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Music

Home Featured Authors & Panelists Programs by Subject 2025 Music

10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, First Floor, Seminar Center
Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong
Ricky Riccardi with moderator Gwen Thompkins

10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, Fourth Floor
Let the Music Speak: Tracking the Sounds That Changed Everything
Hank Ewert with moderator Charles D. Chamberlain

11:00 am to 11:45 am
Bienville Building, Conference Center 173
Donna’s Bar & Grill New Orleans
Donna Poniatowski Sims with moderator David Johnson

Noon to 12:45 pm
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor, Auditorium
Beatles for Sale to Help!
Bruce Spizer

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
State Library, Fourth Floor
How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music
Alison Fensterstock and Gwen Thompkins with moderator Megan Holt