Howl Redux -- Litquake 2005 Opening Night

Fri, Oct 7
8pm
$20.00 regular, $100.00 VIP (includes post-event reception)

Howl Redux celebrates the 50th anniversary of the debut of Allen
Ginsberg's epic Beat poem 'Howl," while also showcasing San
Francisco's illustrious literary landscape.

In addition to rare archival footage of Ginsberg reading, author/
celebrity pairings will present excerpts from seminal Bay Area
authors including Daniel Handler reading Gertrude Stein * Armistead
Maupin reading Mark Twain * Amy Tan reading Iris Chang * James
Dalessandro reading Dashiell Hammett * actor Michael Madsen reading
John Steinbeck * Andrew Sean Greer reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti *
Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown reading Jack London and much more.

Other appearances and readings by Cintra Wilson, Michael McClure,
Sean San Jose, devorh Major of Ambrose Bierce, Randy Shilts, Ken
Kesey and others ...

Tix available at the door and in advance at www.cityboxoffice.com

Venue:

Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness
San Francisco



Van Ness at McAllister

Additional Info:


www.litquake.org