Schedule :

November 15, 2023

5:45pm: Welcome reception - ACC Lobby

6:30-7:45pm: The Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic - ACC Lobby (Note to Alex–if dance troupe cancels, move to Main Stage)

Danny Bedrosian

Melissa A. Weber

November 16, 2023

12:00–Doors open

12:15-1:45pm: Literature and Lunch - ACC Lobby

Kristy Laschober

Bree Anderson

Andre Aparicio

NEED MODERATOR

2:00-3:15pm: New Orleans in Common–A Reading - ACC Main Stage

Karin Cecile Davidson

Brad Richard

Carolyn Hembree

T Clark

Ariel Francisco

Rayna Nielson–Moderator

3:30-4:45: The Play’s The Thing - ACC Main Stage

CA Munn

Fernando Rivera

5:15-6:45pm: Fiction Workshop with Annell Lopez - ACC Lobby

Annell Lopez

7:00-8:00: Ebb n’ Flow Music Presents a Tribute to Prince and James Baldwin - ACC Main Stage

November 17, 2023

12:00pm–Doors open

12:15-1:45pm: Literature & Lunch: Patty Friedmann Writing Competition Reading - ACC Lobby

Tad Bartlett–Emcee

2:00-3:15pm: Poetry Building Bridges - ACC Main Stage

Father Amde Hamilton

Tiffany Guillory-Thomas

3:30-4:45pm: Translation in Life and Literature - ACC Main Stage

Bill Lavender–Moderator

Kathy Rampsberger

Ariel Francisco

Christopher Louis Romaguera

5:00-6:15pm: UNO - ACC Main Stage

5:45-6:15pm: Meet & Greet with Dawn Silva - ACC Lobby

6:30-7:45pm: The Funk Queen: An Autobiography by Dawn Silva - ACC Main Stage

Dawn Silva

Melissa A. Weber

8:30-til: “You Better Be Good to Me”: A Poetry Tribute to Tina Turner - Whiskey and Sticks

November 18, 2023

10:30am-11:45am: Records, Archives, and Other Rare Grooves: A Conversation with Melissa A. Weber and Bryan Wagner - ACC Lobby (Note to Alex–if dance troupe cancels, move to main stage)

Melissa A. Weber

Bryan Wagner

12:15pm-1:45pm: Po’Boys & Poets - ACC Lobby

Stacey Balkun–Emcee

Laura Mullen

Kelly Harris-DeBerry

Geoff Munstermann

Thomas Parrie

3:00-4:15pm: History, Empathy, and Comics: A Workshop for Teachers

(Note to Alex–if dance troupe cancels, we call dibs!)

Molly N. Mitchell

Steph Manuel

6:00-7:30pm: An Evening with Louisiana’s Poet Laureate - Community Book Center

Alison Pelegrin

Skye Jackson

Date : November 15, 2023 - November 18, 2023

Location : Various Location

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