Columbia College Chicago’s Conversations in the Arts: Fine and Performing Arts: Patti Smith has been in the music and art scene since the early 1970s. Back then as a new artist she performed her own poetry, even turning her works into plays such as Cowboy Mouth, written with playwright Sam Shepard. Throughout Smiths’ musical career she has worked with famous producers like Jack Douglas and Jimmy Iovine and has collaborated with musicians such as Bruce Springsteen. In 2008, Smith was the subject of an award winning documentary called Patti Smith: Dream of Life which was about her years as a poet, visual artist, activist, musician and singer. Earlier this year, she released a memoir, Just Kids, describing her life during the beginning of her career in New York.
Location: Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago