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Beat News You Can Use! Events all over!

And the excitement continues to build!

1). Kerouac�s Scroll on Exhibit for the Super Bowl in Indianapolis
2). Neal Cassady Birthday Bash in Denver
3). Santa Cruz Poetry Festival
4). Free Shipping Through the End of This Week
5). Big News Out of Sundance Film Festival
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January is traditionally our slowest month of the year. We�ve used this time to travel a little bit, spend time with family and friends and make a few changes around the Museum to start the year off right. One of the nicest things to happen is because there were fewer visitors we were able to invest more "one on one" time with a lot of people who come to The Beat Museum. And one thing I heard from a number of different visitors who have been on our mailing list for years is how much they appreciate our keeping them up to date with this newsletter on all things Beat happening all around the world. It was very gratifying to hear and gives us the momentum to close out January with a bang and push forward with the full expectation of a magnificent 2012.
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1). KEROUAC�S SCROLL ON EXHIBIT IN INDIANAPOLIS THROUGH MAY 6th
Jim Irsay is the owner of the Indianapolis Colts and he bought the scroll a decade ago for $2.4M. It has been reported he�s been offered up to $8M for this iconic piece of Beat history and he won�t sell it. Good for Jim! Instead, The Scroll has toured the world for people to see and this past weekend an exhibition called �Chaos is a Friend of Mine� opened at The Indianapolis State Museum in conjunction with Super Bowl Week. Jack�s scroll will be on display in Indianapolis through May 6th.

Here�s a link:
http://www.indianamuseum.org/visit/exhibit/exhibitview.asp?exhibitid=45
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2). NEAL CASSADY BIRTHDAY BASH IN DENVER - Feb 3rd 8-10pm
They�re doing it again in Denver - celebrating Neal�s Birthday this Friday night at The Mercury Cafe. David Amram will be there as will Neal & Carolyn�s daughters Jami and Cathy. Steve Edington with Lowell Celebrates Kerouac and Junior Burke from Naropa�s "Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics" will be there, too.

Here�s a link to the big goings on:
http://www.facebook.com/events/206315476117860/

NOTE: Because John Cassady is in England with his mum Carolyn (and both his sisters will be in Denver) we won�t be holding a Neal Bash at TBM this year. Instead we have something very special we�re scheduling for March that we�ll tell you about very soon.
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3). SANTA CRUZ POETRY FESTIVAL - Sunday, 2/12/12 from 3PM - til ??
The city of Santa Cruz, California is about to see the biggest poetry event it�s seen in decades! Take a look at the line up: featured performers at Poetry Festival Santa Cruz include: Wanda Coleman, Jack Hirschman, Michael C. Ford (with Ray Manzarek), Genny Lim, Lorna Dee Cervantes, The Ellyn Maybe Band, Stephen Kessler, Avotcja & Modupue, Charles Curtis Blackwell, Andy Clausen, Ellen Bass, Jerry Kamstra, A.D. Winans, Gerald Nicosia, Cara Vida, S.A. Griffin, Jennifer Barone with Nova Jazz Band, Mike The Poet, Jane Ormerod, Marc Olmsted, Rich Ferguson (w/Bo Blount), Floyd Salas, Claire Ortalda, Gary Young, Quiet Lightning, Ron Lampi, T. Mike Walker, Keith Savage, Dennis Holt, Peter Marti and Kevin Patrick Sullivan. Musical Guests: The Invertebrates, Alan Sitar Brown, Ruebi Lynn Jimenez and Geordie Van Der Bosch. Hosted by San Francisco poet MCs extraordinaire Ginger Murray and Marc Kockinos.

John Allen Cassady will be there. Ray Manzarek will be there. The Beat Museum will be there - it�s gonna be huge! Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk!!
http://www.facebook.com/events/300471403330473/?ref=ts
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4). FREE SHIPPING SALE EXTENDED THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK
Combining a lazy month of January with all the big upcoming goings-on we�ve elected to extend our Big FREE SHIPPING Sale through the end of this week. Make any purchase on Kerouac.com over $50 and we�ll ship it to you FREE! (Domestic US only). Your order form will still show a shipping charge but we�ll strip that fee out manually when we ring up your credit card. Orders must be placed by Saturday 2/4/12 - midnight Pacific time.

Whoa! I missed it the first time, Jerry, but I gotta jump on board now!
http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm
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5). NEWS OUT OF SUNDANCE
Park City, Utah is a beautiful little town not far from Salt Lake City and the home of the Sundance Film Festival. I�ve only been to Sundance once (in 1999 for the premier of Chuck Worman�s great film The Source). It was a blast and if you ever get the chance I say �Go!� by all means. This year there are two Beat related stories out of Sundance:

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A). Kirsten Dunst & Garrett Hedlund are an Item
WHO SAYS JOHN ALLEN CASSADY CAN�T KEEP A SECRET? We made a little fun of John a month or two ago joking how he�s the one who spilled the beans that Walter Salles was sending us the �49 Hudson after we had kept that secret at The Beat Museum for a year! What John didn't tell anyone was the reason Garrett Hedlund was slightly delayed in driving the �49 Hudson up from LA is he was spending time with his OTR co-star Kirsten Dunst.

We�re not into rumors and gossip at The Beat Museum but it�s all over the tabloids now so it�s safe for us to talk about it. John was beside himself as he told us privately the reason for the delay of the delivery of the Mighty Hudson back in November of last year. �You�re not going to believe it. Garrett sent me a cryptic email saying he was going to be delayed because he was �dating my mother.�� Dating his mother? What the hell was he talking about? And then the news came out and it explained everything: Garrett Hedlund, the actor playing John's father Neal Cassady was dating Kirsten Dunst the actor playing his mother Carolyn Cassady. Horror of horrors, what�s a son to do?

There are no good photos of the two together on the web that we could find. The only things public so far are some grainy videos that don�t show much or some pics of the two walking down the street one behind the other the way celebrities sometimes do to keep things on the down-low, but the story is everywhere after Sundance. We haven't met Kirsten but you know how highly we think of Garrett and we wish them both well.

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B). Variety Says On The Road is Gonna Be Great
JOSH DICKEY WRITES FOR VARIETY and he was at the Sundance Film Festival last week and as he was boarding the plane for his flight back to LA he sent out the following excited five tweets on Twitter. We copied them below and you need to read them from the bottom up:

27 Jan Josh Dickey @Variety_JLD
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And that's all I know. (At least, that's all I can tell you!) Hope it's new to somebody; I don't follow as close as some of you guys.

27 Jan Josh Dickey @Variety_JLD
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There were no problems w/ film; just awaiting the right moment to show & actively start seeking distribution.

