In the 1950's and 60's, just after World War II, the Beat Generation became an influential lifestyle movement that embraced anti-materialism. The Beat Generation started with Jack Kerouac who ...

Black berets, bongo drums, Maynard G. Krebs… These are a few images that come to mind when someone utters the word “beatnik.” But the term will be reclaimed this weekend when three eminent ...

Short on cartography but long on information, this pictorial map gives a small glimpse at the brief (but cool, daddio) beatnik era in the southland. The main areas of activity in the U.S. are in New ...

– Wham Bongo Bar, which is no relation to The Bongo Room, has opened at 111 W. Hubbard St. Jeff and Dayna Waldman are the owners of the “evolved beatnik” concept, which features leotard-and-beret-clad ...

One thing a beatnik cannot abide is a square. The bearded, sandaled beat likes to be with his own kind, to riffle through his quarterlies, write craggy poetry, paint crusty pictures, and pursue his ...