First Draft - Arts and Entertainment

December 29, 2022
By Aimee Everrett, curator

A new THNOC acquisition gives a behind-the-scenes look at the work of a prolific artist.




December 21, 2022
By Molly Reid Cleaver, senior editor, and Terri Simon, associate editor

From jazz to bounce, funk to klezmer, these songs add local flavor to the holidays.




December 7, 2022
Fran Mahon and Grace Ford-Dicks, 2022 DAGS fellows

Two decorative arts fellows are part of a growing wave of scholars challenging established norms for the field.




December 5, 2022
By Nina Bozak, curator of rare books

A new collection at THNOC documents the career of a “little” woman who made a big impact on New Orleans music.




October 13, 2022
By Nick Weldon, editor

The 23rd Bill Russell Lecture at THNOC spotlighted the remarkable life and legacy of Mahalia Jackson through scholarship and performance.




September 30, 2022
By Molly Reid Cleaver, senior editor

A 1993 play remains one of the few adaptations of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. THNOC talked to the play's production designer about her vision for the show and its influence on her own artwork.




September 16, 2022
Loren C. Brown, decorative arts intern, summer 2022

A THNOC internship leads to the creation of an important tool for preserving and displaying Black Masking Indian suits.




September 2, 2022
By Nick Weldon, editor

Club Desire drew some of the biggest local and national musical acts, nurtured young talents like Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, and operated as a hub of the New Orleans Black community during segregation. 




September 1, 2022
By Molly Reid Cleaver, senior editor

Summer 1969 brought New Orleans fully into the counterculture movement happening across the country, starting with a series of weekly love-ins at Mardi Gras Fountain.




August 11, 2022
By Brian Moore, programming coordinator

An experimental theater production sheds new light on one of Tennessee Williams’s most beloved characters.






 

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