Note: I stupidly omitted The Definition of Bounce (see above), a fantastic book by 10th Ward Buck , from the Room 220 holiday gift guide. It was sitting on my filing cabinet, instead of on my bookshelf, from which I pulled the guide’s selections. Room 220 featured an excerpt of text and photos from The … Happy Holidays from Room 220
Please Join Us for a Film Screening: A WALK INTO THE SEA – Danny Williams And The Warhol Factory Director Esther Robinson’s personal inquiry into the truth behind her Uncle Danny Williams’ mysterious 1966 disappearance. Virtually unknown today, Williams was Andy Warhol’s lover and a promising young filmmaker. The discovery of 20 never-before-seen films Williams … A Walk Into The Sea – Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
Please join us for a Film Screening: JEAN-MICHELE BASQUIAT – The Radiant Child Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat more than 20 years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist. In the crime-ridden NYC of the 1970s, he covers the … Jean-Michele Basquiat: The Radiant Child
By Nathan C. Martin Mutual obsession can make strange bedfellows. For Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich, it made a multimedia publishing project. The two professors of English at Loyola University New Orleans share a common infatuation with flight and its cultural and psychological accoutrements. Yakich, an accomplished poet (and previous Room 220 interviewee), possesses a … Travel, security, death, the mundane, strangers, boredom, home, geography: A talk about airports and air travel with Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich
Maple Street Book Shop has opened its second satellite store in six months, this time on Ponce de Leon Street, a few doors down from Fair Grinds Coffee Shop, and Canseco’s on the other side. Unlike Maple Street’s Healing Center branch on St. Claude Avenue—which is fairly sprawled, sparse, and awkward—the Bayou Saint John branch … Maple Street Books opens another location, and this one is good
By Nathan C. Martin My bookshelf is full of books I’ve never read. Books are the only things I buy on impulse, and I rarely enter a bookstore I like without buying something. Not only that, but if I like a book I’ve read, I’ll often give it away to a friend. I also move … From the Editor’s Bookshelf: A Room 220 Holiday Gift Guide
PhotoNOLA’s IN PRINT book signing event focuses on the publishing side of photography and highlights books by photographers features in the week-long annual photography festival (is PhotoNOLA a festival? I just get used to everything being a festival). IN PRINT takes place from 5 — 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, at the Historic New … PhotoNOLA’s IN PRINT Book signing this Friday
Apologies to any Room 220 readers who showed up to Shaq’s book signing on Saturday after he had left. According to sources at the Garden District Book Shop, his handlers called the evening beforehand to notify the store that Shaq would be appearing from 10:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. instead of 12 — 2 p.m., … Mission Accomplished
Shaquille O’Neal’s outsized persona and multitudinous forays into everything from acting to law enforcement sometimes overshadow what an incredible basketball player he was. He ranks fifth in all-time scoring in the NBA, he’s won four national championships (including three consecutive with the Los Angeles Lakers), and he is one of only three players to earn … Shaq Attacks the Garden District Book Shop!!!
Have Fun! Learn basic DJ skills and produce your own recorded mix! Sign up for NOLA Mix Youth DJ Classes and learn how to mix, scratch, and perform music with new technology, and hands-on training. Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 8:00pm / January 11th to February 15th (6 classes). Course Highlights: DJ History The Ins & Outs … NOLA MIX – DJ & Music Production
