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@requiemofnoise and @aimingattheblackstar compile their top 5 live shows of the year. Slides in order of appearance: @slowhole at @siberianeworleans @imaginationmoversofficial at @tipitinas @subdivision_nola at @santosbarnola Haywire at @midcityballroom

On November 7, City Council approved the creation of a new Municipal ID for New Orleanians. Municipal IDs do not replace federal or state-issued IDs. However, they provide valid ID that can help holders access banking services, enter government buildings, rent apartments, get into shelters, and apply for jobs. We compiled some of the public comments. 🖊️: @listerine_wakingdream 🎨: @swiese.art

We have a new ANONYMOUS Google form for our Close Encounters column, “a place for missed connections (don’t be a creep).” You can find it linked in our bio. Whatcha got New Orleans? Who’s got your eye? Who made you smile? Submit fearlessly! 🎨: @maegen_arts

Located in a former Family Dollar in the Lower Ninth Ward, the Fred Hampton Free Store (@gno.cc.eventspace) offers free goods and services and hosts community events such as all-ages roller skating, the A.C.A.B. Zinefest, punk shows, and more, in addition to sharing the space with various local harm reduction initiatives. 🖋️: @lift.off_veronicacross 📸: @aimingattheblackstar

Tips on Theriot tackles spills of egg nog and Christmas tree sap, and looks at what to get for the clean freak who has everything. ✒️: @movementbear 🎨: @dirtfarm

Tonight (Sat 12/14)! ANTIGRAVITY presents the opening of "20 Years of Chaos in Print" at @suisgenerisnola, in conjunction with @photonola.festival. Come see the pages of our June 2024 issue: two decades of coverage in glorious, chaotic collage. Show runs through the month, Suis Generis is open Fri-Sun nights. Come through, maybe find yourself.

It’s that special time of year. Temperatures are dropping below 80°, spirits are getting festive, parents are getting loose with the “Santa’s watching!” threats. This can only mean one thing: Time to place your bets in the cutthroat gambling system of New Orleans Public Schools’ Common Application Process (NCAP). The stakes? Your child’s academic future. 🖋️: Lauren Goldstein 🎨: @vs_illustration

“Discipline, to me, is a million little steps completed one at a time, and most importantly: doing something you want to do even if you don’t feel like doing it. Because even when it’s not clear or satisfying why you are doing it, you believe there’s a payoff down the road.” 🖋️: @dantigravity 🎨: @lauraisameow

We spoke to @mlensheffer—author of The Man in the Banana Trees, a collection of 18 stories which won the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Award—about why fiction is worthwhile even when it feels like the world is falling apart, how she finds time to write amidst a full-time job and family, and why art becomes richer when you stop trying to hack your own productivity. 🖊️: @paulaibieta 📸: @peacockeyes

Many of us are struggling to reckon with the direction our planet is headed politically and ecologically, and fiery Sagittarius season has the power to provide our bodies and minds with the vitality of a creature who knows the truth and has the power to handle it. 🖊️: @what_are_the_wild_waves_saying 🎨: @fadepano

GM good people, it's @nolabookfair day (Sat. 12/7), 11-5 at the Fred Hampton Free Store @gno.cc.eventspace, 5523 St. Claude in the Lower 9. Come by and pick up some issues or merch from your ANTIGRAVITY, and many other fine purveyors of independent publishing.

Tomorrow, December 7, is Election Day (again!) You will be voting on four state constitutional amendments and, in some areas, a runoff for Orleans Parish School Board. The voter guide is offered without cost, but donations are accepted to help cover research fees and labor. A suggested donation of whatever your lifestyle considers $5 is appreciated. Payments can be made via Venmo or PayPal to @antigravitymag.