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."

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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

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Howl firstPublicReadingPlace Six Gallery, San Francisco