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Mixed Messages.4 – Multiracial Identity Past & Present

The Fourth Annual New Orleans Loving Festival is seeking original artwork and short films with themes concerning “race, racism and the multiracial experience” for a June 7th – July 7th group art exhibit in New Orleans, LA. For submission guidelines visit: https://charitablefilmnetwork.submittable.com/submit. MIXED MESSAGES.4 is co-presented by the New Orleans Loving Festival and Press Street’s Antenna Mixed Messages.4 – Multiracial Identity Past & Present

NOLA Japanese Cinema Series – HAFU

Please join us for NOLA JCS – a monthly Japanese film series hosted by the Japan Society of New Orleans, with support from NOLA Anime, Café Istanbul, Press Street, JETAA NOLA and Charitable Film Network. HAFU: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan by Megumi Nishikura & Lara Perez Takagi The film follows the lives of five NOLA Japanese Cinema Series – HAFU

MIXED MESSAGES.3 & POP!

MIXED MESSAGES.3 – Multiracial Identity, Past & Present GALLERY OPENING & RECEPTION FEATURED ARTISTS: Beatriz “Soco” OCampo, Beryl Johns, Bottletree, Brian Cirmo, Carl Joe Williams, Donte K. Hayes, Ernest Littles, Haylee Anne, Heather Muntzer, J Knoblach, Muffin Bernstein, Joseph Anthony Pearson, Marlena Smith, Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy, and Tasleem Khan. GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday through Friday 1:00pm MIXED MESSAGES.3 & POP!

Splitting Racial Atoms: Mythology and Identity in T. Geronimo Johnson’s HOLD IT ‘TIL IT HURTS

T. Geronimo Johnson will read along with Khaled al-Berry and Lucy Fricke at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27, at Melvin’s (2112 St. Claude Ave.) as part of the Room 220 LIVE PROSE reading series. Details here. By Kristina Robinson Hated it. Remember that phrase from “In Living Color,” the sketch comedy series of the Splitting Racial Atoms: Mythology and Identity in T. Geronimo Johnson’s HOLD IT ‘TIL IT HURTS