Friends of the Cabildo Calendar
Founding of New Orleans History Class
September 23, 25, 26, 30 | 4-6pm | $30 Members / $40 GA | Zoom | Recorded
Historian Charles Chamberlain will present a series of four lectures covering the founding of New Orleans – providing the background of environmental context and initial French colonial settlement, and then Bienville’s founding of the city in 1718 and the subsequent physical and cultural development of Nouvelle Orleans in the 1720s and 1730s. Emphasis will be place on memoirs, illustrations, and maps from the period that document the experiences of the inhabitants and the development of the city’s distinct Creole culture.
All classes are recorded and distributed the next day.
Home Research Seminar – Researching Your New Orleans Property
Saturday | August 17th | 10am | Zoom
Tickets $35 GA / $25 Members
Friends of the Cabildo will host “Researching Your New Orleans Property” Seminary, Saturday, August 17th at 10:00 a.m. via zoom. Robert J. Cangelosi, Jr., an Adjunct Lecturer at the Tulane University School of Architecture, will present an in-depth program on historic home research.
If walls could talk, you would know everything you wanted to know about your property, like who previously owned it, those who slept in it, how old it is, and what secrets it holds. Cangelosi, president of Koch and Wilson Architects, will outline how to develop the history of your property, using primary sources rather than oral traditions and secondary sources, which often are incorrect. Preparation of a “chain of title,” the essential first step in developing a history, will be discussed. The chain document the ownership of a property, which in theory, can be taken back to the early 1700s, during the French Colonial period. The “chain of title” relates to the property, not the improvements, and rarely will the chain alone indicate when improvements were made. Like history detectives, determining when improvements were done involves research into various records, including census, tax, water, building permits, contracts, city directories, newspapers, and more. This program will explain how these records can be used and where to find them.
Fall Member Lecture Series
Free to Members | Non-Members $10/ All Fall Lectures $25 | All 6pm
All August Lectures by Emily Ford – New Orleans Cemetery Scholar – 6pm – Zoom
August 13th – Researching Burial Locations in Orleans Parish
August 20th – Cemetery Titles and Property Ownership
2024-2025 FOC Concert Series
$25 Members / $30 GA | $200 Front Row Guaranteed Seat / $180 Members
All Concerts at 7pm at the NO Jazz Museum 3rd Floor | Only 100 tickets/Show
Tickets go on sale on July 1st
2024 Ghostly Gallivant
Welcome to the 2024 Ghostly Gallivant Tours – Gallatin Street – A Perfect Hell on Earth Tours! Join us on Fri, Oct 18 at 5:30 PM for a spooky adventure at The Cabildo. Get ready to explore the haunted history of Gallatin Street and uncover chilling tales of the past. This in-person tour/event promises to be a night of thrills and scares. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to experience a perfect hell on earth! Get your tickets now and prepare for a Ghostly Gallivant like no other.
Missed Any of our Classes? We Record All Lectures
Purchase a ticket by emailing jason@friendsofthecabildo.org and we can get you copies you can watch for up to 6 months.
5-Part Neighborhoods of New Orleans Class w/Dr. Karen Leathem, Joyce Miller and Dr. Charles Chamberlain | Zoom | Tickets: $40 | Members $30
Founding Neighborhoods- Downtown Faubourgs
Downtown Faubourgs- Treme, Marigny, Bywater, 7th Ward
Uptown Neighborhoods- Garden District, Uptown and Carrollton
Expansion of the City – Broadmoor, Mid City, Lakefront
Suburbs of the Metro Region – Jefferson Parish, St. Bernard and the Northshore
Previously Recorded Classes that can be purchased for 6-month use (Educational Only)
Researching Your New Orleans Property Seminar and History of New Orleans Architecture Lecture (3 hour Class) ($25 Member – $35GA)
Founding of New Orleans Class (4 Classes) ($30 Member – $40 GA)
History of Carnival Class (4 Classes): ($30 Member – $40GA)
History of Louisiana and New Orleans Music
History of Rum (3 Classes): ($25 Member – $35GA)
We also have recorded all of our symposiums, over 75 lectures on Louisiana History and Culture!
Home Research Seminar: Researching Your New Orleans Property
Lecture with Robert J. Cangelosi, AIA | TBA | Zoom | Tickets: $40 GA | $30 Members – Date to be Announced – If you can’t attend we record the lecture!
If walls could talk, you would know everything you wanted to know about your property, like who previously owned it, those who slept in it, how old it is, and what secrets it holds. Robert Cangelosi Jr., AIA, president of Koch and Wilson Architects, will outline how to develop the history of your property, using primary sources rather than oral traditions and secondary sources, which often are incorrect. Preparation of a “chain of title,” the essential first step in developing a history, will be discussed.
Yoga at the Cabildo
Yoga at the Cabildo will begin classes again starting Saturday, June 17th at 8:30 a.m. at the Cabildo (701 Chartres Street) on beautiful Jackson Square. Layla Ross will be giving classes every Saturday morning for Friends of the Cabildo Members, locals and tourists. Member cost for the class is $10 and non-members its $20. If you have a mat please bring one if not we have some available for free.
Second Thursday Lecture Series
Thursday, August 8th, 6pm | Sponsored by Friends of the Cabildo
Join us for a virtual evening with Brooke Champagne as she discusses her new book Nola Face: A Latina’s Life in the Big Easy (University of Georgia Press, 2024). This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Cabildo as part of the Second Thursday Lecture Series. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The program will take place on Zoom. Please register here and a link will be emailed to you on the day of the lecture