http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationHome www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.orgLCKhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.orgTue, 21 May 2013 17:49:54 GMTHome Mon, 13 May 2013 20:26:24 GMTVisions of Gerard reading, May 14http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/visions-of-gerard-reading-may-14Mon, 13 May 2013 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKOn May 14 at 6:30pm at the Old Court (29-31 Central St., Lowell), UMass Lowell Libraries and LCK will be holding a public reading from Kerouac's Visions of Gerard. Food will be provided by the UML English department. Drinks are on you. Head downtown and be part of of the action.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/visions-of-gerard-reading-may-14Jack Kerouac's Lowell tour series kicks off on May 4http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/jack-kerouacs-lowell-tour-series-kicks-off-on-may-4Fri, 03 May 2013 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKLowell Celebrates Kerouac! experts on great American writer Jack Kerouac’s youth in Lowell and his Lowell novels will lead a monthly series of tours that portray him from cradle to grave, including his many family homes, churches, schools, library, the French-Canadian neighborhoods where he grew up, and the landmarks of the city that he loved. Through visiting the significant Kerouac sites, attendees will learn of the lifelong influence of Lowell on shaping his remarkable body of work as seen in his novels, poems, journals, and letters.

Stephen Edington, author of two Kerouac-related books, “The Beat Face of God” and “Kerouac’s Nashua Connection,” will lead the May 4 tour, “Cradle to Grave: Jack Kerouac’s Lowell.” The car caravan tour will meet and start at the Kerouac exhibit in the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 10 a.m. and will last approximately 2-1/2 hours.

Roger Brunelle, noted historian and interpreter of Jack Kerouac’s life in Lowell, will lead the May 18 tour, “Kerouac’s Downtown Lowell,” also starting at 10 a.m. Roger is known for his in depth presentation of important Kerouac sites, combined with linguistic analysis of Kerouac’s writing style influenced by his French-Canadian origins and the French language he grew up speaking at home. Readings in French as well as English are common and dramatic in Roger’s tours. Meet at Kerouac Commemorative at Bridge and French Streets.

Kerouac tours on the first and third Saturdays at 10 a.m. are being planned for each month from May through October. Details on the future tours will be announced later. Tours cost $10 per person in a donated fee. Reservations for the first two tours are recommended and may be made by calling LCK president Mike Wurm at c.978-501-1021.

LCK, an all volunteer organization, is dedicated to honoring, celebrating, and interpreting the life and spirit of Jack Kerouac, who wrote so eloquently about his hometown of Lowell while gaining great global fame as a major novelist and poet of 20th century America. Visit www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org for more information on the organization and the larger Kerouac events being sponsored in Lowell every March and October.

For more information, call Mike Wurm at c.978-501-1021.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/jack-kerouacs-lowell-tour-series-kicks-off-on-may-4Kerouac birthday events are on for Friday nighthttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kerouac-birthday-events-are-on-for-friday-nightFri, 08 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMTLCKLCKSnow in Lowell? No problem. The Kerouac birthday events at the LTC are on for Friday 8 March. See you there.

Tonight's schedule:

Kerouac: People, Places, and Things
Time: 6:00 to 10:00pm
Location: Lowell Telecommunications Corp Gallery, 246 Market St.
Kerouac-influenced art exhibition opening reception

The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow
Time: 6:30 to 7:45pm
A film by Steven Cerio with the director to present, plus a reading from Big Sur played against the director's newest short

Music for Jack
Time: 8:00 to 9:30pm
David Amram and friends. A $10 donation is requested.

Snow in my shoe
Abandoned
Sparrow's nest

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kerouac-birthday-events-are-on-for-friday-nightBirthday celebration on Long Islandhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/birthday-celebration-on-long-islandThu, 28 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMTLCKLCKFrom our friends down in New York:

Writer/Playwright, Pat Fenton will be reading from his play “Jack’s Last Call, Say Goodbye to Kerouac”, as part of the March is Kerouac Month at the Northport Historical Society. Mr. Fenton will also discuss Kerouac’s Northport years as well as his importance to American literature.

It’s the end of summer in 1964. A major cultural shift is starting to happen in the U.S., and on his last night in Northport, Long Island the America Jack Kerouac saw through a rear view mirror riding along side his "On the Road" partner Neal Cassady is slowly playing again in his mind.

Long after a small going away party that he has thrown for himself is over; Jack keeps on drinking as he prepares to move to Florida with his mother. He reflects back on his fame, his youth as a football star in Lowell, Massachusetts, and the worry that his time has come and gone. As he sums up parts of his life to the audience in a bittersweet narrative, he receives a series of soul-searching phone calls from his daughter Jan.

