Press Street Press
Press Street Press has been doing some great subversive things lately and some things I can tell you about. They put out the book, Intersections, and they have done some edgy post cards, this being my favorite, post-K.
This weekend Press Street is hosting a Draw-A-Thon. I don’t about you, but I have to really put a lot of effort in getting out to do the different and very fun things emerging in the artistic community. They are hitting a great stride. I get a lot of requests to post things that are happening around town but with the demands on my time lately and with so much happening, it really is hard but I am finding that it’s always worth it. I try to report on the cream o’ the crop, the most curious events. Living in New Orleans right now is intense and the arts are providing an equally intense diversion. We all know someone like, Karen, my dear friend and partner in crime, at Squandered Heritage, who is recovering from breast cancer and still has no heat in her home! And our MB buddy, Jack, is living on space heaters in the shanty. So, you know they aren’t the only ones and it’s been cold here.
Considering the adversity we’re still dealing with, it makes it more meaningful to spend time with my friends at events like the comedy showcase at La Nuit last weekend. Not long ago, I saw Richard’s show at La Chat Noir, and saw my friend Michelle Levine’s Signs of the Times Exhibit. These people put themselves out there and they make our life better. The arts offer relief from the municipal issues, our own jobs, our issues regarding our own homes and insurance, it’s been very rewarding to see the liveliness happening all over the city on so many levels. I encourage you to get out and get some balance through these events while you’re waiting for the appraisor, the plumber, Entergy, attending NONPACC meetings, reporting bad neighbors and waiting for all things functional to fall into place. Did Chris Martel say, wild pigs?? The Draw-A-Thon screams for a middle of night reason to get wacky ! Ann? Do y’all have heat?
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like I said Entergy got our 200 million dollar cbdg money and all I got was this stinkin electric bill, and NO DAMM HEAT OR HOT WATER
I’ve got free heat this winter! Entergy still thinks my gas is shut off… joke’s on them!
heh heh, Entergy told me my gas was not on so I couldn’t let Tenant 2.0 put it in his name - but they’re still charging me for it. We went round and round in a circular argument about the whole thing where the conversation ended with “either let him transfer it or stop putting it on my bill!”. Awesome!!
When I’m having a shitty day, I sometimes call them up to re initiate that conversation so I have an excuse to yell at someone. A *% increase in my bill means a *% increase in my yelling so bring it on you greedy utility bastards!!
Is there anyway we could run a pipe from your house to mine?
hmmm, I just got an entergy bill and suddenly they’ve decided to charge me for 21 CCF of gas this month. I highly doubt they actually read the meter though.