2017 Events
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Friday, June 9th
MIXED COMEDY HOUR WITH MARVIN LEE CAFE ISTANBUL (Located inside the New Orleans Healing Center) 2372 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117 Comedy Performance from 8:00pm to 9:00pm Please join the Loving Festival for a night of comedy featuring actor/comedian MARVIN LEE from AMC's The Walking Dead. Arrive early for HAPPY HOUR & LIVE MUSIC featuring bassist/composer Albey Balgochian and drummer Lionel P. Batiste, Jr. Doors open at 7:00pm. Comedy Performance begins at 8:00pm. Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door Life can be interesting growing up in a bi-racial household in the deep South but also full of laughs. With the exception of Asian, MARVIN LEE has been mistaken for every minority living in the U.S. to the final conclusion of “What are you?" Hilarious is the answer. Marvin's amazing range of perspectives of the human condition to his commentary on the battle between the sexes always creates an atmosphere of good natured comedy while allowing his audience to learn something about each other and hopefully, themselves. In the end you will leave knowing exactly what to call Marvin Lee, FUNNY. Marvin's TV & Film credits include: Marvel’s ANT-MAN, Allegiant (Divergent 3 pt.1), Insurgent (Divergent 2), Mockingjay (Hunger Games 3 pt.2), Walking Dead, Drop Dead Diva-Season 5 (Lifetime), & Necessary Roughness (USA), and The Walking Dead (AMC). For more information visit: Website, https://www.comedianmarvinlee.com Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/MarvinLeeComedian PURCHASE TICKETS BELOW! |
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Friday, June 2nd
WHAT IS LOVE - Gallery Opening & Reception EXCHANGE CENTRE GALLERY 935 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 6:00 pm to 8:00pm GALLERY HOURS: Weekdays from 8:00am to 6:00pm. On view June 2nd to July 7th, 2017 - FREE ADMISSION WHAT IS LOVE is a multi-layered social practise project aimed at unifying past perceived differences through creatively and collaboratively redefining the word “love.” The concept of love has been the driving force behind the creation of some of our greatest works of art, our philosophies, and our most severe behaviors. While Webster’s Dictionary defines love as “a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person,” this uniform definition precludes our understanding that the human experience of love is varied. Interdisciplinary photographic artist, ANGELA FAMA began What Is Love in response to this standardized definition. Through the months of May to October 2015, Fama drove over 17,000 kilometers across Canada and the USA in "Debbie," a 1977 RV she remodeled to be a traveling photo studio. Fama stopped at over 20 pre-determined diverse locations, New Orleans being one of them, capturing over 300 interactions with interested passersby. Fama asked each person the same set of questions in the studio and documented the resulting conversation through image and audio. What Is Love is an initiative of the WABISABI BUTTERFLY project, founded by Fama in 2010, to bring together adult survivors of trauma and sexual abuse to form safe, respectful and inclusive communities engaged in the arts and collaborative positive change. ARTIST BIO: Angela Fama is interested in exploring the tension inherent in our collective desire for both the temporal and transcendent. Investigating themes of meaning, emotion, memory and change, Fama is often found burrowing through the endless excess, finding substance and beauty in the overlooked or forgotten. For more information visit: www.angelafama.com www.wabisabibutterfly.com www.facebook.com/wabisabibutterfly www.instagram.com/angelafama www.twitter.com/angelafama Curated by the Exhibition Design Class, M. A. Museum Studies Program, Southern University at New Orleans. For more information contact [email protected] or visit: www.suno.edu/academic-departments/museum-studies www.facebook.com/MuseumStudiesSUNO STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS! #AngelaFama #WhatIsLove #WabisabiButterfly #ArtsCouncilOfNewOrleans #MSPsuno #LoveYall #LovingFestival |
Please Mark Your Calendars for May 2, 2017 - GIVE NOLA DAY!