An obligatory stop at Gunther’s Bar down the block on Main Street, where Jack Kerouac spent much of his Northport Years, will be made by the writer, and the conversation will continue over pints of tap beer.

The birthday celebration will take place on Sunday, March 10th at 3 P.M., at the Northport Historical Society, 215 Main Street, Northport, Long Island.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/birthday-celebration-on-long-islandLowell poetry event, Saturday 23 Febhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/lowell-poetry-event-saturday-23-febWed, 20 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMTLCKLCKA poetry/multi-media event is happening Saturday 23 February at UnchARTed Gallery, 66 Merrimack St., Lowell. It features our LCK member Pete Eliopoulos and Kerouac Literary Festival regular Steve Dalachinsky. Full schedule below:

12:00pm Brunch at UnchARTed, provided with help from The Sock Hop.

1:30pm Fluxus Performance: Id m Theftable, Crank Sturgeon

2:00pm Local Poets: Mira Allen, Peter Eliopolis, Michael Hoerman, and Dave Robinson with Rick Breault - laptop; Stephanie Lak - voice, electronics; Walter Wright - drums + Joe Burgio, Paul Kafka-Gibbons and Gordon Marshall with Joshua Jefferson - saxes; fleisenberg - drums

3:00pm Visiting Poets: Steve Dalichinsky with Ras Moshe - flute, sax; Dustin Carlson - guitar; Evan Lipson- upright bass; Bob Hubbard - drums

4:00pm Apocalypso: Joe Burgio - movement; Shayna Dulberger - upright bass, electronics; Chris Welcome - guitar; Walter Wright - electronics

4:30pm Jack Wright Group: Jack Wright - sax; Ron Stabinsky - piano; Ben Wright - upright bass; Johnny McLellan - drums

Live art by Corey Luebbers, Alyshia Lien, Lindsey Parker, Victoria Valente.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/lowell-poetry-event-saturday-23-febAdvanced screening of On the Road in Boston on 14 Janhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/advanced-screening-of-on-the-road-in-boston-on-14-janSun, 06 Jan 2013 06:00:00 GMTLCKLCKHello, friends of Kerouac and Lowell. You and a guest are cordially invited to attend a special advance screening of ON THE ROAD.

When: 7pm, Monday January 14, 2013
Where: AMC Boston Common, 175 Tremont Street Boston, MA

To RSVP: please email Mike Wurm at wurm557@yahoo.com with your name and number of guests attending by January 11, 2013.

About On the Road:

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Walter Salles and based on the iconic novel by Jack Kerouac, ON THE ROAD tells the provocative story of Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou (Kristen Stewart).

Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of "it" -- the pure essence of experience.

Seeking unchartered terrain and the last American frontier, the duo encounter an eclectic mix of men and women -- Bull (Viggo Mortensen), Camille (Kirsten Dunst), Carlo (Tom Sturridge), Jane (Amy Adams), Terry (Alice Braga), Galatéa (Elisabeth Moss) – each impacting their journey indelibly.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/advanced-screening-of-on-the-road-in-boston-on-14-janMichael Ornstein, "Kerouac in New York City"http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/michael-ornstein-kerouac-in-new-york-citySat, 15 Dec 2012 06:00:00 GMTLCKLCKMichael Ornstein, who plays Chucky Marstein on the television show "Sons of Anarchy", is an oil painter, writer, and filmmaker. He is showing an exhibition focused on Jack Kerouac in NYC that will be presented at the Beat Museum in San Francisco. The show will run through December.

The exhibition will include 6 oil paintings painted specifically for the show and original text to accompany each painting. The text will be displayed, hand-written, next to each painting and will also be offered as eBook-style audio files, downloadable through the use of QR codes.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/michael-ornstein-kerouac-in-new-york-cityKerouac's Musichttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kerouacs-musicMon, 26 Nov 2012 06:00:00 GMTLCKLCKJohn Tytell, a professor at Queens College at the City University of New York, recently passed us an article he wrote for the 26 Oct 2012 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.Check it out: "Kerouac's Music."

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kerouacs-musicJack Kerouac Walk and Wake, 21 Octoberhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/jack-kerouac-walk-and-wake-21-octoberFri, 19 Oct 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKOn 21 October 2012, on the 43rd anniversary of Jack Kerouac's death, please join us as we celebrate his life and his Lowell roots! Sponsored by Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! & University of Massachusetts Lowell. For further information, call Mike Wurm at 978-501-1021.

The King of the Beats: A Documentary about Jack Kerouac
Time: 2:00pm
Location: O’Leary Library, Room 222 (Auditorium), South Campus, UMass Lowell
Followed by Q & A with director John Antonelli. $5 donation suggested to help defray event costs.

