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Call To Artists:
 MIXED MESSAGES.2 – Multiracial Identity Past & Present

New Orleans Loving Festival
May 12, 2012 By In Art, Events

The New Orleans Loving Festival is seeking original artwork with themes concerning the multiracial experience for a June 9th – 30th group art show at the New Orleans Healing Center.  Please follow the guidelines below for consideration:

Submissions must be emailed to the attention of “Loving Festival” at info@press-street.com. Please include an artist bio or resume, and a high resolution photo of the artwork and a description.

The DEADLINE for receiving submissions is Monday, May 28, 2012.

The “MIXED MESSAGES.2″ group art exhibition is a project of the New Orleans Loving Festival. Co-presented with Press Street, Charitable Film Network, and the New Orleans Healing Center.

For more visit their Facebook page.

St. Claude Night Market

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May 11, 2012 By In Art, Events

 

The Night Market on St. Claude will again illuminate St. Claude Avenue on May 12, 2012. The Market is free to the public and open from 6 PM to 10 PM. It will be located at 2709 St. Claude Avenue (next to St. Coffee, at Port Street).

The Market will feature 30 vendors selling goods ranging from arts, crafts, and food. Local pizza impresarios Pizza Delicious will be selling slices and St. Claude Main Street will provide beer for sale. Other food includes crepes, soul food, baked goods from the Occasional Bakery Partnership, and dishes from Miso Hungry! OH NO. Co. will be selling local DJ buttons, Katie Ray Leatherworks will be selling various handmade leather goods, and MATTER L3C will be selling clay birds to benefit the Gulf Restoration Network.

Blu Beverage will play a set from 6 – 8 PM and DJ Matty (of Alligator Chomp Chomp and Mod Dance Party) and DJ Bunny (of Fur & Lace and S.I.N. dance nights) will be spinning vinyl from 8 – 10 PM.  Dancing is encouraged.

The Night Market on St Claude is a recurring event put on by St. Claude Main Street; J. Marin Heating and Air, NOLA Wise, and Square are sponsors. The May 12th market is organized in collaboration with Tallulah Elvis Poodle and St. Coffee.

More information is available here.

Invade wants to spotlight your Online Store

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May 9, 2012 By In Announcements

 

We are looking to highlight Nola Based Online Stores for a new feature on InvadeNOLA.com. Are you an etsy fiend? Are you a part time crafter? Do you have the next great tee shirt line? Anyone can apply as long as you have an online store for your business.

Click now to add your online store

New music video from Fosterbear Films

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May 8, 2012 By In Music

By David Bear


Phat Word is definitely on a different tip than most rappers in this city. He has a very old school sort of approach, and while he can boast with the best of them, he’s also a super humble, conscious cat. Knowing that, simplicity was key here.

I really had two main influences in how I wanted the video to look: first off, I’ve been really digging on the Stevie Wonder’s ‘Music Of My Mind’ era, and I knew I wanted to incorporate that aesthetic. A few weeks before shooting, Jason Foster & I were in Florida at a restaurant, and the video for Eddie Grant’s ‘Electric Avenue’ came on. I really liked the sort of strobe effect I saw in it, and it worked with the Stevie Wonder stuff I was already high on, so I fell back on that too.

With these in mind, I also can’t stand it when I see videos that are completely reductive; being influenced is fine and good, but there has to be originality. So I tried to give those aesthetics I was working with an updated, unique touch.

 

Spotlight: Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans  

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May 6, 2012 By In Culture

By: Caroline Stivers

 

Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans (SENO) aims to encourage the development and sustainability of local burgeoning entrepreneurs wishing to make a positive, concrete impact on the New Orleans community.  Through its annual PitchNOLA event, SENO encourages local entrepreneurial spirits to pitch their business ideas to an audience of hundreds for the chance to win start-up capital and get valuable feedback.  SENO’s other initiative, the Social Venture Accelerator, matches year-long fellows with seasoned mentors in order to help each fellow make his or her fledgling business or organization sustainable and impactful.  Since 2011 alone, SENO’s Accelerator Fellows have generated combined revenues of over $2 million, created dozens of jobs, and addressed serious local issues including education, the environment, and food security.

643 Magazine St., Suite 102 http://www.seno-nola.org/