Ephemera Press: Culture Maps

For over half-a-century, the East Village has been ground zero for bohemian and avant-garde culture in New York City. This illustrated map spotlights the writers, artists, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs and political leaders that have helped define new directions in American fine arts and popular culture. Featuring caricature portraits and accurate renderings of buildings and streets, this pictorial map makes an entertaining and educational poster. The back of the map provides addresses and an easy-to-use walking tour of the neighborhood. Measures 18x24 inches. $8.95.

Includes: Diane Arbus,Jean Michel Basquiat, Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, CBGBs, Club 57, Dorothy Day, Willem de Kooning, Five Spot, Fillmore East, The Fugs, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Emma Goldman, Graffiti Murals, Keith Haring, Jimi Hendrix, Abbie Hoffman, Jack Kerouac, Lee Krasner, Jasper Johns, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Leadbelly, Madonna, Norman Mailer, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jonas Mekas, Joseph Papp, Charlie Parker, Jackson Pollack, Ramones, Larry Rivers, Patti Smith, Sun Ra, Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol.

While New Orleans may boast that it is the "birthplace of jazz," New York City's borough of Queens has its own proud claim: it has been the "home of jazz," the residence of choice for hundreds of the music's leading players. The award winning Queens Jazz Trail map (originally commissioned by Flushing Town Hall) shows the different neighborhoods and sites that are part of this hidden jazz history. Featuring portraits of jazz greats and drawings of their houses, this pictorial map makes a beautiful poster. The back of the map contains a short history of jazz in Queens; the addresses of homes once occupied by jazz musicians; and sites of current interest to jazz fans. Measures 17x21 inches. $9.95

Includes: Cannonball Adderly, Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong Archives, Addisleigh Park, Mildred Bailey, Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Bix Beiderbecke, James Brown, John Coltrane, Corona, Roy Eldridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Flushing Cemetery, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Heath, Woody Herman, Milt Hinton, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Milt Jackson, Illinois Jacquet, Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Charlie Mingus, Clark Terry, Fats Waller, Ben Webster, Lester Young.

Few places are as rich in art and cultural history as the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. This map-poster-guide shows the homes, nightclubs, churches and other sites associated with Harlem's writers, artists, musicians, thinkers, and political leaders. Featuring portraits and drawings of buildings and streets, this illustrated map makes a beautiful poster suitable for framing. The back of the map provides addresses and an easy-to-follow walking tour of Harlem. Measures 18x24 inches. $9.95.

Includes: Alvin Ailey, Charles Alston, Marian Anderson, The Apollo Theater, James Baldwin, Romare Bearden, The Cotton Club, W.E.B. DuBois, Katherine Dunham, Duke Ellington, Ralph Ellison, Marcus Garvey, Althea Gibson, Dizzy Gillespie, W.C. Handy, Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Joe Louis, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Minton's Playhouse, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Paul Robeson, A. Philip Randolph, Augusta Savage, The Savoy, The Schomburg Center, James Van Der Zee, Madam C. J. Walker, Mary Lou Williams.