Brooklyn Vegan — Sotheby's is hosting "An Evening of Spoken Word and Performance by Patti Smith" on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. It's a benefit for the Archives of American Art, and $100 tickets are on sale. $100 tickets are also still on... more info

ContactMusic — Punk icon Patti Smith is penning a sequel to her award-winning 2010 memoirs Just Kids. The critically acclaimed biography, which chronicled the People Have the Power singer's friendship with late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe,... more info

ContactMusic — Yoko Ono has teamed up with Patti Smith and Sonic Youth to raise cash for the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami disasters in her native Japan. The singer/artist performed with Sonic Youth and her son Sean Lennon at the first... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Rolling Stone reports that Patti Smith is working on a sequel to her memoir, Just Kids. The Telegraph profiles author Jennifer Egan. On sale for $3.99 at Amazon MP3: The Decemberists' The Crane Wife album. Five Chapters is serializing a... more info

Altsounds — *Yoko Ono Plays Two Benefit Shows For Japan March 29th with Patti Smith + Cibo Matto At Le Poisson Rouge March 27th with Sonic Youth, Sean Lennon + Cibo Matto At The Miller Theatre (Sold Out)* YOKO ONO & FRIENDS: TO JAPAN WITH LOVE Tuesday March 29... more info

Totally Fuzzy — matori_deda_strale said... 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 671. MEGADETH – Rust In Peace (1990) 672. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND – Sex Packets (1990) 673. PET SHOP BOYS – Behaviour (1990) 674. HAPPY MONDAYS – Pills ‘n’Thrills and Bellyac... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It has been announced that Antony will join Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, Cibo Matto, and Patti Smith for the benefit at LPR Tuesday. In other news, Antony has this coming:Antony and the Johnsons will release their four track... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yoko Ono @ Chimera Night @ Elysium, SXSW 2011 (Anner Terada) "Sure, sure Kanye was playing somewhere in the city limits (with Jay Z as a special guest! OMG! #bigpimpin), but this was Yoko Ono, the queen of avant garde... more info

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter Kate Nash is setting up girls-only after-school rock music clubs to encourage young musiciansKate Nash – tall, smiley, charismatic – talks in a rush when she's excited. Her words tumble over themselves, in fits and starts; she... more info

KEXP Seattle — Patti Smith’s 1975 album “Horses” is arguably one of the best debut albums of all time.  It also sparked the career of a poet and rock star that has lasted over four decades.  “Our real battle cry was not to save rock and roll, but to inspi... more info