poetry

Amy Trussell at the Maple Leaf

Poet Amy Trussell visits the Maple Leaf for her first New Orleans reading since 2008. Author of The Meteorite Dealers, Painted Tongue Flowers, Amy is also co-author of Ungulations: Ten Waves (Under the Hoof) on Surregional Press, and Old Devil Lee with Andy di Michele. Free. Three pm “New Orleans time.” With Dennis Formento opening. Amy Trussell at the Maple Leaf

JAAP BLONK + Death Posture Acoustique

Anxious Sound kicks off our 2019 offerings with the New Orleans debut of world-renowned Dutch sound poet & vocal improvisor Jaap Blonk, our first presentation at the Dragonfly! JAAP BLONK (voice) with “Death Posture Acoustique”: Donald Miller & Rob Cambre (acoustic guitars), Chris Robert (minimal percussion), Emmalee Sutton (dance) For several decades Dutch vocalist and JAAP BLONK + Death Posture Acoustique

Rubber Flower Poetry Hour

The Rubber Flower Poetry Hour is an Open Mic poetry series in New Orleans, LA. We offer space for fresh and pickled writers alike to spill their guts. Aside from hate speech, there is no limit to what you perform and how you perform it. We strive to maintain a supportive, open, and safe space Rubber Flower Poetry Hour

Team SNO July Open Mic & Slam

Slam New Orleans hosts their monthly open mic at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 9, at Ashé Cac (1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd). Team SNO will perform, as well as members from the public. Team SNO are the 2012 and 2013 National Poetry Slam Champions and 2016 Southernfried regional champs. Their open mic and slam is on Team SNO July Open Mic & Slam

Poetry on Poets

Join friends for an evening of poetry at 9:15 p.m. on Monday, May 1, at Cafe Istanbul (2372 St. Claude).  Come hang out with Chuck Perkins, a proprietor of Cafe Istanbul, as he hosts and shares some of his own poetry and prose to the musical stylings of Mario Abney and friends. Guests are welcome Poetry on Poets

Poetry Workshop with Kay Murphy

Kay Murphy facilitates a poetry workshop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, at the Alvar Library (913 Alvar Street). Kay Murphy is a Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans where she taught in the English department, the Creative Writing Workshop, and the Honors Program, and served as Poetry Editor for Bayou. She Poetry Workshop with Kay Murphy

Darling Fitch plus Cat Child

Darling Fitch presents A Stranger Sound at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 14, at the Mudlark Public Theatre (1200 Port Street). Arising from Berlin’s queer party scene, A Stranger Sound is a dark yet affirming transgender coming-of-age story. Through music and poetry, the show leads audiences to journey through “gender dysphoria and chemical ecstasy / Darling Fitch plus Cat Child

Sigma Tau Delta’s Open Mic Poetry Night at Loyola

Sigma Tau Delta hosts an open mic poetry night at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, at Satchmo’s Lounge (Loyola University New Orleans). Come by and read your work or listen and support your peers. If you would like to reserve your reading slot, sign up here: http://doodle.com/poll/3df6t83rfwucsxvq