Six Gallery, San Francisco
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Six Gallery, San Francisco was a small but influential North Beach art gallery and performance space best known as the site of the landmark 1955 Beat Generation poetry reading where Allen Ginsberg first presented "Howl."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Six Gallery, San Francisco canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art gallery
ⓘ
cultural venue ⓘ performance space ⓘ |
| artMovementContext | postwar American avant-garde ⓘ |
| associatedWithWriter |
Allen Ginsberg
ⓘ
Jack Kerouac ⓘ Lawrence Ferlinghetti ⓘ |
| cityNeighborhoodContext |
North Beach, San Francisco
ⓘ
surface form:
North Beach was a Beat hub
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion |
West Coast of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
West Coast United States
|
| culturalSignificance | important site in Beat literature history ⓘ |
| era | 1950s ⓘ |
| eventDate | 1955-10-07 ⓘ |
| function |
art exhibitions
ⓘ
performance events ⓘ poetry readings ⓘ |
| heritage | landmark of Beat Generation history ⓘ |
| historicalRole | catalyst for Beat poetry public recognition ⓘ |
| hostedEvent | Six Gallery reading ⓘ |
| hostedPoet |
Allen Ginsberg
ⓘ
Gary Snyder ⓘ Kenneth Rexroth ⓘ Michael McClure ⓘ Philip Lamantia ⓘ Philip Whalen ⓘ |
| influence |
American counterculture
ⓘ
San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1955 Beat Generation poetry reading
ⓘ
first public reading of "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg ⓘ |
| languageOfEvents | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Beach, San Francisco
ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California
|
| movementAssociatedWith | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| notableWorkFirstReadThere |
Howl
ⓘ
surface form:
"Howl"
|
| scale | small gallery ⓘ |
| status | defunct art gallery ⓘ |
| typeOfEvents |
bohemian gatherings
ⓘ
experimental poetry readings ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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