27 Jan Josh Dickey @Variety_JLD
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... it would not be a stretch to see it open Cannes. Producers are thrilled with the result & eager to at least have it there. More ...

27 Jan Josh Dickey @Variety_JLD
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OTR is finished. Took 1 year to edit, and is very, very good. According to a discerning and in-the-know viewer, it's so good that ...

27 Jan Josh Dickey @Variety_JLD
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ON THE ROAD fans, I have some cool news to share with you. Just got to the airport so stand by...
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2012 is going to be a Great Beat Year!
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Jerry Cimino
The Beat Museum
540 Broadway (@Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
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Beat News You Can Use!

Beat News You Can Use!

1). Mid-January Sale to Raise Cash
2). Football!
3). Beat Generation Walking Tours in North Beach
4). The �49 Hudson in Argentina?
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1). JANUARY SALE
There�s an old saying, �Cash is King.� So in the interest of helping us get through these bleak winter doldrums I�d like to send out a call for some of you kind folks to spend some money. We�re not in trouble so there is no need to worry but our landlord does like it when we pay the rent on time so if you can spend some money in one of the two following ways we�d sure appreciate it!

A). FREE SHIPPING IN THE USA (through month end)
Make a purchase from our website for $35 or more and we�ll ship it anywhere in the US for free. This offer is good through the end of the month (January 31st)

Yes, Jerry! I wanna buy something. I�m going to Kerouac.com to make a purchase right now!
http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm
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B). 20% OFF ALL MUSEUM GIFT SHOP PURCHASES (through month end)
And just for you LOCALS here in the Bay Area (or if you�re visiting SF) we�re offering a 20% OFF SALE for everything currently in stock in our Gift Shop. All you need to do when you drop in to see us is say, �Psssttt, I�m here for the 20% off.� Good through the end of the month, January 31st.

Come in to the Museum Gift Shop and spend some Big Bucks!
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2). FOOTBALL!
The Playoffs are upon us and then it�s on to The Super Bowl in Indianapolis. Big Beat Generation linkages here, don�tcha know! Of course Jack Kerouac was a star football player in Lowell and won a scholarship to Columbia where he broke his leg and got laid up long enough to start writing with a fervor. And, of course, the Super Bowl will be held in Indianapolis this year where the owner of the Indianapolis Colts will be displaying Jack�s scroll of �On The Road� during the big event.

Click here to read all about Kerouac�s Scroll at this year�s Super Bowl:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110916/ENTERTAINMENT02/109160390/Irsay-open-his-rock-literature-sports-treasury-Super-Bowl

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PERSONAL ASIDE TO JIM IRSAY, OWNER OF THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
Jim, I don�t know if you�re one of the 15,000 people who receive this newsletter but if perchance you are you might recall how you invited John Allen Cassady and me to be your guests in your private box for a Colts home game back in 2005 when we were making one of our cross-country trips in The Mighty Beatmobile. We were about 800 miles out of Indianapolis when we got the word and we arrived a day late for the game so we weren�t able to take you up on your offer.

Now, on the off chance both the Baltimore Ravens and the SF Forty Niners happen to win this weekend, turning the Super Bowl into the �Harbough Bowl,� I�d sure be pleased if you were to re-extend an offer for us to come to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl. (For those of you not in the know about football, this year represents the very first time in history two brothers (Ravens & �49�s) who both happen to be NFL coaches could face each other in the Super Bowl).

You see, Jim, I grew up in Baltimore. I actually went to Super Bowl 3 in Miami when Joe Namath�s NY Jets beat the Baltimore Colts giving legitimacy to the AFL. It was the only time I ever saw my father cry in public. My dad was a Baltimore Colts season ticket holder. I was fourteen years old and I said, �Dad, what are you crying for? It�s a football game?� He said, �Jer, it�s the Colts.�

So, Jim, if the Ravens and the Niners win, do you think you could send me and John Allen Cassady each a ticket (with a +1) so we could come be your guests to Indianapolis? I mean, The Beat Museum is in San Francisco. I grew up in Baltimore. And Cassady is Cassady for crying out loud. No need to send your private jet, we can find our own way out. Maybe Walter Salles would be OK if we drove the �49 Hudson out with Garrett Hedlund? Maybe Garrett could drive the old Hudson around the infield during halftime? How cool would that be?

Jim, my email is jerry@kerouac.com. Feel free to get in touch!
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3). BEAT GENERATION - NORTH BEACH WALKING TOURS
This weekend marks the relaunching of our Beat Generation Walking Tours here in North Beach. See the apartment where Ginsberg lived when he wrote Howl back in 1955. Check out the bars and the restaurants and coffeehouses the Beats would hang at back in the fifties. Sit on the park benches where Carolyn Cassady would sit with Jack Kerouac as they ate lunch while Neal was on an S&P run to San Louis Obispo.

Walking Tours are $20 apiece and run one weekend a month through June.

Click here for details.
http://www.kerouac.com/walking-tours/
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4). THE �49 HUDSON IN ARGENTINA?
Speaking of the �49 Hudson, here are some terrific photos of that magnificent car. This is not the exact car that now resides at The Beat Museum. This is a 2nd car that was secured in South America and used as a stand-in for the filming of the Rocky Mountains on a snowy mountaintop in Argentina. You might recall we told the story of how when it came time to film the Hudson driving over the Rocky Mountains it was summertime here in the US. People told Walter Salles he should just use a blue screen, but that�s not Walter�s style. He had to have real snow on real mountaintops. He remembered how when he was filming Motorcycle Diaries there was a perfect stretch of road.... in the Andes in Argentina! Walter had a team go looking for a matching �49 Hudson in South America and they found one in Chile.

These photos are of that car secured to a tow vehicle so Garrett didn�t have to worry about driving the car in the ice while remembering his lines with Kristen Stewart and Sam Riley in the car.
http://ontheroad-themoviefr.blogspot.com/2012/01/photos-tournage-don-road-en-argentine.html?spref=tw

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Happy January!

Go Niners! Go Ravens!

Jerry Cimino
The Beat Museum
540 Broadway
San Francisco, CA 94133
www.kerouac.com
1-800-KER-OUAC

French Release Date for OTR Movie Announced!

Beat News You Can Use!

