Learning Before Lunch
Rich Collins - A Conversation About New Orleans
August 13
Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center
A speaker series offering thought-provoking programs and a chance to meet new friends
Are you an active adult interested in lifelong learning... a retiree eager to expand your social network... a student of life looking to expand your horizons?
Learning Before Lunch is a monthly series of talks designed to spark meaningful conversations about the local community of New Orleans. Come together with friends and neighbors to hear entertaining and well-informed speakers discuss their passions: captivating explorations of the people and places that make New Orleans one of the world's most interesting cities.
Join us on the second Thursday of each month. Meetings are presented Live and via Zoom for an entertaining hour with our featured speaker.
Speakers begin at 10:00 Central Time; end at 11:00
August 13
All About Business in New Orleans
Speaker Rich Collins is an Emmy Award winning writer, musician and actor known for the Disney Channel TV series "Imagination Movers." Rich is the former managing editor of Gambit Weekly newspaper and former president of the Press Club of New Orleans.
September 10
How Music Affects our Emotions, Memories, and Motor Functions
Speaker: Keith Porteous Meade, a candidate for a Master’s degree in Music Therapy at Loyola University and Owner/Director of Swan River Yoga
October 8
The History of New Orleans Music through the Lens of Donna’s Bar and Grill
Speaker: Donna Poniatowski Sims is the former owner of Donna's Bar and Grill, and author of a new book by the same title. The book shares memories and memorabilia which brings to life the story of the "Brass Band Headquarters" and how it influenced the evolution and promotion of brass bands and Mardi Gras Indians into New Orleans club venues in the 1990s.
Second
Thursday of
each month
UNO Alumni and Visitors Center
Doors open at 9:30
Lecture ends at 11:00
Come early to have coffee, pastry, and chat with other attendees.
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We hope to see you soon!