Rock legend Patti Smith & poet Janet Hamill reunite for special performance on campus

An Intimate Evening with Patti Smith and Janet Hamill brings these acclaimed artists to Rowan University for a one-night-only event on Sunday, March 2 at 7:30 pm in Pfleeger Concert Hall. The performance reunites Patti Smith and Janet Hamill on the campus where they began their life-long friendship. Smith presents an acoustic set combining work from her legendary musical career and her writings, while Hamill reads from her poetry in an evening hosted by the College of Fine & Performing Arts and Department of English.

Admission to the performance is free, but advanced tickets are required and subject to availability. Ticket distribution begins on Wednesday, February 13 on a first-come, first-served basis. Rowan students with a valid ID can get tickets (maximum of 3 per person) at the Student Center Information Desk. Faculty, staff and retirees can obtain tickets (maximum of 2 per person) through the College of Fine & Performing Arts Box Office Manager in Wilson Hall Room 209. Tickets will not be available to the general public until February 25.

Patti Smith, a 2007 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, grew up in Woodbury and studied art at Glassboro Stare College in the mid-1960s. As a musician and poet, she helped foment a revolution in the music world during the mid-1970s and influenced scores of performers and recording artists who came in her wake. Beginning with her landmark 1975 debut, Horses, Smith has released a string of recordings that have solidified her place as an independent, revolutionary artist. Her latest CD, Twelve, features covers of classic songs by Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Nirvana, Paul Simon and The Beatles. She is the author of numerous books showcasing her poetry and, as a visual artist, her work has been exhibited in New York, Japan, Paris, Rome and throughout the United States.

New Jersey native Janet Hamill is a poet, painter and performer who attended Glassboro State College in the 1960s, graduating in 1967 with a degree in English. Hamill is the author of four books: Lost Ceilings, Nostalgia of the Infinite, The Temple and Troublante, while her poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous anthologies. She is presently writing her first novel and her fifth volume of poetry, Body of Water, will be published this fall. As a spoken word artist, Hamill has read at well-known poetry venues around the world, including a workshop in Liverpool, England, this past summer. She also presents readings accompanied by her band Moving Star, and together they have released two CDs, Flying Nowhere and Genie of the Alphabet, with a third in the works.

Pfleeger Concert Hall is located in Wilson Hall on the campus of Rowan University, Route 322 in Glassboro NJ. For more information, visit www.rowan.edu/fpa or call the Rowan Box Office at 856-256-4579.

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For more information about Patti Smith, visit www.pattismith.net