The Street Musicians of New Orleans
Reporter Deepak Singh was in New Orleans recently. Walking around the city, he talked with some of the street musicians and recorded their music. Take a listen!
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Apr 242013
And now, our final podcast of winners from previous Big Blue Door events is Jude Silveira, who told his story in November 2012. The first annual Big Blue Door Slam is tonight at 8:00 pm at the Black Moto Saloon.
Feb 212013
Tonight’s the big night! The Big Blue Door Slam will be held at the Black Moto Saloon and will feature stories from previous winners of the monthly storytelling event.
Now we bring you Browning Porter, the winner of the September 2012 event.
Feb 212013
Tonight, the Big Blue Door Jam will hold its first ever Big Blue Door Slam, at which previous winners of the storytelling event will try to win the annual prize. The story you about to hear was told by Ray Nedzel. The theme was Unnecessary Suffering. Be warned that this podcast contains mature themes.
This Thursday, the Big Blue Door Jam will hold its first ever Big Blue Door Slam, at which previous winners of the storytelling event will try to win the annual prize. Here, one of the participants, Miller Murray Susen, shares a story inspired by the theme of families. This story was performed in December of 2012.
Feb 182013
This Thursday, Big Blue Door will host the first annual Big Blue Door Slam at the Black Moto Saloon. The event features winners of previous story-telling events.
Feb 182013
This Thursday, Big Blue Door will host the first annual Big Blue Door Slam at the Black Moto Saloon. The event features winners of previous story-telling events. The October 2012 winner is Tom Clay, who told a story related to the theme Ghosts.
On Sunday, February 10, 2013, poet Mary Sherman Willis and her publisher Katherine McNamara discussed the two distinct publishing formats of an excerpt of her forthcoming book-length poem as “Cave Boy,” an iPad-only digital edition and a hand-made art book edition.
On November 29, 2012, Clifford Garstang, author of What the Zhang Boys Know, discussed the literary form of “novel-in-stories” with editor and writer Katherine McNamara.
Nov 122012
On September 21, 2012, the Piedmont Council for the Arts co-sponsored “Talking Walls: Murals Now”, a panel discussion about murals. The event was presented in conjunction with the Piedmont Environmental Council‘s September fundraising exhibition “Painters of the Piedmont” at Chroma Projects.
The panel talk featured accomplished muralists Lincoln Perry, Craig McPherson, William Woodward (PEC guest curator for “Painters of the Piedmont”), and Ross McDermott of the Charlottesville Mural Project (CMP) speaking of the inspiration, protocols, obstacles, technical processes and the meaningful impact of mural painting in public spaces.
Charlottesville is particularly familiar with Lincoln Perry for his soft hued paintings of figures in enigmatic circumstances, and most recently for his epic mural, “The Students Progress,” a visual treatise on academic life that encompasses much of the lobby of Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia. Perry also was commissioned to execute a large mural for the lobby of the Met Life building in St. Louis, MO.
Craig McPherson spent almost seven years creating one of the most ambitious sequential mural projects in New York City. Commissioned by the American Express Company, McPherson’s two mural cycles, “Twilight: The Waterways and Bridges of Manhattan” and “Harbors of the World” were both displayed in American Express’s corporate headquarters at the World Financial Center, which miraculously survived the 9/11 tragedy.
William Woodward is recognized for many significant commissions, including a mural at the Lincoln National Monument in Washington, D.C. Woodward has several decades of experience in creating narrative realism. His most recent commission is the mural, “Thomas Jefferson at Monticello” in the new Visitors’ Center.
Ross McDermott is the Director of the CMP. Launched in 2011 as a program of The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, past murals organized by the CMP include local photographer Will Kerner’s portraits of people affected by mountain top removal at the corner of Water and Second Streets, “Hands Together,” a mural by Avery Lawrence at the IX Project, and a mural on The Bridge PAI by Australian artist Reko Rennie and American artist Frank Buffalo Hyde in partnership with the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.
What happens when your novel doesn’t fit in one genre? What are the perils–and opportunities–of writing a book that defies categorization? Is there a marketplace for cross-genre books? On June 14, 2012, Alma Katsu, author of The Taker Trilogy (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster), talked with mystery author Meredith Cole about fundamentals of storytelling, breaking the rules, and winning over readers of all stripes.
Alma Katsu is the author of The Taker and The Reckoning. The Taker was selected by the American Library Association/Booklist as one of the top ten debut novels of 2011, and translation rights have sold in a dozen languages. She is a graduate (MA) of the Johns Hopkins writing program and an alumna of the Squaw Valley Writers Conference.
On Wednesday, June 13, 2012, playwright DeeDee Stewart and WriterHouse member Elizabeth Derby discussed Stewart’s journey from blog posts about her southern childhood to the international premiere of her one-woman show “Dirty Barbie and Other Girlhood Tales” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She talked about the process of turning scenes from her life into a sold-out show.
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