Crosstown Conversations

Leadership Tests: Police Violence, Pandemic, Climate Change Marc H. Morial and Flozell Daniels, Jr. of Foundation for Louisiana join the conversation.

Cultural Community Commitment Miranda Restovic, President and Executive Director of Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities​, Managing Director of Jessie Haynes of the Helis Foundation, and Deputy Director Chris Harter of the Amistad Research Center talk art, community and the Louisiana Culture Care Fund.

Business and Art in Covid + Aaron Neville and Keith Spera on Little Richard's Legacy. Kelisha Garrett on the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce assistance with PPP & other small business money matters; and Dillard University Art Director John Barnes.

Cities/Parks/People Opening the Botanical Gardens City Park with Director Paul Soniat, Landscape Architect Diane Jones + Jana Mestecky and Michael Newcomer from Crescent City Stage's new Macbeth.

Big Problems Need Big Solutions Lessons from historian Patrick Maney from FDR's New Deal, and Attorney Wendy Manard from on navigating Louisiana unemployment during COVID-19.

Flight or Fight StayLocal's Dana Eness & Maryann Miller on protecting local business + Gene Meneray from The Ella Project breaks down COVID relief funds.

Moving Forward with Music in New Orleans Part 2 w/Delfeayo Marsalis, and MACCNO Executive Director Ethan Ellestad

Pandemic Revelations and Honoring Ellis Marsalis Delfeayo Marsalis, Dr. Amy Lesen on Covid race inequities, and Matthew Van Meter on his Deep Delta Justice

Seeking Art in a Pandemic New Ashé CEO Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes and ACNO Creative Director Lindsay Glatz + art show manager Katy Odell take the market online, artist MaPo Kinnord on Artists in View

Prepping for a pandemic with John Barry, art in unexpected places with CUVNOLA, Bon Moment's Michelle Mashon from the events side of these wide-ranging cancellations and postponements.

Covid Comes to Louisiana; New Art Space by Artists From LA Dept of Health, Dr. Joe Kanter and Corona expert Dr. David Mushatt; Artists Keith Duncan and Amy Bryant's new exhibit, Conversations, at Art Space 3116

The Spirit of Mardi Gras Indians and Tannen's Box-City Chief Shaka Zulu with Dian Winingder, and artist Michelle Dashev and Benjamin Hickey, curator at Hilliard Art Museum.

Love and Pollution NOLA.com Environmental Reporters Sara Sneath and Mark Schleifstein + Anne Rolfes, Director of Louisiana Bucket Brigade, on fighting Big Oil; plus, switching things up for Valentine's Day.

How Free People of Color shaped opera, and moving past impeachment. Givonna Joseph, Founder and Artistic Director of OperaCreole, and political strategist Karen Carvin

Preserving citrus, our homes and our city. Citrus farmer Fred Swartz, Artist Robert C. Tannen, and Fritz Rolufs on Ray Boudreaux's legacy

New for 2020 Incoming Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans President George Scheer, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Executive Director Bren Haase on new coastal plans, Photographer Cheryl Gerber's new book on New Orleans Women, Cherchez la Femme.

First King Cakes and Carnival, and an important legislative session. League of Women Voters President Rosalind Cook, King Cake Hub founder Will Samuels + Richard Read of NOCCA

First King Cakes and Carnival, and an important legislative session. League of Women Voters President Rosalind Cook, King Cake Hub founder Will Samuels + Richard Read of NOCCA

First King Cakes and Carnival, and an important legislative session. League of Women Voters President Rosalind Cook, King Cake Hub founder Will Samuels + Richard Read of NOCCA

Women in Music...Business, and the Black Film Festival Music Industry Exec Michelle Thomas, Music Producer Trina Shoemaker + Filmmaker Gian Smith on the Black Film Festival

The Heart of the Arts for Giving Tuesday. Artist MaPo, No Dream Deferred NOLA's local premiere, Beryl Johns of Stella Jones Gallery talks giving art for the holidays

Push Back on Tax Breaks for Petro Chemical Companies, and Thanks-Giving Robert Taylor on fighting Big Oil + chefs from Parkway Tavern and Mother's Restaurant share their favorite holiday dishes

Voting is just the beginning; Earth-Works opening; Chaya's pies! Votes are counted, now what? Urban Planner Steven Kennedy guides us; Artist Kristina Larsen + Decadent Pies by Bywater Bakery's Chaya Conrad

Cheeses galore, Arts in the woods, and VOTING! 11.12.19 by Crosstown Conversations

Your most powerful tool: your vote. Dr. Silas Lee, Environmental Journalist Joan Meiners, and Political Strategist Karen Carvin Shachat