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Black and white photograph of people standing and sitting while talking in The New Penelope. The musician Frank Zappa is sitting on a bench next to a young seated woman on the left side of the image, while listening to a woman with arms outstretched seen standing in front of him.

Date: January 1967
Credit: Jeremy Taylor (photographer), copyright 1967.
François Dallegret Collection. Courtesy of François Dallegret.

The Mothers of Invention singer, Frank Zappa (right), hanging out with the crowd before their show at The New Penelope, in January 1967.

Uh, no, I missed Frank Zappa and I wish I had seen him. I saw him eventually at Place des Nations during Expo 67. But I missed the-, because you know, seeing him at the Penelope would have been wonderful because you were so close to the band in that little room.

― Rick Blue, musician and music fan (interview with ARCMTL, August 1, 2021)