Programs

Poetry Readings
October 3, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
October 17, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
Center for Book & Paper Arts, 1104 South Wabash, 2nd floor
Selected readings by poets based in the greater Chicago area...

Experimenting with Words: Letterpress Printing for Poets Workshop
October 4-5, 2008
Center for Book & Paper Arts, 1104 South Wabash, 2nd floor
Instructor April Sheridan offers an introduction to letterpress printing...

On the Walls and in the Streets: American Poetry Broadsides from the '60s
October 4, 2008, 4:30 p.m.
Hokin Lecture Hall, 623 South Wabash, Room 109
Author and educator James D. Sullivan will present a brief history...

The Spirit of '14: Kerouac Radio Play
October 10, 2008, 4-5:30 pm (Simulcast on WCRX)
October 16, 2008, 6:00 pm & 7:00 pm (6:00 pm on WCRX)
November 5, 2008, 5:00 pm & 6:00 pm (6:00 pm on WCRX)
Beat Cafe, C33 Gallery, 33 East Congress ParkwayThe Radio Department at Columbia College Chicago presents Jack Kerouac's The Spirit of '14, the author's only known radio play... 
 
Pull My Daisy Screening and Discussion
October 9, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash, 8th floor
Pull My Daisy is a rarely seen short film written by Jack Kerouac featuring Alan Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, David Amram and others... 

Beat Generation Symposium
October 10 and 11, 2008
Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash, 8th floor
The Beat Generation Symposium offers academic panels; a lecture and performance titled, “Deaf Poets and the Beats”; and evening poetry readings by distinguished poets Joanne Kyger and Diane di Prima.  For more details please visit the Beat Symposium website. 

Beat Kitchen Open Stage
October 10, 2008, 8:00-10:00 pm
Hokin Gallery, 623 South Wabash
As exemplified in the free-form improvisational ethos of jazz clubs, the venue of an open stage as a place for self-expression and the exploration of authentic artistic communication is central to the Beat...

Student Beat Poetry Signed Reading
October 22, 2008, 1-2:00 pm
Hokin Annex, 623 South Wabash
Students from the Creativity and ASL class will present their Beat-inspired works...

Kerouac and Writers on the Road:
Readings and Open Mic
October 28, 2008, 6:00 pm 
Hokin Annex, 623 South Wabash 
Students from the Fiction Writing Department's Critical Reading and Writing: Writers on the Road class will join with students from Fiction Writing study abroad programs to present research into the writing...

The Beats on War
October 29, 2008, 6:00 pm
Conaway Center, 1104 South Wabash, 1st floor
Panel discussion about the Beat Generation’s viewpoint on war and anti-war protesting.  Guests include Gerald Nicosia, Kerouac biographer... 

Buddhism and the Beats
October 29, 2008, 6:00 pm
Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 South Michigan, 1st floor
Stephen T. Asma, Ph.D. examines the spiritual impact of Buddhism on beat writers including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg... 
 
Beat Writing Workshop
October 30, 2008, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
1104 South Wabash, Room 711
Three-hour morning session, two-hour afternoon session, led by Gerald Nicosia. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited; to pre-register contact: sbabyk@colum.edu.

DAVID AMRAM in Concert
with Fareed Haque
in conjunction with the Chicago Humanities Festival
November 2, 2008, 8pm
The Morse Theater, 1328 Morse Avenue
This brilliantly talented, 77-year-old musician defines "living legend" – he provided horn accompaniment to live readings by his friend Jack Kerouac in 1957… 

David Amram in person
Screening of Splendor in the Grass followed by Q&A with the Composer
November 3, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash
Early in his career, Amram and his Beat counterparts developed...