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Beatnik Shindig: David Amram, Jack Hirshman, ruth weiss, more

28 JUNE 2015 — sunday

The Beat Museum presents the Beatnik Shindig, a two-day festival of Beat Poetry and the largest Beat Generation gathering in twenty years, this day starts with "Beatnik Yoga," a real session of yoga practice, followed by continuous events, presentations, and live performances: Jerry Cimino and David Amram in conversation about poetry, jazz, and storytelling in the Beat Generation; Dennis McNally presents a talk on visual artist Wally Hedrick; Jack Hirshman talks on "The Politics of Poetry"; Nicole Henares discusses On the Road; Marc Olmsted talks about Allen Ginsberg and Buddhism; David Amram hosts and performs music at a screening of the cult 1959 film Pull My Daisy; RE/Search editor V. Vale talks about the Beat, Hippie, and Punk movements; Mary Kerr discusses San Francisco's North Beach in the 1950s; Agneta Falk talks on how to improve delivery in a poetry performance; Gerd Stern and Levi Asher discuss the early years of the Beat Generation; Brenda Knight talks about the Women of the Beat Generation; Brian Hassett presents on the Boulder '82 SuperSummit; Eric Drooker talks about his animation work for the film Howl; David Meltzer reads from his poetry; Heather Dalton, Joshua Hassell, and Hina Chowdry host a second screening of Neal Cassady: The Denver Years; ruth weiss, Doug O'Connor, Rent Romus, and Hall Davis perform live poetry and jazz, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco, purchase tickets online, $99 for entire conference, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 (www.beatnikshindig.com)

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