Stephen Cedars
Stephen Cedars is a writer, director, teacher and scholar originally from south Louisiana. His plays have been produced or developed both in New York City and throughout the U.S. and Canada, and published by Original Works and Words of Choice. As a producer and director in NYC, he has created work for stages in three…
Read MoreWriter’s Resolutions: A Daylong Retreat
January 14, 2023 9 am – 6 pm CST all sessions virtual $250 Start your writing year right with an inspiring day of resolution-setting. Live virtual sessions on freewriting, establishing healthy habits and habitats, submitting, querying agents, and working with editors will give you the tools to meet your writing goals—all while nurturing your spirit.…
Read MoreNew Orleans Tourism and Culture Fund
The New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund supports cultural organizations and culture bearers of the City of New Orleans by offering grants designed to sustain tourism focused on the culture of our city. Individuals and organizations who align with this mission are encouraged to apply for funding with NOTCF at notcf.com.
Read MoreTodd d’Amour
Todd d’Amour is from New Orleans, Syracuse U. (BA Psy); AADA (NYC). NYC credits include Broadway – AIRLINE HIGHWAY; Off-Bway – LIE OF THE MIND, STANLEY, RED TIDE (Taylor Mac), NITA & ZITA (OBIE). NOLA credits include AIRLINE HIGHWAY, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (S-Lori Parks), ORPHEUS DESCENDING, NUMB (Goat in the Road), BABY…
Read MoreHey, Stellllllaaaaa!
Sunday, March 23 2 – 3:15 PM STELLA SHOUTING CONTEST Our beloved Stella Shouting Contest KICKS OFF our Festival on Sunday! Join us in Jackson Square for the annual competition to see who can best impress our judges with their rendition of Stanley Kowalski’s iconic line. Contestant signup begins at 1:30 and we take the…
Read MoreRandy Fertel
Randy Fertel is the author of Winging It: Improv’s Power and Peril in the Time of Trump (Spring Publications, 2024), A Taste for Chaos: The Art of Literary Improvisation (Spring Publications, 2015) and The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak: A New Orleans Family Memoir (University Press of Mississippi, 2011). He is the co-founder…
Read MoreBasil Wiesse
Basil Wiesse, PhD, has been working as a research assistant at the professorship for process-oriented sociology at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since April 2014. He acquired his PhD in 2020 with a thesis on affect theory and situationist sociology (“Situation und Affekt”, Velbrück 2020). His general research focus lies in sociological theory and in qualitative methods. He…
Read MorePoppy Tooker
Poppy Tooker, food personality, culinary activist, and author, has spent her life immersed in New Orleans’ delicious food scene. For over a decade, Poppy has produced and hosted her award-winning, NPR-affiliated radio show, Louisiana Eats! She also provides restaurant commentary on the weekly PBS show, Steppin’ Out seen on WYES-TV. Author of many popular books,…
Read MoreConstance Adler
Constance Adler’s first novel is Sight Unseen from ELJ Editions. Her memoir is My Bayou, New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover (Michigan State University Press); her stories have appeared in Oxford American, Utne Reader, Garden & Gun Magazine, River Teeth Journal, Blackbird, and Peauxdunque Review, among others. Her work has received a First…
Read MoreC. Morgan Babst
C. Morgan Babst is a native of New Orleans. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The Washington Post, Saveur, The Oxford American, Guernica, the Harvard Review, Lenny Letter, and the New Orleans Review, among others, and she is a regular contributor to Garden and Gun. Her essays “Death Is a Way to Be”…
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