Sigma Tau Delta hosts an open mic poetry night at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, at Satchmo’s Lounge (Loyola University New Orleans). Come by and read your work or listen and support your peers. If you would like to reserve your reading slot, sign up here: http://doodle.com/poll/3df6t83rfwucsxvq
An evening of music and poetry will take place at 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, at Bar Redux (801 Poland Avenue). Featured performers are Ryan Gregory Floyd and T’Lark. Readings by DC Paul and Russ Mercado. Ryan Gregory Floyd is a song writer and author. His forthcoming CD, “A Fire in Your Blood,” is a … Bar Redux presents Ryan Gregory Floyd, T’Lark, DC Paul, and Russ Mercado
Umekia’s Corner presents The Whitness (Eye Whitness Book Release) Poetry Jam and Open Mic at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, at the Catahoula Hotel (914 Union St). Akeem and the DCpoet bring you Brown Sugar vibes and hip-hop music and making history as The Whitness makes her poetry publishing debut with Eye Whitness Special guest … Poetry on the Rooftop 3: Eye Whitness
Join featured panelists for a discussion about comics, graphic novels and inclusivity at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, at the Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp Street). Featuring Kid Koala, Maria Stotter (She Makes Comics), Edgardo Miranda-Rodriquez (Somos Arte, Darryl Makes Comics), and LeSean Thomas (Black Dynamite, The Boondocks), this panel discussion brings together a wide … CAC Conversation: Comics, Graphic Novels, and Inclusivity
Join Odgen Museum docent Maureen O’Dwyer for a discussion of Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives (edited by Martha H. Swain, Elizabeth Anne Payne, and Marjorie Julian Spruill) at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (925 Camp St). Mississippi Women enriched the understanding of women’s roles in the state’s … Ogden Museum Book Club: Mississippi Women
Sisters in Crime: New Orleans hosts the Third Annual Mystery Writers Conference at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 24, at the East Jefferson Regional Public Library (4747 W Napoleon Avenue). General information and speakers to be announced at a later time. For more information, contact Chris Smith at wcsmith@jplibrary.net or visit the Facebook Event page.
Bren McClain’s Mama Bone Barnstorm Book Tour comes to New Orleans for two days, starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at the Jefferson Parish Library (4747 W. Napoleon Avenue). Bren McClain received her BA from Furman University in Greenville, SC. She founded her consulting business, McClain Communications, in 1990. McClain was awarded the South … Jefferson Parish Library presents Bren McClain
BSI Comics hosts Ladies Night at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, at their storefront (3030 Severn Avenue). Celebrate the love of comics exclusively in the company of other women. Snacks and libations will be provided and we will have specials galore! There will also be limited edition lithograph while supplies last. 18 and up. Ladies … Ladies Night as BSI Comics
Join Kathleen Schrenk for a signing and reading of her new book, A Dog Steals Home, at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street). A graduate of Louisiana State University, Kathleen Schrenk worked as a speech and language therapist in the public school system, and taught middle school science … Maple Street Book Shop presents Kathleen Schrenk
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the New Orleans Museum of Art is offering a free poetry workshop for students in grades 8-12 at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, at NOMA (1 Collins Diboll Circle). Led by renowned poet Brad Bagert, workshop participants will tour the museum and select a work of art that inspires … NOMA hosts Poets for Art Workshop
What should Antenna carry forward? What can evolve? What does our creative ecology need from Antenna now & what pathways can we build together to get there?
This October, Antenna invites artists, writers, culture bearers, cultural workers, neighbors, partners, and audiences to join a series of Critical Response Process (CRP) sessions around our emerging Values + Pathways Framework.