Words and Music Festival

Join us Words and Music Festival

Schedule:

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