Please join us for a Poetic Gathering to Celebrate Mixedness and the 46th anniversary of LOVING DAY. We will have readings by local poets Travis Duc Tran, Rosana Cruz, Geryll Robinson and Delia Tomino Nakayama; and music performances by Miguel Alvarado, Kiyoko McCrae, Zuri McCormick, Abbey Justo, Peter Nu, Delia Tomino Nakayama, Rosana Cruz, Jamal … New Orleans Loving Festival – LOVING DAY POETRY CIRCLE
Please join the 3rd Annual New Orleans Loving Festival for a Gallery Opening & Reception. GREY VILLET: Loving Family Portraits Featuring photographs of Richard and Mildred Loving, the interracial couple who fought marriage discrimination in the American south. The exhibit includes photographs featured at New York’s International Center of Photography, and photos that have never … New Orleans Loving Festival – LOVING FAMILY PORTRAITS
Local comic broadside extraordinaire FEAST will host the launch party for its 2013 anthology this Saturday, May 25, from 7 – 10 p.m. at Hey! Cafe (4332 Magazine St.). Published by Antigravity Magazine and founded by Ceasar Meadows, past anthologies have featured local comic artists and illustrators like Jeff Pastorek and Happy Burbeck as well as out-of-town artists Josh Neufeld (author/illustrator of A.D. New Orleans and bestselling graphic nonfiction piece The … Release the FEAST
Please join Press Street for a free community film screening of SHELL SHOCKED: A Documentary about Growing Up in the Murder Capital of America by John Richie. New Orleans, Louisiana is the murder capital of the United States. For the last decade, statistics have shown murder rates four to six times higher than the national … Shell Shocked
The 10th Anniversary Saints and Sinners Festival takes place this weekend, drawing a host of LGTB writers, publishers, and readers to New Orleans from May 23 – 26. The festival began as a way to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and, over the last 10 years, has grown into its current incarnation as a widely acclaimed literary … Saints and Sinners Fest turns 10 this weekend
Inside Orleans Parish Prison—one of the worst jails in the country—an English class takes place, not to help inmates fulfill GED requirements, but simply to facilitate their study of literature and books. In this three-part series, Room 220‘s Ari Braverman explores the parts of the program that make it work—and make it worthwhile—from the founder … OPP ENGLISH, Part III: In the Classroom
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. THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY by Robert Klane Set during … Musically Speaking – THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY
By Nathan C. Martin Like any historical novel—even one set in recent history—Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers is a convergence of the past and the present, the time before now rendered with the help of research but intrinsically influenced by the contemporary moment that shapes the author’s daily life. And like many novels, The Flamethrowers is … I’m not sure there is a clear distinction between “to communicate” and to “monologue”: An interview with Rachel Kushner
Please join us for NOLAsynchroniCITY, a new monthly film series featuring the extraordinary culture of New Orleans and our Louisiana heritage. The films are screened at 8:00pm and 10:00pm on Sunday nights at Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant. Filmmakers will be available for questions in between screenings. Admission FREE. TCHOUPITOULAS by Bill Ross IV and Turner … NOLAsynchroniCITY – Tchoupitoulas
Inside Orleans Parish Prison—one of the worst jails in the country—an English class takes place, not to help inmates fulfill GED requirements, but simply to facilitate their study of literature and books. In this three-part series, Room 220‘s Ari Braverman explores the parts of the program that make it work—and make it worthwhile—from the founder … OPP ENGLISH, Part II: “When I left, my mind was buzzing.”
