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CALENDAR OF EVENTS CURRENT EXHIBITIONS: All exhibitions are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Surrounded by Water: New Orleans, the Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain Through September 20, 2008 Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Surrounded by Water revisits the reasons for New Orleans’s strategic location at the base of one of the world’s greatest rivers. Drawing on The Collection’s extensive cartographic, photographic, and library holdings, the exhibition explores the influences of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain on New Orleans’s development. New Orleans: A Sense of Place Presented by The Historic New Orleans Collection and the New Orleans Museum of Art Through August 31, 2008 The New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park Wednesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Free to Louisiana residents; standard admission applies for all other patrons. The exhibition, which spans 150 years of the city’s history, from 1850 to the present, offers vignettes of life in New Orleans and covers over 150 years of the city’s history, from 1850 to the present. Thirty artists are represented by more than 40 oil paintings; these are augmented by decorative arts and books. The exhibition reflects the interrelated facets of life in this culturally rich city. A continued focus on the artistic environment of the Vieux Carré and the city’s expansion from that cultural cradle is the common thread that binds together the works of New Orleans: A Sense of Place. PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS: Louisiana Portraits Counting House, 533 Royal Street Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. “Telling the Stories of Our Region to New Orleans and the World” The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the history of New Orleans and Louisiana. The public is invited to tour The Collection’s galleries, house museum, and exhibitions, and to use the research facilities. Visit the Shop at The Collection for special gift items and books. Louisiana History Galleries 533 Royal Street Tours are $5.00 per person and are offered Tuesday–Saturday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. LECTURES, EVENTS & WORKSHOPS: Inaugural New Orleans Antiques Forum Thursday–Sunday, August 7–10 Boyd Cruise Room, Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Registration fee: $150 for full conference. $75 for Friday only; $100 for Saturday and Sunday together Enjoy four days of lectures and tours dedicated to the study of the Southern decorative arts. The program will feature preeminent scholars from the field, including Thomas Savage, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate; Robert Leath, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts; Cybèle Gontar, Graduate Center, The City University of New York; Alexandra Kirtley, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Thomas Jayne, Thomas Jayne Studio; Elle Shushan, Fine Portrait Miniatures; and Suzanne Turner, FASLA, Suzanne Turner Associates. Special hotel rates will be available at the Hotel Ste. Marie. Tenth Annual Geneaology Workshop: Tracing Your Italian Heritage Saturday, August 23 , 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Registration required. Admission will be charged. Learn about researching Italian genealogy in New Orleans. This year’s featured speaker will be June C. DeLalio, boardcertified genealogist and founder of the Italian Genealogical Group. Architectural Tours of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s Buildings and Courtyards 533 Royal Street The Historic New Orleans Collection’s newest guided tour explores the history of French Quarter architecture, how courtyards developed, and the distinguishing features of each architectural style represented at THNOC, while tracing the history of the people who lived in the buildings. Tours are $5.00 per person and are offered Tuesday–Saturday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. Night Landing on the Mississippi, by Charles Morgan McIlhenney, painted between 1875 and 1885, is on view in the Surrounded by Water exhibition through September 20 at the Williams Gallery of The Historic New Orleans Collection, located in the city’s French Quarter. 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 • (504) 523-4662 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., except holidays THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION Visit The Collection Online: www.hnoc.org; email: wrc@hnoc.org TOURS: Louisiana History Galleries and Williams Residence (533 Royal Street); 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.; Admission, $5.00; school groups free, call Bunny Hinckley, (504) 598-7182 for reservations. FREE ADMISSION 410 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 • (504) 598-7171 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., except holidays WILLIAMS RESEARCH CENTER 23 http://www.hnoc.org http://www.hnoc.org

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Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008 Contents Friends Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs & Beyond Katrina The Historic New Orleans Collection After The Flood Faubourg Marigny: The Creole “Suburb” Preserving New Orleans Jazz, One Generation at a Time: Conversation & Music with Tom Sancton Louisiana Foodways Louisiana Architecture Baton Rouge Photographs, 1863-1910 Jazz Notes The Ogden Museum of Southern Art Louisiana Association of Museums Nature of the “Beast” Louisiana State Museum Bookstand Sound Advice Forum

Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Summer 2008

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