• Contact
  • Privacy Policy
Blacksonrise.com
DONATE
  • Home
    • Caribbean
    • African American
    • African
    • Australian
    • Papua New Guinea
  • Videos
    • Blacksonrise Interviews
    • Blacksonrise News
  • Ecourses
  • Herbs
  • Consultation
  • Login
    • LogOut
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • Caribbean
    • African American
    • African
    • Australian
    • Papua New Guinea
  • Videos
    • Blacksonrise Interviews
    • Blacksonrise News
  • Ecourses
  • Herbs
  • Consultation
  • Login
    • LogOut
No Result
View All Result
Blacksonrise.com
No Result
View All Result

Fundraiser Aims To Honor Neal Cassady With Monument In Denver – CBS Denver

blacksonrise by blacksonrise
January 27, 2020
in African American News
0
Fundraiser Aims To Honor Neal Cassady With Monument In Denver – CBS Denver
0
SHARES
3
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

DENVER (CBS4) – Across Denver a prominent figure of the Beat Movement of the 1950s is being remembered. A library exhibit highlights the life of Neal Cassady, as Denver residents work to bring a permanent monument in his honor to a park in the city.

(credit: CBS)

Inside the Denver Public Library on 13th Avenue and Broadway, you’ll find excerpts and photos of Neal Cassady. Alongside Jack Kerouac, the two were major leaders of the Beat Generation that used literature and art to go against social norms, post-war in America.

“They weren’t feeling part of post-war society and wanted to break out of conformity that was building at the time,” explained Brian Trembath, Special Collections Librarian. “They really wanted to break out of that and do their own thing in terms of how they lived, how they created art, and they just wanted to be more expressive then they felt that society would let them be.”

(credit: CBS)

While Cassady never published work himself, his life and friendship with “The Beats” was the basis of Kerouac’s famous novel “On The Road.”

“Neal’s impact is felt throughout the world through literature,” explained Mark Bliesener, who is organizing a monument and Neal Cassady Birthday Bash event. “Neal grew up in this neighborhood and represents the creative spirit of Five Point and Curtis Park that still exist today.”

The library exhibit coincides with efforts by Denver residents to install a permanent monument of Cassady and Kerouac in Denver.

Advertisements

(credit: CBS)

While Cassady lived a troubled life, his spirit defined the movement that Bliesener wants to permanently capture here in Denver. He’s working with others, including sculptor Sutton Betti, to create a life-size statue.

“As Denver changes and we lose so much of our history every day, it’s important we remember our past and remember the important vital stuff that came from Denver,” he explained.

Bliesener said he is currently working with the city, proposing that the monument be placed at Sonny Lawson Park. It’s a prominent place cited in Kerouac’s book, as well as the first Denver park dedicated to an African American.

(credit: CBS)

“In ‘On The Road’ you read how breathtaking it was that all humanity assembled here for the game. There was no segregation, no limits to what people could do besides watch baseball together,” Bliesener told CBS4. “This is the perfect place for the monument to go.”

Bliesener said they will start fundraising efforts for the monument at the Neal Cassidy Birthday Bash at 8 p.m. on Feb. 7, at the Mercury Café.

Credit: Source link

Previous Post

Anthem debate highlights game's leadership in Indigenous issues

Next Post

Foreign Affairs to Assist PNG Students in Wuhan

Next Post
Foreign Affairs to Assist PNG Students in Wuhan

Foreign Affairs to Assist PNG Students in Wuhan

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ADVERTISEMENT

HOT Updates

Questions of privilege, mythology and identity
Aboriginal Australia News

Questions of privilege, mythology and identity

January 16, 2021
COVID-19 regulations put paid to some Milnerton Flea Market hawkers’ plans to trade – SABC News
Africa Business

COVID-19 regulations put paid to some Milnerton Flea Market hawkers’ plans to trade – SABC News

January 17, 2021
CWU expects a total blackout at SABC on Friday – SABC News
Africa Business

CWU expects a total blackout at SABC on Friday – SABC News

January 20, 2021
‘Insecure’ Ending After Upcoming Fifth Season
African American Business

‘Insecure’ Ending After Upcoming Fifth Season

January 15, 2021
What will 2021 bring for this David and Goliath battle in the Northern Territory?
Aboriginal Australia Business

What will 2021 bring for this David and Goliath battle in the Northern Territory?

