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NEW ORLEANS CULTURE: VIEUX CARRE TO VOODOO TO VISITOR DESTINATION (F241)

F – Culture

Prerequisite: Suggested to have taken the New Orleans History course. Musician Jesse Moore said New Orleans is “not a city. It’s a way of life…. a place that you fall deeply in love with.” This class will explain the culture of the Big Easy: Creoles and Cajuns, free people of color, food and architecture like nowhere else, Mardi Gras, and jazz. We’ll explore stories of fascinating people, many of them women, who made a unique city. Hopefully at the end of the class, you will agree with Bob Dylan that “There are a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better.”

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Suzanne Stone

STONE, SUZANNE — B.A., sociology, and JD; 40 years in policy, education and administration of nonprofits. For 15 years I was a docent at the Smithsonian. For nine years I provided French Quarter, architecture, cemetery, culinary, women’s, Jewish, and Garden District tours in New Orleans. (F241, G517, G520)

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