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EVENT CALENDAR
EXHIBITIONS & TOURS
A FINE BODY OF MEN BOOK SIGNING
Celebrate the publication ofTHNOC’s newest book, A Fine Body of Men: The Orleans Light Horse, Louisiana Cavalry, 1861-186$, and meet author Donald Peter Moriarty II at this signing and reception.
Wednesday, October 8, 6-8 p.m.
533 Royal Street Free
FRANCISCO BOULIGNY LECTURE
Pianist Peter Collins and soprano Amy Pfrimmer will explore the Spanish world of New Orleans-born composer Louis Moreau Cottschalk.
Tuesday, October 14, 6:30 p.m.
Free
Seating is limited, and reservations are recommended. For more information, call (504) 523-4662 or visit hnoc.org/programs/bouligny.html.
CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD SERIES
The lineup for the fall concert series features the Original Pinettes Brass Band (October) and Luke Winslow King (November). Admission includes three complimentary beverages.
Fridays, October 17 and November 21, 6-8 p.m.; doors open at 5:30 p.m.
533 Royal Street
$io admission; free for THNOC members DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE LECTURE
Amidst the proliferation of recent scholarship on the slave trade, the lives of the traders themselves remain largely a mystery. In the lecture “Franklin, Armfield, and Ballard: The Men Who Made the Domestic Slave Trade into Big Business,” Professor Joshua Rothman (University of Alabama) follows the work of three men who built the most successful slave-trading firm of the 19th century.
Wednesday, October 22, 6 p.m.
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Free
FROM CAMEO TO CLOSE-UP FILM SERIES
The Collection’s series of monthly film screenings continues this fall and features introductory commentary from THNOC Senior Curator/Historian John T. Magill. The selections include Miller’s Crossing (October) and These Amazing Shadows (November).
Saturdays, October 25 and November 22,10:30 a.m.
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Free
LES COMEDIENS FRAN^AIS LECTURE
THNOC and francophone cultural organization Les Comediens Frangais will join the international musical community in celebrating the life and works of baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau, on the 250th anniversary of his death.
Thursday, November 20, 6 p.m.
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Free
Seating is limited, and reservations are recommended. For more information, call (504) 523-4662 or visit hnoc.org/programs/comediens.html.
CURRENT
Shout, Sister, Shout! The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans
Through October 26, 2014 Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street Free
Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere
Through December 7, 2014 Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art, 400 Chartres Street Free
From Cameo to Close-up: Louisiana in Film
Through November 26, 2014
Boyd Cruise Gallery, 410 Chartres Street
Free
UPCOMING
Andrew Jackson: Hero of New Orleans
November 5, 2014-March 29, 2015 Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street Free
Studio, Street, Self: Portraits from THNOC
Presented in conjunction with PhotoNOLA 2014 December 4, 2014-February 28, 2015 Boyd Cruise Gallery, 410 Chartres Street Free
PERMANENT
Louisiana History Galleries
533 Royal Street
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 8.111.-4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 10:30 8.111.-4:30 p.m.
Free
The Williams Residence Tour THNOC Architectural Tour
533 Royal Street
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 and 11 a.m., 2 and 3 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m., 2 and 3 p.m.
$5 per person
Croups of eight or more should call (504) 598-7145 for reservations or visit www.hnoc.org.
GENERAL HOURS
533 Royal Street
Williams Gallery, Louisiana History Galleries, Shop, and Tours
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 3.(71-4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 10:30 8.111.-4:30 p.m.
400 & 410 Chartres Street
Williams Research Center, Boyd Cruise Gallery, and Laura Simon Nelson Galleries for Louisiana Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 8.111.-4:30 p.m.


New Orleans Quarterly 2014 Fall (02)
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