Name: The State of New Orleans Culture: 20 Years After Katrina
Start: 2025-08-28T17:00:00-05:00
Location: New Orleans Jazz Museum

The State of New Orleans Culture: 20 Years After Katrina
Presented by The Ella Project
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.
RSVP here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form.../s/IZTIrSE6mvfjNI7rWU6aig
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
The event will be livestreamed in partnership with The New Orleans Jazz Museum.
About The Ella Project:
A New Orleans based nonprofit, The Ella Project provides pro bono legal assistance, arts business development, and advocacy services to the artists, musicians, and grassroots nonprofits of Louisiana. The Ella Project provides weekly legal clinics presented in partnership with Tulane Law School, along with regular business seminars, and advocacy for cultural policies that promote a thriving cultural ecosystem. The Ella Project serves over 1000 clients a year from its offices at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
Learn more at https://ellanola.org