{"id":15,"date":"2016-09-24T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:25:02","slug":"programs-events-schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Program &#038; Event Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, January 21, 6:30-8:30 PM<\/strong>,\u00a0 &#8220;The Business of Writing,&#8221; Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Wednesday, 30 July: WNBA-NOLA Members and Friends meeting at Octavia Books, starting at 6PM.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 7: GiveNOLA Day!\u00a0 <\/strong>Want to support our chapter?\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the direct link: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givenola.org\/wnbanola\">https:\/\/www.givenola.org\/wnbanola<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, August 3,<\/strong> WNBA-NOLA Members Featured at Poetry Buffet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, August 14, 6 PM, WNBA-NOLA Annual Meeting,<\/strong> Southern Food and Beverage Museum<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday,\u00a0 August 28,<\/strong> 5:30 to 8:30 PM<strong>, Culture Collision<\/strong>, Jefferson Performing Arts Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, September 28, 3-5 PM<\/strong>, <strong>Unsilenced Voices, Celebrating Banned Books<\/strong>, East New Orleans Regional Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday<\/strong>. <strong>October 26,<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Annual Book Launch Party<\/strong><\/span>, L&#8217;Union Francaise, 4522 Prytania Street, NOLA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday, March 10, 6-8 PM <b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cocktail Party<\/span> fundraiser<\/b> at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, <\/strong>1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., NOLA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, May 19, 6:00 PM<\/strong>: <strong>Annual Meeting at<\/strong> L\u2019Union Francaise, 4522 Prytania Street, NOLA.\u00a0 RSVP info soon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, September 2:\u00a0<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Poetry Buffet<\/strong><\/span> online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, September 20<\/strong>, 5:30 &#8211; 8:30 pm, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Culture Collision<\/span><\/strong>, Jefferson Performing Arts Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, October 20, <span style=\"color: #993366;\">Annual Book Launch Party<\/span>!\u00a0 <\/strong>L\u2019Union Francaise, 4522 Prytania Street, NOLA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, October 28<\/strong>, presentation at the<strong> <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">LA Book Festival<\/span>,<\/span><\/strong> Baton Rouge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunday, February 6, 3-6 PM, <span style=\"color: #993366;\">King<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Cake<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Party<\/span> (in person: all attendees must be vaccinated) at the home of Pamela Ebel. <\/strong>Event is open to current members and their guests only.\u00a0 RSVP to sauthorebel@gmail.com and we&#8217;ll send you the address.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, February 22, 7 PM, Query Review Night with Agents<\/strong>, in collaboration with the Boston WNBA chapter.\u00a0 More info to come!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, March 9, 7:30 PM, BE BRAVER WITH ADVENTUROUS WOMEN TRAVEL WRITER. <\/strong>We will be meeting with the co-hosts of the podcast <em>There She Goes<\/em> \u2013 Lavinia Spalding and Kelly Chappie, who are travel writers themselves, have anthologized women travel writers in print, and who now host an acclaimed podcast where adventurous and swashbuckling women travel writers from every continent but Antarctica share stories that make the listener feel braver. If you would like to attend, please click on this link on March 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87699182504\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87699182504&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646493090778000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2CbJl1dFRqfzO2fV76XLC9\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87699182504<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, March 24, 2 PM, DIVE DEEPER INTO WOMEN AUTHOR\u2019S POWER \u00a0AT OUR \u00a0ACADEMIC PANEL DISCUSSION AT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY. <\/strong>In-person event on the third floor of Sims Library (1211 SGA Drive in Hammond) on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University, The New Orleans Chapter of the WNBA is teaming up with the English department for an academic discussion of the importance of women\u2019s writing with our members and members of the university faculty. We are talking about women writers who may have been underestimated or misunderstood and other concerns deeply connected to the mission statement of this organization.\u00a0 Attendance is free, and light refreshments will be served.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 pm, we are planning a member reading and book swap.\u00a0 <\/strong>Join us for re<strong>fr<\/strong>eshments and excellent conversation) in the Lower Garden District at L\u2019Union Francaise, 4522 Prytania Street.<strong> If you would like to read, please contact us by return email here no later than April 21<\/strong>.\u00a0 Members who would like to have a member book swap, can bring copies of their books and trade them with other writers for their books.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 3: GiveNOLA Day!\u00a0 <\/strong>Want to support our chapter?