AfarJul 30
The Hottest Thing in New Orleans Right Now? Its Literary Scene
New Orleans's thriving festival scene and neighborhood bookstores dispel any notion of this being a city of just writerly ghosts.
chef Melissa Martin's newest restaurant
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- Hotel MonteleoneHotelBeaux-Arts building hosting festival events
- Garden DistrictNeighborhoodarea with great white mansions and wide boulevards
- Frenchmen StreetNeighborhoodstreet known for jazz and poetry
- Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary FestivalFestivalcelebrates literary heavy-hitters, held in March
- Williams Research CenterMuseumhouses archives related to Gulf South culture
- Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New OrleansPlaceputs on plays by Tennessee Williams
- Irene CollectivePlaceputs on excellent productions in black-box theaters
- Big CouchPlaceblack-box theater in Bywater neighborhood
- The New Orleans Book FestivalFestivallargest book festival, held at Tulane University
- Tulane UniversityPlacehosts The New Orleans Book Festival
- Baldwin & Co. BookstoreMarketBlack-owned bookstore and community hub
- Community Book CenterMarketbookstore specializing in Black authors
- Le Musée de f.p.c.Museumhistoric residence with free people of color artifacts
- Pagoda CafeCafécafe for lunch in the Seventh Ward
- Faulkner House BooksMarketFrench Quarter bookstore where writer once lived
- Saint ClaireRestaurantchef Melissa Martin's newest restaurant
- Mosquito Supper ClubRestaurantchef Melissa Martin's celebrated restaurant
- The Lower Ninth WardNeighborhoodhistorically Black neighborhood ravaged by Hurricane Katrina
- The Lower Ninth Ward Living MuseumMuseumpresents oral histories of the neighborhood
- Coop’s PlacePubrestaurant on Decatur Street
- New Orleans Writing MarathonPlacefree event to write with local authors
- Spotted Cat Music ClubBarmusic club on Frenchmen Street