Celebrate LOVING DAY with the New Orleans Loving Festival. Join us for a special film screening! THE LOVING STORY by Nancy Buirsky & Home Box Office A racially-charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in this documentary about Richard and Mildred Loving, set during the turbulent Civil Rights era. Long Way Home: The … New Orleans Loving Festival – The Loving Story
CALL TO ARTISTS for “MIXED MESSAGES.2 – Multiracial Identity Past & Present.” The New Orleans Loving Festival is seeking original artwork and films with themes concerning the multiracial experience for a June 9th – 30th group art show at the New Orleans Healing Center. Please follow the guidelines below for consideration: Visual Art Submissions must … Call to Artists for Mixed Messages.2
Please join the New Orleans Loving Festival for a Comedy Performance featuring New York based comedian, writer, lawyer, husband, and new dad – ALEX BARNETT Barnett has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, in CNN.com and on NYC-TV. He is the winner of the 12th Annual Gilda’s Club (Northern NJ) Laugh-Off, and placed 2nd … New Orleans Loving Festival – Comedian Alex Barnett
Please join the NEW ORLEANS LOVING FESTIVAL for a film screening. CROSSING THE LINE: Multiracial Comedians by Teja Arboleda & Darby Li Po Price (2008) This award winning documentary analyzes how mixed race comedians mediate multiracial identities and humor. Crossing lines of racial, ethnic, and cultural acceptability by their very existence, multiracial comedians reveal that … New Orleans Loving Festival – Crossing The Line
Please join the NEW ORLEANS LOVING FESTIVAL for an Opening Reception & Film Screening. MULTIRACIAL IDENTITY by Brian Chinhema (2010) Multiracial people are the fastest growing demographic in America, yet there is no official political recognition for mixed-race people. Multiracial Identity explores the social, political, and religious impact of the multiracial movement. (82 minutes) FREE … New Orleans Loving Festival – Multiracial Identity
The Historic New Orleans Collection recently published an outstanding biography of Ernie K-Doe, legendary New Orleans musician, by author and historian Ben Sandmel. Sandmel will discuss the decade-long project at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, at Maple Street Books’ New Orleans Healing Center branch (2372 St. Claude Ave.). Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of … The Bio of K-Doe: A Secret New Orleans History (reviewed)
The Delta Mouth Literary Festival took place in Baton Rouge last month, and among its docket of readers that spanned the three-day extravaganza was New Orleans’ own Paul Killebrew, poet extraordinaire and attorney for the Innocence Project. Paul agreed to chronicle his journey and experience for Room 220, and although his descriptions seem to insist … A New Orleans poet abroad: Paul Killebrew reports from the Delta Mouth Literary Festival
While producing and sharing video is becoming increasingly easier, we believe that truly exceptional video works still deserve to be presented and appreciated in the best possible way Please join us for a special presentation of NURTUREart’s semi-annual video series, Videorover III – an ever-expanding forum for new and emerging video artists. Co-presented by … NURTUREart – Videorover III
I’ve been exchanging emails with Matt and Jackie Sumell for over a month now, hammering out details of the reading Matt will headline this Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Antenna Gallery Outdoor Auxiliary (2116 St. Claude Ave.). Matt is coming from Los Angeles, and the idea to bring him out began in … I am a little less afraid of the world because I know you are never more than a phone call away: A conversation between Jackie and Matt Sumell
My Bayou: New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover By Constance Adler Michigan State University Press Reviewed by Taylor Murrow Everyone has his or her New Orleans story. There is the college freshman, eager to experience Bourbon Street in all of its neon-lit, to-go-drink glory. There is the vacationer who became transfixed by second … Another love letter: A review of Constance Adler’s “My Bayou”
