Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/28/2018
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
Beat Museum
Category(ies)
- Literature
- Discussion
- Music
- Poetry
- Readings
- Spoken Word
- Avant-Garde
- Ensemble
- Festival
- Improvisation
- International
- Premiere
- Solo
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Ruth Weiss just turned 90, and we’re gathering a few of her friends together for a very special performance to celebrate!
Join us for a Saturday afternoon featuring:
San Francisco Poet Laureate.
Reading the poetry of Denise Levertov, and her own work.
Eldest daughter of Carolyn Cassady and editor of Carolyn’s newly published book Travel Tips for the Timid.
Spanish poet and translator, Annalisa recently published the anthology Beat Attitude, poems by women of the Beat Generation, which she translated into Spanish and French.
Reading the poetry of Elise Cowen, and her own work.
San Francisco poet
Presenting a sneak peek from her documentary currently in production, Ruth Weiss: the Beat Goddess.
Performing with her band:
Doug O’Connor – bass
Rent Romus – saxophone
Hal Davis – percussion
- Brenda Knight
Editor of Women of the Beat Generation: the Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution
- Stephanie Heath
Beat Women in New York
- Panel Discussion