VOLUME XXXV The Historic New Orleans NUMBER 4 Collection Quarterly FALL 2018 Shop online at www.hnoc.org/shop LARGER THAN LIFE: Oversized Ephemera of the Big Screen EVENT CALENDAR EXHIBITIONS & TOURS For more information on any of the following events, please email
[email protected]. All exhibitions are free unless otherwise noted. CURRENT New Orleans Arts and Culture Coalition’s African Heritage of New Orleans: 300 Years in the Making, hosted by The Historic New Orleans Collection Through December 8, 2018 THE BUCCANEER SCREENING Laura Simon Nelson Galleries Join THNOC in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 400 Chartres Street adventure filmThe Buccaneer. Starring Yul Brynner and Charlton Heston, it tells the tale of how privateer Jean Laffite Preview exhibition for Art of the City: helped Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans. Postmodern to Post-Katrina, presented by Wednesday, September 19, 6–8 p.m. The Helis Foundation Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Through December 2018 Free for THNOC members, $5 for non-members. For 533 Royal Street reservations, visit www.hnoc.org. French Quarter Museum Association welcome FRANCISCO BOULIGNY LECTURE center Felipe Fernández-Armesto, professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, will explore Through December 2018 the history of the Spanish monarchy during Louisiana’s colonial era. The Collection would 533 Royal Street like to thank the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, for its generous support of this year’s For more information, visit Bouligny lecture. www.frenchquartermuseums.com. Thursday, October 11, 6–7 p.m. PERMANENT Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Louisiana History Galleries Free for THNOC members, $10 for non-members.