Event Archives- Lowell Celebrates Kerouac 2005

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=129 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="fc4605e0.jpg" border=0 width="864" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Hot Promotions, a promotions and mar"><I><B><IMG SRC="d15500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Red Hot"><I><B><IMG SRC="cf3500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Hot Artists"><I><B><IMG SRC="cf6500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Hot Events Calendar"><I><B><IMG SRC="cf7500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Hot Services"><I><B><IMG SRC="cf8500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A><A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Hot Store"><I><B><IMG SRC="cf9500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A><A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Red Hot"><I><B><IMG SRC="cfa500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Hot Links"><I><B><IMG SRC="cfb500f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=351 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>  <A NAME="top"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="654" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD HEIGHT= 208 WIDTH="206"><div> <B><IMG SRC="dac7a220.jpg" border=0 width="122" height="34" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Lowell, Massachusetts</div> <div> The theme for this year's gathering of Kerouacians world-wide is</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="da7961d0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A look at some of the literary influences on Jack Kerouac and the literature he inspired.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="da9a5c70.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD WIDTH="251"><div> Also alot of other fine </div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="daf96220.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="34" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="dcff4960.jpg" border=0 width="244" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD HEIGHT= 169 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tours of the Jack Kerouac sites of Lowell</div> <div> <IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Poetry readings, Book signings, Films, and Music of all sorts</div> <div> <IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The David Amram Trio on Saturday night playing "Jazz in Jack's Town"</div> <div> <IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Remembrances for Lucien Carr, Robert Creeley, Philip Lamantia, and Hunter S. Thompson</div> <div> <IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">DVD Release party with John Cassady "A Conversation with John Cassady" recorded  2004 LCK Festival.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="#bobble" TITLE="Event Archives Lowell Celebrates Kerouac">R</A><A HREF="#bobble" TITLE="Event Archives Lowell Celebrates Kerouac">affle ticket for two chances at a Jack Kerouac Bobblehead</A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><I>PRESS RELEASE:</I><A HREF="#lowell_celebrates_kerouac_festival_with" TITLE="Event Archives Lowell Celebrates Kerouac"><I>Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival with Soprano's Artie Bucco - John Ventimiglia</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#jazz_in_jack_s_town" TITLE="Event Archives Lowell Celebrates Kerouac"><IMG SRC="da811120.jpg" border=0 width="17" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jazz in Jack's Town</A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 222 WIDTH="628"><div> <I><B>To get the chock-full, four-day menu go to the LCK website at:</B></I> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://lckorg.tripod.com." TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lckorg.tripod.com."><I><U>http://lckorg.tripod.com.</U></I></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The President of the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Committee is Lawrence Carradini.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>But wait, there's more! The LCK Fest will be preceeded this year by the:</B></I></div> <div> JACK KEROUAC CONFERENCE ON BEAT LITERATURE  Dr. Hilary Holladay, Coordinator, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Beginning at 9:30 a.m. on the UML South Campus</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="dd010110.jpg" border=0 width="16" height="17" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Keynote speaker is Sam Kashner, author of "When I Was Cool"</div> <div> <IMG SRC="dd010110.jpg" border=0 width="16" height="17" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Panel discussions by a variety of Beat scholars.</div> <bR> <div> For more information go to: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.uml.edu/College/arts%5Fsciences/humanitiesframe.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uml.edu/College/arts%5Fscienc"><I><U>http://www.uml.edu/College/arts%5Fsciences/humanitiesframe.htm</U></I></A></FONT></div> <div> Then click on "English" and go to the "Jack Kerouac Conference on Beat Literature"</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Event Archives Lowell Celebrates Kerouac">top</A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD HEIGHT= 227 WIDTH="628"><div> <B> <A NAME="jazz_in_jack_s_town"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>One of the featured events for the 2005 Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival will be on Saturday night, October 8 at 8:30 at the </B><B>The Rainbow on Cabot Street</B></div> <div> <B>The David Amram Trio will present an evening of </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e23261d0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The night will also include a release party for a just produced DVD by Lowell Celebrates Kerouac of "An Evening with John Cassady." This is an excellent DVD recording of last year's LCK event (also at Evos) of Neal Cassady's son, John, in conversation with Steve Edington, reminising on his </B></div> <div> <B>memories of his father Neal, and the experience of living with his father's legend. David Amran plays background for the conversation; and David, John and the Amram trio do a jam as well on this DVD.