Beatnik Shindig: The Cassadys, Dr. Phillip Hicks, Will Durst, more

27 JUNE 2015 — saturday

The Beat Museum presents the Beatnik Shindig, a two-day festival of Beat Poetry and the largest Beat Generation gathering in twenty years, the day starts with "Beatnik Yoga," a real session of yoga practice, followed by continuous events, presentations, and live performances: Jerry Cimino hosts orientation to the festival; there will be an actual Hudson Car Show inspired by Neal Cassady's Hudson; Will Durst leads a comedy workshop; Jonah Raskin presents a talk on San Francisco in 1955; Hilary Holladay, Herbert Huncke and the Art of Friendship, discusses friendship; Joe Donohoe presents a talk on self publishing in 2015; Heather Dalton, Joshua Hassel, and Hina Chowdhry host a West Coast premiere screening of their film Neal Cassady, The Denver Years; Tom Swindell and Tate Swindell talk about the late poets Jack Micheline and Harold Norse; Domenic Priore talks about the Beat Generation in Los Angeles; Gerd Stern talks to Brian Hassett about not losing the Joan Anderson letter; Chris Felver presents his film Ferlinghetti; Kip Steinberg talks to Allen Ginsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Hicks; Neeli Cherkovski leads a poetry writing workshop; Cathy, Jami, and John Cassady discuss growing up around Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac with Levi Asher; Hilary Holladay's former students, Alexandra Parker, Peter Mulcahy, Jr., Logan Hill discuss beat poetry; RE/Search editor V. Vale and Marian Wallace talk about William S. Burroughs; Ryan Cassata presents on his personal experiences and influences in Ginsberg's poetry; composer and musician David Amram gives a performance of music and talks about collaborating with Kerouac, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco, purchase tickets online, $99 for entire conference, 8:30 a.m.-9:00 (www.beatnikshindig.com)