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Lowell Celebrates Kerouac & UMass Lowell presents
March 13: Jack Kerouac's 88th Birthday Celebration

 

Dharma Buns, 26A Market St.

 

See October 2009 Event Photos
Photo by George DeLuca

2 - 5:30pm

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2pm

"Amram Jam" open mic readings
David Amram plays behind the readings.
Moderator Roger Brunelle
Host Mary/John Capriole
"On the Road" The Art of Mary Capriole
 John Capriole: The Origin of "Dharma Buns"
"Paradise Road" web video (4 min., 2:30-2:40pm)
     

 

Caffe Paradiso, 45 Palmer St.

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Photo by Tom Palumbo circa 1956

7pm show

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Tonight we celebrate Jack's own definition of "Beat" focusing on Jack's musical journey from Lowell's Moody St. to Harlem, as jazz became a major influence on the mid-20th Century art scene.
 
   9:30pm-2am "This Song's for You, Jack!"
   Singer/Songwriter Bob Martin
   Celtic: Nolwenn Monjarret (of The Chieftains)
   Singer/Songwriter Alan Crane
   Amy Black & The Red Clay Rascals
   The Jonathan Edwards Band with
   Taylor Armerding, Stuart Shulman, Charlie Rose

7-9pm

"This is BEAT!"
  an evening with David Amram & friends
An evening of words, music and improv with David Amram, Kerouac's first musical collaborator, and guest readers and musicians of the Lowell area.

Join us for this celebration of the Kerouac and Amram collaborations at the Brata Art Gallery involving NYC's first-ever public jazz/poetry readings, and the classic music of the jazz artists of the 40s and 50s who influenced Kerouac's writing.

Readings:
Tony Sampas, Paul Marion, Steve Edington, Nancy Herbstman, Lawrence Carradini, Richard Rourke, David Perry and Jerry Bisantz.
Jazz:
David Amram and Adam Amram with:
Lowell Jazz Day Camp: Allyssa Jones, Stanley Swann, Paul Combs and John Harrington; featuring guest vocalist Lura Smith of Middlesex Comm. College in Lowell.
Lowell Moonglow Entertainment:
Mike Payette and Charles Langford
Classical:
The UMass Lowell Classical String Trio
Kristin Chartier, Tim Nunes, Adam Nunes
David Amram Remembers
     
 
A ComeToLowell.com Production also see March 11 and 12 activities
George DeLuca, Producer/Director
Cliff Whalen & David Cleaves, Audio
 
Special Thanks To:
The Lowell Historical National Park, Dharma Buns, Caffe Paradiso
, Brew’d Awakenings, The Old Court, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, UMass Lowell, Middlesex Community College, the performers, readers and crew.
     
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