MAY 2026 ISSUE

Welcome to your May 2026 ANTIGRAVITY.

We open with a commencement address to the class of 2026 (from the publisher of your local commie rag), enter grounding yet inspiring Taurus season, revisit treatments for the obnoxious Musca domestica (a.k.a. the dreaded house fly), explore loneliness (without toxic positivity), take the hands off the wheel while parenting an adult child, interview the “Malnutritious Three” (iceberg lettuce, potato, and parsley), examine Earth and art in Dorothy Hood’s Paintings at Ogden, and document some of the testimony given in opposition to SB 256 (the bill that will effectively deny Calvin Duncan his elected position of clerk of criminal court). Jane Place travels to Baton Rouge to demand homes for people not for prisons, MaCCNO discusses the nuances of the social contract, My Spilt Milk looks into AI songwriting with Better Than Ezra, and Alt Scene NOLA checks in with Theresa Romero of Butte. Our Close Encounters column features a fellow droog and more (send us your own close encounters through our ANONYMOUS Google form or at [email protected], a place for missed connections. All email addresses will remain confidential. Don’t be a creep).

Barclay Zislin gets the scoop from a handful of chefs about the benefits of culinary pop-up culture; Danny Cherry Jr. talks hope and despair in Louisiana politics with Robert “Bob” Mann; Senior Photo Editor Katie Sikora catches up with Sari Jordan about their new album and moving to New Orleans in the COVID-Hurricane Ida era; and the residents of the 700 Block of Lesseps take poetic revenge on the perpetual construction soundtracking their lives.

Comics, photos, reviews, poetry, a crossword puzzle, and a tarot reading are your parting commencement gifts. Congrats Class of 2026!