1). French Film Production Company MK2 Announces OTR Release Date for France
2). Photo Shoot - Garrett Hedlund at The Beat Museum (you're gonna love it!)
3). Exclusive Interview: Walter Salles on Bringing the '49 Hudson to The Beat Museum
4). North Beach - Beat Generation Walking Tours - starting this month
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1). MARK MAY 23, 2012 ON YOUR CALENDAR
The internet websites are abuzz with the news that came via a tweet yesterday from the French Film Production Company MK2. They announced the French Release of OTR the movie will be May 23rd. Now, we have no inside info but we can read a calendar as well as anyone and the Cannes Film Festival is May 16 - May 27. Hmmm. And Walter Salles has a long history at Cannes with a number of his films as well as an OTR trailer at the 2011 festival. Double hmmmm. And MK2 is a French company. Triple hmmmmm.

Here's a link to the announcement:
http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kristen-stewart-on-the-road-walter-salles-garrett-hedlund-cannes-2012/
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2). AL HINKLE & GARRETT HEDLUND POSE WITH WORLDWIDE EDITIONS OF ON THE ROAD
Horst Spandler's magnificent collection of over 100 copies of On The Road was on exhibit at The Beat Museum for the better part of a year. When it came time to take down the exhibit we timed it so we could catch Garrett Hedlund, John Allen Cassady and Al Hinkle the day they delivered the '49 Hudson.

Garrett and Al were both great sports, allowing us to pile the books all over them for the photo-op. A good time was had by all!

Please click here to join in on the fun:
http://www.kerouac.com/blog/2012/01/otr-around-the-world-closing/
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3). EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WALTER SALLES ON WHY THE '49 HUDSON IS AT THE BEAT MUSUEM
Elle Lutz is a Chicago based writer who reached out to both Walter and me about the significance of the '49 Hudson. She just posted the first part of a two part article (part 2 will be up in a day or two). It's an insightful article for the true Beat/Kerouac fan (and I'm not just saying that because she spelled my name right and quoted me nicely). There are some hidden gems and stories.

Click here to read:
http://www.yourentertainmentcorner.com/2012/01/exclusive-interview-walter-salles-and-the-beat-museum-keep-the-spirit-of-the-beats-alive-the-keeping-of-a-secret-part-1/
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4). NORTH BEACH WALKING TOURS RESUME AT THE BEAT MUSEUM
We've been doing Beat Generation Walking Tours (based on Bill Morgan's excellent book SF Walking Guide) for years now, mostly in the summer. Then two weeks ago we hooked up with Groupon and pre-sold hundreds of Walking Tours for the next six months. If you're planning on visiting San Francisco any time soon you can buy a ticket and reserve a space.

Click here to see the schedule of Walking Tours or to purchase a reservation:
http://www.kerouac.com/walking-tours/
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Thank you!

As always, thanks very much for your continued support. 2011 was a terrific year for The Beat Museum - a new website, the '49 Hudson arrived, beginning stages of a remodel in the works, lots of new patrons discovering us for the first time and old friends stopping in for a visit. We're very grateful for our continued success and thank everyone who has shared our journey in all the big and small ways.

And 2012 is gonna be even bigger and better!

Jerry

PS: If you have any Holiday money left over, please make a purchase via the website. Cash flow is the name of the game and we're all feeling better now because the economy is improving.
http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm

Some Big, Big, Super Big, Really Big News. Really.

Beat News You Can Use!

1). The �49 Hudson is Now On Display at The Beat Museum!
2). Beat Art Show in SF Now Through January 6th
3). Tour India - and Follow in the Footsteps of The Beats
4). Order From Kerouac.com today - Free Shipping thru Friday 12/16
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THE �49 HUDSON IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE BEAT MUSEUM

http://www.kerouac.com/blog/2011/12/49-hudson-arrives/

1). Five years ago, when we moved The Beat Museum from our humble beginnings in Monterey, CA to San Francisco, directly across the street from City Lights Bookstore, we started searching around for a �49 Hudson. We didn�t have a budget to buy one, of course, but that�s never stopped us before so we just sat around expecting one to show up one day. That day came about last week!

See, we had put out the word and after a period of time a good friend named Mike who we know from the Caffe Trieste came in one day and said, �I have a friend named Gunnar who owns a �41 Pontiac and I think he�d be willing to let you use it until the Hudson shows up.� So, we contacted Carolyn Cassady and asked, �Carolyn, did Neal ever own a Pontiac?� Carolyn's response was, �Neal owned dozens and dozens cars over the years, one of them had to have been a Pontiac.� And then we did a little more digging and discovered the car in the famous photo taken by Allen Ginsberg of Neal behind the wheel with his chiseled good looks and a girl by his side (Anne Marie Maxwell) is indeed a Pontiac. Car geeks we know were able to discern this by looking at the steering wheel. So, we accepted the loan of the Pontiac from Gunnar as a �place-holder� for the �49 Hudson and we billed it as, �The kind of car Neal Cassady might have stolen.�

Well, today there�s a NEW CAR on the block and it�s a �49 HUDSON!

Click here to read the full story and see photos!
http://www.kerouac.com/blog/2011/12/49-hudson-arrives/
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2). BEAT BY THE BAY - SF VISUAL ARTISTS & GALLERIES OF THE FIFTIES
Often overlooked and/or under-appreciated by the literary among us is the visual arts scene that was going on in San Francisco simultaneously with the Beat writers. These artists typically traveled in the same circles as the writers we know and love. Wally Hedrick, Jay De Fao, Bruce Conner, Wallace Berman, Joan Brown and many others we�re on the scene and many poetry events of that era we held in local galleries - places such as King Ubu, The Six, East and West, Batman, and Dilexi. And as we all know Ginsberg read Howl for the first time at The Six Gallery which was so named because it was started by six artists.

Beginning this week the Ever Gold Gallery is hosting an exhibition celebrating these visual artists and their works. The exhibition runs from now until January 6th and there is a Curatorial Talk this Thursday December 15th at 7:30 by John Held Jr.

Ever Gold Gallery
441 O�Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-796-3676

Here�s a link:
http://evergoldgallery.com/
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3). TOUR INDIA - THE BEAT GENERATION WAY
There�s a Travel Company in Sausalito that is offering a chance of a lifetime. It�s an opportunity to travel to India with an experienced Tour Guide and follow in the footsteps of the Beats on an 18 day excursion. Even if you think you can�t spare 18 days away you should at least look at the itinerary. Fascinating!

Click here to see:
http://www.travelswithteri.com/itinerary/beats-india
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4). ORDER FROM KEROUAC.COM TODAY - FREE SHIPPING THRU 12/16

http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm

There�s still time to do your online Holiday Shopping with Kerouac.com. Today through Friday we�re offering FREE SHIPPING for any Domestic U.S. orders over $50. (sorry to the rest of the world, it�s just way too expensive to ship international for free - we�ll try to find a way to make it up to you in the near future.)

