NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Officials with WLAE-TV (New Orleans Public Televison) and the Tipitina’s Record Club today signed a contract to produce a
The Atlantic and the 9:30 Club both announced auctions of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, on Friday, making them among the first DC institutions to embrace a new cryptocurrency-adjacent craze.
The Atlantic’s offerings are two pieces of digital artwork called
Illustrations From a Pandemic Year (#1) and
Illustrations From a Pandemic Year (#2), both of which are up for auction at the site OpenSea. Each piece “consists of 10 images and headlines, and readers will recognize images that appeared in both the magazine’s print pages and on its website,”
The Atlantic says. The auction ends on Tuesday, April 6.
The 9:30 Club is joining famous venues in New Orleans (Tipitina’s,), Minneapolis (First Avenue), New York City (Bowery Ballroom), and other cities to auction ten pieces of digital art by the artists Young & Sick and Goldflyer, each dedicated to a different nightspot. The person who wins the 9:30 auction will also receive a “golden ticket” for VIP access and two ticket