Room 220 is pleased to present the first installment of “Stray Leaves,” a monthly(ish) series of articles written by Michael Allen Zell that illuminate oddities and rarities from New Orleans’ literary history. “Stray Leaves,” in Zell’s words, is “a lifting up of stones and crowing about that found underneath, led by the guiding notion that we … STRAY LEAVES: A Tomb for Marcus Christian
Pick up the current issue of the Oxford American to read a feature-length essay by Press Street co-founder Anne Gisleson, “Condolences from Death Row.” The essay, an early draft of which Gisleson read at a Room 220 event in May 2012, uses the author’s receipt of a letter from a death row inmate, who her … Contributor Hype: Anne Gisleson’s “Condolences from Death Row”
Please join us for Musically Speaking with DJ Soul Sister – A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Press Street, WWOZ and Charitable Film Network. Free Admission – SEATING IS LIMITED. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. SHINING STARS: The Story of Earth, Wind & Fire … Musically Speaking – SHINING STARS
Please join us for CULTURAL FILM NIGHT, curated and hosted by Delia Tomino Nakayama, with support from Charitable Film Network and Press Street’s Antenna Gallery. PINA Filmmaker Wim Wenders takes the audience on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage with the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch … Cultural Film Night – PINA
Please join us for Musically Speaking with DJ Soul Sister – A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Press Street, WWOZ and Charitable Film Network. Free Admission – SEATING IS LIMITED. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. EL CANTANTE by Leo Ichaso Jennifer Lopez and Marc … Musically Speaking – EL CANTANTE
Join a bevy of local writers and James Joyce enthusiasts as New Orleans celebrates Bloomsday with a marathon reading of Ulysses beginning at 2 p.m. this Sunday, June 16, at the Irish House (1432 St. Charles Ave.). The event will last for at least two hours, with a docket of readers that includes local literati … Thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart: New Orleans celebrates Bloomsday this Sunday with a marathon reading of Ulysses
Please join Room 220 for a special event as part of the New Orleans Loving Festival—Black Rabbits and White Indians: Racially Controversial Children’s Books—at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). NOTE: Unlike most Room 220 events, this one will start (sort of) on time. It will be immediately followed … Room 220 and the Loving Festival Present BLACK RABBITS AND WHITE INDIANS: RACIALLY CONTROVERSIAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS
The Bayou St. John outpost of the Maple Street Bookstore empire (3141 Ponce de Leon) will host local writers Adrian Van Young and Michael Jeffrey Lee for readings at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4. Both authors have released well-received shorty story collections in the relatively near past, but they will present current work. Lee’s Something … Michael Jeffrey Lee and Adrian Van Young read at Maple Street Books (Bayou St. John) June 4
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. INGREDIENTS by Robert Bates American food is in a state of crisis. Obesity and diabetes are on the rise, food costs are skyrocketing, family farms are in decline … The Green Screen – INGREDIENTS
MIXED MESSAGES.3 – Multiracial Identity, Past & Present GALLERY OPENING & RECEPTION FEATURED ARTISTS: Beatriz “Soco” OCampo, Beryl Johns, Bottletree, Brian Cirmo, Carl Joe Williams, Donte K. Hayes, Ernest Littles, Haylee Anne, Heather Muntzer, J Knoblach, Muffin Bernstein, Joseph Anthony Pearson, Marlena Smith, Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy, and Tasleem Khan. GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday through Friday 1:00pm … MIXED MESSAGES.3 & POP!
