2025 Programs - In-Person and Virtual Meetings via Zoom
Speakers begin at 10:00 AM Central Time
January 9th
"The Science and Research Behind Therapeutic Music"
Speaker: Cathy Anderson, Certified Music Practitioner
February 13th
"610 Stompers"
Speaker: Nickki Caruso, MA, Dance Studies
March 13th
"The Italian Prisoner"
Speaker: Elisa M. Speranza, author
April 10th
"New Orleans Music"
Speaker: Matt Sakakeeny, Prof. of Music & Ethnomusicology
May 8th
"Shoreline Change, Subsidence, and Sand: Geology and Restoration of the Louisiana
Coastal Zone"
Speaker: Mark Kulp, Prof. of Earth & Environmental Science
June 12th
"Save Black History at the Amistad"
Speaker: Kathe Hambrick, Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center
July 10th
"Holistic Wellness Through Mindfulness"
Speaker: Angela Chopin, Wellness Coach
August 14th
"UNO Wind Energy Hub"
Speaker: Rebecca Conwell, President/CEO of The Beach at UNO
September 11th
"The Katrina Memory Project"
Speakers: The Midlo Center
October 9th
"New Orleans Goes to War, 1917-18"
Speaker: Brian Altobello, author and educator
November 13th
"New Orleans City Park – City Park 2050"
Speaker: Rebecca Dietz, President & CEO of the City Park Conservancy
December 11th
"When the French Quarter was Sicilian"
Speaker: Edward Branley
Programs will be held in-person and virtually via Zoom.
University of New Orleans
Alumni Center (See Map).
Coffee with speaker at 9:30 am
Program ends at 11:00 am
Programs and speakers are subject to change.
Check this page often for updated details.
Learning Before Lunch is an independent organization run by volunteers.
We encourage anyone interested in helping run, plan or work on publicity for our events to join us.
