NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Garden District Book Shop is pleased to announce an evening celebrating local author and architect, Robert J. Cangelosi Jr., and his new addition to the New Orleans Architecture series,“New Orleans Architecture: Volume IX: Carrollton”,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Learn to make distinctive Japanese decorative papers to use in your books, seasonal cards and decorations, or as unique artworks in and of themselves. In this hands-on workshop, we will learn about sekkazome, a dying method to make bright,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – For 10 years, summer fellows of the Classical Institute of the South (CIS) have traveled across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to examine, research and record decorative arts items held in private collections. To mark the first decade of this intrepid quest into everyday history, The Historic…
As more and more Louisianians are vaccinated, many businesses are opening, and festivals and events are starting to make their way to our fall 2021 calendars. Though the coronavirus pandemic is still very prevalent, it’s nice to think some…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana will celebrate the 25th annual National Poetry Month with a virtual edition of its “Just Listen to Yourself: Louisiana’s Poet Laureate…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – For nearly 70 years, sculptor Enrique Alférez helped shape the visual landscape of New Orleans. His figurative sculptures, monuments, fountains and architectural friezes, bas-reliefs and carvings grace dozens of spaces and structures from City…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – New Orleans Chapter continues its monthly culinary book club, available free of charge to foodies who are interested in discussing food-related fiction and nonfiction. The next three meetings will take place virtually the third Saturday…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – There is nothing like New Orleans festival season. It’s one of the best times of the year to enjoy all of the art, music and food New Orleans has to offer. With spring festivals delayed…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Tickets are on sale now for this virtual concert featuring French and Italian operatic masterpieces, including selections from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, and Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers. Please click…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – New Orleans Opera announces its first ever production created for film, Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium. It is directed by James Marvel, conducted by Robert Lyall, and features Victoria Livengood, Sarah Jane McMahon, Carlo Barrera,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Shop for Good Art Market, taking place Thursday, April 8, from 3:00 - 7:15 p.m. outside the Mintz Center (912 Broadway St.), empowers Tulane and local creative entrepreneurs while raising money and awareness…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – It’s back! Guests of all ages may safely enjoy viewing outdoor historic sculptures, a garden tour, food and entertainment every Wednesday in April in The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans…
SHREVEPORT, La (press release) – The Prize Foundation and the Louisiana Film Entertainment Association announced today that they will be joining forces and amplifying their collective abilities. LFEA and the Prize Foundation will work together on Film Prize Junior, a…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – On Saturday, April 10, at 11 a.m., join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities as it hosts Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith in conversation with Baton Rouge-based spoken-word poet Chancelier “xero” Skidmore…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – "NUNSENSE" the musical is set to open soon at Rivertown Theaters, running from April 8 -18. "NUNSENSE" is the hilarious musical farce about a convent of Nuns staging a fundraiser to enable them to…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – On Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ogden Museum of Southern Art will host the event, Free Family Day: Wonders of the Wetlands, featuring free museum admission, an in-person scavenger hunt,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – New Orleans-based photographer Frank Relle’s signature work highlighting Louisiana at night premiered on Emmy-nominated CBS This Morning: Saturday. Along with giving the first-ever glimpse into Relle’s immersive process of creating his award-winning photographs, this feature…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present Speaking in Hues, a three-woman exhibition featuring colorful abstract paintings by North Eastern based artists Danielle Frankenthal, Paula DeLuccia, and Francine Tint. This is the artists’ first exhibition…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The 35th annual Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival offers two consecutive weekends of virtual programming in March 2021: a virtual Writer’s Retreat followed by a weekend of traditional events presented online. The Writer’s…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – On Saturday, March 27, the Friends of the New Orleans Public Library (FNOPL) will host an outdoor “Really, Really Old Book Sale” at the Carriage House located behind Milton H. Latter Library – 5120 St…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Downtown New Orleans’ first and largest signature mural collection expands with the addition of “You Are What You Eat” by New Orleans native and artist, Jessica Strahan. Strahan’s work is the seventh mural featured in…
METAIRIE, La (press release) – Jefferson Performing Arts Society will stage the New Orleans area debut of Ken Ludwig’s hit A Comedy of Tenors from April 9-18, 2021, at Jefferson Performing Arts Center in Metairie. A total of six performances will be…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – 826 New Orleans is accepting poems from young people across the city to participate in Pizza Poetry. On April 30, hot pizza comes with a fresh poem by New Orleans youth ages 6-18 in celebration…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Ogden Museum is excited to offer virtual and in-person art camp opportunities this summer! Small and specialized in-person camps include Fine Arts FUNdamentals (grades 2-5) and Fashion Camp (grades 5-8). Virtual camps include Photography Camp…
RUSTON, La (press release) – The Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation (RLCF) and the North Central Louisiana Arts Council (NCLAC) have partnered again to organize the 2021 North Louisiana Virtual Residency. This year’s residency started on February 8th and lasts eight…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (CAC) and the Krewe of Red Beans announced a pop-up exhibition and auction of the House Float art installations that dotted New Orleans’ neighborhoods during Mardi Gras. After…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New York-based Joan Mitchell Foundation and the New Orleans-based Joan Mitchell Center announced today the 35 artists selected for the 2021 Artist-in-Residence program at the Joan Mitchell Center. The artists, all of whom are…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Voices of freedom from 19th-century New Orleans will speak again March 5–7, 2021, at the 25th Williams Research Center Symposium, which will draw upon three new groundbreaking publications from The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC).…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – A new paradigm in live music was desperately needed in the fall of 2020. So, Manon Mashburn and Maria Bazan stepped in to fill the void with their Soulburn NOLA concert series. Soulburn Vol. 1…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Garden District Book Shop, New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson will host his first live signing event in the United States for his new book Code Breaker: Jennifer…
