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Between the Folds

a free screening of the documentary by Vanessa Gould Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? Meet a determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders. Together they reinterpret the world in paper, creating a wild mix Between the Folds

Draw-A-Thon 2009

Press Street’s Fourth Annual 24 Hour DRAW-A-THON @ the Green Room above the Green Project 2831 Marais Street Free and Open to the public.  All materials are provided. 6:30am-12:00pm THE DRAWING ROOM Kid-centered activities in a room covered with paper! Featuring: Optical Illusion Drawings, Creature Battle Draw with Luke, Making Recycled Sketchbooks with Laura Richens Draw-A-Thon 2009

Garden of Earthly Delights

Come and help raise money for our non-profit gallery Antenna by re-drawing sections of Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights on Thursday the 12th. Beer and snacks provided. 6:00 – 10:00. The 8′ x 12′ drawing will be sold by the inch during Antenna’s drawing show/fundraiser on Saturday November 14th 6:00 – 9:00.

Stephen Elliott Reading

Author Stephen Elliott Will read from his brilliant and highly praised new memoir The Adderall Diaries at Antenna!  Free and open to the public.  Drinks will be served! ABOUT THE ADDERALL DIARIES: In the spring of 2007, a brilliant and well-known computer programmer named Hans Reiser stands accused of murdering his beautiful, estranged wife, Nina. Stephen Elliott Reading

Copyright Criminals, free screening

COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS a documentary by Benjamin Franzen & Kembrew McLeod Can you own a sound? It depends who you ask. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers from Public Enemy to De La Soul have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new and otherwise original compositions. But when record company lawyers got Copyright Criminals, free screening

DEEP. DOWN. DIRTY.

Deep.Down.Dirty – An Exploration of Southern Female Sexuality, begins October 10 at Antenna Gallery at 3161 Burgundy in the New Orleans Bywater. Representing the work of eight female artists, Deep.Down.Dirty. explores the innate dualities of female sexual identity that arise from coming of age in the Deep South. The artists on display include Helen Maurene DEEP. DOWN. DIRTY.

California Dreaming

Antenna presents: CALIFORNIA DREAMING west coast influenced video by Mads Lynnerup, Patrick Rock, Chris Sollars, Brian Storts, and Kathryn Williamson. Curated by shawn hall. All 5 artists showed performance and installation work in nola between 1999-2001 as a part of Bing Bang Art Bash at the Mermaid Lounge. Having all met while attending the San California Dreaming

Reading by Pia Z. Ehrhardt

Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Room 220 co-founder and author will read from her new short story collection “Famous Fathers”. Other writers from the Room 220 group will also read a page or two of what they’ve been working on lately. It’ll be salon-style and a nice culmination of the time the group spent at Colton.

Sum

Antenna is pleased to present “Sum,” featuring artists Angela Driscoll and Kevin H. Jones. Driscoll and Jones share an interest in reconfiguring natural and human-made systems. Driscoll’s Blog Drawings are based on information researched from weblog entries – specifically their language and grammar. These drawings of graphite and woven paper represent information gathered in a Sum

Out of the Same Pot

Out of the Same Pot is  a potluck encouraging understanding between all races and classes.  Anyone interested is encouraged to attend! FREE! please bring a donation of a potluck dish to share, and maybe a story with which you can ?stir the pot!? Also! After the meal, we ask participants to place their empty pot Out of the Same Pot