Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Patti Smith

In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message “Hello Everybody!” Known for shooting with her beloved Land 250 Camera, Smith started posting selfies with her phone, portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these miniature windows into Smith’s world, her daily coffee, the books she’s reading, the graves of beloved heroes: William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, and Albert Camus. Over the days and months, a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape in the extraordinarily personal photographs that chart Smith’s passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims. Original to Smith’s new book, A Book of Days (Random House), are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar. Here, too, are photos from Smith's archives of life on and off the road, train stations, obscure cafés, a notebook always nearby. In wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations, Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the world. With more than 365 photographs that take you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and performer. Hopeful, elegiac, and playful, A Book of Days is a deeply generous and inspirational map of an artist’s life, by the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids and M Train.

Price includes a hardcover copy of Smith’s A Book of Days. Books distributed at event.

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall : Upcoming Events

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Portland Youth Philharmonic presents their spring concert The Search for Beauty at the Portland'5...

Showing: 05/04
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Literary Arts presents Portland Arts & Lectures with author Masha Gessen at Arlene Schnitzer Concert...

Showing: 05/08
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Oregon Symphony presents Impressions of the Sea featuring violin soloist Paul Huang at the Portland'5...

Showing: 05/10 - 05/12
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The Oregon Historical Society presents author Hampton Sides: 2025 Hatfield Lecture at the Portland'5...

Showing: 05/13
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Outback Presents welcomes the We Can Do Hard Things Tour to the Portland'5 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall...

Showing: 05/16
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Oregon Symphony presents Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, featuring pianist Makato Ozone, at Arlene...

Showing: 05/17 - 05/19