Kerouac memorial walk
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Franco-American School, 357 Pawtucket St.
Kerouac memorial walk past important Kerouac sites starting at the Grotto behind the Franco-American School, 357 Pawtucket St. Stops and readings will be at the funeral home, church, a school, and library tied to Kerouac’s life and death, as well as the old Moody Street Bridge made famous in his Dr. Sax novel and soon to be demolished.

Waking Jack! Kerouac Wake
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Old Worthen Tavern, 141 Worthen St.
Waking Jack! Kerouac Wake at the Old Worthen Tavern upstairs room with music, readings, and poems. Celebrating the spontaneous spirit of Kerouac. A small buffet of foods will be provided. $5 donation suggested.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/jack-kerouac-walk-and-wake-21-octoberKickstart the Beathttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kickstart-the-beatFri, 05 Oct 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKMerrimack Repertory Theatre is bringing Jack's long-lost play, "Beat Generation", to life. Your donation will help ensure Jack's words are finally spoken aloud, and that "Beat Generation" receives the best production possible. The scale of Beat Generation is larger than anything MRT has attempted to produce in the past decade. You can help bring the play to life by donating to the project on Kickstarter.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kickstart-the-beatBeat Generation Book Signingshttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/beat-generation-book-signingsWed, 19 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKThe world premiere of Jack Kerouac's play, Beat Generation, runs from 10 to 14 October at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell. (Get your act together--looks like tickets are getting closer to selling out.) In conjunction with that, there are book signings scheduled with three witnesses from Jack's time.

Book Signing with David Amram
Time: 3:30pm, Saturday 13 October
Location: Merrimack Repertory Theater, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell
Off Beat; Up Beat

Book Signing with Joyce Johnson
Time: 7:00pm, Saturday 13 October
Location: Merrimack Repertory Theater, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell
The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac; Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir; Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958

Book Signing with Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell
Time: 1:30pm, Sunday 14 October
Location: Merrimack Repertory Theater, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell
Jack Kerouac: Collected Poems: Library of America Series Jacket

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/beat-generation-book-signingsHotel rooms for the Jack Kerouac Literary Festivalhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/hotel-rooms-for-the-jack-kerouac-literary-festivalSun, 02 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKLCK will have a block of rooms reserved at the Courtyard Marriott in Lowell for the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival. A 10% discount is available on two different sizes of rooms. There will be a block of 10 rooms for Friday and Saturday nights (12 and 13 October) and a block of three rooms for Thursday (11 October) and Sunday (14 October) nights. Reservations must be made by Thursday 20 September. To redeem the discount, call the Marriott directly at 1-800-321-2211 and mention the Kerouac-Lowell group.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/hotel-rooms-for-the-jack-kerouac-literary-festivalMerrimack Rep holding auditions for Beat Generationhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/merrimack-rep-holding-auditions-for-beat-generationSat, 18 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKComing up in September: Merrimack Repertory Theatre will hold an open call for select roles in its one-week, eight-performance staged reading of Beat Generation by Jack Kerouac.

Full article at The Lowell Sun...

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/merrimack-rep-holding-auditions-for-beat-generationKerouac Bobble Head Night: Lowell Spinners vs. Brooklyn Cycloneshttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kerouac-bobble-head-night-lowell-spinners-vs-brooklyn-cyclonesSat, 21 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKOn Tuesday 7 August, the Lowell Spinners play the Brooklyn Cyclones at LaLacheur Park in Lowell. The first 1,000 ticket holders (buy tickets online) through the gates will receive a Jack Kerouac Bobble Head. The Bobble Heads are designed to honor On the Road—featuring a bobbling thumb. These collectible items can be pre-ordered for $20, with half the proceeds to support scholarships in the UMass Lowell English Department, which is the game sponsor. To pre-order, contact jgoode@lowellspinners.com. This benefit is offered in collaboration with the Estate of Jack and Stella Kerouac and literary representative John Sampas.

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/kerouac-bobble-head-night-lowell-spinners-vs-brooklyn-cyclonesSteve Edington retiring from UUNhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/steve-edington-retiring-from-uunSun, 06 May 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCKBon voyage to former LCK president Steve Edington, who is retiring from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua: "Retiring Nashua pastor fought on frontline of gay rights, other social causes", Nashua Telegraph

]]>http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/steve-edington-retiring-from-uunEd Ruscha, On the Roadhttp://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/ed-ruscha-on-the-roadThu, 03 May 2012 05:00:00 GMTLCKLCK[Brett Sokol, "Artist Ed Ruscha Paints the Open Road", Ocean Drive]

Ed Ruscha's art set to phrases from On the Road will be exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, from 24 May to 2 September 2012. If you're hitching through Miami, check it out and let us know how it looks.

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