The Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration book will be featured at several upcoming events including Morris Bart Sr. Lecture Series. Visit hnoc.org for the latest information. As part of the Morris Bart Sr. Lecture Series at the New Orleans JCC, editor Nick Weldon will give a lecture about Captive State followed by a Q&A session and …

Enjoy extended hours at the museum as we celebrate the opening of New Orleans Musicians in Art, HNOC’s new exhibition featuring gems from our permanent collection. The Diego Benjamin Delgado Quartet will provide a musical backdrop for the evening while artist Emilie Rhys draws the event live. Rhys, the daughter of artist Noel Rockmore—whose iconic paintings of …

Drink & Draw @ Okay Bar 1700 Port St, Wednesdays 7-9pm! Each evening will feature a model adorned with local designers' creations! There will also be an area to purchase these creations at the bar! We will provide some drawing supplies, but please bring some as well!! Suggested donation: $5 We are also looking for Models …

 In this novel program created for the MSJE, Jari Honora and Marlene Trestman will explore several remarkable institutions that once occupied neighboring blocks along St. Charles Avenue from the 1880s through the 1940s: the Home for Destitute Orphan Boys, the Jewish Orphans’ Home, and, to offer rigorous college and secondary education to Black youth, New …

HNOC is excited to present a rare solo recital featuring visiting scholar and organist Dr. Joyce Wei-Jo Chen, who will perform on HNOC’s restored Aeolian residence organ located in the Barbara S. Beckman Music Room at 520 Royal Street. Dr. Chen will perform works by French composers—including François Couperin, Louis Vierne, and others—that showcase the …

Join us for HNOC’s annual Holiday Market celebrating local artists and makers! Browse wares by more than a dozen local vendors in our historic French Quarter courtyard, while enjoying live music by the New Orleans Jazz Vipers. HNOC members will receive complimentary mimosas and gift wrapping during our member appreciation hours from 9:30 to 11:30 …

To mark the 65th anniversary of school desegregation in New Orleans, the Norman Rockwell Museum and the Historic New Orleans Collection will copresent a screening of The Problem We All Live With: Truth Telling and Storytelling. The film recounts the experiences of the New Orleans Four—Ruby Bridges, Gail Etienne, Tessie Prevost, and Leona Tate—whose first steps …