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>These DVDs will be on sale for $20.00--and John Cassady and David Amram will be on hand to autograph your purchase!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 283 ><NOBR><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="552" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 259 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="bobble"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="e166bfd0.gif" border=0 width="107" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="404"><div> <B>In addition, with each DVD purchase you get a raffle ticket for two chances at a Jack Kerouac Bobblehead. Two Kerouac Bobbleheads will be given to two lucky winners! For those who do not purchase a DVD, raffle tickets will also be availble for $5.00 apiece. All proceeds will go to help fund future Kerouac Festivals in Lowell.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Event Archives Lowell Celebrates Kerouac">top</A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 818 WIDTH="628"><div> <B> <A NAME="lowell_celebrates_kerouac_festival_with"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival</B></div> <div> <B>with Soprano's Artie Bucco - John Ventimiglia</B></div> <div> John Ventimiglia, widely known for his role in the film Jesus' Son and the character Artie Bucco on The Soprano's will be joining Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! with David Amram, Jack Kerouac's first musical collaborator on Saturday night Oct. 8th for an evening of Jazz in Jack'sTown. </div> <bR> <div> Neil Cassady's son, John Allen Cassady, named after Jack (John) Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg will be joining Ventamiglia for an evening of Jazz that also celebrates the DVD release of a performance done by Cassady, Amram, and Steve Edington, at the 2004 LCK! Festival in Lowell. </div> <bR> <div> The 18th Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival will occur October 6 - 9, 2005 in Lowell, Massachusetts. This year the theme is "Jack's Roots". We will examine the rich multi-ethnic, and literary heritage that influenced his work as well as his association with classical culture and contemporary events.</div> <bR> <div> Kerouac was a track and field athlete and a preliminary lead-in event that will occur the preceding Sunday, October 2nd, is the third annual running of the Kerouac 5K road race beginning near Kerouac Park and ending on Worthen Street.</div> <bR> <div> On Thursday, October 6, Lowell's, Destination World will feature food, film, music, and readings in cooperation with Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! and the University of Massachusetts, with a focus on Franco-American culture with origins in Canada.</div> <bR> <div> This year the festival coincides with the biennial University of Massachusetts Jack Kerouac Conference on Beat Literature. The keynote speaker is Sam Kashner, author of the book, "When I was Cool' his account of being the first poetry student at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. Mr. Kashner will speak on Friday afternoon at the O'Leary building, room 222, South Campus, which is located on Wilder Street. All conference events will be held at this location Thursday and Friday.</div> <bR> <div> There will be numerous non-conference related events, however, happening in other locations. Please check listings and schedules available from the Lowell National Historical Park and the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau for times and locations.</div> <bR> <div> Saturday will feature tributes to Hunter S. Thompson, Lucien Carr, Robert Creeley, and Philip Lamantia. There will be a talk on Allen Ginsberg by Bill Morgan as part of the Parker Lecture Series, following David Amram's Cairo to Kerouac music extravaganza at the Pollard Library. John Ventimiglia of The Soprano's will join David Amram's Trio at 8 p.m. for Jazz in Jack'sTown. </div> <bR> <div> In addition to several Lowell National Historical Park (LNHP) hosted Kerouac-related walking tours and a boat tour, LNHP will host a bus tour and an evening walking tour led by Roger Brunelle. Also, there will be a Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! hosted tour of local establishments where Jack socialized with friends and family while living in Lowell during the mid-1960's.</div> <bR> <div> There will be open mics, a high school poetry contest, book signings, film showings, including one on Michael McClure and one on Charles Olson, nearly 30 events over four days. Admission is free to the vast majority of these events and minimal, or a small suggested donation, at the few that are not free.</div> <bR> <div> For more information see the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! website <A HREF="http://lckorg.tripod.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://lckorg.tripod.com"><I><B>http://lckorg.tripod.com</B></I></A>, or dial 877-Kerouac. You may also contact Lawrence Carradini, President of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! by email at</div> <div> lcarradini@earthlink.net, or by dialing (978) 970-0755.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Event Archives Lowell Celebrates Kerouac">top</A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Copyright 2008 Red Hot Promotions,  All Rights Reserved</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >Tel: 415-595-1238 </FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >P.O.1817   Sausalito, CA 94965   </FONT> <A HREF="mailto:redhotpr@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:redhotpr@aol.com">RedHotPR@aol.com</A></div> <div> Web design by:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.blossom-graphics.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blossom-graphics.com"><IMG SRC="1518963c0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>