* PLEASE NOTE: Shipping charges will still appear on your receipt but if your merchandise order totals $50 or more we'll strip the shipping out before running your credit card.

http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm
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Happy Holiday�s everyone. And hold fast to your dreams and your desires. I can tell you from experience you just never know what might come rolling through your front door someday!

Jerry Cimino
The Beat Museum
540 Broadway (at Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
1-800-KER-OUAC
1-415-399-9626 - museum direct
www.kerouac.com

News from The Beat Museum

Beat News You Can Use!

1). Terrific New Exhibition at The Beat Museum
2). Thank You for Making Us Stronger
3). Newsletter Subscribers Only - One Week Sales Special for the Holiday Season
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1). NEW PHOTO EXHIBITION - THE BEAT HOTEL IN PARIS 1957 -
The Beats are best known as mid-century change agents who had a huge impact on American culture. But did you know some of their most memorable and prolific works were actually written at The Beat Hotel in Paris while they were hanging out with a number of other Americans along the Left Bank. Burroughs, Ginsberg, Orlovksly, Kerouac, Corso, Norse, Gysin - they were all a part of that scene along the Seine. And all of it was captured in glorious black and white by famed Life Magazine photographer Loomis Dean.

Click here for more details about Loomis Dean's Beats in Paris Photo Exhibit at The Beat Museum:
http://www.kerouac.com/blog/2011/12/loomis-dean-photographs/
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2). THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO OUR REQUEST
American�s spent $6 Billion ($6,000,000,000) online last week beginning on Cyber-Monday. That was a 33% increase over 2010. Kerouac.com took in about 0.0000005% of that total. We�re on a continuing quest to increase our fair share of consumer spending and we want to thank all of you around the world who made an online purchase last week. We also saw quite a number of local San Franciscan�s walk in and purposefully spend with us specifically responding to our request for Help. Because of all of you we were able to make our rent check on-time at the beginning of the month. Thank you!
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3). THIS WEEK ONLY - SPECIAL PRICING - NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

To encourage Holiday Sales (so we can make NEXT month�s rent!) we�re offering deeply discounted pricing for the following items (this week only through Sunday 12/11/11):

Click here to buy!
http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm

SPECIAL PRICES ON CLASSIC BEAT ITEMS

Howl Poster - normally $19.95
Beautifully designed poster exclusive to The Beat Museum.
this week only - $12.95

Jack Kerouac T-Shirt - normally $21.95
Exclusive to The Beat Museum, designed in-house by Brandon.
this week only - $14.95

Pull My Daisy (VHS only) - normally $39.95
The classic 1959 cult film starring Ginsberg, Orlovsky, Corso, Amram & narrated by Jack Kerouac.
this week only - $29.95

http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm

The Beats by Mike Evans - normally $29.95
Beautiful coffee table book with hundreds of terrific rare photos.
this week only - $19.95

The Magic Trip DVD (Ken Kesey�s Search for a Kool Place) - normally $34.95
At the movie theaters just a few months ago, this is the restored classic movie footage from the 1964 Further bus trip from La Honda to NYC. Pretty frickin� great!
this week only - $27.95

Books Not Bombs T-Shirt - normally $21.95
Exclusive to us, designed in house by Brandon
this week only - $14.95

Click here to buy!
http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm
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As always, thank you for supporting The Beat Museum. Come see our new Beat Hotel Exhibition. Come see us for you Holiday Shopping needs. Come see us!

Jerry Cimino
The Beat Musuem
540 Broadway (at Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
1-415-399-9626 - museum direct
www.kerouac.com

Help!

Help!

Please help us out financially by making a purchase this week at Kerouac.com.

http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm

CHRISTMAS IN NORTH BEACH
Folks, with all the news about Cyber Monday exploding all records this week and with good financial news turning things around on many fronts around the world you might think things are booming in North Beach at Christmas time. We wish that were the case but it is actually very quiet.

You see, people simply do not come to North Beach to do their Christmas shopping. Everyone in the city goes to Union Square and suburbanites tend to go to the malls near their homes. And now, today, many people are buying from Amazon and other online retailers. But Amazon doesn�t have a Beat Museum you can come visit when you�re in San Francisco.

Summer is our time. Summer brings thousands of tourists from around the world. Christmas is our slowest season. Please help us offset this and close out 2011 in fine fashion by making a purchase at kerouac.com.
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TWO WAYS YOU CAN HELP.
We�ve made great strides this year. New exhibits, new programs and a new website. And the new Kerouac.com has been getting thousands upon thousands of visitors since we launched it - but those visitors are NOT translating into dollars in the register so we�re asking for your help directly.

1). IF YOU LIVE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
If you live in or near San Francisco, please stop in and do some of your Holiday shopping with us. We�ve got more products than we�ve ever had and we�re fully stocked for your Holiday needs. There is a full array of fantastic items on the shelves we simply don�t post to the website because they�re so rare and collectible and in many cases one of a kind! Long out of print books by Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs and all the other Beats. Signed books by Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg and many, many others.

2). IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE
Please go to Kerouac.com and make a purchase. We can ship anywhere in the world. We�ve got items you won�t find at Amazon or anywhere else: Beat Generation posters and t-shirts that we make ourselves, movies that only we carry because they�re so specialized they only appeal to a Beat audience.

http://www.kerouac.com/shop/

If you live out of the SF BAY area and are interested in any of our signed, rare or unusual items, give us a call or send an email and we�ll tell you what we have.

Call 415-399-9626.
(business hours 10-7 Pacific every day)

Email jerry (at) kerouac.com.
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PLEASE HELP US THRIVE!
We�ve been in North Beach for over five years now. We see a very bright future. We DO need some financial help from our core group of Beat brethren from around the world to help us get through the slow cycle. Please do what you can.

Yes! Time for me to make a purchase at Kerouac.com!
http://www.kerouac.com/shop/

And for a different view with lots of photos of great Beat items click here:
http://www.kerouac.com/homepage.htm

Thank you!

Jerry Cimino
The Beat Museum
540 Broadway (at Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
1-415-399-9626 - museum direct
www.kerouac.com

Beat Museum launches redesigned Kerouac.com website. Please take a look!

Beat News You Can Use!

1). Beat Museum launches new Kerouac.com website
2). Jeopardy! - Beat Generation Style
3). Upcoming Booksignings at The Beat Museum
4). Learning to Haight - ebook release
5). Suggested Holiday Gifts & Reading
6). Giving Thanks!
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1). NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH - KEROUAC.COM

www.kerouac.com

It is with great pride and much appreciation that we announce the launch of our NEW Kerouac.com website today. This new website has been some time in the making. There are many people who were involved in the creation and rollout.

