One of the longest-running foreign language festivals in the country is gearing up for its 24th celebration as the New Orleans Film Society presents the 2021 New Orleans French Film Festival. The event will showcase contemporary and classic French language films. New Orleans Film Society artistic director Clint Bowie joins us by phone with a sneak peek at this year's highlights ..read more

Luke Fleming founding artistic director and violist with the Manhattan Chamber Players is bringing members of the ensemble to New Orleans. It will be their first concert before a live audience in a little over a year, as such performances were canceled by the Pandemic. The concert entitled, The Soulful Clarinet, is being presented through Fleming's popular Crescent City Chamber Music Festival. Luke joins us by phone ..read more

Acclaimed African-American composer, pianist and native New Orleanian, Courtney Bryan, is the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra's first Creative Partner. She is releasing a new work on the LPO digital series, Orpheum Sessions. It's a violin concerto she calls Syzygy. Courtney joins us by phone ..read more

The Historic New Orleans Collection is celebrating the voices of Black Activists as it launches the virtual 25th Williams Research Center Symposium. Recovered Voices: Black Activism in New Orleans from Reconstruction to the present day explores the origins and legacies of Black activism in the Crescent City as featured in three new Historic New Orleans Collection publications. Jessica Dorman director of publications and student education with the Historic New Orleans Collection joins us by phone ..read more

A four month residency at the Joan Mitchell Center inspires award winning multi-disciplinary artist José Torres-Tama to return to his first love, painting. We see a different side of the artist who is known for his performance solos, Taco Truck Theatre Ensemble and photo documentation of immigrant reconstruction workers post-Katrina. José is in a creative period and he joins us by phone with a sneak peek at his latest works ..read more

City Park is offering Carnival revelers an opportunity to view iconic floats from a variety of Mardi Gras Krewes in a parade-type experience called Floats in The Oaks. City Park COO Rob DeViney joins us by phone ..read more

Musaica Chamber Ensemble is reconnecting with audiences as it continues its 15th season. Its second concert, Bridges between Countries, will be a live streaming event from the University of New Orleans. It will feature a world premiere of Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra principal bassist Dave Anderson’s Nonet for strings, winds and harp. Musaica founder and violist Bruce Owen joins us by phone ..read more

The character of America’s first black Renaissance man comes to light in the New Orleans debut of The World is My Home: The Life of Paul Robeson. It’s a one man show, written and performed by Los Angeles actor and playwright Stogie Kenyatta. It opens this weekend at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center. Stogie Kenyatta joins us by phone from L.A ..read more

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