Poet Amy Trussell visits the Maple Leaf for her first New Orleans reading since 2008. Author of The Meteorite Dealers, Painted Tongue Flowers, Amy is also co-author of Ungulations: Ten Waves (Under the Hoof) on Surregional Press, and Old Devil Lee with Andy di Michele. Free. Three pm “New Orleans time.” With Dennis Formento opening. … Amy Trussell at the Maple Leaf
Gulf Coast Playwrights Meet-and-Reads are monthly gatherings in which writers bring their works-in-progress to be read aloud for feedback. Generally sections between 10-30 pages are read by participating writers. We ask that playwrights attend at least one monthly meeting before bringing in their work to be read. These readings can be cold table reads performed … Gulf Coast Playwrights – Meet & Read
FEBRUARY 22 3718 ST CLAUDE AVE. 7PM- 10 PM RM 220 invites you take part in a special salon in celebration of Black History Month. Titled for Brent Edwards Hayes’ seminal work, we will explore and examine the historic relationships and connections of the Black Diaspora through literature, food, art, music and most importantly conversation! … RM 220 Presents: The Practice of Diaspora (A Salon)
Tuesday, February 12, 7pm at Paper Machine, 6330 Saint Claude. Bring a dish, or just bring yourself and enjoy a meal with Antenna and the current Artists-in-residence, The People’s Paper Co-op. They are an ongoing initiative based in Philadelphia that connects formerly incarcerated individuals together with artists, civil rights lawyers, and many others to run a … Potluck with the People’s Paper Co-Op
Antenna is excited to announce all of our 2019 selections from our open call programs. These processes are always challenging, because we get SO MANY great applications both locally and from around the globe, and we never have enough spots for the amount of great folks that apply. This year we have some really great … Antenna Open Call Selections for 2019
Help supply the army of the enslaved with costumes! Clothing donations are accepted Wednesday’s at Antenna during gallery hours. Contact raven@antenna.works with questions. Men’s Clothing: —Suit jackets or blazers, preferably not polyester —Dress shirts, collared, long sleeve (white preferable) —pants, preferably cotton or linen, (zip front, button fly, or drawstring). Women’s clothing: —knee to … SLAVE REBELLION REENACTMENT: CLOTHING DONATION GUIDELINES
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FREE FIBER ART WORKSHOPS @ANTENNA Intro to Pom-pom & Tassle Making Wednesdays Feb 13th & 20th 7-8:30PM Costume Making with Pom-poms & Tassles: Sunday Feb 10 11am-2pm Sunday Feb 17 2pm-5pm CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP Kelsey Reynolds offers FREE fiber arts workshops as part of her project, The 7th Ward Garden to Dye For. The … Pom-pom & Tassle Making Workshops
READING NIGHT : CARNIVAL EDITION February 20th, 7-9pm @ Paper Machine 6330 St. Claude Canadians are coming. From Montreal, Estelle Davis and Krizz with local writers Nora Treatbaby, Nyky Gomez, Lucia Honey, Simmons em, and Aj the artist formerly known as Carmine. Composed entirely of trans and queer writers, this radiant array of borderless humans … Reading Night: Carnival Edition
It’s not often that we get a chance to see a podcast adapted for television—especially one like Homecoming. Homecoming recently finished its first season on Amazon Prime, and as a fan of the Gimlet Media production from which it was adapted, I couldn’t stay away. Most podcasts consist of talking heads going on about something … HOMECOMING: shrewd casting and narrative decisions make this new Amazon drama worth a look.
Anxious Sound kicks off our 2019 offerings with the New Orleans debut of world-renowned Dutch sound poet & vocal improvisor Jaap Blonk, our first presentation at the Dragonfly! JAAP BLONK (voice) with “Death Posture Acoustique”: Donald Miller & Rob Cambre (acoustic guitars), Chris Robert (minimal percussion), Emmalee Sutton (dance) For several decades Dutch vocalist and … JAAP BLONK + Death Posture Acoustique
