Tuesday, June 23 at 7:00 pm
$30 general admission, $25 students/seniors, $20 members
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Gerard Malanga will start off with the showing of his film "In Search of the Miraculous" (29 mins, 1967). He will then read selected poems from his latest book, Odie Is Being Called Back & Other Poems (Bottle of Smoke Press, 2024). A Q&A session with the audience and a book signing will follow.
Gerard Malanga's creative output has spanned six decades. A life-long poet, prolific photographer, filmmaker, archivist and Andy Warhol's assistant for seven years in the 1960s. Gerard is active with writing poetry, public speaking engagements, and creating special photography projects.
Malanga has been a published poet since his high school years and has authored or has been featured in 26 books of poetry.
Malanga's portrait photography work has produced some of pop culture's most memorable images. Rock stars, writers, film stars, artists all were captured with Gerard's lens. He was friends with many of his subjects, which may be the reason for the comfortable nature of his portraits
Malanga was Andy Warhol's assistant and collaborator at The Factory for seven years in the 1960s. In addition to working on some of Warhol's most prolific paintings, Malanga filmed over 300 "Screen Tests" inside the fabled Factory art studio. He was a stage performer and creative partner for the legendary art-rock band, The Velvet Underground. In 1969, Warhol and Malanga together created Interview Magazine.