Join us Words and Music Festival

Schedule:

Wednesday, November 20,2024

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, November 21,2024

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, November 22,2024

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, November 23,2024

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:André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice, 2541 Bayou Rd New Orleans, LA 70119

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