Come and witness Antenna Gallery Artists compete head to head against other artists and pastry professionals in the first annual: CUPCAKE SHOWDOWN & ARTIST CAKE WALK. The public is invited to purchase tasty treats by the contenders and enjoy the fun of competing with others in a $2 a ticket cake walk – where the contending artists and professional cakes are up for grabs!
Jesús Ángel García performs “You Have to Get Naked to Be Clothed in the Lord (or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Reverend’s Wife”)” at the Writers With Drinks reading series in San Francisco. Garcia will perform at the Antenna Gallery on Saturday, June 25, at 7 p.m. to celebrate the launch … “You Have to Get Naked to Be Clothed in the Lord” by JESUS ANGEL GARCIA
Pelican Bomb, an online comrade, has posted Part 2 of the two-part series I wrote about the publications of Loujon Press, a fine-press publisher based in the French Quarter in the 1960s. Loujon published two of Bukowski’s first books, four issues of its literary magazine, The Outsider, and two of Henry Miller’s books, which are … The Artistry of Loujon Press: Part 2
Please join the New Orleans Loving Festival for a special screening of PINKY, by Elia Kazan Pinky (Jeanne Crain), a black woman who works as a nurse in Boston, finds she is able to “pass for white.” Afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancé (William Lundigan) and returns home to … PINKY
Please join us at THE GREEN SCREEN for an encore screening of HANDMADE NATION Starting in 2006, Handmade Nation director Faythe Levine traveled to 15 cities, logged over 19,000 miles and interviewed more than 80 individuals who are part of a tightly knit crafting community which exists both online through websites, blogs and online stores … THE GREEN SCREEN – HANDMADE NATION
Bay Area transmedia artist Jesús Ángel García will perform at the Antenna Gallery on Saturday, June 25, at 7 p.m. to celebrate the release of his debut novel, badbadbad. He will be joined by essayist and poet Hannah Miet. García’s work is an innovative and intense experience that combines a traditional print book, a soundtrack … Jesús Ángel García launches transmedia novel BADBADBAD
I would have given most anything to have been driving down St. Charles Avenue on a morning a few days before Jazz Fest, crossed Napoleon and seen Clancy Martin standing in the neutral ground in nothing but a towel, holding his wallet and cell phone frantically calling Nathaniel Rich to see if he could borrow … Clancy Martin Pantless in New Orleans
Thanks to everyone who came out last Thursday, June 9, to hear Michael Kimball and Blake Butler read from their new novels at the Antenna Gallery. Over 50 people attended the event, which acted as a sort of beta-launch for what will become a regular series of live prose at Antenna hosted by Room 220. … Butler/Kimball recap
Antenna is pleased to present “monu_MENTAL,” a group show proposing imaginative revisions to existing 19th and 20th century New Orleans monuments, with proposals presented by Luis Cruz Azaceta, Ron Bechet, Willie Birch, Max Cafard and Stephen Duplantier, Elena Dahl, Siobhan Feehan and Gianina Jimenez Barrantes, John Kleinschmidt and Andy Sternad, Zakcq Lockrem, Gen McKeown, Rajko … monu_MENTAL
Come celebrate LOVING DAY with us and commemorate Loving v. Virginia (1967), the Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriages in America. Loving Day fights racial prejudice through education and builds multicultural community. It’s a global network of annual celebrations that you can host or attend. It’s also an educational campaign that you can be … Loving Day Celebration!
