Patti was born on April 29, 1951 to George W. and Hildegard C. Eastman (Friedrich) in Omaha, Nebraska, their fourth child. When Patti was about 3 years old, the family relocated to Prairie du Chien, ...

Has there ever been a gutsier opening salvo in rock n’ roll? That’s how Patti Smith began her show Monday night at the Chicago Theatre, the line coming out slow and sinewy, and it’s how she started ...

The Soapstone Comedy Club is launching their new mobile-first game, “The Last Laugh,” on Dec. 1 in Meta Horizon Worlds. The comedy-fueled social game allows players to race to match patterns faster ...

With “Bread of Angels,” Patti Smith has finally given readers the long-awaited follow-up to 2010’s “Just Kids.” Unlike “M Train” (2015) and “Year of the Monkey” (2019), both of which mixed memoir with ...

In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories. By Jon Pareles November 7th, 2025 Sex. Death.

This is FRESH AIR. Patti Smith, known as the grandmother of punk, has received several honors, including an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the French Legion of Honor. But for our book ...

Punk rock pioneer Patti Smith didn’t know who her biological father was until getting an assist from the daughter she put up for adoption decades earlier, she reveals in her new memoir, out Tuesday.

It was a historic Election Night in New York City — and it wouldn’t be Patti Smith’s style to let the drama of the moment go unmilked. Smith appeared at Manhattan’s Town Hall on November 4 to ...

Patti Smith has reaped many honors in her life. She’s been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, won a National Book Award and been granted France’s Légion d’honneur. She’s also earned the ...

I wonder why Patti LaBelle is not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Her career started in the early ’60s, performing with the Ordettes, Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles, and Labelle. She went solo in ...

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Joseph Salvator Patti and Joan DeNunzio Patti of Pleasanton, California, who tragically lost their lives in a car accident on September 25, ...