Many thanks to Brian Clevenger who first approached us a few years ago when he designed our �On The Road� and �Howl� posters that have been so wildly received and that now decorate homes and dorm rooms around the world. Also, The Beat Museum�s very own webmaster J. Brandon LoBerg who worked closely with the good folks at Gyro San Francisco on all technical aspects of the site. And the good folks at The Allen Ginsberg Trust (AllenGinsberg.org) were most gracious with Allen�s images that are entrusted to them.

Brandon and Brian worked with an extremely talented team who really delivered for us. Any factual errors in the website are mine and mine alone. Please take a very close look at our new site and if you�re inclined please tell us what you think.

Special thanks to:
Gyro San Francisco
http://www.gyro.com

Brian Clevenger, Executive Creative Director
Patrick Guinness, Web Developer
Jason Francis, Graphic Designer/Flash Developer
Paula Rogers, Copywriter
Lucie Taylor, Web Developer
Erik Ulvestad, Creative Director
and
J. Brandon Loberg, Beat Museum Webmaster

PLEASE VISIT: The NEW Kerouac.com

www.kerouac.com
Be sure to click on the sign pointing �West� and keep going west through Chicago and Denver until you get to San Francisco.
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2). JEOPARDY! BEAT GENERATION STYLE

�I�ll Take �Name the City� for $800, Alex...�

The Beat Museum celebrated our 5th year here in North Beach this past summer. Well, we really didn�t �celebrate� it, in fact we kind of let it pass us by. No parties, no hoity-toity big deal ceremonies with guest luminaries and celebrities. We considered going all out to mark the occasion and decided our time would be better spent building new exhibits and updating our website and making even bigger plans for the future.

So, how do we know we�re having an impact, changing people�s lives and making a statement to the world if we�re not having a party to celebrate our anniversary? Witness Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions from November 15, 2011. A few minutes into the show (at the 6:12 mark to be precise). The answer is: �The Beat Museum in North Beach� and the question, of course, is �What is San Francisco.�

Click here to see Alex Trebek give a nod to our fine institution at the 6:12 minute mark:
http://www.kerouac.com/blog/2011/11/the-beat-museum-on-jeopardy/
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3). UPCOMING BOOK SIGNINGS AT THE BEAT MUSEUM

A). DRUNKEN ANGEL
Book Signing
Thursday, December 1st - 7:00 pm
The Beat Museum

Alan Kaufman is the editor of both The Outlaw Bible of Poetry and The Outlaw Bible of American Literature and the author of Jew Boy, Matches and other works His latest is a brutal account of his alcohol addiction which nearly cost him everything. Few titles have captured a more harrowing depiction of alcoholic ruin or recovery�s spiritual triumph.

Click here for event book signing details or to buy a copy of Kaufmans new book. If you live outside of San Francisco and would like to have Alan sign your copy on December 1st, please write PLEASE SIGN in the comments section of the order form

http://www.kerouac.com/blog/beat_event/alan-kaufman-drunken-angel-booksigning/
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B). THE ONE & ONLY - LU ANNE HENDERSON & THE BEAT GENERATION

Book Signing
Thursday, December 8th - 7:00 pm
The Beat Museum

Lu Anne Henderson is best known as Marylou, Dean Moriarty�s teenage bride who comes to New York on the very first page of On The Road. Beyond that the world has known very little of the real life Lu Anne Henderson and Gerry Nicosia (author of Memory Babe) makes the case there never would have been a Beat Generation had Lu Anne not brought Jack and Neal together.

The back story is Nicosia was asked by Walter Salles (Director of the upcoming screen version of OTR) to help deepen the understanding in the minds of the actors of the people they were portraying. During the course of that work Nicosia re-discovered a 7 hour audio tape interview he had conducted with Lu Anne in 1978 and that had been stored in the very robust Memory Babe archives. Using that interview as a base Nicosia fills in the historical record with recollections by Al Hinkle (Big Ed Dunkel from OTR) as well as Anne Marie Santos, Lu Anne Henderson�s daughter by her second husband Ray Murphy.

No stranger to controversy Nicosia stirs the pot of Beat lore in a way that will surprise, delight and possibly even outrage the true Beat afficionado. A must read!

Click here for event book signing details or to buy a copy of Nicosia�s new book. If you live outside of San Francisco and would like Gerry to sign your copy on December 8th, please write PLEASE SIGN in the comments section of the order form.

http://www.kerouac.com/blog/beat_event/nicosia-one-and-only-luanne-henderson/
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4). �Learning to Haight� - a new novel

You don�t have to be a long time celebrated author like Alan Kaufman or Gerry Nicosia to get the word out anymore. With today�s technology even first timers can gain long reach. And that�s exactly what Andrew Bardin Williams did with his novel �Learning to Haight�.

It�s the story of Jack McClure, a reporter for the SF Daily Mirror, who is assigned to write an article about an influential figure from the city's past. A beatnik, a hippie and a one-time movie star, Dean Simmons is anything but an easy interview, but Jack knows that getting to know the "real" Dean is his ticket off the news desk. Along the way, Jack learns from Dean what it means be an activist. �The Sixties didn�t teach us how to change the world. It taught us that we should change the world.�

Click here for the details on Andrew�s webiste, read the first chapter for free and purchase the ebook. Note to aspiring writers: there are a lot of ways to publish in 2011.
http://www.learningtohaight.com/Home_Page.html
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5). SUGGESTED HOLIDAY GIFTS & READING

With the Holidays fast approaching we hope you will consider doing your shopping at Kerouac.com. STUDENTS, present mom and dad with a list of all the goodies you would like to receive as gifts and then point them to Kerouac.com. Parents love to buy books and other educational type stuff for their kids. It makes them feel they�re raising you right.

Some selected classic items:

http://www.kerouac.com/shop/

- Off The Road by Carolyn Cassady - (The 1950�s and 1960�s unfolded in Carolyn�s living room. This is her classic first hand account of how it all occurred.)
- The Beats by Mike Evans - (Beautiful coffee table book that covers every aspect of The Beats with hundreds of photos.)
- DVD�S - (The Magic Trip, Burroughs -A Man Within, A Junky�s Christmas, Beat Angel, Kerouac King of The Beats, Ferlinghetti, Life & Times of Allen Ginsberg... and many more!))
- Posters - (On The Road, Howl, Jack & Neal... and many others.)
- T-Shirts - (Books Not Bombs, Burroughs, Jack & Neal... and many more.)

http://www.kerouac.com/shop/

Please help us out during our slow time of year here in North Beach by making a purchase at Kerouac.com. You�ll be helping us continue the work we do.
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6). THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!

