Patti Smith talks about 'Bread of Angels,' her latest book. Smith wrote the book over a 10-year period, chronicling her ...

The indomitable punk poet — who was born in Chicago and briefly lived in Logan Square when she was young — dedicated “People ...

At the Chicago Theatre, Patti Smith and her band tore into “Horses” from top to bottom, and 50 years on, it’s still ...

“Just Kids” is a memoir of Smith’s early years in New York and her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. They ...

What a magnificent night of live music, centered on the 1975 debut that is regularly — and rightfully — considered to be one ...

“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine,” Smith sang on Saturday over the slow piano chords of keyboardist Tony Shanahan ...

For one weekend, Fort Mason may have been the most caffeinated place on the planet. The wildly popular annual San Francisco ...

While National Book Award-winning “Just Kids” followed her pursuit of art in New York and her precious friendship with ...

Patti Smith and her band were magnificent as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of “Horses” at the Masonic in San Francisco ...

Patti Smith’s “Bread of Angels” illustrates what happens when a poet becomes a historian, chronicling the tales of her life.

If you were wondering what the poem meant, I have no idea,” Patti Smith offered, after reading Rimbaud’s “Genie” on Monday ...