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Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933 November 18 - 2008 July 7

Nationality

American

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Forgotten Heroes of Networking Series - Wallace Berman & Semina Magazine , 2010

 Item — Box 324: [Barcode: 31858072490901]
Identifier: CC-51068-72149
Scope and Contents

Baroni writes "A triumph of the do-it-yourself esthetic, Semina is a fragmentary guidebook to alternative modes of thinking, living, and art-making..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Underground Cinema 12 [with doodles by d.a. levy] / Mike Getz, editor ; B Connor ; P Heliczer ; A Warhol ; L Ferlinghetti ; S Dali, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-60429-63777
Scope and Contents This copy of the program owned by d.a. levy had ink colored doodles probably drawn bu d.a. levy. It is stored in the levy binder. Internet: 'Underground Cinema 12' was the brain child of Cinema Theater manager and programmer Mike Getz. After Movies 'Round Midnight curator John Fles left Los Angeles in 1965 Getz assumed the role of programmer for the series and in 1968 transformed it into Underground Cinema 12, a series that included avant-garde, comedy, nonfiction, erotic, independent and amateur cinema. In 1968 Gene Youngblood began to author a weekly column documenting the series. In the column's first printing Youngblood said that he had decided to regularly cover Underground Cinema 12 to encourage young people to take advantage of the rare opportunities offered by the program. The psychedelic program was designed by the Intermedia Communications Company. In the early 1970s Getz expanded the program to other venues around the country including the World Theatre, 2159 North High...
Dates: 1968