Apologies to any Room 220 readers who showed up to Shaq’s book signing on Saturday after he had left. According to sources at the Garden District Book Shop, his handlers called the evening beforehand to notify the store that Shaq would be appearing from 10:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. instead of 12 — 2 p.m., … Mission Accomplished
Shaquille O’Neal’s outsized persona and multitudinous forays into everything from acting to law enforcement sometimes overshadow what an incredible basketball player he was. He ranks fifth in all-time scoring in the NBA, he’s won four national championships (including three consecutive with the Los Angeles Lakers), and he is one of only three players to earn … Shaq Attacks the Garden District Book Shop!!!
Have Fun! Learn basic DJ skills and produce your own recorded mix! Sign up for NOLA Mix Youth DJ Classes and learn how to mix, scratch, and perform music with new technology, and hands-on training. Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 8:00pm / January 11th to February 15th (6 classes). Course Highlights: DJ History The Ins & Outs … NOLA MIX – DJ & Music Production
Purchase limited edition Press Street publications for the holidays! Join us at AVANT GARDEN – a new semi-annual curated arts market hosted by Constance, a local arts organization. Avant Garden features artists, designers, makers and taste-makers from the New Orleans community, as well as PECHA KUCHA – a place for young artists and thinkers to … Press Street Book Sale @ Avant Garden
Thanks to everyone who came out Friday, Nov. 18, and Monday, Nov. 21, for readings at the Antenna Gallery. On Nov. 18, twelve writers associated with PANK Magazine from New Orleans and beyond “invaded” the gallery for the most raucous reading Room 220 has hosted. Over 130 people showed up (that’s more than ten folks … Reading Roundup — PANK Invasion + John Jeremiah Sullivan
John Jeremiah Sullivan read as part of the final installment of the fall season of the Room 220 Live Prose at the Antenna Gallery reading series on Monday, November 21, 2011. He was joined by author Nathaniel Rich. Sullivan and Rich also read the following evening at Octavia Books. By Nathan C. Martin John Jeremiah … The South Worries About Itself: An interview with John Jeremiah Sullivan
By Antonia Crane Antonia Crane is a writer from Los Angeles who earns her keep pole dancing in New Orleans. Her nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Black Clock, SLAKE, Word Riot, PANK, The Rumpus, and other places. She interns at ZYZZYVA, volunteers at Write Girl and edits The Citron Review. She wrote a … Touch me like you know me
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Gulfport, Miss., native Natasha Trethewey will speak at Loyola University on Thursday, Nov. 10, as part of the university’s Biever Guest Lecture Series. Trethewey’s first book of poems, Domestic Work, was selected by Rita Dove as the winner of the 1999 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her second collection, Native Guard, won … Natasha Trethewey at Loyola Nov. 10
Room 220 is pleased to host a group of writers brought to New Orleans by PANK Magazine at 7 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 18, at the Antenna Gallery. PANK is an literary undertaking that includes periodicals both print and online, as well as a chapbook imprint. Its editors occasionally muster PANK‘s national network of writers … Live Prose and Poetry: PANK Magazine Invades New Orleans
Sick! Twisted! Dirty! Repulsive! Calling all degenerates! Come out for the Scumbag Cinema Double Feature Series! Get out of the flop house, crack house, or from under that bridge and come by for some of the weirdest films you’ve never seen! This stuff’ll stain your mind and be sure to send your soul straight to … Scumbag Cinema – Litan & Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
