ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

ANTIGRAVITY is a complimentary monthly magazine printed in ledger-sized, black and white newsprint and circulated across the New Orleans metropolitan area. Our focus is on creating original content that highlights both emerging local talent and visiting artists. With a touch of irreverence, we cover a wide range of topics, including pet care, anarchist theory, advice columns, interviews, reviews, opinion pieces, comics, and photography. Celebrating its 10th anniversary with over 100 issues published, ANTIGRAVITY hits the stands during the first week of each month. You can also find us online at

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LETTER FROM AN EDITOR

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Dan Fox

Welcome to the 21st anniversary of ANTIGRAVITY Magazine. Time is arbitrary and existence is but a dream, but it’s still nice to mark these occasions and meditate on how far this little rag has come since the days of Leo McGovern pushing a wagon full of copies around the French Quarter, way back in the summer of 2004. I’m taking this year’s milestone to answer a question I get a lot, which is some form of: We’d like to start our own magazine. What advice do you have?
WILD WAVES - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Taylor Balkissoon

Gemini season is upon us, and her winds will be blowing intensely. On the 8th, Gemini’s ruling planet Mercury will enter Cancer, offering an intuitive edge to our intellectual pursuits. On the 9th, shortly before the full moon, the moon (Cancer’s ruling planetary body) will enter Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius, and Jupiter (planet of luck and expansion) will enter watery Cancer.
TIPS FROM THERIOT

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Isabel Ryan Theriot

Hello! It’s June, and it’s beginning to feel a little tropical outside. Astronomically, summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere in June, when the Earth’s axis is pointed directly at the sun. Otherwise known as the summer solstice, this occurs for us on the 20th, and it’s the longest day of the year. This month also provides us with some epic skygazing, as June hosts an exquisite moon! The Strawberry Moon will grace the sky on June 11, reaching its peak radiance at 2:46 a.m. (CDT).
RAISING LOUISIANA

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Danny Cherry Jr.

Frequent ANTIGRAVITY contributor Danny Cherry Jr. is a fiction writer and sometimes-journalist who is a native of New Orleans East. He currently resides on the Westbank with his wife, 10-month-old son, and emotionally needy teacup poodle. His fiction has been published in award-winning literary magazines such as FIYAH Magazine; and his journalism has been seen beyond these pages in Buzzfeed News, Politico, and more.
OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Danielle Nelson LCSW

Danielle Nelson is a practicing therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on sexual health and wellness, trauma and recovery, self-esteem and resilience building, life transitions, and general mental health concerns. Though Danielle is a trained professional, this column is not a substitute for advice or care provided by your licensed medical or health care professional. No one ever asks me about New Orleans in a clinical setting, and that’s probably a good thing.
ART BRINE - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Emily Farranto

The Ick and Id at U.N.O.Vee Adams’ Collective DripMushrooms are all the in wellness, cooking, and leather alternatives, making Vee Adams’ MFA thesis show, Collective Drip at U.N.O. Gallery, right on time. Adams’ two and three-dimensional works synthesize a world in which fungi and fauna are upcycled to charming—and gnarly—effect. Days before the show opened, the artist learned that U.N.O. planned to terminate the graduate program.
FOR THE RECORD - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Jesse Baum

On April 28, the New Orleans City Council joint Governmental Affairs/Community Development Committee voted to approve an ordinance that would protect sex workers from prosecution if they report a crime, assist law enforcement, or seek medical attention.
My Spilt Milk: Jazz Fest at the Crossroads

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Alex Rawls

One of the stories to come out after the conclusion of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell was the decline in attendance this year. Keith Spera of Nola.com observed a pattern of declining attendance in the post-COVID years. In 2022, the festival drew an average of 67,800 guests daily, In 2023, the daily average dropped to 65,700, then 62,500 daily in 2024 and 57,500 a day this year.
SOUND CHECK - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Sabrina Stone

Bryant WatsonBryant Watson has always had a strong desire to share his music with the world. When he was 10 years old, his father, Anthony Watson Sr. (an accomplished musician and educator), scolded him for trying to secretly teach drum lessons to a fellow elementary schooler. Even before he knew much, he knew he wanted to be in communication with his art.
Citizen Pain - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

3 weeks ago | antigravitymagazine.com | Steven Melendez |Danny Cherry Jr.

In February 2023, a private detective was on a mission to find where Livingston Parish librarians were stashing their porn. He was hired to do so by parish Councilman Garry Talbert—who was running for office in the Louisiana House of Representatives that year.