Outside the Classroom
SHOTGUN at Canal Place - Sunday, May 31 at 3pm
A play by John Biguenet.
"In SHOTGUN, set four months after the collapse of defective levees in New Orleans, a white man and his teenaged son, having lost their house to the flood, rent half of a shotgun double from an African-American woman, whose father has lost his home in the Lower Ninth Ward and moved in with her. Even living under one roof, though, they find a wall still runs between them. But like the city's levees, can it, too, be breached?" - Southern Rep
Swamp Tour at Jean Laffite National Historic Park, Barataria Preserve - Tuesday, June 2
"The Barataria Preserve outside Marrero offers a taste of Louisiana’s wild wetlands. The preserve’s 20,000 acres include bayous, swamps, marshes, forests, alligators, nutrias, and over 300 species of birds." -NPS.gov
A Studio in the Woods, Seminar & Tour - Tuesday, June 2 at 2:30pm
"A Studio in the Woods, a program of Tulane University located in 7.66 forested acres on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, is dedicated to preserving the endangered bottomland hardwood forest and providing within it a peaceful retreat where visual, literary and performing artists can work uninterrupted. Programming includes community workshops in the arts and environmental preservation, and an outdoor classroom where school children and university students can experience and study the natural world. The only live-in artists' retreat in the Deep South, A Studio in the Woods fosters both environmental preservation and the creative work of all artists." - Studio in the Woods