Dear friends,

We�re living in interesting times and I hope you feel you have much to be thankful for in your life. Whether you live in the United States and celebrate Thanksgiving with us or live elsewhere in the world, I want you to know we consider everyone on our email list to be part of our extended family here at The Beat Museum. Some of you have literally been receiving these newsletters for fifteen years. Some of you just joined our Beat family yesterday. You�re 15,000 strong these days and growing every day.

Regardless of how long you�ve been reading the Beats you�re a part of the human fabric that celebrates and encourages their themes and values. Values such as Compassion for your fellow man, Tolerance of those who are different and purposefully looking for and finding Joy in life.

We wish you and all your loved ones peace, joy, love, health and prosperity this Thanksgiving and Holiday Season.

I�ll end with a quote from Dharma Bums, my favorite Kerouac quote of all time and forever:

�But let the mind beware that though the flesh be bugged the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.�

Happy Holidays!

Jerry

Jerry Cimino
The Beat Musuem
540 Broadway (at Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
1-800-KER-OUAC
415-399-9626 - Museum Direct
www.kerouac.com

Events All Over The Country - Big News!

1). David Amram at The Beat Museum
2). Lowell Celebrates Kerouac - 10/6 - 10/10
3). Lawrence Ferlinghetti in Santa Cruz - 10/18
4). Life & Times of Allen Gnsberg Screening in Oregon Next Weekend
5). Testify for Jack at OnTheRoad4Keroauc
6). Events at The Beat Museum in October & November
7). Farewell to The Mighty Beatmobile - A Job Well Done
8). Very Big News
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1). DAVID AMRAM AT THE BEAT MUSEUM
David Amram played in North Beach at The Beat Museum last Monday night and the neighborhood is still talking about it. We screened �Pull My Daisy� and David invited participants on stage for an impromptu Poetry Jam, reading works by Howard Hart, Philip Lamantia and Jack Kerouac. The event ended at 10pm and people were still milling about until 2am! We had to send out for pizza.

Click here to see photos:
http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/david-amram-recap/
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2). LOWELL CELEBRATES KEROUAC - 10/06 - 10/10/11
Our good friends in Jack�s home town of Lowell are doing it again - for the 26th time. Lowell Celebrates Kerouac is next weekend, October 6-10. As always David Amram will be there so if you missed him at The Beat Museum last week you should go see him in Lowell. LCK is always a great time and you�re always among friends. If you�ve never been to Jack�s hometown this is the time to go, what with midnight tours and musical treats by people who are all there for the same reason you�ll be there - everyone loves Jack!

Click here for a schedule of events:
http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/lck-2010
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3). LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI IN SANTA CRUZ - 10/18:
Lawrence Ferlinghetti will be making a special appearance in Santa Cruz on Tuesday, October 18th at 7pm at The Del Mar Theatre. The occasion is the screening of Chris Felver�s new film �Ferlinghetti� and Tickets are only $10.50.

Click here for details and to buy a ticket:
http://www.sparringwithbeatnikghosts.com/
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4). LIFE & TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG SCREENING IN OREGON:
Jerry Aronson�s �Life & TImes of Allen Ginsberg� will be screening in Portland, OR (Oct. 9th) and Eugene (Oct. 11th and 12th). If you�ve never seen it, it�s pretty great!

Portland, Oregon
http://www.nwfilm.org/screenings/36/355/#2169
Eugene, Oregon
http://bijou-cinemas.com/bijou/2011/08/the-life-and-times-of-allen-ginsberg-wdirector-qa/
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5). ON THE ROAD4KEROUAC
There�s a brand new website that just came online that�s kind of fun.� It�s put together by some students in France and it�s called On The Road 4 Kerouac.� I like it because it�s a participatory website.� They�re asking people to send them a document of what On The Road and Kerouac mean to you.� This is a dual language enterprise, both English and French, the two languages Jack Kerouac spoke.� It�s also fitting because MK2, one of the production companies behind the upcoming film On The Road, is headquartered in Paris.

Overview:
http://ontheroad-themovie.blogspot.com/p/le-projet-on-road-4-kerouac.html

To participate:
http://ontheroad-themovie.blogspot.com/��
http://ontheroad-themovie.blogspot.com/p/derriere-le-volant-la-production.html
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6). EVENTS AT THE BEAT MUSEUM IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/events.htm

-Arthur & Kit Knight, publishers, unspeakable visions of the individual
Sunday, October 2nd, 2pm - free

-Litquake, Voices of North Beach Walking Tour
Sunday October 9th, 4:30 pm - free

-Henry Miller Slept Here presented by Henry Miller Memorial Library
Annual Poetry Anthology
Saturday, October 22nd, 7pm - free

-The Revolutionary Poets Brigade
In Your Face Again
Sunday, October 23rd, 7pm, free

-ruth weis booksigning and reading - can�t stop the beat
Thursday, November 3rd, 7pm - free

http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/events.htm
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7). FAREWELL TO THE MIGHTY BEATMOBILE - A JOB WELL DONE
We�re releasing The Beatmobile from her service to The Beat Museum. We acquired her in 2003, toured the entire United States twice in 2004 and 2005 and then took her to various Northern California gigs a few times since then but for the most part The Beat Museum on Wheels has been in storage for the last few years.

The time has come to allow The Beatmobile to move on and enrich the lives of other people like she�s enriched ours. We haven�t yet decided exactly HOW we�re going to let her go or WHEN but if you�re interested in either the RV or the trailer, send an email to jerry@kerouac.com and I�ll send you more details. FYI, The RV is a 1987 Airstream 345 (34.5 feet long, with full bedroom in back) with a gasoline Chevy 454. Serious inquiries only, please.

You can see photos here:

North Beach Festival, San Francisco
http://www.thebeatmuseumonwheels.com/ourblog/northbeach.htm

Saint Mary�s School for Girls in Raleigh, NC
http://www.thebeatmuseumonwheels.com/ourblog/saintmarys.htm

Some good interior photos, Pennsylvania
http://www.thebeatmuseumonwheels.com/ourblog/pa.htm

More interior shots - Amram in Lowell
http://www.thebeatmuseumonwheels.com/ourblog/lck2.htm
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8). BIG NEWS COMING SOON
Five years ago when we first opened in San Francisco we penciled in a �49 Hudson onto our floor plan and put out the word we were looking for one. For a couple of years we showcased a�41 Pontiac and billed it as the kind of car Neal Cassady might have stolen.

Things are about to change.

Watch this space.

