vision fest looks at new orleans
NEW ORLEANS: Culture, Crisis, and Community
How can music help heal New Orleans? What role should the arts play in rebuilding communities? Why does this city's storied culture find itself embattled? Why are so many residents still displaced or homeless?
A panel discussion
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Moderator: Larry Blumenfeld, journalist
Panelists:
Kalamu ya Salaam, poet/activist; Kent Jordan, musician/educator; Josh Neufeld,
cartoonist/Red Cross volunteer; Emmanuel Pratt, urban planning researcher/digital
media artist; Rob Cambre, producer; others
Wednesday, June 11th 5pm (until about 6:30)
Clemente Soto VĂ©lez Cultural Center
107
Suffolk Street
New
York NY 10002
Presented by the 13th annual VISION FESTIVAL as a prelude to Wednesday night's Lifetime Achievement Celebration of Edward "Kidd" Jordan
Categories:
Blogroll
CultureGulf
be.jazz
rifftides
Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise
Dave Douglas: Greenleaf Music
birdlives
Lerterland
point of departure
Jazziz magazine
Jazz Journalists Association
Steve Smith: nightafternight
Willard Jenkins: Open Sky Jazz
music/food/justice in NOLA
Howard Mandel's JazzBeyondJazz
Stereophile:Fred Kaplan