KEROUAC AND JAZZ is the theme of this year's festival
ALSO Kerouac Birthday Weekend Celebration, March 10-12
13th Annual Literary Festival - October 5 - 8, 2000
The Jack Kerouac Commemorative in Jack Kerouac Park
at French & Bridge Streets in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts
To schedule a reading time or for more information, call the Whistler House at 978-452-7641
We Want You to Read!

Join us for a marathon cover-to-cover public reading of Jack Kerouac's first published novel, The Town and the City, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this story based on young Kerouac's adventures in Lowell and New York.

When?

Friday, March 10, 5 to 10 pm; Saturday, March 11, 10 am to 8 pm; and Sunday, March 12, 12 noon to 3 pm. (Please note that on Friday night at 8:30 pm, the reading will move to a special party at the Old Worthen tavern just one block from the Whistler House.)

Where?

The Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen Street, Lowell (birthplace of the famous American painter James McNeil Whistler)

Volunteers are needed. We are looking for four or five readers (10 to 15 minutes each) to commit to each hour during the three days.

If you are unable to help us with the reading, please come to the Kerouac Birthday Celebration on Sunday, March 12, at 2 pm for the closing of the reading.
Additional Support is provided by the Estate of Stella Kerouac -- John Sampas, Literary Executor. All Images and Kerouac text are copyright © and used by the kind permission of the Estate of Stella Kerouac and literary executor John Sampas. Email: jackslowell@aol.com
U.S. Mail: Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!  P.O. Box 1111  Lowell, MA 01853-1111

Sponsored by the Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Inc., and University of Massachusetts Lowell