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Jerry Cimino
The Beat Museum
540 Broadway (at Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
1-800-KER-OUAC
1-415-399-9626
kerouac.com

"Pull My Daisy" & David Amram - Monday 9/26

DAVID AMRAM AT THE BEAT MUSEUM - PURCHASE YOUR TICKET TODAY

Monday 9/26/11 - 7:00 pm
Admission $20
Includes screening of 1959 Beat Cult Classic - �Pull My Daisy�

�DAVID AMRAM presents The San Francisco/New York Connection: Alive and Well in North Beach�
- David Amram comes to The Beat Museum.

In 1957 David Amram was onstage in New York City with poets Howard Hart, Philip Lamantia and Jack Kerouac performing Beat poetry to jazz accompaniment . David was in the famed 1959 Beat cult classic film "Pull My Daisy" by Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie. The film was narrated by Jack Kerouac and starred Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky and David Amram as Mezz McGillicuddy. Amram also wrote the famous musical soundtrack to the movie.

David will offer his usual magnificent performance along with tales of his personal recollections of Jack, Allen and Neal. No one tells Beat stories like David Amram.

Please note: Admission is $20. This event is sure to sell out and seating is very limited. Some tickets will be sold Standing Room Only. There are three ways to order - by phone, by internet or stop into The Beat Museum.

TO ORDER BY PHONE:
Please call The Beat Museum with your credit card information during business hours to reserve your tickets now. The number is 415-399-9626 and we�re open from 10am - 7pm every day west coast time.

Please call early to be sure you�re not left out.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE:
http://www.kerouac.com/cgi-local/cart.pl?db=featuredItems.txt&category=davidAmramTix

Details on The David Amram Event -
http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/events.htm#davidamram

Article about David in San Francisco Classical Voice:
http://www.sfcv.org/events-calendar/artist-spotlight/david-amram-jazz-cat-right-on-time-every-time

Beat Events Nationwide - Amram, Drooker at TBM

Beat Events Nationwide - Amram, Drooker at TBM

September and October brings many Beat related events coast to coast. Check it out, there�s something here for everyone.

1). September Events at The Beat Museum
2). David Amram & Pull My Daisy at The Beat Museum - Purchase Your Ticket Now!
3). Other Events in the San Francisco Bay Area
4). Upcoming Events on The East Coast
5). Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller) Visits The Beat Museum
6). Al Hinkle (Big Ed Dunkel from OTR) Has a New Website
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1). SEPTEMBER EVENTS AT THE BEAT MUSEUM
We have a terrific line up of September events. You can check out the full schedule of events here: http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/events.htm

Highlights for September Include:
- Wednesday 9/7/11 - 7:30: ERIC DROOKER - �The Art Of Howl� - slide lecture
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=274788222547519

- Friday 9/9/11 - 7:30: KIM ADDONIZIO - �Blues & The Word Party - Poetry & Blues
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257996687564568

- Saturday & Sunday 9/24/11-9/25/11 - �North Beach Artwalk & Poetry Festival� and �1000 Poets for Change�
1:00pm - 6:00pm both days
http://home.comcast.net/~leahlubin/Exhibits/Beat_Museum/Poetry_Festival_2011/Poetry_Festival_2011_content.html
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2). DAVID AMRAM AT THE BEAT MUSEUM - PURCHASE YOUR TICKET TODAY
- Monday 9/26/11 - 7:00 pm
Admission $20
Includes screening of 1959 Beat Cult Classic - �Pull My Daisy�

�DAVID AMRAM presents The San Francisco/New York Connection: Alive and Well in North Beach� - David Amram comes to The Beat Museum.

David will be doing his usual magnificent performance and telling his personal recollections of Jack, Allen and Neal. No one tells Beat stories like David Amram. He was actually in the movie �Pull My Daisy� with Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso, narrated by Jack Kerouac.

Please note: Admission is $20. This event is sure to sell out and seating is very limited. Some tickets will be sold Standing Room Only.

Please call The Beat Museum with your credit card information during business hours to reserve your tickets now. The number is 415-399-9626 and we�re open from 10am - 7pm every day west coast time.

Please call early to be sure you�re not left out.
http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/events.htm
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3). OTHER EVENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

- Charles Gatewood�s Greatest Hits - September 8 - November 26, Robert Tat Gallery, 49 Geary, Suite 410, SF, CA - Reception with Artist Talk Sat, Oct 15th 2pm

CHARLES GATEWOOD is an alternative SF photographer and friend of the Beats. His 1972 photos of Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs and The Dream Machine are legendary.
http://www.roberttat.com/#current
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- BERKELEY VIDEO FILM FESTIVAL - September 30 - October 2 - Three Beat Generation related movies have been selected for the festival to be held at The Landmark Shattuck Cinemas. The schedule is still in development but the latest appears to be:
�The Beat Hotel� by Allan Govanor - date TBD
�At Appolinaires Grave� by Nic Saunders - Friday evening, 9/30/11
* �Larry Keenan� by Kurt Hemmer & Tom Knoff - Friday evening, 9/30/11

See Website for Details:
http://www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org/BVFF%202011%20Selections.html
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4). UPCOMING EVENTS ON THE EAST COAST

- Kaddish - The Adaptations Project - New York Theater Workshops - September 29th - October 9th, 2011 - based on the poem by Allen Ginsberg
http://www.adaptationsproject.org/Home/Home.html
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- Jack Kerouac 5K Race
September 25, 2011

There�s a benefit 5K race held in Lowell, MA every year to provide scholarship money for deserving Lowell High School students. If you�re a runner, or just interested, check it out.
http://www.JackKerouac5K.com/
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- Lowell Celebrates Kerouac -
October 6 - October 10, 2011

�Everybody goes home in October,� according to Jack Kerouac. And that�s the reason Lowell Celebrates Kerouac is held the first weekend of October in Jack�s hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. I�ve said it before, but we have SO many new subscribers this last year I want to be sure everyone knows: if you�re a Kerouac fan and you can get to Lowell that weekend, do it! It�s an occassion put on by friends for friends. It�s an embracing time not to be missed.

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac - 10/6/11 - 10/10/11 
http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/lck-2010
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5). PENN JILLETTE (PENN & TELLER) VISITS THE BEAT MUSEUM
Who would have guessed that Penn Jillette was hugely influenced by Allen Ginsberg. Penn stopped into The Beat Museum last week and to pay tribute to Allen posed next to one of our favorite Ginsberg photographs. Sometimes you just have to see a picture to believe it.

