Calendar of events
Exhibitions
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The Painted Word
Date: Apr 28 - Jun 09,2012
During the 1950s and '60s the San Francisco Bay Area witnessed an outburst of creative energy. Called the "San Francisco Renaissance" and sometimes referred to as 'Beat", it was a culture in which poets combined their poetry with jazz as well as paintings, drawings, and collages etc. April’s Poetry Month in San Francisco will culminate as Meridian Gallery presents an exhibition called The Painted Word, that will display surprising visual art produced by these outstanding writers and poets. Among the artists to be featured are William Saroyan, Kenneth Rexroth, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hirschman, Jess, Robert Duncan, Michael McClure, Jack Michelin, David Meltzer, Henry Miller, and Kenneth Patchen, as well as photographs by Chris Felver.
Concerts
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David Leikam, Joe Straub, Aurora Josephson, and Phillip Greenlief
Date: Jun 09,2012
Time: 08:00 PM - 10:00 PMA duet of David Leikam (moog rogue/piano) and Joe Straub (guitar/laptop) followed by a dynamic quartet of David Leikam, Joe Straub, Aurora Josephson (voice), and Phillip Greenlief (saxophone).
Other events
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The Red Poet
Date: May 20,2012
Time: 05:30 PM - 07:30 PMA documentary film on Bay Area poet Jack Hirschman. Matthew Furey (Director) and Francis Furey (Producer)
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Poets Read Poets: The Painted Word Closing Party
Date: Jun 03,2012
Time: 05:30 PM - 08:30 PMBay Area poets reading paired with an evening of live jazz to celebrate the close of The Painted Word Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 5:30pm $50 (Fundraiser for Meridian Gallery/SAPA)
