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X-WR-CALNAME:New Orleans · literary · this weekend · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry and Espresso DTSTART:20260918T233000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T062212Z UID:10003817-1789756200-1789765200@litwire.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Every THIRD Friday of each month\, Roots Plants + Coffee\, 124 Erlanger Avenue\, Slidell\, presents Poetry & Espresso. Dennis Formento h osts. 6:30 sign in\, 7:00 begin. Poets & musicians welcome. Free! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T062212Z URL:https://litwire.org/event/poetry-and-espresso-2/2026-09-18/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=new-orleans-la X-SOURCE-NAME:LitWire X-SOURCE-URL:https://litwire.org/venue/miel-brewery-taproom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:HNOC Bunny Day: "Bunny Matthews: His Life\, Art\, and Obsessions" DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T181406Z UID:10000206-1789804800-1789837200@bizneworleans.com CATEGORIES:arts,community,literary DESCRIPTION:HNOC celebrates the opening of its new exhibition\, “Bunny M atthews: His Life\, Art\, and Obsessions\, with Bunny Day” on Sept. 19. \nSpecial guests include Bunny Matthews’ son\, Jude Matthews\, and Victo r Pizarro and Natalie Juneau\, the real-life inspirations for the iconic V ic and Nat’ly characters. \nThe free celebration features author talks\, a book signing\, a lecture on the New Orleans “Yat” accent and a Vic and Nat’ly costume contest. \nDetails here: https://bizneworleans.com/hn oc-to-launch-bunny-matthews-exhibition/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T181406Z URL:https://bizneworleans.com/event/hnoc-bunny-day-bunny-matthews-his-life -art-and-obsessions/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=n ew-orleans-la X-SOURCE-NAME:Biz New Orleans X-SOURCE-URL:https://bizneworleans.com/nola-chamber-announces-3rd-quarter- events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Everette Maddox Memorial Reading Series DTSTART:20260920T213000Z DTEND:20260920T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T061736Z UID:10001262-1789921800-1789927200@litwire.org CATEGORIES:free,literary DESCRIPTION:Sundays at 4:20 pm \nThe Maple Leaf Bar hosts the longest cont inuously running poetry reading series in North America. It is free and op en to the public. The poetry series has been a platform for a great divers ity of writers to present their work\, from the published and well-establi shed to the novice poet alike. The reading series was founded in 1979 by F ranz Heldner\, Bob Stock\, and the consummate poet laureate of the Maple L eaf Bar\, Everette Maddox. \nThe series gained popularity around the same time that James Booker\, the flamboyantly wonderful one-eyed piano virtuos o\, held court at The Leaf. Everette Maddox\, another well-loved outrageou s personality of the time\, helped popularized the series with his humor\, charisma and whit. Maddox ran the series for nearly 10 years\, until his death in 1989. Since then\, the torch has been carried on by poet Nancy Ha rris aka “Ape Woman.” \nTo date\, there have been four published antho logies of poets who have read their work at the Maple Leaf: The Maple Leaf Rag (1980)\, The Maple Leaf Rag 15th Anniversary Anthology (1994)\, the M aple Leaf Rag III (2006)\, and Maple Leaf Rag IV (2010). \nAdditionally\, the Maple Leaf is portrayed in many books and stories by New Orleans write rs. It is thinly disguised as “The Raintree Street Bar” in the Ellen G ilchrist short story “The Raintree Street Bar and Washerteria” (The Le af was once a small Laundromat). Poems inspired by the Maple Leaf or about the bar can be found in Mirror Wars and Shards\, by Nancy Harris\; Body a nd Soul and Rhythm & Booze\, by Julie Kane\; and The Everette Maddox Song Book\, Bar Scotch and American Waste by Everette Maddox. \nAmerican Waste is a collection of Maddox’ final poems\, written at the Maple Leaf\, Mud dy Waters (which was once located across the street) and at the Carrollton Station. Maddox penned the final version of his poems on bar napkins\, fl iers\, and beer coasters which were collected by Hank Staples\, the curren t owner of the Maple Leaf Bar. After Maddox’ death\, his friends decided to publish the posthumous collection of poems. \nThe readings are held ev ery Sunday at 4:20 p.m. If you are going to be in New Orleans and would li ke to read\, please contact us at least a month or more in advance. \nFor more info\, go to: https://www.mapleleafbar.com/poetry-night or contact N ancy Harris on Facebook. LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T061736Z LOCATION:Maple Leaf Bar\, 8316 Oak St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118\, United States URL:https://litwire.org/event/the-everette-maddox-memorial-reading-series/ 2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=new-orlean s-la X-SOURCE-NAME:LitWire X-SOURCE-URL:https://litwire.org/venue/miel-brewery-taproom END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR