Today we celebrate Allen’s birthday – and a major birthday at that – (what would have been his 100th) – with a celebratory gathering at The Poetry Project in New York City
The order of the poets and musicians who will be performing tonight:
Bob Rosenthal, David Amram, Sharon Mesmer, Ed Sanders, Steven Taylor (& Jair-Rohm Parker Wells), Pamela Sneed, Simon Pettet, Mosab Abu Toha, Anne Waldman (& Devin Brahja Waldman), Jim Cohn, David Cope, Sol Cabrini, Rochelle Kraut & Bob Holman & Lee Ann Brown, Danny Shot, Jenni Muldaur (& Doug Wieselman), Eliot Katz, Christopher Rey Perez, David Aaron Greenberg, Funto Omojola, Vincent Katz, Anselm Berrigan, Zoe Breszny & Shannon Sky, No Land (& Oliver Ray, Cornelius Dufallo, Shazad Ismaily) & Allen Ginsberg on video.
The program has been organized by Eliot Katz in conjunction with The Poetry Project and the Allen Ginsberg Estate
Emcees for the evening will be Eliot Katz and Bob Rosenthal