Patti Smith to Hold Special Virtual Performance and Book Reading

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Patti Smith will be doing a special performance that features music as well as a reading of excerpts from her most recent memoir, Year of the Monkey.

Filmed by acclaimed cinematographer Matthew Schroeder, “An Evening of Words & Music With Patti Smith” will take place stage at the Murmrr Theatre in Brooklyn. Aside from doing the book reading, Smith will be performing a set of songs with her longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan.

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This isn’t the only livestream Smith has participated in this year. To celebrate Earth Day (April 22), she, along with a group of artists including R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea and Cat Power, performed at Pathway to Paris Earth Day 50: A Virtual Festival.

Smith also penned a special poem to honor climate activist Greta Thunberg on her 17th birthday. And more recently (actually today), she paid tribute to her son, Jackson, on his birthday.

Tickets for “An Evening of Words & Music With Patti Smith” will go on sale on Friday (Aug. 7) at 11am ET. You can purchase them on the Murmrr website.

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