2024 Schedule

  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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