Take a sneak peak at the chapbook We’re Pregnant via this video, which features an original score by HAWN. The book launch for We’re Pregnant is this Thursday from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Press Street HQ and will feature performances by HAWN and Leyla McCalla, as well as a reading of the stories … WE’RE PREGNANT video and review
In case you haven’t heard, the fantastic after-school tutoring and youth writing workshop organization extraordinaire Big Class has moved its operations into the first floor of the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Inspired by the 826 writing centers run across the country by McSweeney’s, Big Class offers a fun and welcoming environment for … BIG CLASS Open House at the Press Street HQ
In case you haven’t heard, the fantastic after-school tutoring and youth writing workshop organization extraordinaire Big Class has moved its operations into the first floor of the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Inspired by the 826 writing centers run across the country by folks involved with McSweeney’s, Big Class offers a fun and … BIG CLASS Open House at the Press Street HQ Sun. and Thurs.
Over at the Rag Blog (we’d never heard of it, either), the always-astute Mike Davis argues that those looking to understand the motivations behind the rampage and ramblings of ex-LAPD officer-cum-vigilante Christopher Dorner should turn to books about racism driving men to homicide. Davis suggests Richard Wright’s novel Native Son and Chester Himes’ short story … Exterminating Angels: Mike Davis on Mark Essex and Christopher Dorner
Please join Room 220 as we celebrate the release of the newest Press Street publication, We’re Pregnant, with a Happy Hour Salon from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). We’re Pregnant is a chapbook of short fiction by Room 220’s esteemed editor, Nathan C. … Happy Hour Salon: WE’RE PREGNANT
Poet Metta Sama will give a presentation of her work at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the University of New Orleans Sandbar (on Founders Road, across from the Engineering Building, inside the Cove). Sama is the author of Nocturne Trio, a e-book of poetry published in 2012, as well as South of Here … Metta Sama at UNO Feb. 20
Ecocritic Vin Nardizzi will present a lecture “The Grass is Greener” at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Whitney Presentation Room at Loyola University New Orleans (6363 St. Charles Ave.). Nardizzi’s lecture will examine the destructive potential of humans’ affinity for green spaces. Taking examples from postwar narratives of killer plants that attack … The Destructive Potential of Humans’ Affinity for Green Spaces: Vin Nardizzi at Loyola Feb. 19
The Black Widow Salon, a regular showcase of local and visiting writers, will host five “emerging” writers from 7 – 9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, at Crescent City Books (230 Chartres St.). This event—which showcases young-ish, littler-known local writers new and veteran to the city—is a follow-up to another BWS event one year ago … Writers emerge yet again from the Black Widow Salon Feb. 18
Join the folks at Press Street as we wish our friend Otto Splotch a fond farewell before he splits town for a while. Splotch, along with DGW Hedges, Kira Mardikes, Caesar Meadows, and Amelie Ray will give performative readings of their comix, along with slide show accompaniment, starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, … Optical Saturation Slideshow — Comic Reading Night at Antenna
Featuring performative comic readings by Otto Splotch, Kira Mardikes, Amelie Ray, Caesar Meadows & DGW Hedges. This Friday!
