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Ruth Weiss and Company at Top of the Mark
Courtesy of Rent Romus | Posted on March 26, 2015
Where
Top of the Mark
999 California St.
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 392-3434
When
Tue, April 28, 2015
6:30 pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
About
Herb Caen called her “The Beat Generation Goddess”—ruth weiss performs with Doug O’Connor (acoustic bass), Rent Romus (saxophone), and Hal Davis (percussion).
ruth weiss
STATE MEANT
for me poetry is teacher, healer & disciplinarian.
poetry is the messenger of language, the tuner that
vibrates the communication chord.
this is my chosen path & assignment
ruth weiss
1928 born in Berlin. 1933 escape to Vienna.
writes first poems. 1938 left for New York, Chicago, Bohemia & be-bop. 1950 to New Orleans old French quarter where first published and jammed with jazz muscians. 1952 to San Francisco North Beach. 1956 put poetry with jazz on the stage at The Cellar. I’ve barely begun…...