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The Circus Ran for a Little While: Thomas Beller on the Life and Death of Open City Magazine

By Nathan C. Martin Open City magazine launched when I was seven years old. It ceased publication in February after a 20-year run. In his elegy to the magazine in the Wall Street Journal, editor Thomas Beller, who is now an assistant professor at Tulane, wrote about the thirty-somethings who approached him at the last … The Circus Ran for a Little While: Thomas Beller on the Life and Death of Open City Magazine

The Offending Adam TUSCALOOSA ISSUE

New Orleanian (by way of Tuscaloosa) Nik De Dominic is editor of the lit. website The Offending Adam, which has just released a Tuscaloosa Issue in support of his alma mater’s tornado-ravaged town. From TOA: This week, The Offending Adam pauses our usual publication schedule for a specific and important purpose. We are presenting a … The Offending Adam TUSCALOOSA ISSUE

Down White Boy in the Dirty Dirty South: Ben Westhoff Talks Southern Rap at Garden District Books Monday, May 2

Wonderbread-white New Jersey cultural reporter Ben Westhoff embarked upon a journey into the heart of Dixie to extract stories that illuminate the precipitous rise of Southern Hip Hop. Not precisely a cultural critic, Westhoff employed candid interviews and embedded observation to attempt a description of the lives and worlds from which the genre emerged. The … Down White Boy in the Dirty Dirty South: Ben Westhoff Talks Southern Rap at Garden District Books Monday, May 2

Homeless, not Helpless

Please join us for a free preview screening of HOMELESS, NOT HELPLESS “Homeless, Not Hopeless” is an intimate look into the lives of homeless people who were willing to share their experiences about being homeless in New Orleans. A short discussion will follow the screening. NOVV will also launch a new “Give Back with a … Homeless, not Helpless

R.I.P. Jeanne Leiby, 1964-2011

Jeanne Leiby, editor of The Southern Review, died in a car accident near Baton Rouge yesterday. Our sincere condolences to those who loved and who will miss her. More at HTMLGIANT.

The Tribes of Burning Man: Scribe the Mad Chronicler Bares His Fantastical Tales

A couple friends of mine went to Burning Man in 2005, just to see what it was all about. They crammed five in a sedan and drove to Nevada from Kansas armed with drugs, costumes, and sunscreen. I can’t remember if they said anything was remarkable about the experience besides the things one usually hears, … The Tribes of Burning Man: Scribe the Mad Chronicler Bares His Fantastical Tales

Bhutto

New Orleans Community Cinema Presents a free screening of BHUTTO, a film by Duane Baughman. As the first woman to lead an Islamic nation, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s life story unfolds like a tale of Shakespearean dimensions. She evolved from pampered princess to polarizing politician in the most dangerous country on Earth. Accused … Bhutto

Live Comix Reading Night

LIVE COMIX READING NIGHT Caesar Meadows, Will Frank, John Slade, Otto Splotch and more will present their works on Antenna’s big-screen at Comix Night. For more information contact antenna.nola@gmail.com.

NOLA book-related spoof rap music video of the day

(from 2-cent.com: You don’t read books, you’ll end up the dumbest—I promise. I don’t need Hooked on Phonics.)

How to Build a Forest

The How To Build A Forest residency at Antenna in April will focus on ways to visually represent research and conversation integral to the HTBAF installation / performance premiering at the Kitchen in NYC during June of 2011. HTBAF is a collaboration between Shawn Hall and PearlDamour. The piece is a durational installation / performance … How to Build a Forest