Garden District Books will host S.R. Perricone at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 20, at their storefront (2727 Prytania St). The event is free and open to the public. S. R. Perricone is a retired Assistant United States Attorney who spent twenty-one years investigating and prosecuting corrupt public officials and members of organized crime, The Shadows of Nazareth … Garden District Book Shop presents S.R. Perricone
Garden District Books will host Nick Mainieri with Katy Simpson Smith at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 18, at their storefront (2727 Prytania St). The event is free and open to the public. Nicholas Mainieri’s debut novel, The Infinite, will be published by Harper Perennial in November of 2016. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1983, Nicholas has also lived … Garden District Books presents Nicholas Mainieri with Katy Simpson Smith
The launch of Dan Bright and Justin Nobel’s The Story of Dan Bright will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, November 18, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). Justin Nobel writes about science and culture for publications like Oxford American, Orion, Audubon, Tin House, Nautilus, and Newsweek. His story, “The Last Inuit of Quebec,” was published in Best American … Octavia Books hosts the release of The Story of Dan Bright
Piper Kerman will speak on Thursday, November 17, from 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. at Tulane University’s Freeman Auditorium on their uptown campus. Piper Kerman is the author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison from Spiegel & Grau. The book has been adapted by Jenji Kohan into an Emmy Award-winning original … Tulane University hosts Piper Kerman for a conversation on women in prison
The Blood Jet Poetry Series will host Peyton Burgess and Alison Barker for their Fiction Night on Wednesday, November 16, at 8 p.m. at B.J.’s (4301 Burgundy). Peyton Burgess lives with his wife and son in New Orleans where he teaches composition and creative writing at Loyola and works in the Monroe Library. He is the author … Blood Jet Fiction Night with Peyton Burgess and Alison Barker
The launch of Rm220 contributor Nicholas Mainieri’s The Infinite will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). Nicholas Mainieri’s debut novel, The Infinite, will be published by Harper Perennial in November of 2016. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1983, Nicholas has also lived in Colorado and Indiana. After graduating from the … Octavia Books presents the launch for Nicholas Mainieri’s The Infinite
The Dogfish Reading Series presents Sam Ligon and Kate Lebo at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, at Dogfish headquarters (2448 N. Villere St). The event is free and open to the public. Sam Ligon is the author of two novels–Among the Dead and Dreaming and Safe in Heaven Dead–and two collections of stories, Wonderland, illustrated by Stephen … Dogfish presents Sam Ligon and Kate Lebo
The Platforms Fund, a collaborative effort of Antenna, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, and Pelican Bomb in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, is excited to announce an expansion of awards for the 2017-18 cycle. The Fund will distribute a total of $60,000 in grants to a diverse array of artist-driven projects … Platforms Fund 2017: Info Session 1
November 9, 2016 It is because I’m an incredibly privileged person that I’m able to say that I woke up this morning and felt for the first time in my life the particular despair that comes along with living in a country that seems to reject my kind. Perhaps, one must consider, it always has. … “A country that seems to reject my kind”: Nicholas Mainieri reflects on the 2016 presidential election
On view: Nov 12- Dec 4, 2016 Opening Reception: Nov 12, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday -Friday 12-5 Nathan Halverson’s exhibit, Absolute Difference, presents works of found, remixed, and processed audio-visual material exploring the personal and cultural associations that shape our perceptions of media, and the assumptions about referentiality, artificiality, and authenticity we impose on them. … Nathan Halverson: Absolute Difference