\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the direct link: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givenola.org\/wnbanola\">https:\/\/www.givenola.org\/wnbanola<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 24, 6:30 PM<\/strong>: <strong>Annual Meeting and Guest Speaker Mona Lisa Saloy<\/strong>, Poet Laureate of Louisiana!\u00a0 Location: L&#8217;Union Francaise, 4522 Prytania Street, NOLA.\u00a0 RSVP info soon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, September 9<\/strong>, we will be co-hosting a discussion with Robin White of her translation of a French feminist abolitionist novel from the nineteenth century, <i>Friendship and Devotion, or Three Months in Louisiana<\/i>. We will be co-hosting this event with L&#8217;Union Francaise, a French cultural organization in New Orleans that was founded approximately when the novel Dr. White has translated was written. Stay tuned for more details.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, October 21, First Annual Book Launch Party!\u00a0 <\/strong>L&#8217;Union Francaise, 4522 Prytania Street, NOLA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, December 16, WNBA-NOLA Holiday Get-together, <\/strong>Rosedale Bar and Restaurant<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<b>Thursday, January 14 at 7:30 pm CT, next Virtual Open Mic.\u00a0 Please <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScZ3pFXTVvQaybGXBmbopuyj1WPxfcUranI-qVGobnBwFWI4g\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScZ3pFXTVvQaybGXBmbopuyj1WPxfcUranI-qVGobnBwFWI4g\/viewform?usp%3Dsf_link&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609871024401000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPUKl0eFInLdp3XFUD8jg42ax6YA\">sign-up here<\/a>\u00a0to perform. We\u2019d especially love to hear from members\u00a0who haven\u2019t yet read for the series!<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, February 6, 7 pm CT, Virtual <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">Mardi<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Gras<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Party<span style=\"color: #000000;\">!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 11-14: Saints + Sinners Virtual Literary Festival (<a href=\"http:\/\/sasfest.org\">sasfest.org<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 19-21: Tennessee Williams Festival Online Writer&#8217;s Retreat (<a href=\"http:\/\/tennesseewilliams.net\">tennesseewilliams.net<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 24-28: Tennessee Williams Virtual Festival (<a href=\"http:\/\/tennesseewilliams.net\">tennesseewilliams.net<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 28, 4:30 &#8211; 6 PM: Diana Pinckley Prizes for Crime Writing Online Presentation (<a href=\"http:\/\/tennesseewilliams.net\">tennesseewilliams.net<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday, January 10, 6-8 pm:<\/strong> <strong>King Cake Party\/Annual Social<\/strong>.\u00a0 Home of member Pam Ebel.<\/li>\n<li><b>Saturday, Feb. 1, T<\/b><strong>our the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University<\/strong>, starting at 10:30 a.m. (tour begins promptly at 11:00).\u00a0 As there will be a maximum 25 guests, we will be asking for RSVPs as the date gets closer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>EMMA. event for March 14 canceled<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Virtual Poetry Reading: <\/strong><strong>THURSDAY, APRIL 30, at 6 PM CST<\/strong>. What better way to conclude National Poetry Month than with a poetry reading?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall Date TBD: <\/strong><strong>Pitch Event:\u00a0<\/strong>Learn and practice the art of pitching your manuscript to agents, editors, and publishers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><b>Pop-up: January 6<\/b>: <span style=\"color: #9900ff;\">Joan of Arc parade<\/span><span style=\"color: #9900ff;\">,<\/span> starts at 7 PM. Several of our members will either be participating in or attending the parade; hope to see you there!\u00a0\u00a0For more info:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/joanofarcparade.org\/who-we-are\/parade-route\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/joanofarcparade.org\/who-we-are\/parade-route\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547042138632000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXYsrj9Rkqidee7WxAwsEADMB6Sg\">https:\/\/joanofarcparade.<wbr \/>org\/who-we-are\/parade-route\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>A WNBA-NOLA chapter<\/strong>\u00a0<b>board meeting<\/b> has been scheduled for Sunday, January 20, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Board meetings are open to all members. If you&#8217;d like to attend, please let us know and we&#8217;ll send you more details.\n<div>\u00a0<strong>Additional pop-up:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<b>Thursday, Jan. 10, 6 PM<\/b>:\u00a0Dr.Miki Pfeffer speaks on &#8220;The Remarkable Friendship of Grace King and Mark Twain and his Family&#8221;\u00a0at the N.O. Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint as part of the <i>Second Thursday Lecture Series<\/i> of the Louisiana State Museum and the Friends of the Cabildo.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/friendsofthecabildo.org\/foc-lecture-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/friendsofthecabildo.org\/foc-lecture-series\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547041760476000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG-ZObSVNumBqf-fZnl8mjxdkyU-w\">http:\/\/friendsofthecabildo.