Poets, comedians, musicians, and artists of all types will perform for We Breathe. They Shoot. from 6 – 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, at PORT (2120 Port Street). Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Entry will be on a sliding scale donation basis. Proceeds will go to support the family of Alton Sterling. Featured performers … We Breathe. They Shoot. at PORT on July 13
Garden District Books will host the book launch for Bill Loehfelm’s latest novel, Let the Devil Out, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, at their storefront (2727 Prytania St). The event is free and open to the public, and there will be refreshments of the alcoholic variety. Megan Abbot calls the book’s protagonist, NOPD officer Maureen Coughlin, “a hero … Book launch for Bill Loehfelm’s Let the Devil Out at Garden District Books on July 5
Team Slam New Orleans and the Ashe’ Cultural Arts Center presents an evening of poetry at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 1, at Ashe’ Powerhouse Theater (1731 Baronne Street). Dr. Sonia Sanchez, the National Park Service Centennial Poet Laureate, will headline the event. Team SNO members Katalyst Alcindor and Sha’Condria “ICON” Sibley will also be featured, … Dr. Sonia Sanchez reads at Ashe’ Power House Theater on July 1
Maple Street Book Shop hosts Adam Crittenden, Stacey Balkun, and Sara Slaughter at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, at their storefront (7529 Maple St). The Dogfish Reading Series presents Doreen Piano at 7:30 pm on Thursday, June 23, at Dogfish headquarters (2448 N. Villere St). Doors open at 7 pm. This month’s open mic has been extended … Maple Street Books and Dogfish Host Readings on June 23
Mixed Company will host the New Orleans premiere of ASMARINA: Voices & Images of a Postcolonial Heritage, a documentary by Alan Maglio and Medhin Paolos from 4 – 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, at Cafe Istanbul (2372 St. Claude). Admission to the event is free. Based within the habesha community of Milan, ASMARINA explores the Eritrean/Ethiopian … Mixed Company to Host New Orleans Premiere of Eritrean/Ethiopian Documentary ASMARINA
New Orleans will celebrate James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Bloomsday get-together featuring some of the city’s most exciting writers. Jasmine Araujo, George Bishop, Chris Champagne, Addie Citchens, Susan Larson, Louis Maistros, and Chris Waddington will be among those who conduct a marathon reading of the towering Irish novel from 6 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, at the Irish … Local writers celebrate Joyce’s Ulysses with Bloomsday on June 16 at the Irish House
Poets Bill Lavender and Addie Citchens headline the Blood Jet Poetry Series’ final reading of their spring season this Wednesday, June 8, at BJ’s in the Bywater (4301 Burgundy). Bill Lavender is the founder and proprietor of Lavender Ink / Diálogos and co-founder, with Megan Burns, of the New Orleans Poetry Festival. His most recent … Final Blood Jet Poetry Series reading of spring to be held June 8 at BJ’s
Carolyn Hembree will guest host Banks Street Bar’s weekly Open Mic Night for poets from 7 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, at 4401 Banks Street. Sign up for reading begins at 6:30 p.m., and readers are encouraged to keep it under five minutes. This weekly series began in mid-May, and the event featured guest … Banks Street Bar hosts Open Mic Night for poets on Thursdays
Dread Scott, an inaugural Antenna::Spillways Artist-in-Residence, will speak at the New Orleans Museum of Art’s Friday Nights at NOMA at 6:30 pm on May 27. Scott will discuss the development of his current magnum opus in progress: Slave Rebellion Reenactment. Admission is $10.50, but the event is free for NOMA Members and $5 for Antenna::Signals Subscribers. CPInprint will publish Scott’s Fragments of the Peculiar … Dread Scott to speak at NOMA on May 27
Poets Rodrigo Toscano and Carolyn Hembree headline the Blood Jet Poetry Series on Wednesday, May 25, at BJ’s in the Bywater (4301 Burgundy). Read ROOM 220‘s review of Hembree’s latest collection here. Rodrigo Toscano’s newest book of poetry is Explosion Rocks (Springfield Fence Books, 2016). His previous books include, Deck of Deeds, Collapsible Poetics Theater (a … Rodrigo Toscano and Carolyn Hembree to read at BJ’s on May 25
