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“World War II with Tom Hanks”
The new History Channel documentary miniseries World War II with Tom Hanks launches with three back-to-back episodes at 7 p.m. (Central) on May 25, Memorial Day. The National…
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“Amongst Ourselves: Resisting Slavery at Whitney Plantation”
“Amongst Ourselves: Resisting Slavery at Whitney Plantation,” with wonderful graphic illustrations by Langston Allston, is a collaboration between the Whitney and Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at…
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“Holocaust Survivors in a New Land: The New Americans Social Club of New Orleans”
A photograph from 1952, displayed in a section of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience’s permanent galleries, shows a group of people posing on the front steps…
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“Come Back Fighting: USS New Orleans at War”
A heavy cruiser, the USS New Orleans participated in nearly every major World War II battle in the Pacific. As demonstrated in the new changing exhibition “Come Back…
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Bonus road-trip post: “Ed Mell: In the Studio” at the Phoenix Art Museum
During a recent family visit to Phoenix, I stopped by the Phoenix Art Museum to see “Ed Mell: In the Studio.” Mell, who died in 2024, was appropriately…
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“American Revolution: The Augmented Exhibition”
“American Revolution: The Augmented Exhibition” has opened at the Historic New Orleans Collection and will remain on view through January 17, 2027. From the French technology company Histovery,…
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