[New-Poetry] Registration Discount Deadline Extended: The Beat Generation Symposium at Columbia College Chicago

[Tony Trigilio]

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THE BEAT GENERATION SYMPOSIUM
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DISCOUNT DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Register before September 1 for a discounted fee (see below for
details).

Please join us for a conference devoted to the literary and cultural
legacy of the Beat Generation:  "The Beat Generation Symposium,"
co-sponsored by the Beat Studies Association, the Columbia College
Chicago English Department and Provost's Office, Columbia College's
Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the
Arts and Media, and the Illinois State University Department of
English and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Friday, October 10, and Saturday, October 11, 2008.

Location:  Columbia College Chicago, Film Row Theater (1104 South
Wabash Avenue, 8th floor).

This is an academic Beat Studies conference to be held in conjunction
with the Columbia College's Center for the Book and Paper Arts's Fall
2008 display of the Jack Kerouac ON THE ROAD manuscript scroll.

The Beat Generation Symposium features panel discussions each day,
with poetry readings by Joanne Kyger (October 10) and Diane di Prima
(October 11).  The readings are free and open to the public. Joanne
Kyger, a native California writer, is the author of over 20 books of
poetry.  She is known for her ties to the poets of Black Mountain
College, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat Generation.  Her
most recent books are About Now: Collected Poems, 1957-2004 (National
Poetry Foundation, 2007) and Not Veracruz (Libellum Press, 2007).  She
taught for many years at Naropa University's poetics program, and The
New College of San Francisco.  She lives on the coast north of San
Francisco. Diane di Prima lives and works in San Francisco. She is the
author of 43 books of poetry and prose, and her work has been
translated into more than 20 languages. Recent publications include
Recollections of My Life as a Woman (Penguin, 2002) and an expanded
edition of Revolutionary Letters (Last Gasp Press, 2007). In 2006 di
Prima received the Fred Cody Award for Lifetime Achievement and
community service from the Northern California Book Critics
Association.

Panelists include John Bryant, Peter Cook, Terrance Diggory, Jane
Falk, Amy Friedman, Deborah R. Geis, Nancy M. Grace, Tim Hunt, Rob
Johnson, Ronna Johnson, Hassan Melehy, Timothy Murphy, Jennie Skerl,
Matt Theado, Tony Trigilio, and more.

The weekend of the symposium, there will be a related offsite reading
by Michael Rothenberg (Unhurried Vision) and David Meltzer (David's
Copy) sponsored by Myopic Books and the Poetry Center of Chicago.
Sunday, October 12, 7:00 p.m. Myopic Books, 1564 N Milwaukee Ave, in
Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood.

Conference fee for those who pre-register by September 1:  $50 ($25
for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, and Retired Faculty).
After September 1, the fees are $100 and $50.

Checks should be made payable to Columbia College Chicago, and should
be sent to:

Columbia Ticket Center
33 East Congress St., Suite 610
Chicago, IL 60605
Ph: 312-344-6600 (fax 312-344-8470)
columbiatickets at colum.edu

To register by credit card,  call the Columbia Ticket Office at the
number above, or register online at:

www.colum.edu/tickets/index.php

A limited number of hotel rooms are available at the Homewood Suites
by Hilton Chicago-Downtown, 40 East Grand Avenue, Chicago.  This hotel
is a very short cab or subway ride from the Columbia campus.  The
Homewood Suites prepared a special link for us to book online.  Just
click below and you'll find directions for reserving a room:

http://homewoodsuites.hilton.com/en/hw/groups/personalized/CHIHWHW-CL-20081009/index.jhtml

It's important that you book your room as soon as possible, as the
Chicago Marathon is taking place October 12.  (We only discovered this
convergence recently, after we'd already booked the featured
readers.)

A Visitor's Guide for the Beat Symposium is pasted below, with a list
of nearby hotels.  Columbia College Chicago is located downtown, in
the heart of the city's South Loop neighborhood, and is easily
accessible from these hotels by foot or cab.  All major subway/El
trains come into the South Loop, too, so it's possible to book hotels
in other parts of the city and make it to the Symposium without
difficulty.

Mention that you're a Columbia College Chicago visitor to receive
discounted rates at some of these hotels.  It's crucial to book as
soon as possible because of the marathon.

For more information, contact Tony Trigilio at ttrigilio at colum.edu
(312-344-8138).


VISITOR'S GUIDE:  THE BEAT GENERATION SYMPOSIUM

Airports:
O'Hare Airport (western suburbs) and Midway Airport (southern suburbs) 
are the two airports servicing the Chicgao area.  They are approximately 
equidistant from Columbia College.

Transportation:
 >From Midway Airport, take the Orange Line elevated train to Adams
Street. From there, walk south on Wabash until you reach Congress 
Parkway. From O'Hare Airport, take the Blue Line to La Salle. Walk East 
on Congress (away from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, which you'll 
see upon emerging from the subway) until you reach Wabash (about 5 short 
blocks).

Use www.transitchicago.com's free Trip Planner service to plan the rest 
of your trips while you're here. Simply enter your starting point and 
destination, and Trip Planner gives you detailed directions. As of 2008, 
fares are $2.00 one-way with a $0.25 transfer. Each train station has 
kiosks where you can buy transit cards and reload them (cash only). The 
Blue Line and Red Line run 24/7; the other lines stop running for a few 
hours late at night.

Taxis are available throughout the city. From Midway Airport to the 
English Department, cab fare would be approximately $25 and from O'Hare 
Airport cab fare would be approximately $50. If you need to call a cab, 
call (773) or (312) TAXICAB.

Metra Trains service suburban areas.  Visit www.metrarail.com for an 
updated schedule and fare list.

NEARBY HOTELS

The Hilton and Towers
722 S Michigan Ave
(0.2 miles from the English Department)
(312) 922-4400

The Palmer House Hilton
17 E Monroe St (0.4 miles away)
(312) 726-7500 or 1-800-HILTONS

The Best Western Grant Park
1100 S  Michigan Ave (0.6 mi)
(312) 922-2900

Travelodge
65 E Harrison St (0.1 mi)
(312) 427-8000

Hotel Blake
500 S Dearborn St (0.3 mi)
(312) 986-1234
www.hyatt.com

Blackstone Hotel
819 S Wabash Ave # 606 (0.3 mi)
(312) 447-0955
marriott.com

The Silversmith Hotel
10 S Wabash Ave (0.4 mi)
(312) 372-7696
silversmithchicagohotel.com

Omni Ambassador East
1301 S State St (0.7 mi)
(312) 787-3700

Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago-Downtown
600 North State Street (1.5 mi)
(312) 943-3800
embassysuites.com

Essex Inn Hotel
800 S Michigan Ave (0.3 mi)
(312) 939-2800
essexinn.com

Club Quarters: Hotel
111 W Adams St (0.4 mi)
(312) 214-6400
clubquarters.com

W Hotels-Chicago City Center
172 W Adams St (0.4 mi)
(312) 332-1200
starwoodhotels.com

Hostelling International Chicago
24 E Congress Pkwy (0.1 mi)
(312) 360-0300
hichicago.org
 
    
    
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