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
Letters Read: Lafcadio Hern 6:00pm, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Crescent City Books, 124 Baronne Street Letters Read is a new series of live events produced in collaboration with stationer Nancy Sharon Collins in which performers interpret personal letters written by individuals vital to the history and culture of New Orleans. For the inaugural event, we are excited to … Letters Read: Lafcadio Hearn
Kay Murphy facilitates a poetry workshop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, at the Alvar Library (913 Alvar Street). Kay Murphy is a Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans where she taught in the English department, the Creative Writing Workshop, and the Honors Program, and served as Poetry Editor for Bayou. She … Poetry Workshop with Kay Murphy
Come see Eno Edet’s Library of the Ridiculous at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, at the Art Klub (1941 Arts Street). Told from the perspective of the “have-not,” Mr. Eno’s book collection makes up what is called The Library of the Ridiculous. Participants of all ages are invited to make books with Mr. Eno … Library of the Ridiculous Closing Reception
The second annual New Orleans Poetry Festival presents their famous Poets with Bands at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, at Cafe Istanbul NOLA (2372 St. Claude Ave). This year’s show features Kelcy Mae, Skin Verb, Jamie Bernstein, The Geraniums, The Call Girls, and special guests. Admission is free to festival pass holders or $15 … Poets with Bands
Take a look at queer arts and artists at Queerspective at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at the New Orleans Community Print Shop (1201 Mazant Street). A panel talk, facilitated by Kiernan Dunn, features Devin O. Saurus, Tela Love, Colin Roberson, and the Queer Cartography project. Kiernan Dunn is a member if the New Orleans … Queerspective: Past, Present, and Future
Tomas Moniz presents RAD Families: A Celebration at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, at Rank & File Books (5206 Magazine Street). Join Editor Tomas Moniz and local rad writers Hope Gutwrench, musician Nomi!, and more TBA for an engaging hour at Rank & File Books. RAD Families: A Celebration honors the messy, the painful, … RAD Families and Friends: Book Release and Social Hour
Darling Fitch presents A Stranger Sound at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 14, at the Mudlark Public Theatre (1200 Port Street). Arising from Berlin’s queer party scene, A Stranger Sound is a dark yet affirming transgender coming-of-age story. Through music and poetry, the show leads audiences to journey through “gender dysphoria and chemical ecstasy / … Darling Fitch plus Cat Child
Join Jeff’s book club for a discussion of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at Bakery Bar (1179 Annunciation Street).
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museums door’s for live music, movies, children’s activities and more, at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 7, at the New Orleans Museum of Art (1 Collins Diboll Cir). The schedule is as follows: 5 – 8 p.m. Art on the Spot 5 – 7 p.m. Edible Book Day presentations … Friday Nights at NOMA: Great Houses of Havana Lecture
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.