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EVENT CALENDAR
EXHIBITIONS & TOURS
Kick off the weekend with The Collection’s spring concert series, sponsored by AOS Interior Environments and featuring Colin Lake Band (March), Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars (April), Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Roadmasters (May), and Sweet Crude (June). Admission includes three complimentary drinks.
Fridays, March 18, April 15, May 20, and June 17, 5:30-8 p.m.
533 Royal Street
$10 admission; free for THNOC members
Jewell's Crescent City Illustrated is one of the most important published pictorial records of 19th-century New Orleans. In this talk, presented in conjunction with An Architect and His City, MIT curator Cary Van Zante will explore the modernity of the book that brought together photography and wood engraving to produce a new means of picturing the city.
Tuesday, March 29, 6 p.m.
533 Royal Street Free
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS MASTER CLASSES AND SCHOLARS CONFERENCE
SSThe Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival returns to New Orleans for the 30th year. THNOC is pleased to host the annual scholars conference, where literary and theater experts share insights on the work of the great American playwright.
Thursday-Friday, March 31—April 1,
9 a.m.~4 p.m.
For a full festival schedule, locations, and ticket information, visit www.tennesseewilliams.net.	VcT-
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New Orleans jazz guitarist,' banjoist, and music historian Seva Venet will share insights into string-band music in New Orleans, from Civil War-era Eurocentric dance bands through the development of ragtime, tango, and jazz. The talk will be complemented by performances from the Storyville Stringband of New Orleans.
Wednesday, April 6, 6:30 p.m.
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street $15 admission; reservations recommended For more information or for reservations, call (504) 523-4662 or email wrc@hnoc.org.
THNOC Deputy Director Daniel Hammer will present “The First Great German Success; The German Bazaar of 1915 and Its Significance for the German-American Community of New Orleans during WWI.”
In Aoril 1915, the New Orleans German-An,^.rican community held a major public event to raise money for the German and Austrian Red Cross. Hammer’s talk will explore the event, its origins, and its lasting impact on the community.
Wednesday, April 20, 6 p.m.
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Free
Dr. Oliver Hennessey, assistant professor of English at Xavier University, will present “All the World’s a Stage: Shakespeare on the Stages and Streets of New Orleans,” a lecture in conjunction with The Collection's exhibition on William Shakespeare's legacy in the Crescent City.
Tuesday, May 17, 6 p.m.
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Free
“SOUVENIRS OF TRAVEL”
WILLIAMS LECTURE
The Collection’s members-only lecture series continues with this discussion of Kemper and Leila Williams's travel habits. Curator of Decorative Arts Lydia Blackmore will give the lecture and lead a tour of the Williams Residence afterward.
Saturday, May 21, io a.m.
533 Royal Street
Open to THNOC members only For reservations, call (504) 523-4662 or email wrc@hnoc.org_
RUM CULINARY SYMPOSIU
Join TheCollection as we celebrate the ■ history of rum and its role in contemporary cocktail culture. This is the fourth installation of THNOC’s series of culinary lectures and symposia devoted to exploring the foodways[s of our region.	jp|
Coming June 2016
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Free; visit ww.hnoc.org or call (504) 523-4662 for updates.
All exhibitions are free unless noted otherwise.
An Architect and His City: Henry Howard's New Orleans, 1837-1884
Through April 3, 2016 Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street
At Home and at War: New Orleans, 1914-1919
Through May 7, 2016
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
Awash with Color: Seldom-Seen Watercolor Paintings by Louisiana Artists, 1789-1989
Through June 4, 2016
Laura Simon Nelson Galleries, 400 Chartres Street - - »1
Louisiana History Galleries
533 Royal Street
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 10:30 8.111.-4:30 p.m.
The Williams Residence Tour THNOC Architectural Tour
533 Royal Street
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 and n 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.
Educational tours for school groups are available free of charge; please contact Daphne L. Derven, curator of education, at (504) 598-7154 or daphned@hnoc.org.
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Voices of Progress: Twenty Women Who Changed New Orleans
April 13-September li, 2016 Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street
“Merry as the Day Is Long”: Shakespeare’s Hand in New Orleans
May 3-june 4, 2016
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
Money, Money, Money! Currency Holdings from The Historic New Orleans Collection
May 17-October 29, 2016
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
GENERAL HOURS
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533 Royal Street1
Williams Gallery, Louisiana History Galleries, Shop, and Tours
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
400 and 410 Chartres Street
Williams Research Center, Boyd Cruise Gallery, and Laura Simon Nelson Galleries Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 8.111.-4:30 p.m.