Ruined Time - The 1950s and the Beat

Ruined Time is a memoir of the Great Depression, World War II, and the 1950s - that pivotal decade of the 20^thCentury in which a delusive military-industrial complex not only corporatized the Cold War but planted the seeds of today's freakish globalism ... while a Beat Generation revised the awareness of consciousness.

Opening Night !! Nov. 6, 2008

JAZZ AND POETRY & OTHER REASONS
Opus One: The Beat Goes On

written and read by Robert Briggs
with
Tim DuRoche on drums
Stuart Fessant on sax
and Bob Jones on bass

at
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 N Interstate Ave., Portland, OR
Thursday, Nov. 6 - Friday, Nov. 7 - Saturday, Nov. 8
ALL SHOWS BEGIN AT 8 pm

TICKETS
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Daily 1 pm - 9 pm
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Ruined Time is a knockout ...a mesmerizing memoir that sees through the scene and peers into the soul of an age ...evoking a transformational time in American history .. clear-eyed nostalgia, critical and unflinching, yet searching and sympathetic ... a wild, wonderful ride." Gerald Lubenow, Public Policy Press, UC Berkeley

"In Ruined Time ... we get a full-blooded, many-sided account of the cultural sources that gave rise to the uniquely Beat outlook on life, which, in turn, enhances our appreciation of the themes of Beat literature. For anyone teaching a course on Twentieth Century American Cultural History, Briggs' book would be an excellent way to bring the period and literature alive for today's students."
Clayton Morgareidge, Professor Emeritus, Lewis and Clark College