“Through pestilence, hurricanes, and conflagrations the people continued to sing. They sang through the long oppressive years of conquering the swampland and fortifying the town against the ever threatening Mississippi. They are singing today. An irrepressible joie de vivre maintains the unbroken thread of music through the air. Yet, on occasion, if you ask an overburdened citizen why he is singing so gaily, he will give the time-honored...
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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851 Amistad Research Center – Amistad is a library and archives founded to document race relations and America’s racial and ethnic heritage. It has a rotating exhibition space where it displays manuscript material and fine art from its collections on a quarterly...
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“We dance even if there’s no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly, we’re suspicious of others who don’t.” – Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic, 2006 Cafe du Monde – No trip to New Orleans is complete without beignets and cafe au lait from Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter. Wear something you don’t mind getting powdered sugar on! AND it’s open 24 hours for those...
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The Keynote for AMIA 2017 will build on the discussions from last year’s conference plenary, the subsequent adoption of AMIA’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Statement, and our work to refine a Code of Conduct. Diversity, inclusion, and equity goals should be anchored in an organization’s shared values and aspirations. How we anchor our work to these values will allow us collectively build a sustainable and robust community....
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Please consider submitting your best finds and preservation efforts to the 2017 edition of Archival Screening Night at this year’s AMIA Conference in New Orleans.
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