testament that the power of language is something that should never be taken for granted, particularly in areas of the world where it can be used in direct opposition to oppressive political regimes. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene Jul 9, 2009
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, another city poet laureate, will receive a special honor at the event, whose honorary chairs are Robert Mailer Anderson and Nicola Miner. The event is sponsored by the library, the Friends of the Library and Mayor Gavin Newsom. (San Francisco Chronicle)
S.F. Mime Troupe turns 50 Jul 1, 2009
Collaborators at the time ranged from composers Steve Reich and Morton Subotnick, artist Bill Wiley, filmmaker Robert Nelson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to political writers Saul Landau and Robert Scheer. The troupe was a year-round operation with indoor, outdoor and touring shows. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Opening minds to write, using movement Jul 1, 2009
They read responses to beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti s My Autobiography, delineating their own experiences, dreaming about what their lives might hold in the future and reflecting on the inevitable feelings of being stuck in a place or situation. I watch intelligence walk the ghetto, one line by Sharece Johnson read. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
* Digging into the City by the Bay Jun 18, 2009
The independent bookseller was founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1953 and had a pivotal role in the growth of the Beat Generation, the members of which treated City Lights as their unofficial headquarters. The store was cast into the national spotlight in 1957 after Ferlinghetti was arrested on obscenity charges for publishing Allen Ginsbergs Howl (Ferlinghetti was later acquitted). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Radio Host Savage Always Up For a Fight May 20, 2009
He wrote 20 books and hung out with the likes of Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. His left-leaning politics shifted in the 1980s. (Newsmax)
Price, Boyle inducted into exclusive academy Apr 15, 2009
Rebels the academy once would have scorned - Vonnegut, Amiri Baraka and Lawrence Ferlinghetti - have been admitted. The first photographer, Cindy Sherman, was elected in 2005. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The gravity of modern-art shift to Pacific Rim Apr 5, 2009
A number of artists associated with the Bay Area, past and present, are represented in "The Third Mind," including Gordon Onslow-Ford (1912-2003), Mark di Suvero, Bruce Conner (1933-2008), William T. Wiley and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Two - Paul Kos and Tom Marioni - were invited to produce site-specific works for the occasion. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Graphic works: Revelations of conflict Mar 30, 2009
It delivers the texture of a movement easy to underestimate in brief biographies of touchstones like poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, novelists William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac and lesser-known lights like poet d.a. levy (an underground Cleveland icon) and mythopoeic poetess Diane di Prima. Like others in this revisionist, unabashedly liberal Hill and Wang series, this fearless, substantial history entertains as it uncovers. (Boston Globe)
The Artist as a Kept Man Mar 25, 2009
I did enjoy debating the subject: on my side were Faulkner, Hemingway, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Edward Hopper, Ed Abbey, and Charles Bukowski; for the NEA were the listless ghosts of Archibald MacLeish, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Kitty Carlisle, who, to tell the truth, was the last lass to feel the lash of Thomas E. Dewey s stache. The dirty little secret of the NEA and the reason I fully expect the neoconservatives to embrace a Department of Culture and fill it with moles is that it was sold as a... (The American Conservative)
City by the Bay on a budget Mar 25, 2009
Turn over a new leaf at , the independent bookstore co-founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 261 Columbus Ave.. Visit the Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street and admire the produce on display on the. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Take a free tour Mar 25, 2009
It's worth tracking down the museum to study its historic photos, learn about the first influx of Italian immigrants to the area and read up on North Beach natives such as banker Giannini, baseball great Joe DiMaggio and poet and beat writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghettti can still be spotted sometimes at City Lights Bookstore at 261 Columbus Ave. Since he founded this literary landmark in 1953, it's become one of the best and most fiercely independent bookstores in the country, with a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
More free and cheap ideas for San Francisco Mar 25, 2009
The most famous of these is City Lights (261 Columbus Ave.; 415-362-8193; ), founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti as the country s first all-paperback bookshop. Today the store s late-night hours and cozy stacks make for a homey rendezvous point. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
San Francisco can be bargain Mar 22, 2009
Turn over a new leaf at City Lights Books, the independent bookstore co-founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 261 Columbus Ave., citylights. com. (Florida Today)
Not necessarily steep Mar 22, 2009
Turn over a new leaf at City Lights Books, the independent bookstore co-founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 261 Columbus Ave.. Visit the Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street and admire the produce on display on the Tuesday and Saturday farmers market. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Catching up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti Mar 20, 2009
On Tuesday, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 90 ... Mayor Gavin Newsom has declared that March 24 will henceforth be called "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day," in honor of his "enormous contributions to our city's life and culture," while the bookstore staff invites everyone to send along birthday wishes, via e-mail, to. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Exclusive interview Mar 20, 2009
A: Some of the American authors I have liked to read most for the past 20 years are friends of mine: Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who is the father of American Beat poetry. Tom has been an influence as far as economy and wit, and Harrison has such facility with words. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
People Meter Mar 4, 2009
Founded in 1953 by San Francisco's famed poet, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, (and Peter D. Martin, who left shortly afterward), the bookstore has become as much a symbol of San Francisco as any cable car or pointy building. James Dyrek, 58. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