January 13, 2021
Vincentian appointed to KCC Foundation Board
Caribbean News

Vincentian appointed to KCC Foundation Board

January 19, 2021
Gorgeous Afro-Latina Sisters Pitch Makeup To A-Rod on Shark Tank
Afro Latino News

Gorgeous Afro-Latina Sisters Pitch Makeup To A-Rod on Shark Tank

January 16, 2021
LGBTQ Representation On TV Dips Amid COVID-19, GLAAD Report Finds
Afro Latino News

LGBTQ Representation On TV Dips Amid COVID-19, GLAAD Report Finds

January 14, 2021
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum staff continue her legacy
African American News

Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum staff continue her legacy

January 20, 2021
From Jim Crow-era poem to Black Anthem: A national hymn
Caribbean News

From Jim Crow-era poem to Black Anthem: A national hymn

January 18, 2021
Africa COVID-19 cases top 3 million, first wave peak surpassed: WHO – SABC News
African News

Africa COVID-19 cases top 3 million, first wave peak surpassed: WHO – SABC News

January 18, 2021
Tobago 3 held for sex attack on minors, one as young as 7
Caribbean Business

Bogus police officer held in Siparia

January 19, 2021
Ready for business: Papua New Guinea’s Ihu Special Economic Zone approved
Papua New Guinea Business

In brief: K1 million for Ihu Special Economic Zone and other business stories

January 18, 2021
72 Tennis Players in Quarantine Ahead of Australian Open
Aboriginal Australia News

72 Tennis Players in Quarantine Ahead of Australian Open

January 17, 2021
African American News

Kamala’s Way review: Harris as symbol of hope – and hard politics | Kamala Harris

January 17, 2021
Retta Dixon Home victims in limbo as operator AIM barred from National Redress Scheme
Aboriginal Australia News

Retta Dixon Home victims in limbo as operator AIM barred from National Redress Scheme

January 17, 2021
Africa: Biden Should Implement a ‘Yellen Bond’ Plan for African Debt
African News

Africa: Biden Should Implement a ‘Yellen Bond’ Plan for African Debt

January 14, 2021
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris To Be Sworn In By Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
African American Business

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris To Be Sworn In By Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

January 17, 2021
When will you get jabbed? Insiders reveal Covid vaccine line-up after healthcare workers, elderly
Aboriginal Australia News

When will you get jabbed? Insiders reveal Covid vaccine line-up after healthcare workers, elderly

January 15, 2021
There’s an Australia for every type of traveller, Travel News & Top Stories
Aboriginal Australia News

There’s an Australia for every type of traveller, Travel News & Top Stories

January 13, 2021

BlackSonRise.com is an online news portal which aims to provide Caribbean News, African News, Business and much more stuff like that. Feel free to get in touch with us!

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum staff continue her legacy
  • CWU expects a total blackout at SABC on Friday – SABC News
  • Adam Silver: NBA mulls COVID vaccines for its players to boost awareness

Subscribe NOW

Loading
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 Blacksonrise.com is an online news, e-learning, and business website that caters to the global black community.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • Caribbean
    • African American
    • African
    • Australian
    • Papua New Guinea
  • Videos
    • Blacksonrise Interviews
    • Blacksonrise News
  • Ecourses
  • Herbs
  • Consultation
  • Login
    • LogOut

© 2019 Blacksonrise.com is an online news, e-learning, and business website that caters to the global black community.

USD $
  • USD USD $
  • EUR EUR €
  • GBP GBP £