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If you'd like to list a benefit event for Hurricane Katrina victims, please e-mail us. |
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Shelter From the Storm
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When: Friday and Saturday, September 30 and October 1
Where: Bowery Poetry Club: 308 Bowery, NYC; Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church: 131 East 10th St., NYC
What Time: 6 p.m. to 4 a.m.; 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
In the deafening wake of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina,
performers, poets and artists of all colors and shapes are gathering
for a weekend of roof-busting fund and fist-raising. Performances by Toni Morrison, Amiri and Amina Baraka, Cecil Taylor,
Eric Bogosian, Yusef Komunyakaa, Anne Waldman, Marc Ribot, Suheir
Hammad, Beau Sia, Eddie Bobé, Denizé Lature, Willie Perdomo, Dael
Orlandersmith, Edwin Torres, and New Orleans' "People's Poet" Kalamu ya
Salaam, plus many more.
Click here for more information. |
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Call for Submissions: Katrina Fundraiser
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American literature owes a debt of gratitude to the rich cultural
traditions of the Deep South. The literary dynamism of the region truly
captures a jambalaya of cultures, voices and ideas. Sadly, the 2005
hurricane season has destroyed or severely impaired the libraries,
literacy programs, and lives of writers and publishers in the region.
Periphery magazine is devoting its 2006 edition, entitled
"Southern Revival: Deep South Magic for Hurricane Relief," to library
recovery efforts. The editor pledges to absorb all production costs and
to forward all sales, donations and support culled from Periphery to the
Hurricane Katrina Book Relief Campaign funded by www.firstbook.org.
Contributions to "Southern Revival" must capture,
in some way, the magical essence of the Deep South. While our usual focus is
magical realism, the editor has expanded the possibilitie this time to
include all imaginative literary forms. We are interested in diverse voices
and ideas.
Forms: free verse, flash fiction (<1000 words), creative
nonfiction (<1000 words), digital artwork, and prose poetics.
Possible subjects: faith healing, voodoo, haints, curses, miracles,
legends, fish stories, vampires, devils, preachers, black cats, owls,
thunder and lightning, snake oil salesmen, black magic, mardi gras,
witchcraft, planting by the moon, superstitions, ghost armies, sleepwalking,
and all things haunted.
Full guidelines are available here.
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ART20
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When: Thursday, November 17
Where: The Park Avenue Armory
What Time: 6 p.m.
ART20
is a unique international art fair comprised of 58 blue-chip galleries
from the United States and Europe representing museum-quality art from
1900 to contemporary. Highlights include works by: Bearden, Motherwell,
Chagall, Giacometti, Sam Francis, and Warhol.
For more information: (212) 219-9401, ext. 138 or support_artists@lmcc.net
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Mardi Gras Resurrection Party
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When: Friday, October 7
Where: Pier 63, West 23rd St., NYC
What Time: 6 p.m.-4 a.m.
With the flooding and evacuation of New Orleans, the exuberant,
eclectic musical culture of a great American city is in real danger of
vanishing. While Americans have been generous in giving to emergency
services, it's easy to forget that the Musical Culture N'Orleans is so
famous for, is in the hands of musicians who are now scattered across
the United States, most of them homeless and many of them without their
instruments.
A jambalaya of Southern musical styles including readings by local
writers, performance artists, dancers, a fire performance.
Produced by Arts Circle & others. Proceeds will go directly to The
New Orleans Musicians Clinic; The Jazz Foundation of America; and
Katrina Found Pets' Abby Fund.
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A Night for New Orleans
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When: Monday, October 10
Where: Cooper Union's Great Hall, Fourth Ave. & Seventh St., NYC
What Time: 7 p.m.
Bookforum magazine, in
conjunction with Cooper Union, hosts an evening of readings featuring
the brightest literary lights from Louisiana and Mississippi,
including: Robert Stone, Donna Tartt, Roy Blount Jr., John Barry,
Valerie Martin, Nancy Lemann, and Mike Tidwell; hosted by Chris Rose of
the New Orleans Time-Picayune. Additional readers and musical guests will be announced.
All proceeds will go to the assistance of writers, artists,and musicians victimized by Hurricane Katrina.
Tickets are $35; discount student tickets are available for $15 on the
night of the event. Information on tickets is available at www.bookforum.com or by calling (212) 475-4000.
For more information, contact Eric Banks: (212) 475-4000, ext. 240.
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KARES Benefit Reading
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When: Saturday, November 5
Where: Canino's: 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY
What Time: 6 p.m.
A reading from the anthology French Quarter Fiction, proceeds of which will go to KARES. |
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The Voice of Witness
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The Voice of Witness (VOW) series, co-sponsored by McSweeney's and the UC Berkeley
Graduate School of Journalism,
will focus a new book on those victimized by Hurricane
Katrina and the government's response thereafter. Many interviews from
those who are, or were until recently, living in shelters
in Houston and Baton Rouge have been collected, and now McSweeney's is
looking for interviewers who can devote much of the next two to three
weeks to interviewing more of the displaced.
Interviewers of all stripes are welcome.
For more information, visit the McSweeney's web site. |
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