Posts tagged "Patti Smith"
Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye & Janet Hamill (excerpts) – 2/9/11
Filmed and edited by Poetry Project videographer Alex Abelson.
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Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye celebrating the 40th Anniversary of their 1st Poetry Project performance
Thank you to all of you came out to The Poetry Project the night of February 9th to hear Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye and Janet Hamill. It was a magical evening! And it was a benefit for The Poetry Project. All proceeds fund the presentation of more outstanding literary events. Below is Anne Waldman’s [...]
Patti Smith w/ Lenny Kaye & Janet Hamill
[ Wednesday, February 9, 2011; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday
Forty years ago, on February 10, 1971, Patti Smith made her Poetry Project debut accompanied by Lenny Kaye on guitar. On this ruby anniversary, Patti and Lenny celebrate four decades of “three chords merged with the power of the word” in a special commemorative concert of poetry and music to benefit The Poetry Project. Patti [...]
Peter Orlovsky Memorial Reading
[ Wednesday, September 22, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday
Poet, singer, farmer, yodeler, banjo-picker, Buddhist-practitioner, Allen Ginsberg’s lifelong-companion, Kerouac’s Simon Darlovsky in Desolation Angels & George in The Dharma Bums, the generous & wonderfully whimsical Peter Orlovsky, (July 8, 1933 – May 30, 2010), was an unforgettable & hugely colorful presence in the East Village, and in and around the Poetry Project. Please join [...]