We're asking everyone to support the New Orleans Loving Festival and other local nonprofits during GiveNOLA Day - an annual 24-hour online giving event. GiveNOLA Day, hosted by the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is a one-day online giving event to inspire people to give generously to nonprofit organizations that are making our region stronger, creating a thriving community for all. GiveNOLA Day raises money for the community, brings new donors to local nonprofits, and shows anyone can be a philanthropist. Anyone can make a tax deductible donation to a nonprofit that has created a profile on GiveNOLA.org. The minimum gift is $10 and there is no maximum size or number of donations you can make. LOOK HERE for more details. Is there an option for early giving? Yes! New this year, donors have the ability to make an online donation starting on April 25, 2017. To schedule a donation, a donor needs to create an account on GiveNOLA.org. The donor will receive a confirmation email upon submitting the form. The payment will be processed on May 2, 2017, at which time the donor will receive an email receipt. Thanks for your consideration. Please help us spread the word! |
Saturday, March 18th
Blended Books Club™ - MID CITY Location To Be Announced 2:00pm to 5:00pm The Loving Festival is happy to announce a new Mid City Blended Books Club, led by author, facilitator and speaker, Rachel Dangermond. The featured book for the club's first meeting is "Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel" by Nikki Grimens and R. Gregory Christie. BBC Mid City is co-coordinated by the Loving Festival and Transracial Parenting - www.transracialparenting.com. PLEASE NOTE: BBC Mid City is open to youth enrolled in Transracial Parenting's afterschool program. The meeting address will be emailed to program participants. Contact [email protected] and [email protected] for additional information. The Blended Books Club provides youth with greater access to books by and about people of color, the multiracial experience, important social justice issues and love. To donate new and gently used books, check out our WISH LIST. You may also purchase BBC books at Community Book Center - located at 2523 Bayou Road, NOLA. #TransracialParenting #CommunityBookCenter #BlendedBooksClub #LoveYall |
Tuesday, February 14th
LOVING - Free Community Film Screening & Discussion TULANE UNIVERSITY - Lavin-Bernick Center's City Diner 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans 70118 6:00pm Screening, 8:00pm Discussion LOVING by Jeff Nichols Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry – and their love story has become an inspiration to couples ever since. (2016, Run Time 123 minutes) Members of the Welcome Table New Orleans Carrollton Circle will facilitate a discussion after the screening. Co-Hosted by the New Orleans Loving Festival, Welcome Table New Orleans, and Tulane's Center for Public Service & Office of Multicultural Affairs. For more information contact [email protected], and please visit: www.welcometable.org www2.tulane.edu/cps www2.tulane.edu/studentaffairs/intercultural www.focusfeatures.com/loving #LoveYall #LovingFestival |
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Saturday, February 4th
Blended Books Club™ - STORYTELLING HOUR & CUPCAKES COMMUNITY BOOK CENTER 2523 Bayou Road, New Orleans, LA 70119 2:00pm to 3:00 pm Please join the #BlendedBooksClub for a MARDI GRAS Storytelling Hour with New Orleans CupCake Fairies, Michele Burton-Oatis and Melissa Woods - www.cupcakefairies.com. We'll have refreshments, prizes, book crafts and a reading. Writer, Pastry Chef and Food Network Contestant, Michele Burton-Oatis will read from her forthcoming book "Pixie Wants a CupCake on Mardi Gras Day." Admission is FREE so tell all your friends! |
About the Book: Sasha "Pixie" Love and her family enjoy attending Mardi Gras parades together. This year a plush cupcake is the special throw in Pixie's favorite parade and it's the only thing the six year old wants. Will Pixie get the prized Mardi Gras throw? "Pixie Wants a CupCake on Mardi Gras Day" is a delightful story about a young girl's epic journey for Mardi Gras treasure, and the surprise twist she encounters along the way.
The BLENDED BOOKS CLUB is a New Orleans Loving Festival Initiative that provides local youth with books about people of color, love, the multiracial experience and important social justice issues. This event is made possible with support from the New Orleans CupCake Fairies and Community Book Center.
For sponsorship information or to donate new and "gently used" books contact [email protected] or visit our WISH LIST at www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2OOVA4VHDKLEI/ref=cm_wl_list_o_1 #BlendedBooksBuzz #NewOrleansCupCakeFairies#CommunityBookCenter #LoveYall #LovingFestival
The BLENDED BOOKS CLUB is a New Orleans Loving Festival Initiative that provides local youth with books about people of color, love, the multiracial experience and important social justice issues. This event is made possible with support from the New Orleans CupCake Fairies and Community Book Center.
For sponsorship information or to donate new and "gently used" books contact [email protected] or visit our WISH LIST at www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2OOVA4VHDKLEI/ref=cm_wl_list_o_1 #BlendedBooksBuzz #NewOrleansCupCakeFairies#CommunityBookCenter #LoveYall #LovingFestival
Saturday, January 14th
Blended Books Club™ MLK Holiday Book Sale STELLA JONES GALLERY Place St. Charles, 201 St Charles Ave #132 New Orleans, LA 70170 3:00pm to 4:00pm Please join the #BlendedBooksClub for storytelling hour and book sale at Stella Jones Gallery - www.stellajonesgallery.com. We'll have refreshments, prizes, and books about human rights advocates and artists of color for sale. The Guest reader is actor, C. C. H. Pounder. New Orleans artist Sean G. Clark will lead a book art workshop. Please tell all your friends! Admission is FREE. Featured Books: I HAVE A DREAM by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history. His words, paired with Caldecott Honor winner Kadir Nelson's magnificent paintings, make for a picture book certain to be treasured by children and adults alike. The themes of equality and freedom for all are not only relevant today, 50 years later, but also provide young readers with an important introduction to our nation's past. VOICE OF FREEDOM: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford Stirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion of equal voting rights. Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson’s interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats. Featuring vibrant mixed-media art full of intricate detail by Ekua Holmes, Voice of Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and legacy with a message of hope, determination, and strength. The BLENDED BOOKS CLUB is a New Orleans Loving Festival Initiative that provides local youth with books about people of color, love, the multiracial experience and important social justice issues. This event is presented in partnership with Stella Jones Gallery. For sponsorship information or to donate new and "gently used" books contact [email protected] or visit our WISH LIST. #BlendedBooksBuzz #SGClarkArt #StellaJonesGallery #LoveYall #LovingFestival |
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