<wbr \/>org\/foc-lecture-series\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Tuesday<\/b>,\u00a0<b>April 9 at 5:30 pm<\/b>\u00a0for a Chapter meeting\/presentation by\u00a0Jane Pinzino on Tulane University library\u2019s Rare Books area. The event will be held in Room 603 on the 6th floor of Howard Tilton Library on Tulane\u2019s campus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 21, 6 &#8211; 7:30 PM:\u00a0<\/strong>Annual Business Meeting:<span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span>at Mid-City Library (upstairs), 4140 Canal Street.\u00a0We&#8217;ll take care of some current business and plan for upcoming events &#8212; input from everyone is desired. We have several new members and we&#8217;d love to get to know you! Light refreshments will be served.\u00a0\u00a0There&#8217;s plenty of parking in the lot behind the library. The easiest way to access is via Solomon Street, behind the building; though you may enter and exit from Canal.<\/li>\n<li><b>Saturday, June 1, 1 PM<\/b>: Special tour of Antenna&#8217;s Paper Machine\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.papermachine.works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.papermachine.works\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1556889260505000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQLUI9vn88aYgYZ9dgX1l_II6A0A\">https:\/\/www.<wbr \/>papermachine.works\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>6330 Saint Claude Ave., New Orleans<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday,<\/strong>\u00a0<b>August 28,\u00a05:30 to 8 PM: <\/b>Culture Collision at the Ogden Museum of Art. Members and non-members are invited to stop by the WNBA-NOLA table for networking and fun.\u00a0 For more info:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturenola.com\/2018\/05\/25\/culture-collision-10-its-happening\/\">https:\/\/www.culturenola.com\/2018\/05\/25\/culture-collision-10-its-happening\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Pop-up<\/strong>: <\/span><strong>Sept. 7,\u00a02 &#8211; 3:30 PM<\/strong>: Poets Nicole Eiden, Skye Jackson, and Jerika Marchan read from their work. Reading series hosted by Gina Ferrara at the\u00a0Latter Library, St. Charles Ave.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/482914359193895\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/482914359193895\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567695084015000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvSVw8H2GqWHz7quzO1Gee4Wzc5A\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/<wbr \/>events\/482914359193895\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Pop-up<\/strong>: <strong>Sept. 11, 6 &#8211; 8 PM<\/strong>:\u00a0Why There Are Words<i>\u00a0<\/i>\u2013 New Orleans presents \u201cMEMORY\u201d at Octavia Books\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whytherearewords.com\/why-there-are-words-new-orleans-presents-memory-september-11-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.whytherearewords.com\/why-there-are-words-new-orleans-presents-memory-september-11-2019\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567695084015000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFW_uR21igio5dw8i-V6m9HVhOpOQ\">http:\/\/www.<wbr \/>whytherearewords.com\/why-<wbr \/>there-are-words-new-orleans-<wbr \/>presents-memory-september-11-<wbr \/>2019\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Pop-up<\/strong>: <strong>Sept. 21, 9:30 AM &#8211; 4:30 PM<\/strong>: 10th Annual <i>Salon de Jeanne d&#8217;Arc<\/i>, Free conference at Woldenberg Art Center at Tulane University <a href=\"http:\/\/www.JoanofArcParade.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.JoanofArcParade.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567695084014000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE8mtsLCyjjwEGpVJ-wPLiod7abxA\">www.JoanofArcParade.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Oct 10, 6 pm:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Pinckley Prizes<\/strong>, LA Humanities Center, New Orleans<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov 5, 6-9 pm:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>National Reading Group Month <\/strong>event with<strong> Jami Attenberg<\/strong> and<strong> Margaret Wilkerson Sexton,<\/strong>\u00a0Hotel Peter and Paul, New Orleans<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Nov. 21, 6-8 pm:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong> Book Clubs\/Great Group Reads event,\u00a0 <\/strong>Pelican\/Arcadia Publishing,\u00a0400 Poydras Street, Suite 900, New Orleans.\u00a0 Book clubs promo, Great Group Reads books Panel (with Susan Larson &amp; Kristen Knox) and Open discussion\/ Social.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, Dec. 28 , 10:30-11 AM start time TBD, Broad Theater:\u00a0Screening and post-film roundtable of the new film,\u00a0Little Women. \u00a0Anne Boyd Rioux, <\/strong>author of<strong> Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters,<\/strong> will facilitate the discussion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Wednesday, January 21, 6:30-8:30 PM,\u00a0 &#8220;The Business of Writing,&#8221; Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library 2025 Wednesday, 30 July: WNBA-NOLA Members and Friends meeting at Octavia Books, starting at 6PM. 2024 Tuesday, May 7: GiveNOLA Day!\u00a0 Want to support our chapter?\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the direct link: https:\/\/www.givenola.org\/wnbanola Saturday, August 3, WNBA-NOLA Members Featured at Poetry &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/?page_id=15\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-admin","post-15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":260,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3046,"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/3046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnba-nola.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}