The HNOC presents a screening and subsequent discussion of The Baby Dolls: Preserving Culture in New Orleans at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, at The Historic New Orleans Collection (533 Royal Street). Produced by Dr. Kim Vaz-Deville and Vashni Balleste and directed by Dr. Tia Smith, in collaboration with the Xavier University Department of Mass … The Baby Dolls: Preserving the Culture
Dogfish presents Nisi Shawl at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 21, at Dogfish Headquarters (2448 N Villere Street). Nisi Shawl is the co-author of Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, and teaches a workshop based on the book. She co-edited Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler; and, Stories for Chip: … Dogfish presents Nisi Shawl
Dogfish and New Orleans Poetry Festival are delighted to partner and present a special evening featuring Dan Belle and Lisa Donovan, visiting poets from Trembling Pillow Press and Lavender Ink/Dialogos, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, at Dogfish Headquarters (2448 North Villere Street). Dan Bellm is a writer, editor and translator living in Berkeley, … Dogfish & NOPF present Dan Bellm and Lisa Donovan
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
Author C.S. Harris will be signing copies of his book Where the Dead Lie at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, at the Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania Street). Candice Proctor, aka C.S. Harris and C.S. Graham, is the best-selling, award-winning author of more than twenty novels including the Sebastian St. Cyr Regency mystery series … Where the Dead Lie: Book Signing
The Not-So-YA Book Club will discuss this month’s selection, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 27, at Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop (631 N Carrollton Avenue). The Not-So-YA Book Club is for adults who read young adult fiction. They meet every fourth-Monday of each month at 6 p.m. to … Not-So-YA Book Club Meeting
Co-sponsored by NOCCA and Lusher High School, Litfest is open to Louisiana students in grades 8-12th. Events begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, at NOCCA (2800 Chartres Street). Students will attend a master class with Yuri Herrara and attend an open mic event. The festival features workshops for the students including: Screenwriting with Henry … New Orleans New Writers Literary Festival
The Friends of the New Orleans Public Library is sponsoring a book sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, at Carriage House Book Shop, behind the Latter Library (5210 St. Charles Avenue). The sale will feature out-of-print books, signed books, first editions, antiquarian books, and books that are fond treasures from your childhood. Prices start … Really Really OLD Book Sale!
International best-selling author Tiffany Reisz will launch her newest book, the southern time-travel romance, The Night Mark, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). Reisz will be joined in conversation by Jen LeBlanc, author of the Lords of Time historical romance series, to discuss the pleasures and perils of writing … The Night Mark: Book Launch
The HNOC celebrates the release of Garden Legacy, which captures three centuries of garden design in New Orleans in one sumptuously produced work, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, at The Historic New Orleans Collection (533 Royal Street). Authors Mary Louise Mossy Christovich and Roulhac Bunkley Toledano will be on hand to discuss the book … Garden Legacy Book Release Celebration
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.