Kerouac fans In The Netherlands have been celebrating his centennial with readings, film presentations, and concerts throughout 2022. The celebration will culminate on Oct. 9 at the artists’s village of Ruigoord, near Amsterdam. An international gathering of writers, performers, and scholars will pay tribute, along with keynote speakers Joyce Johnson and Ed Sanders, who are to participate via Zoom.
The Salon for readings, The Church for readings and performances. Ruigoord 76, 1047 HH Amsterdam, Nederland 2 p.m. to midnight
THE PROGRAM
📓Block 1 – the Salon
Kerouac in the Netherlands.
Presentation Yvonne van Doorn-Mousset
Hans Plomp – De weg naar Boulder
Jaap van der Bent – Een van ’s werelds grootste prozaschrijvers: Louis Lehmann over Jack Kerouac
Joep Bremmers – On the Road in Amsterdam, nazomer 1957
📓Block 2 – the Salon
Kerouac related.
Presentation Jaap van der Bent
Anna Visser – Introducing Jan Kerouac in poetry, prose and translation
Alexander Greiffenstern – Across the wounded galaxies
Antonio Bonome – Painting and Cinema in “And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks”
📓Block 3 – The Church
Performances and readings.
Presentation Rene van der Voort
Arpsianism – Hip Bum Blue
Mr. Banks – What’s the matter?
John Schoorl – Uitzicht op zee, over Richie Kamuca
David McKinnon – Celtic Howl
📓Block 4 – The Church
Performances and readings.
Presentation Hans Plomp
Louise Landes Levi – “Heart/BEAT,” root & road
Ari Peterse & Kamee Frieling – “On the road again,” text and dance
Ewan Clark – “Trip Trap: On the disappearing road”
Between the blocks there are breaks to talk, drink and buy publications of the performers.
End of the day program: 17.00
📔The evening program at the Church.
17.30 Thomas Keller presents his film “From Lupine Road to Moody Street – Jack Kerouac’s Lowell.”
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Zoom reading: Joyce Johnson
20.15 “Beatitude Twenty 20 Two,” curated by John Solt and Robert Yarra with a musical performance by Francis Kuipers, a Zoom reading by Ed Sanders and a poetry performance by a cast of many.
22.15 Closing concert by the Ruigoord Rebels with a Beat-related set.
Locatie: Ruigoord Kerk & De Salon
Tijden: 14:00 – 00:00
Entree: € 20,-
Tickets https://eventix.shop/cus3bays
Het Woord https://www.facebook.com/groups/118281811678724
NOT a comment on this post. Although, probably could have used the inclusion of Bottoms Up to make this more relevant to the JK at 100 post. To the point however, writing to let you know how much I enjoyed reading the Z Collection: Portraits and Sketches. The paperback version I purchased second-hand online had the word PROOF printed in 54 pt. type, diagonally positioned, on the last page.
The ArtsJournal lands in my junk email inbox every morning and remains mostly unread. Sometimes, after I’ve moved it to the Inbox, I’ll take a moment to quickly scan the AJBlogs and sections below, such as Ideas, Issues, Media, People, Visual, Words, etc. and will occasionally click on one or more of those links. “Jack Kerouac at 100, the Beats in Ruigoord,” is typical of the kind of “clickbait” that attracts my interest. And especially today, as I just finished reading “Z Collection” last night. Rich with personal, first-hand experience, and cup runneth over level of glistening (none dare all it trivia) gems, discovered while reading, I repeatedly called out to my much more literate wife, Manita, with a, “Do you know who Godfrey Reggio is? Or, same question…Athol Fugard is? (“Yes,” to both). I keep thinking I wonder if my friend R. Craig Sautter, Chicago poet, author, philosophy professor, political consultant knows of Jan Herman. I’ll write to him next and see if he’ll welcome the opportunity to have me send him this copy. So basically, writing to thank you for a truly enjoyable reading experience.