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Deepwater Horizon: Climate, culture, and the environment’s effects on them are the subject of a library program | Entertainment/Life

Deepwater Horizon: Climate, culture, and the environment’s effects on them are the subject of a library program | Entertainment/Life

Monique Verdin, a photographer and filmmaker, will be exploring the Deepwater Horizon disaster as well as other fossil fuel-related events in southeast Louisiana. The Zoom program hosted at the New Orleans Public Library will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday April 9.

Her documentary on the Mississippi River Delta’s Houma Nation, a document that examines the relationship between climate, culture, and environment in southeast Louisiana, is a part of her work. Her work has been featured in a number of environmentally-inspired projects, including the multiplatform performance Cry You One and the collaborative book Return To Yakni Chitto : Houma Migrations.

Visit nolalibrary.org/events to register for “Indigenous Histories and Fossil Fuel Realities in Louisiana — From Standard Oil to the BP Drilling Disaster.”

‘CHERCHEZ LA FAEMME’Author and photographer Cheryl Gerber will spend the evening at Algiers Point’s Cita Dennis Hubbell Library, April 12, to discuss Cherchez la Femme, her book that captures the vibrancy of New Orleans women.

Cherchez la Femme, inspired by the 2017 Womens March, Washington, D.C., includes over 200 photos of the women who shape New Orleans. Many are well-known, however, there are also others.

12 essays written by women celebrate New Orleans’ uniqueness.

Contributors include Constance Adler and Karen Celestan, Alison Fensterstock and Kathy Finn.

Sponsored by Friends of Hubbell Library



The water knife

COASTAL IMPACTThe library’s “Witness to Change” series will continue at 5:30 p.m. on April 19. This time, Paolo Bacigalupi will discuss “The Water Knife”, a near-future dystopian novel about a drought-ridden American Southwest that is suffocating under rising heat and severe water shortages.

This program is part 2 of a 4-part series that aims at sparking discussions about the changing environment for our coastal communities.

Attendees will be able to request a free copy of this book to read and any other books being discussed at the remaining “Witness to Change” meetings. Visit archives.nolalibrary.org for more details.

The Friends of the New Orleans Public Library and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities sponsor the series as part of the BHP funded project “Coastal Impacts”: An Integrated Approach for Planning, Understanding, and Community Adaptation.

Jane LeGros is the director for marketing and communications at the New Orleans Public Library.

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