The Poetry Buffet will host Darrell Bourque and Julie Kane on Saturday, October 1, at 2 p.m. at the Latter Library (5120 St. Charles). Darrell Bourque grew up in a rural community near Sunset, Louisiana. He graduated from USL and then received a master’s and a Ph.D. in creative writing from Florida State University. He is Professor Emeritus in English … The Poetry Buffet with Darrell Bourque and Julie Kane
24-Hour Comics Day is an annual international celebration of comics creation. On this day, creative folks take on the 24 hour comics challenge: to create a 24 page comic book story, normally months worth of work, in 24 straight hours. Many participants gather at official event sites all over the world including comic book stores, schools, … 24hr comics day at Antenna
NOCCA will present for the sixth year straight a group of esteemed writers from around the globe, in partnership with the University of Iowa’s International Writers Program. This year’s reading will feature Ko Hua Chen (Taiwan), Courtney Sina Meredith (New Zealand), Ukamaka Olisakwe (Nigeria), Shenaz Patel (Mauritius), Vladimir Poleganov (Bulgaria), and Zhou Jianing (China). The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October … NOCCA presents An Evening with the University of Iowa’s International Writers Program
Freeman’s Own: A Writer’s Talk Series has two events in New Orleans this week. The first will be the New Orleans launch of the Best New Writing on Family anthology at 6 p.m. on September 29, at the Ashé Contemporary Arts Center (1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd). The panel and book signing will feature editor John Freeman, … Freeman’s Own: A Writer’s Talk Series hosts events Thursday and Friday
This issue traverses the haunting crossroads of beauty and horror, including exquisite ghastliness, leaky cemeteries, transcendent funeral traditions, toxic beauty treatments, and predatory flowers.
Join us Thursday Oct 6, 6pm at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum – 514 Chartres St This night is devoted to the delicate and the disturbing, the beautiful and the grotesque! Join us for an artist talk with Antenna 2016 Open call exhibiting artist Doreen Garner. Garner describes her work as identifying, extracting, and exploiting … Artist Talk with Doreen Garner at the Pharmacy Museum
Opening Reception: Oct 8, 6-10pm Closing Reception: Nov. 12, 6-10pm Hours: Sat and Sun 12-5, Tuesday-Friday 12-5 call ahead Most of my work resides at the intersection between painting, drawing, and performance. For the last ten years I have been working on a series of paintings, and drawings that rely on gesture and improvisation to … Dog Hospital
Countless writers in New Orleans are ever plucking away at their keyboards, conducting research or interviews, or simply probing their memories and inner lives to create worthwhile work. Much of this is published online, scattered disparately throughout cyberspace. Here are a few things we at Room 220 read recently that compelled us to gather them together and share. … Recently read, a New Orleans writers round up: Andy Young, Anya Groner, M’Bilia Meekers, Zach Bartlett, Nordette Adams, Tad Bartlett & Cassie Pruyn
The Blood Jet Poetry Series will host fiction writers Kalamu ya Salaam and Laurie Cedilnik on Wednesday, September 14, at 8 p.m. at B.J.’s (4301 Burgundy). Tom Andes will host. Kalamu ya Salaam is a poet, author, filmmaker, and teacher from the 9th Ward of New Orleans. A well-known activist and social critic, Salaam has … Wednesday Night: Fiction at Blood Jet Reading Series & Mystery Writers Mix and Mingle Uptown
Opening Reception: Oct 8, 6-10pm Daily hours: Sat and Sun 12-5, Tuesday-Friday 12-5 call ahead RAP CULTURE, FEMINISM, CRAFT, PATHOLOGY, IDENTITY, FETISH, ABNORMALITY, RACE, SEXUALITY, BEAUTY, ANATOMY, CULTURAL VALUE, AND PERSONAL NARRATIVE. These themes penetrate my artistic practice, collaging into visual depictions of a life that is my own. In sculpture, video, and performance, I … Ether and Agony
