An afternoon of interlocking and deeply personal readings that pay homage to people, places, and times that remain touchstones of genius and inspiration. All three authors transmit the experience and feelings of “being there now” with rare urgency and intimacy. Adele Bertei's Peter and the Wolves - In her vibrant and brave memoir, Bertei recounts her friendship and musical collaboration with Peter Laughner of the group Pere Ubu, Cleveland’s answer to all things underground and punk in the 1970s. Luc Sante's Maybe the People Would Be the Times - A tour-de-force essay collection of fifty-one brief essays written over nearly three decades…capturing scenes and sentiments from 1970s and 1980s New York City: record shops, concerts, subway snoozes, dance clubs, block parties, tabloids, most-wanted lists, drug trips, underground economies, drink tickets, apartment dramas, visual cultures, and unsent letters. Mike DeCapite's Jacket Weather - A tender love story that blossoms like a rose in the concrete of a city always on the verge.
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