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“Origins of New Orleans Black Carnival Society: The Story of the Illinois Clubs”
The Presbytere’s new exhibit “Origins of New Orleans Black Carnival Society: The Story of the Illinois Clubs” will put the important social, cultural – and yes, Carnival –…
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“Cut from a Different Cloth: Fashion Selections from Tulane Special Collections”
The objects, images and garments on view in the exhibition “Cut from a Different Cloth: Fashion Selections from Tulane Special Collections” track the importance of apparel through many…
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“The District: Music and Musicians in Storyville”
Romance isn’t quite the right word, but the romantic narrative is that jazz was born in Storyville, the French Quarter-adjacent designated sector for sin from 1897 to 1917.…
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“Pioneers of Women’s Carnival”
Gowns, gown designs rendered in watercolor and ephemera like ball invitations and favors add sparkle to the stories of the spotlighted individuals in the Presbytere exhibit “Pioneers of…
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“New Orleans Musicians in Art”
The exhibit “New Orleans Musicians in Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection” is on view at the Historic New Orleans Collection through May 16, 2027. Admission is free.…
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“Michalopoulos: Mystical Expressionism” at the Cabildo
The more than 60 paintings in the new Cabildo exhibition “Michalopoulos: Mystical Expressionism” range throughout the artist James Michalopoulos’s 40-year professional career, all calling-card depictions of classic New…
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