Please join us for MUSICALLY SPEAKING – A new series of music-themed movies and documentaries on Mondays, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister. Wattstax by Mel Stuart Wattstax, also known as “Black Woodstock,” is Mel Stuart’s documentary of the epochal 1972 concert hosted by Stax Records at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which drew … Musically Speaking – Wattstax
Please join us for MUSICALLY SPEAKING – A new series of music-themed movies and documentaries on Mondays, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister. Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense by Lars Larson, Michael Rivoira & Pete J. Vogt This movie has been hailed as “the most significant jazz documentary in recent decades,” … Musically Speaking – Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense
Room 220 is pleased to present the book launch for Carolyn Hembree’s Skinny, a collection of her poetry published by Kore Press. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, at Lipstick & Lingerie Boutique in Arabi (7011 St. Claude Ave., just past Jackson Barracks; entrance on Friscoville Avenue). Copies of … ROOM 220 presents: THE BOOK LAUNCH for Carolyn Hembree’s SKINNY
Room 220‘s unfortunately infrequent series of excerpts from literary works whose subjects pass through New Orleans continues with an excerpt of an interview and a passage from a novel by American literary giant Don DeLillo. Previous “New Orleans in Passing” entries featured excerpts from Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy and Naked Lunch by William S. … New Orleans in Passing: DON DELILLO
By Jenga Mwendo Writer Daniel Wolff came to New Orleans five months after Hurricane Katrina with filmmaker Jonathan Demme, not knowing what they’d find. They were told the story was over, that all the “good shots” had already been taken. But it seemed to them that there was a great, ongoing fight for survival that … Honor the stories: An interview with Daniel Wolff
Over at Room 220, we sometimes neglect the kids. It’s true. It’s not a point of policy, it’s just that we’re so tall, and they’re so short, and we often overlook them. One exception is a project we love called BIG CLASS, a children’s workshop and publishing venture headed by Doug Keller that has put … BIG CLASS: Adorable Kids Making Adorable Books
Last Thursday, I received an email from Bill Lavender looking for a job. I didn’t quite get it. I know Bill only tangentially, but I knew he ran UNO Press and the low-residency MFA creative writing program at UNO. I had sent out a query that morning to a spam list for a position open … A Monday morning post, in disgust: A press and a professor bite the dust
Tonight–Thursday, Aug. 2–at 7 p.m., the fantastic MelaNated Writers collective will present their third and final installment of their summer reading series at the Juju Bag Cafe (5363 Franklin Ave.). Following wildly successful events in June at NOMA and July at Cafe Treme, tonight’s event is sure to be a satisfying finale to one of … TONIGHT: MelaNated Juju at the Juju Bag Cafe
Tonight, August 1, at 7:30 p.m., genre-bending Brooklyn-based poets and performers Climbing PoeTree will present Hurricane Season: The Hidden Messages in the Water, a multimedia exhibition inspired (induced?) by Hurricane Katrina and other unnatural disasters. The performance will take place at Resurrection After Exoneration (1212 St. Bernard Ave.). Admission is $6 – $20, on a … TONIGHT: Climing PoeTree, Asia Rainey at Resurrection After Exoneration
