“Recitations (...pour le triomphe de la liberté et de l'égalité...)”
Twelfth Night Revelers pageant design (detail); created for January 6, 1871; watercolor by Charles Briton; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1975.117.9
This year, THNOC’s annual Mardi Gras-themed guided tours will take visitors through the Williams Residence.
Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans by Howard Philips Smith (University Press of Mississippi, 2017)
On Wednesday, January 31, author Howard Philips Smith will give a presentation on his new book Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans (University Press of Mississippi, 2017).
Mardi Gras costume design; 1970; watercolor by Larry Youngblood; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2013.0131.2
Join fine art and textile artist Ellen Macomber for a Mardi Gras Headdress workshop at THNOC. Participants will leave with their own creations. Admission is $65 and includes materials, work station, and tools.
Dianne Honoré; photograph by Cedric Ellsworth, NOLA Vieux Photography
Dianne Honoré, founder of the Black Storyville Baby Dolls, will present a lecture on the history and culture of the New Orleans Baby Dolls tradition at THNOC on Tuesday, January 30.