Schedule

Wednesday, Nov. 20

6:30pm: Fruit of the Tree: Literary Lineage of Black Arts Movement and Kalamu Ya Salaam

ACC Theater Stage

Kalamu ya Salaam

Marian Denise Moore

Jarvis DeBerry

Abram Himelstein

Thursday, Nov. 21

12:00: Doors Open

12:15-1:45: Literature and Lunch: Walkin’ Blues with Kalamu ya Salaam and C. Leigh McInnis

ACC Lobby Stage

Kalamu ya Salaam

C. Leigh McInnis

2:00-3:15: New Orleans Crime Fiction

ACC Theater Stage

Michael Allen Zell

Danny Cherry

3:30-4:45: Saudades

ACC Theater Stage

Amy Serrano

5:00-6:15: It’s a Family Affair

ACC Theater Stage

Peter Cooley

Nicole Cooley

Ryan “Shaggadelic Batiste”

Michael Batiste

Kayla Min Andrews–Moderator

6:30-7:45: Reading for Justice

ACC Theater Stage

Mac Marquis

Kellie Gann

Megan Holt

Friday, Nov. 22

12:00pm–Doors open

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

ACC Lobby Stage

Gus Berg

Dalton

Ahja Hawkins

Ariadne Blayde

Jacob Budenz

Carolyn Hembree–Judge

Leah Myers–Judge

2:00-3:15: Black Photography in New Orleans

ACC Theater Stage

Eric Waters

Kalamu Ya Salaam

3:30-:5:30: Time

ACC Theater Stage

Fox Richardson

Rob Richardson

3:30-:5:30: Know Your (Copy)Rights

ACC Lobby

Bri Whetstone

Alysha Rooks

6:00-7:30: Poetic Reflections on “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration”

ACC Theater Stage

Sponsored by the Historic New Orleans Collection

Alison Pelegrin

Kelly Harris-DeBerry

Karisma Price

Christopher Louis Romaguera

Mona Lisa Saloy

Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley

Stacey Balkun

Gian Francisco Smith

Akeem Olaj

Skye Jackson

Jessica Kinnison

8:30-Til: We Are One: The Collective Fashion & Spirit of Frankie Beverly Whiskey & Sticks

Torrence Taylor

Kristina Kay Robinson

Akilah Toney

Saturday, Nov. 23

12:00pm–Doors open

12:15-1:45pm: Literature & Lunch: Po’Boys & Poets

ACC Lobby Stage

Stacey Balkun–emcee/curator

Leona Sevick

Charles Garrett

2:00-3:15: How Women Made Music

ACC Theater Stage

Alison Fensterstock

Melissa Weber

Gwendolyn Thompkins

3:30-5:00: It’s My Debut!

ACC Theater Stage

Tamela Gordon

Annell Lopez

Michelle Nicholson

Vanessa Saunders

Sheila Sundar

Ery Shin

5:15-6:00: 7th Ward Tony

ACC Theater Stage

Fernando Rivera

6:15-7:45: Diasporic Revelry: Baby Dolls and Carnival Arts from New Orleans to Trinidad

ACC Theater Stage

Sponsored by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Kim Vaz-DeVille

Amanda McIntyre

Micah Theodore

Paula Hamilton

Date: November 20-23, 2024

Location: Various Venues in New Orleans

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