Every year, to provide the opportunity for Louisiana artists to have their work reviewed by curators from around the country, Antenna Gallery’s Louisiana call for exhibitions hosts a guest juror to choose the exhibition selection. For 2023 year, our juror is Betsy Lohrer Hall based in Long Beach, California. Betsy Lohrer Hall is a visual … Meet 2023 Louisiana Call Juror :: Betsy Lohrer Hall
ROOM 220 hosts local book launches for Spree MacDonald’s Milksop Codicil and Tom Lowenstein’s The Trials of Walter Ogrod, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, at the Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Avenue). Spree MacDonald lives in South Louisiana with his wife and three daughters. His first chapbook, Milksop Codicil, won the Slapering Hol Chapbook Competition and was published in … ROOM 220 presents Spree MacDonald and Tom Lowenstein
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
Room 220 presents a reading from Lara Naughton and Justin Nobel at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Naughton will read from her debut memoir The Jaguar Man. Nobel will read from his forthcoming book, The Story of Dan Bright. Lara Naughton is a New Orleans-based documentary playwright, memoirist, and writing instructor. With … Room 220 presents Lara Naughton and Justin Nobel
Room 220 presents a reading from Nicholas Mainieri at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Mainieri will read from his novel The Infinite. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1983, Nicholas Mainieri has also lived in Colorado and Indiana. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he earned his MFA from the University of … Room 220 presents Nick Mainieri
The Waves, a quarterly LGBTQ reading series, will present Jonathan Penton, Alison Barker, Gabrielle Douglas, and more at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 13, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The series features local and visiting writers alongside emerging and student voices to encompass a multigenerational LGBTQ perspective. The Waves is also accepting submissions from writers interested … THE WAVES presents Jonathan Penton, Alison Barker, Gabrielle Douglas, and more
The Waves, a quarterly LGBTQ reading series, will present Bryan Borland at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 1, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). The series features local and visiting writers alongside emerging and student voices to encompass a multigenerational LGBTQ perspective. The Waves is also accepting submissions from writers interested in reading at future events. You … THE WAVES presents Bryan Borland
One of the highlights of New Orleans’ literary calendar, the Tennessee Williams Festival (March 30 – April 3) is celebrating its thirtieth year of festivities in 2016. Over its three decades, the festival has faithfully brought acclaimed poets, writers and playwrights from across the country down to the French Quarter, at once celebrating the rich … ROOM 220’s Picks for the Best Panels and Other Events at the 2016 Tennessee Williams Festival (March 30 – April 3)
The Waves, a new quarterly LGBTQ reading series, will hold its first reading of 2016 at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.) The series will present local and visiting writers alongside emerging and student voices to encompass a multigenerational LGBTQ perspective. This edition of The Waves will present an all-local cast … Room 220 Presents: The Waves reading series on Jan. 28
NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE. Five New Orleans Women of Color Writers Capture The Coming Of Age In America’s New South. “A thousand camera flashes light the way as Black Indians dance even to the grave.” – J. Hilt “Sometimes the only way to rid yourself of an abomination is to bury it.” – A. Citchens “Teeming … New Orleans Loving Festival – NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE.
