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Poetry On The Rooftop: R&B Edition
Umekia’s Corner hosts their open mic, Poetry On The Rooftop, at 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 9, at the Catahoula Hotel (914 Union Street). The event will be hosted by comic Shervey Carter and feature Yahjah, Sabrina Hayes, and GGpender. Admission is free with a one-drink minimum. Special guests and performers are to be added. Participants are encouraged to…
Dogfish presents Kay Murphy and Megan McHugh
The Dogfish Reading Series hosts Kay Murphy and Megan McHugh at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 20, at 2448 North Villere Street. The authors will read from and sell copies of their work. Kay Murphy is Professor Emerita of English at the University of New Orleans. She is the author of two collections of poetry: The Autopsy…
Dogfish presents A Scribe Called Quess
The Dogfish Reading Series hosts A Scribe Called Quess at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 17, at 2448 North Villere Street. Quess will read from and sign copies of his work. A Scribe Called Quess? is a poet, educator, actor, playwright, and activist in that order. He is a 2-time national slam poetry championship title winner and founding…
Music and poetry at Bar Redux
Bar Redux hosts Music & Poetry at 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 6, at 801 Poland Avenue. The event is a showcase of live music, fiction and poetry, hosted by Ryan Gregory Floyd. This month features music from Ryan Gregory Floyd and Dusky Waters, with spoken word & poetry readings by Zachary W. Mohr, Kataalyst Alcindor, Christopher…
Jonathan Penton & Xander Bilyk read at the Maple Leaf
Maple Leaf Bar hosts Jonathan Penton and Xander Bilyk at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 9, at 8316 Oak Street. This reading is free and open to the public. Jonathan Penton founded UnlikelyStories.org in 1998. His own poetry chapbooks include Last Chap (Vergin’ Press, 2004), Blood and Salsa and Painting Rust (Unlikely Books, 2006), Prosthetic Gods (New Sins Press, 2008)…
The Story of Stories: The Practical Magic of Fairy Tales
The Académie Gnostique will host The Story of Stories: The Practical Magic of Fairy Tales at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, at 126 Baronne Street. The suggested donation is $10, and refreshments will be served in the lobby. The event is the first of a three part investigation into the classification, origins, and magical application of…
Platforms Fund awards $60,000 in direct artist support
The Platforms Fund, developed by Antenna, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, and Pelican Bomb, with generous support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, is excited to announce the third round of grant awards! This year we received 106 applications and we were extremely impressed by the strength, breadth, and creativity of the projects…
The animating grief is unfixable: A review of Elizabeth Gross’ Dear Escape Artist
Dear Escape Artist Elizabeth Gross Press Street Press/Antenna, 2016 “Figures take shape,” Roland Barthes writes in A Lover’s Discourse, “insofar as we can recognize, in passing discourse, something that has been read, heard, felt.” Dear Escape Artist, an epistolary sequence poem by Elizabeth Gross joined with book artist Sara White’s ink drawings, assembles its addressee…
Platforms Fund Artist Grants 2017
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…
Gift from the Bywater CDC helps expand Draw-A-Thon
Antenna is thrilled to announce that at our recent board meeting, representatives from the Bywater Community Development Corporation, Skip Henderson and John Guarnieri, delivered a check to establish an educational partnership between Antenna’s 24 hour Draw-a-thon and the Homer A. Plessy Community School. Draw-a-thon, one of New Orleans’ most successful community art events is developed and…
