Please Join us for “THE GREEN SCREEN” a monthly environmental film series produced by the Charitable Film Network and The Green Project, with support from Press Street. BAG IT! By Susan Beraza In the film, viewers are challenged to try to go a day without single-use disposables. What are single-use disposables? They are items that … The Green Screen – Bag it!
Please join us for NOLA JCS – a monthly Japanese film series hosted by Japan Society of New Orleans, with support from Press Street, Café Istanbul and Charitable Film Network. THE CAT RETURNS by Hiroyuki Morita After helping a cat, a young girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world … NOLA Japanese Cinema Series – The Cat Returns
Please join us for Cultural Film Night, hosted and curated by Delia Tomino Nakayama with support from Press Street, Tulane University and Charitable Film Network. HOUSE OF SAND by Andrucha Waddington A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to … Cultural Film Night – House of Sand
Thanks to everyone who came out late last month for the launch of Press Street’s newest publication, We’re Pregnant, a chapbook of short fiction by Room 220 editor Nathan C. Martin along with photos inspired by the stories by Akasha Rabut, Sophie T. Lvoff, and Grissel Giuliano. More than 100 people packed the Antenna Gallery on a … We’re Pregnant launch recap
Kolaj is a quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary collage published by Maison Kasini in Montreal, Quebec. “We are interested in how collage is made, how collage is exhibited, and how collages is collected. We bring together critical reviews and essays with artist profiles, event highlights, and articles on collage collecting, exhibiting, and making.” Kolaj is … Kolaj Magazine Meet & Greet
By Cate Czarnecki The historical background of perique—a tobacco varietal considered by many to be the strongest and most flavorful in the world—makes it one of the state’s more interesting, if lesser known, agricultural stories. Originally cultivated by an Acadian farmer named Pierre “Perique” Chent in the early 1800s, “le tabac de perique” involves the … An Agrarian Romance: Charles Martin’s PERIQUE
Please join us for “Musically Speaking” – A weekly series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, with support from Charitable Film Network, Press Street, Whole Foods Market, and WWOZ. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. SONNY ROLLINS: Saxophone Collossus Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Sonny Rollins has been called the greatest … Musically Speaking – Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Collossus
Room 220 was delighted to learn that our frequent contributor Ari Braverman was recently selected as the winner of the 2012 James Knudsen Prize in Fiction, awarded by Bayou Magazine and the University of New Orleans. This year’s contest was judged by author Michael Knight, who said of Braverman’s winning story, “Even Though He’s Still … There’s real darkness here, real heat: Ari Braverman wins the 2012 James Knudsen Prize in Fiction
Mexican novelist Carmen Boullosa will give a presentation related to her new Spanish-language novel, Tejas, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, in Nunemaker Auditorium on Loyola University New Orleans’ campus (6363 St. Charles Ave.). Boullosa is one of Mexico’s leading novelists, poets and playwrights. Her presentation Thursday will focus on the Mexican-American War and … Carmen Boullosa to present at Loyola March 7
Alison Bechdel, author of the critically acclaimed graphic novels Fun Home and Are You My Mother? and the syndicated comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, will give a multimedia presentation about her work and process at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, in the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall on Tulane University’s campus. Bechdel wrote … Alison Bechdel to present at Tulane March 6
