The State of New Orleans Culture: 20 Years After Katrina

Join The Ella Project on Thursday, August 28 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum for The State of New Orleans Culture: 20 Years After Katrina, a panel discussion moderated by Lolis Eric Elie. This conversation will explore how artists and culture bearers have helped carry the city forward through disasters, recovery, and a changing landscape - while facing challenges like gentrification, affordable housing, insurance crises, the pandemic, and more. The evening begins with a reception from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., followed by the panel from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the museum’s 3rd floor performance space. The event is free and open to the public. Moderator: Lolis Eric Elie – Journalist and documentarian Panelists: Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes – Musician; Big Chief of the Northside Skull and Bone Gang; former park ranger, biology teacher, and NFL player Edward Jackson – Founding member and bandleader, To Be Continued Brass Band Tamara Jackson – President, Social Aid & Pleasure Club Task Force and the VIP Ladies & Kids; Executive Director, Silence is Violence Fred Johnson – Director, Neighborhood Development Foundation; founding member, Black Men of Labor; former spy boy, Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indians Jordan Hirsch – Writer and researcher focused on New Orleans music and cultural history; editor of ACloserWalkNola.com; founding director of Sweet Home New Orleans Delfeayo Marsalis – Grammy-winning producer, trombonist, NEA Jazz Master; founder, Uptown Jazz Orchestra and Uptown Music Theatre Big Chief Howard Miller – Chief of Creole Wild West; President, Mardi Gras Indian Council; veteran carpenter