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 Artist Grants 2017
If you’re craving a break from your election anxieties, Room 220 has put together an incredible, non-exhaustive list of recent publications from writers around New Orleans, as well as a few from those who used to be in our midst. Elizabeth Gross, whose chapbook will released from the Room 220 imprint Press Street Press later this month, … Recently read, a New Orleans writers round up: Elizabeth Gross, Adrian Van Young, Justin Nobel, the Peaudunque Writers Alliance, and more
Team Slam New Orleans will host their November Slam featuring Kenneth Something at 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center (1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd). The monthly slam and open mic returns this month, and it will held at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center on the first Sunday of every month. … Slam New Orleans November Slam Featuring Kenneth Something
Justin Nobel and Maurice Ruffin will host a Gatecrashers Publishing Panel at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, at Envie Espresso Bar & Cafe (1241 Decatur Street). This event is a call out to writers of all stripes. This is not a writing workshop, but a pitching session. You may have a great essay or short … Gatecrashers Publishing Panel
Christopher Louis Romaguera will read from poetry and prose he has written while living in New Orleans before he spends most of the next year traveling and writing in South America. Sara Jacobelli will introduce Romaguera at the event, which will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, at BJ’s in the Bywater (4301 … Christopher Louis Romaguera Reading at BJ’s
LadyFest New Orleans Literary Readings will host a reading at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, at a Garden District home (1432 Magazine Street). Organizers promise great food, great wine, and great fun. The reading will feature women writing literature in New Orleans and Louisiana, including: Andrea Panzeca, Lauren Burgess, The Witness, Anna Young, Sara Jacobelli, Jade Hurter, … LadyFest Lit 2016: Saturday Afternoon
The UNO Creative Writing Workshop hosts English Alumni Night at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 4, at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center (Campus map here). Dine and reminisce with fellow graduates, as well as present and former faculty to help mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Creative Writing Workshop. RSVP by Oct. 14, at this link. … UNO English Alumni Night
We are excited to announce the Antenna:: Open Call selections for exhibitions in 2017! From a group of 205 national and international applicants, members of the Antenna gallery collective selected Montréal-based artist Sara Nance for a fully funded 2017 solo exhibition, $1000 honorarium, and development of a print publication. For the Louisiana award, Curator Danny Orendorff selected New Orleans … Antenna::Open Call Selections for 2017
The New Orleans Museum of Music and Cultural Arts will host Dr. Jerry Ward at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 3, at their 124 Baronne Street location, which is adjacent to Crescent City Books. Ward will read from and sign his new book of poems, Fractal Song. Reception at 6 p.m. Event begins at 6:30. By special request, Dave Brinks will open. Jerry … Jerry Ward book release: Fractal Song
Garden District Book Shop will host Rick Barton and Joanne Leake at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 3, at their storefront (2727 Prytania Street). The two will sign copies of Monday Nights: Stories from the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. For the last twenty-five years, the fiction writers in the MFA program at the University of … Rick Barton and Joanne Leake Booksigning
