Please join Room 220 as we host the season’s second Happy Hour Salon with authors Ottessa Moshfegh and Carlus Henderson from 6 – 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). As always, this event is free and open to the public, and complimentary libations will be on hand … Happy Hour Salon: Ottessa Moshfegh and Carlus Henderson
By Nathan C. Martin Someone quipped at last weekend’s Tennessee Williams Festival that Nathaniel Rich’s new novel, Odds Against Tomorrow, was the best Katrina book set in New York City. This observation conceals a degree of truth beneath its corniness, since Rich—a New York native—began his novel about a hurricane hitting New York City six … None of the bad news is made up: An interview with Nathaniel Rich
Please join us for “Musically Speaking” – A weekly series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, with support from Charitable Film Network, Press Street, and WWOZ. FREE Admission and Refreshments. Seating is limited. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. GINGER BAKER IN AFRICA In November 1971, Ginger Baker, the legendary … Musically Speaking – Ginger Baker in Africa & Fela Kuti
SIFT presents its second-annual Edible Book Festival–which is part of a nationwide effort to make “books” one can eat–from 1 – 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, at the Alvar Library (913 Alvar St.). Participants create edible books that are exhibited, documented for the international edible book archive, judged for fabulous prizes, and then eaten by attendees. … SIFT’s second-annual Edible Book Festival – April 6
Please join us for “Musically Speaking” – A weekly series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, with support from Charitable Film Network, Press Street, Whole Foods Market, and WWOZ. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE by Yvonne Smith This documentary follows one of the most … Musically Speaking – One Nation Under A Groove
Please join us for Cultural Film Night, hosted and curated by Delia Tomino Nakayama with support from Press Street, Tulane University and Charitable Film Network. HOUSE OF SAND by Andrucha Waddington A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to … Cultural Film Night – House of Sand
Thanks to everyone who came out late last month for the launch of Press Street’s newest publication, We’re Pregnant, a chapbook of short fiction by Room 220 editor Nathan C. Martin along with photos inspired by the stories by Akasha Rabut, Sophie T. Lvoff, and Grissel Giuliano. More than 100 people packed the Antenna Gallery on a … We’re Pregnant launch recap
By Cate Czarnecki The historical background of perique—a tobacco varietal considered by many to be the strongest and most flavorful in the world—makes it one of the state’s more interesting, if lesser known, agricultural stories. Originally cultivated by an Acadian farmer named Pierre “Perique” Chent in the early 1800s, “le tabac de perique” involves the … An Agrarian Romance: Charles Martin’s PERIQUE
Please join us for “Musically Speaking” – A weekly series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, with support from Charitable Film Network, Press Street, Whole Foods Market, and WWOZ. For more information, contact soulsister@post.com. SONNY ROLLINS: Saxophone Collossus Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Sonny Rollins has been called the greatest … Musically Speaking – Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Collossus
Room 220 was delighted to learn that our frequent contributor Ari Braverman was recently selected as the winner of the 2012 James Knudsen Prize in Fiction, awarded by Bayou Magazine and the University of New Orleans. This year’s contest was judged by author Michael Knight, who said of Braverman’s winning story, “Even Though He’s Still … There’s real darkness here, real heat: Ari Braverman wins the 2012 James Knudsen Prize in Fiction
