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Home » Beat generation

Tag: Beat generation

Posted inFilm

Leaving Home, Coming Home, a blurry portrait of photographer Robert Frank, finally hits theaters

by Andrea Gronvall July 18, 2019August 18, 2021

One of the last surviving Beat artists looks back on a long life.

Posted inArts & Culture

In Mad Hip Beat & Gone, two teens split Nebraska to find their bliss

by Justin Hayford May 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Steven Dietz’s historical drama starts strong but gets “tangled up in roads.”

Posted inBlogs

I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation destroyed by copyright violation

by Aimee Levitt May 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Moral of the story: Before you adapt anything, always, always, always get the author’s permission.

Posted inBlogs

Video Drone: What Happened to Kerouac?

by J.R. Jones November 20, 2012August 19, 2021

A wealth of newly released interview footage gives a kaleidoscopic sense of the Beat Generation’s legacy

Posted inBlogs

Malort night at Paddy Long’s and other food and drink events

by Meg Pier October 18, 2012August 19, 2021

Pumpkin festivals, beer celebrations, Malort night, and local farming fund-raisers fill this week’s event calendar

Posted inBlogs

Gerald Nicosia on the road

by Jerome Ludwig November 16, 2011August 19, 2021

Gerald Nicosia returns home to Chicago to promote One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road

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