Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur California

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Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series: Schedule for 2010.

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OUR FAVORITE PERFORMERS
FROM THE PAST.

Publication highlights.

These are My Flowers by Nancy Hopkins

Esselen Indians of The Big Sur Country - The Land and the People

Jaime De Angulo - The Old Coyote of Big Sur by Gui Mayo

Big Sur by Jeff Norman

Library Director Magnus Torén interviewed by Bob Edwards of XMPR Satellite Radio.

Magnus Torén video and interview on MySpace.

'The Ballad of the South Coast'
Magnus recorded this in Stockholm at the 'Mikloz Studios' in the spring of 2008.

Hnery Miller portrait

Read about local events in
Monterey County Weekly

Special thanks to Apple INC. for recently donating some great equipment to us. Archives, public internet access, ping•pong, short film, music...A lot of what we do involves Apple! THANKS!

Welcome to The Henry Miller Memorial Library Website. a 501 (c) 3 Non Profit Arts Organization. (aiming to do nothing)…Henry Miller said he didn’t approve of “memorials.” Memorials, he said, “defeated the purpose of a man’s life. Only by living your own life to the full can you honor the memory of someone.”

We're trying...to do as little as possible...but we are on...

and we're announcing:

A Special Screening of One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur and
Benjamin Gibbard & Jay Farrar in concert.
and...
....Open Mic!
Fruit Bats
John Doe w/folkband featuring Cindy Wasserman
Comedy night w/ David Razowsky & Mo Collins w/ music by Al Rose
Benjamin Gibbard and Jay Farrar in Concert!
Black Francis (of the Pixies)
Dan Bern w/ Common Rotation: workshop & concert
Storytelling workshop w/ Paul McHugh
Cold Cave w/ Abe Vigoda
Tallest Man On Earth
Dungen

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THANKS YO LA TENGO!
A fantastic show Friday April 30 with special appearance by Ralph Carney.
Thanks also to all who came in support of the Library for this benefit show!

From the left: James McNew, Georgia Hubley & Ralph Carney (Ira Kaplan off the picture to the right)
Photo by Nic Coury

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The film portrait of Grandpa Deetjen is now available on DVD!
The Innkeeper - click here for more.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE released a recording from their 2009 show at the Henry Miller Library!

Dave Portner (aka Avey Tare) in 'Pitchfork':
The B-side to the single is a live version of "Bleed", which we did at Big Sur on our last large U.S. tour. We played at the Henry Miller Library, which was awesome. We did this extended jam linking "Bleed" into "What Would I Want? Sky", so that's on there, too...read more.

Picture below from the show on October 9 with Marianne Faithfull and Doug Pettibone.

House of Floyd Saturday, July 24
Photo by Terry Way

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Check out Keely Richter's (our archivist) blog for the Henry Miller Library! In the picture below she's also expressing her opinion...

New website for George Dibbern!
You breathe a spirit as warm and large as Walt Whitman's. I salute you as one of the good, honest men of the earth, one we shall always be proud of. Henry Miller, letter to George Dibbern, 1945

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Bookshelf at the Library. Bronze Bust by Sean Joyce. Photo by Mark Jackson

Coastal View

View from below Miller's house on Partington Ridge photo: Magnus Torén

Rosalia Byrne Firedancing

Big Sur's Rosalia Byrne at the Henry Miller Library. photo: Magnus Torén

Here in Big Sur the stars, planets and milky way are beautifully bright when the moon is new.

CURRENT MOON

moon phase

Announcing the 2010 issue of
Ping•Pong. The Literary Magazine of
the Henry Miller Library

"I like Henry Miller. I think he's the greatest American writer."
Bob Dylan

Marianne Faithfull
Highlight event of 2009.

Philip Glass and Wendy Sutter
Highlight event of 2008

Matmos and Zeena
Highlight Event of 2007!

Pegi Young
Highlight Event of 2007!!

Henry Rollins
The Event of 2006!!

Laurie Anderson
The Event of 2005!!

Patti Smith
The Event of 2004!!

List of performers from the past.

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Every day free wi-fi on the lawn
and inside the Library.