TUCP and the 2017 Black Arts Festival are proud to present BAF’s Keynote Speaker, Dr. Cornel West at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 24, in Tulane’s McAlister Auditorium. Dr. Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual, keeping alive the legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice. He is a … TUCP & BAF Present: Keynote Speaker Dr. Cornel West
Blood Jet Poetry Series hosts Dylan Krieger and Elizabeth Hall at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, at BJ’s in the Bywater (4301 Burgundy). Dylan Krueger works as a magazine editor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she recently earned her MFA in poetry and co-directed the annual Delta Mouth Literary Festival. Her first book, Giving Godhead, … Blood Jet Poetry Series presents Dylan Krieger and Elizabeth Hall
John Lacarbiere III hosts Poetry on the Rooftop Part 2 at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 19, at The Catahoula Hotel (914 Union Street). This event features an open mic and live music as well as featured readers. Keisha Slaughter and Monica McIntyre of Spirit and Sparrow make a special appearance. Guest performers also include Rickey … Poetry On The Rooftop Part 2
The HNOC presents a screening and subsequent discussion of The Baby Dolls: Preserving Culture in New Orleans at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, at The Historic New Orleans Collection (533 Royal Street). Produced by Dr. Kim Vaz-Deville and Vashni Balleste and directed by Dr. Tia Smith, in collaboration with the Xavier University Department of Mass … The Baby Dolls: Preserving the Culture
Dogfish presents Nisi Shawl at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 21, at Dogfish Headquarters (2448 N Villere Street). Nisi Shawl is the co-author of Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, and teaches a workshop based on the book. She co-edited Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler; and, Stories for Chip: … Dogfish presents Nisi Shawl
Dogfish and New Orleans Poetry Festival are delighted to partner and present a special evening featuring Dan Belle and Lisa Donovan, visiting poets from Trembling Pillow Press and Lavender Ink/Dialogos, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, at Dogfish Headquarters (2448 North Villere Street). Dan Bellm is a writer, editor and translator living in Berkeley, … Dogfish & NOPF present Dan Bellm and Lisa Donovan
In conjunction with the Wetlands Art Tour, now in its fourth year, 100,000 Poets for Change offers up a Wetlands “I’m With Mother Earth” Poetry Revival at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, at Antenna (3718 Saint Claude Avenue). The revival features Jessica Mashael Bordelon, Margie Vicknair-Pray, Nikki Byrd, Valentine Pierce, Geoff Munsterman and Dennis Formento. … “I’m With Mother Earth” Poetry Revival
Author C.S. Harris will be signing copies of his book Where the Dead Lie at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, at the Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania Street). Candice Proctor, aka C.S. Harris and C.S. Graham, is the best-selling, award-winning author of more than twenty novels including the Sebastian St. Cyr Regency mystery series … Where the Dead Lie: Book Signing
The Not-So-YA Book Club will discuss this month’s selection, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 27, at Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop (631 N Carrollton Avenue). The Not-So-YA Book Club is for adults who read young adult fiction. They meet every fourth-Monday of each month at 6 p.m. to … Not-So-YA Book Club Meeting
Co-sponsored by NOCCA and Lusher High School, Litfest is open to Louisiana students in grades 8-12th. Events begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, at NOCCA (2800 Chartres Street). Students will attend a master class with Yuri Herrara and attend an open mic event. The festival features workshops for the students including: Screenwriting with Henry … New Orleans New Writers Literary Festival
