Under-sea-level Collaborative Comics Making in New Orleans CO-MIXing samples comics publications and events in New Orleans that have been brought about by collaborative efforts of some form: TURD (1990’s); dafa FUNGUS (early 2000’s); FUN FUN (2008); and the more recent FEAST yer Eyes; Ink Tank; Your Friends Make Comics, and Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf. Participants … CO-MIXing
Room 220 is pleased to host the highly prolific and widely celebrated Francine Prose for a Happy Hour Salon on the occasion of the publication of her new novel, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932. Prose will be joined by local author Michael Jeffrey Lee, whose collection of short stories, Something in My Eye, … Room 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Francine Prose and Michael Jeffrey Lee
Local writer Michael Patrick Welch will host a series of events to promote the new edition of his book New Orleans: The Underground Guide, which was originally published in 2009, as well as a new collection of his magazine writing, Famous People I Have Met (Collected Works 1999 – 2014). Both books deal heavily with … Michael Patrick Welch to launch a new edition of NEW ORLEANS: THE UNDERGROUND GUIDE and a new collection, FAMOUS PEOPLE I HAVE MET
Room 220 is pleased to present a Happy Hour Salon featuring readings by poet Ed Skoog and a cadre of his former students from NOCCA: Marlo Barerra, Chanel Clarke, Lydia Cutrer, Geoff Munsterman, Hallie Rundle, and Blake W. Encalarde. The event will take place from 7 – 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, at the … ROOM 220 PRESENTS: A Happy Hour Salon with Ed Skoog, Lydia Cutrer, Geoff Munsterman, Hallie Rundle, Blake W. Encalarde, Chanel Clarke, and Marlo Barrera
By Taylor Murrow Storyville, for those who don’t know, was a regulated vice district (brothels, gambling, booze—the whole shebang) at the edge of the French Quarter in the early 20th century. It was shut down in 1917, but was memorialized in photographs by E.J. Bellocq and has made its footprint on the city’s cultural legacy. … In broadcast begins responsibilities: The UNO/WWNO program Storyville needs to step it up
By Engram Wilkinson I’m waiting along Esplanade Avenue when Zachary Lazar motors up on his scooter. He unfastens his helmet, deploys a kick-stand, and after killing the engine uses the same key to open a compartment under the seat in which he stores the helmet. I’m told to wait before we talk in earnest because … An effort of imagination: An interview with Zachary Lazar
Local author Taymika G. Byrd will present and sign copies of her new book, Crescent City Connection, during an event from 4 – 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at the Community Book Center (2523 Bayou Road). Crescent City Connection follows a young protagonist through the milieu of Mardi Gras and the traumatic and terrifying … Taymika G. Byrd presents CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION at the Community Book Center April 19
Vowell makes “air quotes” on the Late Show with David Letterman Best-selling author and media personality Sarah Vowell will give a presentation of her work at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, in the Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenburg Art Center on Tulane University’s campus. Vowell, whose books often present U.S. histories infused with her … Sarah Vowell at Tulane April 16
Join Room 220 for a Happy Hour Salon with local authors Zachary Lazar and Daniel Castro from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The event will celebrate the release of Lazar’s new novel, I Pity the Poor Immigrant. I Pity the Poor Immigrant is … Room 220 Presents: A Happy Hour Salon with Zachary Lazar and Daniel Castro
The Neighborhood Story Project, a collaborative community publishing endeavor that uses oral histories, photography, and storytelling to create books that document facets of New Orleans’ civic and cultural tapestry, was recently awarded a $240,000 grant from the Surdna Foundation to continue its wonderful projects. The grant will be awarded over a period of three years … Long Live the Neighborhood Story Project
