Found an awesome new link this morning while working on the essay for the third New Acquisition pamphlet which is well underway after having to be postponed this fall.
The link is from the New Orleans Public Library’s Pamphlet of the Month page.
The one pamphlet in particular that caught my interest was An Outline of Twelve Months of Progress in New Orleans: August 17, 1936 – August 17, 1937. There’s a great deal of interest in this pamphlet which overzealously touts the civic improvements wrought by the city’s then administration.
One of the many things that caught my eye was the last sentence on page 3: “The City of New Orleans has not borne one cent of the cost of this booklet.” It makes me think of nothing so much as all those pamphlets and flyers my current Mayor, Mr. Bloomberg, sent my way when campaigning for his third term.
New Acquisition pamphlets will now be available (for as long as supplies last) at the FiveMyles gallery in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
The gallery, founded and run by performance artist Hanne Tierney, is a wonderful space that puts on a wide range of gallery shows and performance events.
It also serves as a wonderful community gathering space, and Hanne throws a big block-party and performance fest every year, which we may be a part of, so look for more details or go by anyway:
http://www.fivemyles.org/future/
New Acquisition is thrilled to announce that we were given a second Puffin Foundation grant to help support the project. With this grant we’ll be launching a new pamphlet and performance in the fall throughout the city.
Many more details to come, so stay tuned.
We at New Acquisition have got lots of ideas about what we’d like to use as themes for future pamphlets, but we would love to hear your ideas.
What topic do you think we should do for the next issue? (tell us in the comment box below)
A lot of people have been writing to point out that Rev. Billy over at the Church of Stop Shopping stole my idea . But I have to say, if he wants to dance his debt away and help the people do the same, more power to him! I think it sounds like a fine thing to do on Black Friday and if I were going to be around I’d probably join him in the dancing.
Happy moves, one and all.
