Lectures and Performances

Anne Waldman, co-founder with Allen Ginsberg of the celebrated Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, with collaborator Ambrose Bye, performs a session of new experimental writing–political, Buddhist, feminist–with a text inspired by Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs’s The Yage Letters.

Recorded Oct. 30, 2014, Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel, Lake Forest College

As part of the William S. Burroughs centennial celebration, Lake Forest College hosts a bold collection of Burroughs’ art. The show closes November 9, 2014.

With exhibitions around the world, Burroughs’ art is receiving increased attention during this centennial year. The opening event of this exhibition will feature poet Anne Waldman and musician and composer Ambrose Bye, along with Burroughs estate curator Yuri Zupancic.

Recorded October 30, 2014, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College.

Three artists from Québec: Mélanie Rivet, Sue Mills, Geneviève Duong, in performance of the text Larmes: Cycle d'une femme racine (Gatineau, Québec: Neige-Galerie, 2014).

Poet-author Mélanie Rivet will recite from her text in French, with a visual backdrop by illustrator Sue Mills, accompanied by dancer-choreographer Geneviève Duong.

Sponsored by: The Mojekwu Fund for Intercultural Understanding, the Délégation du Québec à Chicago, Lake Forest College Modern Languages and Literatures, English, Theater Departments, First-Year Studies and French Club.

Recorded in McCormick Auditorium, Lake Forest College, Oct. 14, 2014.

Three artists from Québec: Mélanie Rivet, Sue Mills, Geneviève Duong, in performance of the text Larmes: Cycle d'une femme racine (Gatineau, Québec: Neige-Galerie, 2014).

Poet-author Mélanie Rivet will recite from her text in French, with a visual backdrop by illustrator Sue Mills, accompanied by dancer-choreographer Geneviève Duong.

Sponsored by: The Mojekwu Fund for Intercultural Understanding, the Délégation du Québec à Chicago, Lake Forest College Modern Languages and Literatures, English, Theater Departments, First-Year Studies and French Club.

Recorded in McCormick Auditorium, Lake Forest College, Oct. 14, 2014.

Three artists from Québec: Mélanie Rivet, Sue Mills, Geneviève Duong, in performance of the text Larmes: Cycle d'une femme racine (Gatineau, Québec: Neige-Galerie, 2014).

Poet-author Mélanie Rivet will recite from her text in French, with a visual backdrop by illustrator Sue Mills, accompanied by dancer-choreographer Geneviève Duong.

Sponsored by: The Mojekwu Fund for Intercultural Understanding, the Délégation du Québec à Chicago, Lake Forest College Modern Languages and Literatures, English, Theater Departments, First-Year Studies and French Club.

Recorded in McCormick Auditorium, Lake Forest College, Oct. 14, 2014.