You don�t want to miss this one!
http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/penn-jillette/
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6). AL HINKLE'S NEW WEBSITE
Big Ed Dunkel from �On The Road� has his own website. Or, to be more precise, Al Hinkle does. Al was Neal Cassady�s childhood friend from Denver. They knew each other when they were young teenagers and he�s the one who eventually moved to California and got Neal his job as a brakeman for The Southern Pacific Railroad. Al and his wife Helen (Galatea, in On The Road) lived near the Cassady�s in San Jose and when Carolyn Cassady wrote her book �Off The Road� she dedicated it to her two "angels" - Al & Helen Hinkle.

Check out Al�s new website - he�s got stories no one has ever heard!
http://alhinkle.com/
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Thanks for supporting The Beat Museum and Kerouac.com. We had a great summer with more to come in the fall. Please stop by when you're in San Francisco. Please make a purchase from Kerouac.com. And stay tuned for what's coming next!

Jerry Cimino
The Beat Museum
540 Broadway (at Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
1-800-KER-OUAC
1-415-399-9626 - museum direct
www.kerouac.com

Beat News You Can Use!

Beat News You Can Use!

1). Magic Trip - Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place - Movie Premier
2). More Huffington Post Articles
3). Levi Asher's New eBook
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1). MERRY PRANKSTER'S BUS TRIP - LA HONDA TO NYC 1964 - MOVIE RELEASE
You've probably seen some of the footage over the years. The Prankster's bus "Further" with Neal Cassady at the wheel traveling from Kesey's place in La Honda to the NYC World's Fair in 1964. Ken was driving to NY to participate in a book release for "Sometimes a Great Notion" his second novel and took along some friends - Ken Babbs, George Walker, Steve Lambrecht (Zonker), Ron Bevirt (Hassler) and Paula Sunstren (Gretchin Fetchin Slime Queen). Along the way they met up with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Tim Leary - and just happened to create the Psychedelic Revolution.

Long available as a VHS and later a DVD directly from Zane Kesey many believed the film would never be publicly available on a mass scale because the 16MM film didn't sync up with the reel to reel audio tape recordings. Legend has it the tape recorders were being driven off the generators on the bus and every time Neal hit the gas the reel to reels would speed up or slow down making the sync impossible.

I saw the film at a sneak peak here in SF along with 2 of Neal & Carolyn's kids, John Allen and Jami. They were both sitting in wonder looking at footage of their father from almost fifty years ago, much of which they'd never seen before. The movie has been on pay-per-view for the last month and hits the theaters starting TONIGHT and throughout the month in select cities.

OPENINGS:

8/5 - Berkeley, CA
8/5 - San Francisco, CA
8/5 - New York, NY

8/12 - Los Angeles, CA
8/12 - Portland, OR

8/19 - Washington, DC

8/26 - University City, MO
8/26 - Santa Fe, NM

9/2 - Atlanta, GA
9/2 - Cambridge, MA
9/2 - Newburyport, MA
9/2 - Minneapolis, MN

9/9 - Denver, CO

This is a film well worth seeing. Check the official movie website for additional listings, a video trailer and further info: - (get it?... further info... Further? as in Furthur? get it??) -

Official Movie Website:
http://www.magictripmovie.com/

Movie Review on Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshall-fine/huffpost-review-imagic-tr_b_918029.html?ir=San%20Francisco
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2). MORE HUFFINGTON POST ARTICLES

Check out our latest blog on The Huffington Post. Please email it, tweet it and "like" it on Facebook if you will. This is an expanded article (complete with PHOTOS) of a short piece I wrote about my parents about a year ago - and why they're the reason I fell in love with The Beats. It's probably the one piece we've gotten the most responses on in all the years I've been writing this newsletter. In a quest to understand my own parents (and hence myself) I studied the Beats for the contrast and eventually wound up creating The Beat Museum.

Heroes and Anti-Heroes: The Greatest Generation and The Beat Generation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cimino/heroes-and-antiheroes_b_915529.html
(please "like" tweet and email)

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ALSO, my wife is now blogging for the Huffington Post as well. Her area of expertise is Grief Counseling and Career Counseling (I know, insert work-averse Beatnik joke here). Here's her first post on HuffPo.

Moving Beyond Job Loss by Estelle Cimino
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/estelle-cimino/moving-beyond-job-loss_b_899461.html
(please "like" tweet and email)
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3). LEVI ASHER'S NEW eBOOK - BEATS IN TIME: A LITERARY GENERATION'S LEGACY
Many of you have read articles over the years by Levi Asher. Levi's website, Literary Kicks, was one of the greatest sites to hit the web in the very earliest days of the internet and is still vibrant all these years later. Now Levi is releasing an eBook - Beats In Time: A Literary Generation's Legacy, a selection of the best eighteen pieces about the Beat Generation from the Literary Kicks archives. We've already agreed we'll carry it at The Beat Museum and Kerouac.com when the paper version is available.

Chapters Include:
1. CASSIDY�S TALE by John Perry Barlow
2. MY AUDITION FOR �ON THE ROAD� by Levi Asher
3. RINGSIDE SEAT: GERALD NICOSIA VS. ANN CHARTERS AT N.Y.U.by Levi Asher
4. JOHN MONTGOMERY, DHARMA BUM by Jim Stedman
5. A NOTE FROM LOS GATOS: THE JOHN CASSADY INTERVIEW by Levi Asher
6. POETRY AT THE OLD LONGSHOREMAN�S HALL by Don Carpenter
7. THE DEATH OF ALLEN GINSBERG ON BEAT-L by various authors
8. SLICED BARDO: FOR WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS by Lee Ranaldo, Robert Creeley, Carolyn Cassady and Patricia Elliot
9. MARTY MATZ by Laki Vazakas
10. REMEMBERING JACK MICHELINE by Ray Freed
11. THIS IS MARRIAGE? THE BEAT GENERATION AND GREGORY CORSO�S �MARRIAGE� by Sarah Duff
12. AN INTERVIEW WITH DIANE DIPRIMA by Joseph Matheny
13. GARY SYNDER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM by Jamelah Earle
14. AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT CREELEY by Jamelah Earle
15. THE SIX GALLERY: WHAT IT MEANT by Michael McClure
16. WHEN HIPPIES BATTLE: THE GREAT W. S. MERWIN/ALLEN GINSBERG BEEF OF 1975 by Levi Asher
17. DAVID AMRAM TALKS ABOUT MUSIC by Bill Ectric
18. PHILOMENE LONG: POET OF VENICE BEACH by Levi Asher

Buy Levi's new eBook at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EA01M8/

Check out Literay Kicks here:
http://www.litkicks.com/beatGen
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Thanks for supporting what we do!

Jerry Cimino
The Beat Museum
540 Broadway (at Columbus)
San Francisco, CA 94133
1-800-KER-OUAC
http://kerouac.com/