Join us for a screening of the newly restored in high definition version of John Antonelli film Kerouac: King of the Beats (1985 | 78 min. | Trailer). The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about Kerouac as a young writer and the Merrimack Repertory Theater's adaptation of the novel fragment The Haunted Life set to make it's premier later in March. Panelists Sean Daniels, Artistic Director of Merrimack Repertory Theater, Todd Tietchen, Associate Professor at UMass Lowell and editor of The Haunted Life, Jim Sampas, Literary Executor of Jack Kerouac Estate, Moderator Sean Thibodeau, Coordinator of Community Planning at Pollard Library.