Learning Before Lunch
2021 programs will be virtual due to COVID-19 concerns. Please scroll down for the schedule.
Click here to register for the July meeting.
We will return to live meetings at a future date.
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.
Learning Before Lunch enters the new decade with a wide range of speakers and topics of interest to the general community. The monthly speakers we are lining up for 2021 include authors, musicians, scientists, artists, economists, and a host of other talented individuals with fascinating stories to tell.
Join us on the second Thursday of each month via Zoom for an entertaining hour with our featured speaker.
Speakers begin at 10:00 Central Time; end at 11:00
June 10th
Enrique Alferez: Symbols of Communication
Katie A. Pfohl
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, NOMA
Born in Mexico in 1901, Enrique Alferez is one of New Orleans’ most influential and important artists. Alferez's plaster relief mural "Symbols of Communication" will soon return to public view at NOMA.
Join Katie Pfohl as she discusses the mural and highlights the role it plays in helping us reach across cultures to connect with others.
July 8th
Ghost Signs of New Orleans
Edward J. Branley
Author, teacher and local historian
https://ebranley.com
In the 19th century, well before billboards, artists known as "walldogs" painted advertisements on the sides of buildings. Most of the products have long since disappeared, but some of the ads still exist as ghost signs, advertising time capsules of the past.
Join us as Ed Branley, noted author and local historian, presents the rich history of New Orleans through the lens of these ghost signs.