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coffee house (former)
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Janis Joplin used to spend time at this location as a teenager and young adult when it was a coffee house. The youths would drink coffee, listen to music and read poetry.
view full location details...port arthur college
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After Janis finished high school, she attended Port Arthur College (where her mother worked as a the registrar) and earned a key punch certificate.
Joplin would go on to study at Lamar University in Beaumont and at the University of Texas in Austin as an art major. Port Arthur College became Lamar State College-Port Arthur.
view full location details...threadgill’s (former)
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Originally opened in a former filling station on the north outskirts of Austin, Threadgill's boasted the first beer license in the county. Janis Joplin cut her teeth singing at this juke joint.
view full location details...anderson theater
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Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin on lead vocals) played their New York City debut at the Anderson Theater (a former Yiddish theater) on February 17, 1968.
A vintage review of the show can be read here.
view full location details...st. marks methodist church
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In 1961, the Joplin family transferred their membership to this congregation.
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