Opening Reception: Saturday Feb 2, 6pm to 9pm, $5 suggested donation, music by DJ Ann Glaviano (HEATWAVE!) Second Saturday Reception: Feb 10, 6-10pm Featuring costumes by: Alana Harris – New Orleans Creole Belle Baby Dolls Laron Nelson – Opulent Designs Royalty costume creator for Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Inc., Krewe of Athena, Mystic … King for a Day
Sunday, February 4, 1-4 pm @ Antenna, 3718 St. Claude Ave Perfect for any Carnival parade, party, or ball – make a unique, head-turning headdress with just a baseball hat or visor! -Taught by Abby Amos -All supplies, trims, notions, and sparkly bits provided, please tell us your color palette so we know what color trims … Transform a hat into a FABULOUS Headdress!
Antenna, in collaboration with stationer Nancy Sharon Collins, is accepting submissions to be read to a live audience at LETTERS READ: text dating Wednesday, February 14 7-9pm at Antenna Gallery 3718 Saint Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 Admission is free and open to the public. Submit your longings, ministrations, and supplications of the heart that you … Letters Read: Text Dating
The New Orleans JCC hosts Alon Shaya at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, at the New Orleans JCC (5324 St. Charles Avenue). Join the JCC for an evening with Chef Alon Shaya. He will speak about his debut cookbook, “Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel.” Octavia Books will be on-site with books for … Alon Shaya at the JCC
The New Orleans Advocate hosts George Saunders at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the New Orleans Advocate (840 St. Charles Avenue). Join us for an enlightening evening with George Saunders. George will be talking about his recent novel Lincoln in the Bardo and a booksigning will follow. Each ticket includes a $5.00 coupon good … George Saunders at the New Orleans Advocate
Tulane University hosts Monique Verdin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at Tulane University’s Freeman Auditorium. The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and Prospect New Orleans invite you to Heart and Land: An Evening with Prospect New Orleans Artist Monique Verdin. For decades, Verdin has documented the complex interconnectedness of environment, culture, economics, … Heart and Land: An Evening with Monique Verdin
The Historic New Orleans Collection hosts Howard Philips Smith at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, at the Willams Research Center (410 Chartres Street). On Wednesday, January 31, author Howard Philips Smith will give a presentation on his new book Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans (University Press of Mississippi, … Howard Philips Smith at THNOC
Garden District Book Shop hosts Mia Borders at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28, at 2727 Prytania Street. Join us for this fun family event with local musician Mia Borders! Mia will perform a few songs as well as discuss and sign her new children’s book, Hey! So I’m A Baby. Selections of original artwork from … Mia Borders at Garden District Book Shop
Octavia Books hosts contributing author Tom Piazza and editor Jonathan Santlofer of It Occurs to Me That I Am America at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30, at 513 Octavia Street. Please join us for a special evening with contributing author Tom Piazza and Editor Jonathan Santlofer featuring IT OCCURS TO ME THAT I AM AMERICA – an extraordinary … It Occurs to Me That I Am America
The New Orleans Museum of Art hosts Odili Donald Odita at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, at 1 Collins Diboll Circle. Odili Donald Odita is an African American abstract painter who lives and works in Philadelphia. Odita’s work explores color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense. His vibrant large-scale abstractions … The Indivisible and the Invincible: a Talk by Odili Donald Odita
