Memorial service for Larry Carradini
Former Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! president Larry Lawrence Carradini passed away peacefully on April 30. A memorial for Larry will be held at the Morse-Bayliss Funeral Home in Lowell. Calling hours...
View ArticleFull 2014 LCK Festival schedule is online
Everybody goes home in October. And so should you. Come home to Lowell on October 9 to 13 for the 2014 Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival. The full schedule is set (though it will surely change in...
View ArticleHotel Information for October Festival
Ten rooms have been set aside for the Friday and Saturday of the festival weekend at the Courtyard-Marriott in Lowell. This hotel is not in the downtown area, where all the events will be taking place,...
View ArticleNew location for the Saturday morning Commemorative: Boott Mills
The location of the Commemorative at the Commemorative on Saturday morning at 9:30am has changed because of weather.The new location: Boott Cotton Mills, 115 John Street (just a block away from the...
View ArticleJim Irsay helps LCK
"Colts owner ponies up for Lowell Celebrates Kerouac", Lowell Sun, 22 Dec 2014.Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, recently made a large donation to Lowell Celebrates Kerouac to help support...
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Celebrate Jack Kerouac's 93rd birthday in Lowell
The full program for Jack Kerouac's 93rd birthday, celebrated on 6-7 March in Lowell, is now online.We'd especially like to invite you to the Pollard Memorial Library on Saturday 7 March at 3pm for the...
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Video and photos from Jack's 93rd birthday
Thanks, everyone, for coming out to celebrate Jack's 93rd birthday in Lowell. Here are a few photos from the student workshop at the United Teen Equality Center by Taylor Angles, a VISTA volunteer at...
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Beatnik Shindig, North Beach San Francisco, June 26-28
The Beat Museum is hosting the first ever Beatnik Shindig on June 26-28. Head out to San Francisco to meet writers, artists, musicians, and lovers of the Beats.Post a flyer and let people know about it:
View ArticleLowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival 2015
The 2015 Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival will be held on October 8-12 in Jack's hometown of Lowell, Mass. The schedule is now available.Everybody goes home in October.
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Lowell National Night Out 2015
The folks from Coalition for a Better Acre wrote a poem for Lowell during Lowell National Night Out 2015. Check it out:
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On the Row
Currently showing at Newbury Fine Arts in Boston: Sebastian Krueger. One of his sketches of Jack, in graphite, is on display."Emotionlessly she kissed me in the vineyard and walked off down the row. We...
View ArticleSave the date: 2016 LCK Festival, October 6-10
The 2016 Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival will be held in Lowell from Thursday, October 6, to Monday, October 10. Stay tuned for more information.
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Jack Kerouac Award for Poetry and Literature, Morano Calabro, Italy
The Indetto dall’Associazione Culturale Orion (Orion Cultural Association) in Morano Calabro, Italy, is hosting a international competition called the Jack Kerouac Award for Poetry and Literature. The...
View ArticleBeat Museum looking to establish a permanent home in San Francisco
Hi all. Our friends at The Beat Museum are looking for help to establish a permanent home in San Francisco. Please read below for more information. Also consider joining their mailing list to get...
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Dispatches from the 2016 LCK Festival
Winners of 2016 Lowell High School Poetry Contest:1st place: Hailey Tran2nd place: Eddy Olu3rd place: Primena OeurDave Morgan, a poet from Bolton, England, placed 3rd in Italian poetry competition in...
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Alive with the Dead / A Fly on the Wall with a Camera
Susana Millman, the official unofficial photographer for the Grateful Dead recently published a book: Alive with the Dead / A Fly on the Wall with a Camera. She'll be touring the northeast in November,...
View ArticleNext LCK meeting: Thursday, November 17
The next LCK planning meeting will be held at 7:15pm on Thursday, November 17 at the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell (401 Merrimack St.). For more information or to get involved with LCK, email...
View ArticleNext LCK meeting: Thursday, December 15
The next LCK planning meeting will be held at 7:00pm on Thursday, December 15 at Cappy's Copper Kettle in Lowell (245 Central St.). For more information or to get involved with LCK, email...
View Article2017 LCK Events and Anniversaries
Jack Kerouac's 95th birthday will celebrated on 11 March in Lowell. On 11 March at 2:00pm, there will be a panel discussion on "The Unknown Kerouac" with Professors Todd Tietchen and JC Cloutier at...
View ArticleWashington Post: Driving the Beat Road
Check out the recent five-part story by Jeff Weiss in The Washington Post: "Driving the Beat Road".Many memento mori still adorn this onetime locus of Beat life. There’s the Beat Museum, the lone...
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