Words and Music Literary Festival

Schedule

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

Date: November 20-23, 2024