Life in the pandemic is marked by isolation. For local paramedic Holly Sherman , isolation has taken on new meaning since last March. In this edition of
From Wars to the Spanish Flu, Why New Orleans Has Canceled Mardi Gras in the Past
On 2/16/21 at 1:40 PM EST
For the first time in decades, New Orleans will have no grand celebration today to mark Mardi Gras. The Carnival parade was canceled by city officials due to the ongoing pandemic, while bars and restaurants are shuttered and barricades are set up on Bourbon Street to discourage mass gatherings.
A New Orleans home on February 15, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic canceling traditional Mardi Gras activities, New Orleanians are decorating their homes and businesses to resemble Mardi Gras floats.
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Since its inception in 1857 by the Mistick Krewe of Comus, New Orleans Mardi Gras has either been canceled or massively scaled back 14 other times, according to the Historic New Orleans Collection museum. (Krewes are social groups that organize parades or balls for Carnival.)
Louisiana Center for the Book presents annual Black History Month Program
Posted: Feb 12, 2021 11:50 AM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana, in partnership with The Historic New Orleans Collection, will celebrate Black History Month with a virtual presentation, “A Monumental Task: How Brian K. Mitchell Unearthed the Story of His Famous Ancestor Oscar Dunn, America’s First Black Lieutenant Governor.” The pre-recorded presentation will be available on YouTube and Facebook on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, beginning at 12:00 p.m.
Brian K. Mitchell, the author of Monumental: Oscar Dunn’s Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana, and The Historic New Orleans Collection’s Nick Weldon, the book’s editor, discuss the origins of the project and Mitchell’s personal connection to Dunn. Mitchell and Weldon will discuss the book further at THNOC’s 2021 symposium, “Recovered Voices: Black Activism
“Conformable to that of the Waters”: The search for the origins of an early Kentucky furniture group Daniel Kurt Ackermann
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem Museum and Gardens, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Fig. 1a. Chest of drawers, workshop of Gerrard Calvert (c. 1771–1840), Mason County, Kentucky, 1795–1800. Cherry, dark- and lightwood inlay, poplar; height 42 3/8, width 41 ¾, depth 21 3/8 inches.
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem Museum and Gardens, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The French invented a word,
terroir, for describing how the unique qualities of a place affect the flavor of foods. Terroir is what makes wines, cheeses, and other foods made in a particular place distinguishable from those grown and made elsewhere. This same concept can also be applied to objects and extended beyond the environment and climate to include cultural, social, and economic factors.
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