The Delgado Reading Series is held in Issac Delgado Hall, Building 1, Room: 201E at Delgado Community College’s City Park Campus. Look for signs and commotion on the 2nd floor. Reader: Tom Andes’ writing has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2012, Witness, Guernica, Great Jones Street. Xavier Review, and numerous other publications. His book … Delgado Reading Series: Tom Andes & Elle Magnuson
The Rubber Flower Poetry Hour is an Open Mic poetry series in New Orleans, LA. We offer space for fresh and pickled writers alike to spill their guts. Aside from hate speech, there is no limit to what you perform and how you perform it. We strive to maintain a supportive, open, and safe space … Rubber Flower Poetry Hour
“Ritual pop” is the name , Francine Thirteen gives to the genre/aesthetic she explores in her new song and visual track, ‘Live In My Grace.’ The song is in her words, an exploration of the virgin/whore dichotomy. And more largely the power of a woman who owns her own pleasure. Creating space in the physical and ethereal … Francine Thirteen explores a genre of her own making with “Live in My Grace”
On view: Feb 9-March 3 Opening Reception: Friday Feb 8, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 House//Hold is an installation exploring how our bodies relate to our home spaces. Utilizing materials and furniture sourced from Mary Clara Hutchison’s own home, House//Hold reflects the physiological interactions and attachments that form between humans and objects, and … House//Hold :: Mary Clara Hutchison
Shrine and Sound is a series of interactive artist talks and events exploring the depictions of the sacred in popular culture. The second installment will feature the a seminal classic in African cinema, “Yeelen: The Light” by director Souleymane Cisse and an introduction by Baba Marcus Akinlana. Literary Sonic installation by Kristina Kay Robinson. Light … Shrine and Sound: Yeelen Film Screening
A couple Tennessee Williams Literary Festivals ago, I sat in the audience of a panel made up of notable UNO Creative Writing Workshop graduates. Talk quickly turned to the fact that panelist, Maurice Ruffin’s novel had just been announced as a Random House acquisition. And then, just as quickly, to the fact that no one … We Cast A Shadow: Book Launch At Ace Hotel
Tonight, 8PM, Cafe Istanbul, $15 2732 St. Claude Ave The international project BOW’T TRAIL (UNESCO Slave Route Label) is an innovative choreographic, documentary and interactive experience that tells how African cultures and rhythms have unfolded – following the resistance movements of the deported African peoples in the Americas. In each country, the choreographer stays 30 days … BOW’T – NEW ORLEANS by Rhodnie Désir & Spirit McIntyre
Come out to these pubic screenings of the film, Corner Stores, a 2018 Platforms Fund recipient. Screenings will be shown at corner stores featured in the film. Free and open to the public. A Q&A will follow. “Corner Stores” is short documentary (30-minutes in-length). The film is a cross-section of New Orleans, featuring classic spots … Corner Stores Community Screenings
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 6:00 to 7:30 pm Nora Navra Library, 1902 St. Bernard Avenue Free and open to the public. LETTERS READ is the ongoing series of live events in which local performers interpret personal letters written by culturally vital individuals from various times and New Orleans communities and is presented by stationer Nancy … Letters Read: The Desegregation of New Orleans Public Libraries
Offbeat magazine’s Best of the Beat awards are in just a couple weeks (January 31). And while I would like to see them expand their categories a bit (i.e., giving bounce artists and rappers their own separate categories, for one). I was also very excited to see some familiar names and faces on their list … This Is a Journey Into Sound: DJ Legatron Prime talks scratches, practice and primetime!
