"GIG" ALERT: Allen Ginsberg Reading; A Box Set Celebration

Live from New York, it’s author Pat Thomas celebrating Allen Ginsberg

FREE event in Manhattan at the HowlArts.org Center on Friday evening June 3rd (from roughly 8 to 9 p.m. at 6 E. 1st street in NYC), hosted by Pat Thomas (curator of the new 3-CD Omnivore Recordings box set of Allen Ginsberg Last Word on First Blues, featuring Allen singing-songwriting with Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell, et al from 1971 to 1984).

Thomas will host a discussion with musicians David Amram, Steven Taylor, David Mansfield, and Jon Sholle (all of whom played with Ginsberg on those recordings) followed by a live performance by them. Other events happening during that evening include Michael McClure, Ed Sanders, Bob Holman, Peter Hale, Bob Rosenthal and Len Chandler.


When: Friday, June 3rd
Where: Howl Arts
6 East 1st Street, NYC
Showtime: 8pm
Admission: Free

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