Historic
Six Gallery reading
Since 1955
The Six Gallery reading (also called the Gallery Six reading or Six Angels in the Same Performance) was an important poetry event that took place on Friday, October 7, 1955, at an art gallery on Fillmore Street in San Francisco. It was the occasion when Allen Ginsberg first performed his poem "Howl". The reading heralded the birth of the Beat Generation.
Why it's on the map
In July 1952, artist and theater director W. Edwin Ver Becke founded San Francisco Community Theater at 3119 Fillmore Street, an address that had previously been listed as 3115 Fillmore.
Starting at about 8:00 p.m. on October 7, 1955, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder—who until then were known only within a close group of friends and by a few established writers such as Lionel Trilling and William Carlos Williams—presented a sampling of their latest works.
Source: Wikipedia / Wikidata
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