Room 220 is proud to present The Waves, New Orleans’ premiere LGBTQ reading series with local and visiting writers reading alongside emerging and student voices to encompass a multigenerational perspective.This event will center around a community open mic hosted by Akeem Martin, at Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave. April 28, 7-9pm.Akeem Martin is a … The Waves with Akeem Martin
Free Performances will be Wednesday May 4, 6pm to 9pm and Saturday May 7 3pm to 6pm at Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave. In our continuing month long celebration of all things miniature, Antenna is proud to present Tiny Rants, a puppet performance by Milissa Orzolek & Phoebe Vlassis. Take your seat in a one … Tiny Rants
Adrian Van Young will celebrate the launch of his latest book, Shadows in Summerland, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple St.). The novel begins in Boston in 1859, as the nation is on the brink of war. Roughly based on the real-life story of William H. Mumler, … Adrian Van Young launches new novel at Maple Street Books on April 21
Laura Mullen will read as part of the New Orleans Poetry Festival at 7 pm on Saturday, April 16th, at Mag’s (940 Elysian Fields). Pierre Joris, Nicole Peyraffite, Niyi Osundare, and Adeena Karasick will also read. Complicated Grief Laura Mullen Solid Objects, 2015 Laura Mullen’s writing, especially her emphasis on genre hybridity, urges readers to face emotional … What’s So Tremendous About Comfort?: A Review of Laura Mullen’s Complicated Grief
Poetry lovers of the world, unite: not only is April National Poetry Month, but this weekend is the first annual New Orleans Poetry Festival (April 15-17), organized by Lavender Ink Press. While the Crescent City is no stranger to poetry events, reading series, and poetry-themed programming at its many festivals, the New Orleans Poetry Festival … The First Annual New Orleans Poetry Festival will be held April 15-17
ROOM 220 is pleased to present the New Orleans book launch for Carolyn Hembree’s Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, at the former Tete Body Shop and soon-to-be home of the Frenchmen Art Market (2231 St. Claude Ave). Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to … ROOM 220 Presents the New Orleans Launch for Carolyn Hembree’s Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague
This inaugural issue of Signals explores the theme of Miniature through small art, micro organisms, short films, tiny houses, one act plays, Bonsai Trees, and micro brews.
Room 220 will host the New Orleans launch of Carolyn Hembree’s Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague, a collection of her poetry published by Trio House Press. The book won the 2015 Trio Award, selected by Neil Shepard, and the 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Rochelle Ratner Memorial Award, selected by Stephanie … The asking is never idle: A review of Carolyn Hembree’s Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague
On view: April 9- May 8, 2016 Opening Reception: Saturday April 9, 6-9pm Daily hours: Tuesday- Friday 11-4 by appt, Saturday and Sunday 12-5 Admission cost: none Exhibition Description: There is a childhood longing and an intimacy that occurs when encountering work on the miniature scale. The exhibition features local, national and international artists who … I AM AN IMPORTANT GIANT
Astrophysicist and author Janna Levin will deliver a talk titled “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, at Tulane University’s Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow Levin’s talk. A Guggenheim … Astrophysicist and author Janna Levin to speak at Tulane on April 5
