Cirkus Optikus Live Comix Reading & Feast Release Party!
Join us for the FEAST yer eyes Comix/ Illustration Anthology release party and Cirkus Optikus Live Comix Reading! See some of your favorite local comic artists reading live on stage!
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The N.O. Loving Festival presents: NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE.
Five New Orleans writers will explore the theme native, homeland, exile through readings and a Q&A from 6 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). They will provide attendees a concert of voices from women writers of color that unflinchingly captures the coming of age in … The N.O. Loving Festival presents: NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE.
New Orleans Loving Festival – NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE.
NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE. Five New Orleans Women of Color Writers Capture The Coming Of Age In America’s New South. “A thousand camera flashes light the way as Black Indians dance even to the grave.” – J. Hilt “Sometimes the only way to rid yourself of an abomination is to bury it.” – A. Citchens “Teeming … New Orleans Loving Festival – NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE.
New Orleans Loving Festival – LOVING DAY CELEBRATION
Please Join Us On LOVING DAY! We’re celebrating the diversity of families in our community with an ice cream social and gallery opening for the photography exhibit “Of Many Colors.” We’re also honoring and the legacy of RICHARD & MILDRED LOVING, the interracial couple whose 1967 landmark civil rights lawsuit “Loving v. Virginia” ended all … New Orleans Loving Festival – LOVING DAY CELEBRATION
Richard Sexton’s Creole World
By Taylor Murrow In Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere, photographer Richard Sexton offers a visual essay of his travels in Haiti, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, and New Orleans, while essays penned by scholars Jay D. Edwards and John H. Lawrence offer historical perspectives on the origins of the term “creole” … Richard Sexton’s Creole World
New Orleans Loving Festival – MIXED MESSAGES.4
Please join Press Street and the New Orleans Loving Festival for MIXED MESSAGES.4 – a group art exhibition about race, racism and the multiracial experience. GALLERY OPENING & RECEPTION Saturday, June 7th Press Street’s Antenna Gallery 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm FEATURED ARTISTS James Edward Bates, Bottletree, Janet Boyd, Luisa Dantas, Jeri Hilt, Soraya Jean-Louis … New Orleans Loving Festival – MIXED MESSAGES.4
Happy Birthday, Helen Hill
Happy Birthday, Helen Hill Join us to remember experimental filmmaker Helen Hill, whose birthday is in May, with a screening of selections from House of Sweet Magic and potluck. Tunnel of Love (1996) Madame Winger Makes a Film (2001) Scratch and Crow (1995) The World’s Smallest Fair (1995) Vessel (1992) Mouseholes (1999) Bohemian Town (2004) … Happy Birthday, Helen Hill
Dangerous moments: An interview with Francine Prose
By Ari Braverman I was late telephoning Francine Prose. Thrilled by (and not a little nervous about) our impending conversation, I forgot that New York operates one full hour ahead of New Orleans. Thus I returned home from the store to a missed call from a 212 area code. Francine Prose had called—and left a … Dangerous moments: An interview with Francine Prose
Maurice Carlos Ruffin wins two short story prizes
Photo by Thomas Sayers Ellis Local writer Maurice Carlos Ruffin recently won two national story prizes, earning him prestige and acclaim (and a nice chunk of change). Ruffin’s story “The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You” was selected by novelist Rachel Kushner for the 2014 Iowa Review Award. It will be published in the … Maurice Carlos Ruffin wins two short story prizes
Antonia Crane presents her new memoir, SPENT, at the All Ways Lounge May 11
Author and frequent New Orleans visitor Antonia Crane will present her new memoir, Spent, as part of a fun-filled Mother’s Day burlesque event starting at 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, at the All Ways Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave.). Spent is an account of Crane’s escape from small-town life into the world of stripping, … Antonia Crane presents her new memoir, SPENT, at the All Ways Lounge May 11
