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City Lights at 60: Literary Event Series | SF
San Francisco’s City Lights is perhaps one of the most well known bookstores in the country, if not the world. It was fertile ground for the Beat Generation and continues to serve as the cornerstone of the city’s literary community.
City Lights at 60 is a special series of anniversary events in the bookstore and throughout the city hosted by some of the editors, writers, artists, and friends of City Lights.
City Lights Books is partnering with the Contemporary Jewish Museum, host to a traveling exhibit of Allen Ginsberg’s photographs, for an event about the continued struggle against forces of conservatism and censorship, focusing on Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s successful defense of Allen Ginsberg’s HOWL And Other Poems.
Moderated by Peter Maravelis/City Lights Booksellers. Guest Speakers: Rebecca Farmer (Communication Director, ACLU Northern California), James Wheaton ( First Amendment Project: Founder, Senior Counsel), and Mark Rumold (Attorney-Electronic Frontier Foundation).
This event will take place at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Admission to the museum is $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and free for those under 18 years of age.
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Cost: $12*
