The Community Book Center (2523 Bayou Road) has a motto: We celebrate Black history every day. And they’ve been doing it for a whopping 30 years! This weekend, the CBC is hosting an array of events to celebrate their anniversary, with offerings to entice any book lover or supporter of this fantastic community space–as anyone … CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY BOOK CENTER’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY!
Rachel Kushner’s novel The Flamethrowers, from which she read last spring at a packed Room 220 Happy Hour Salon, has been named a finalist for this year’s National Book Award. This might feel a bit like Old Hat for Kushner, whose debut novel, Telex From Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book … Congratulations, Rachel Kushner, National Book Award finalist (again!)
Jesmyn Ward, whose 2011 novel Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award, will present her new memoir, Men We Reaped, at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St.). Ward is the subject–and Men We Reaped the topic–of a lengthy and candid new profile by Chris Waddington at nola.com, which … Jesmyn Ward to read from Men We Reaped at Octavia Books this Friday
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities will celebrate the publication of the most recent issue of its flagship quarterly, Louisiana Cultural Vistas, starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Louisiana Humanities Center (958 Lafayette St.). The Fall 2013 LCV, which is available in full online, features a cover story on New Orleans … Civil Rights, philistines, and Teddy bears, Oh my!: Celebrate the launch of the new issue of Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine
Please join us for the New Orleans premiere of WAITED FOR by Nerina Penzhorn. WAITED FOR interweaves three stories of South African lesbians who adopt across racial lines. The documentary explores the ways in which these queer families challenge and are challenged by the traditional hierarchies of race and heterosexism that are still deeply entrenched … New Orleans Loving Festival – WAITED FOR
Please Join us for “THE GREEN SCREEN”a monthly environmental film series produced by the Charitable Film Network and The Green Project, with support from Press Street. MINE by Geralyn Pezanoski MINE is a documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst disasters in modern U.S. … The Green Screen – MINE
By Ari Braverman New Orleans Review will celebrate the release of its new issue with readings from the magazine and literary mingling beginning at 7 p.m. this Friday, September 13, at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple St.). This is the magazine’s second issue under new editor Mark Yakich, a poet and professor at Loyola. … New Orleans Review unveils its newest issue this week
Yale University has selected local author and Room 220 friend Michael Jeffrey Lee as a recipient of the 2013 Yale Educator Award. Yale asks incoming freshmen to nominate teachers who particularly inspired them. Recent NOCCA graduate-cum-Yale-student Leigh Vila picked Lee, who teaches creative writing at the arts conservatory. Lee is the author of the short … Yale recognizes Michael Jeffrey Lee for his inspirational prowess
Local author Michael Patrick Welch, who writes a regular column for the VICE magazine website about New Orleans, made a “pilgrimage” to see famed New Orleans publisher “Gypsy” Lou Webb for his most recent installment. Webb was one half—with her husband, Jon—of Loujon Press, the 1960s French Quarter publishing outfit that put out books by … Michael Patrick Welch visits Gypsy Lou Webb for VICE
