Symphony Space (Venue Partner)
2537 Broadway
212.864.5400
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The Portable Sixties Reader
- When
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Wednesday Feb 24, 2010 (7pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$27
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The Sixties exists as a montage for those of us who came a decade or two too late. Cue the sex and politics, the pop music and its hysteria, the here-there-everywhere impulse for revolution. Tonight's program goes deeper, transporting attendees to the Decade of Tumult through its inimitable literature. The words of still-hep talents like James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, and confessional poet Robert Lowell come to life through the performances of host Isaiah Sheffer and friends. The hum-along music of the time and an excerpt from Joan Didion's phenomenal essay "The White Album" complete the throwback.
