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America at 250: Opening Night with The Atlantic | Ken Burns, Annette Gordon-Reed, Walter Isaacson + Clint Smith | Moderated by: Jeffrey Goldberg

McAlister Auditorium

Behind the Book: Editors, Publishers & the Path to Publication | Amanda “Binky” Urban, Priscilla Painton + Lauren Spiegel | Moderated by: Erinn Hartman

Stibbs, LBC
All the Cool Girls Get Fired | Laura Brown + Kristina O’Neill | Moderated by: Michelle Miller

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Don't Miss the Plot: Finding Meaning & Purpose in Life Through Fiction | John Kenney + Wally Lamb | Moderated by: Zibby Owens

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
On Character: Choices That Define a Life | Gen. Stanley McChrystal | Moderated by: John Bel Edwards

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Inventing Connection: Trust, Access & the Future of the Internet | Sir Tim Berners-Lee + Lady Rosemary Leith Berners-Lee | Moderated by: Nick Mattei

Dixon Hall
The Two Georges: King George, George Washington & the American Revolution | Ken Burns | Moderated by: Rick Atkinson

McAlister Auditorium
The Eleventh Hour: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie | Moderated by: George Packer

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
A Wealth of Humor: A Conversation with Simon Rich, Writer for SNL & The New Yorker | Moderated by: Mike Sacks

ROTC
How Louisiana Shaped a Nation | Richard Campanella, Freddi Williams Evans + Ben Sandmel | Moderated by: Jason Berry

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Beyond the Game: Women, Leadership & the Future of Sports | Christine Brennan + Jana Woodson | Moderated by: Betsy Fischer Martin

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Power Plays: Leadership Decisions that Shape College Athletics | Kiki Baker Barnes + Kevin White | Moderated by: Gabe Feldman

Stibbs, LBC
Fiction & the Cultural Comedy of American Life | Nancy Lemann, Patricia Lockwood + Danzy Senna | Moderated by: C.J. Farley

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Claiming Your Space | Meg Josephson | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Making Jazz Fest: The Soul of New Orleans | Quint Davis | Moderated by: Mitch Landrieu

Dixon Hall
Who Shapes America Now? | Kara Swisher | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Place, Power & Belonging | Charles M. Blow, Imani Perry + Clint Smith | Moderated by: Annette Gordon-Reed

McAlister Auditorium
Culinary Heritage: Memory, Place & the Responsibility to Preserve | Edgar “Dook” Chase IV + John Currence | Moderated by: Ti Martin

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
The State of the Nation Project: In Books | Carol Graham, Douglas Harris + Gary Hoover | Moderated by: President Michael A. Fitts

ROTC
Passions That Preserve a Nation: A Conversation with David Rubenstein | Moderated by: Evan Smith

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Behind the Image: Women, Style & Substance | Elyce Arons, Elizabeth Beller + Karen Essex | Moderated by: Lindsay Cronk

Stibbs, LBC
The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers & Daughters | Sasha Bonét | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Memory & the Burden of History: Fictional Tales of Generational Trauma & Love | Daniel Black, Heather Clark + Sadeqa Johnson | Moderated by: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
America 250: Can Government Help? From Founding Ideals to Civic Reality | Marc J. Dunkelman + Gary Hoover | Moderated by: Nicholas Lemann

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
A Century of Faith, Education & Service: The Xavier University of Louisiana Story | Vincent Barraza, Congressman Troy Carter + Dr. Reynold Verrett | Moderated by: Tim Francis

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Mother, Nature: A Journey of Distance, Belief & Becoming | Jedidiah Jenkins | Moderated by: Nicole Richie

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse & the Unmaking of America | Christopher Jennings | Moderated by: Ken Auletta

ROTC
Climate Reality: What Science, History & Cities Must Face | Peter Brannen + Jesse M. Keenan | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich

Stibbs, LBC
U.S. Politics Today | Molly Jong-Fast, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. + Jonathan Martin | Moderated by: Tim Miller

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent & the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union | Jon Meacham | Moderated by: Mitch Landrieu

McAlister Auditorium
‘NEW New Orleans Cuisine,’ Then & Now | Emeril Lagasse + E.J. Lagasse | Moderated by: Ian McNulty

Dixon Hall
Navigating Uncertainty: America's Foreign Policy | Gen. David H. Petraeus | Moderated by: Jim Sciutto

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Capturing Transformation & Voice in Poetry | Rickey Laurentiis + Bernardo Wade | Moderated by: Karisma Price

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Outbreak Behind Bars: Spider Bites, Human Rights & the Unseen Danger to Public Health | Homer Venters | Moderated by: Dean Thomas LaVeist

Stibbs, LBC
Navigating a Life with Soul Intact: Three Fictional Takes | Michael Clune, C.J. Farley + Wally Lamb | Moderated by: Beth Ann Fennelly

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
From the Beatles to Ozzy to John Prine: Music Legends | Tom Piazza, Stephen Rea + Bruce Spizer | Moderated by: Gayle Wald

ROTC
Are You Mad at Me? How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think & Start Living for You | Meg Josephson | Moderated by: Sasha Sagan

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Rebuilding the Sacred: Notre Dame, St. Louis Cathedral & the Importance of Restoration | Kevin Morris + Philippe Villeneuve | Moderated by: Joseph Dunn

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life | Sanjay Gupta, MD | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Erik Larson on Craft, Characters & Curiosity | Moderated by: Susan Orlean

McAlister Auditorium
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi | Wright Thompson | Moderated by: Imani Perry

Dixon Hall
Conversations with Jason Berry | Moderated by: Howard Hunter

Stibbs, LBC
New Conservatives: Restoring America's Commitment to Family, Community & Industry | Oren Cass | Moderated by: Juan Williams

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Miracle Children: Race, Education & a True Story of False Promises | Katie Benner + Erica L. Green | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast

ROTC
100 Years of Black History Month | Jarvis R. Givens + DeRay McKesson | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Director: A Conversation with Daniel Kehlmann | Moderated by: Michelle Miller

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
After the Sentence: Justice, Accountability & Second Chances | Sophie Cull, Calvin Duncan + Nick Weldon | Moderated by: Madeleine Landrieu

ROTC
Beyond the Blue Dog: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus on Legacy, Leadership & Reinvention | Wendy Rodrigue Magnus | Moderated by: Betsy Fischer Martin

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott | Ron Bechet, Freddi Williams Evans, Anna Rita Scott + Ayo Scot | Moderated by: Shantrell Austin

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
When Societal Bonds Collapse: Moral Complexity in Fiction | Daniel Kehlmann + George Packer | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
The Power of Community & Connection in Times of Uncertainty & Change | Michelle K. Johnston + Nicholas Lalla | Moderated by: Rob Lalka

Stibbs, LBC
Musical Performance: DJ Brice White

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
The Fate of the Day: The War for America | Rick Atkinson | Moderated by: Gen. David H. Petraeus

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
A World Appears: A Conversation with Michael Pollan | Moderated by: Michael Lewis

McAlister Auditorium
The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula that Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors & SpaceX | Jon McNeill | Moderated by: Scott Wolfe Jr.

Dixon Hall

A Conversation with Don Lemon | Moderated by: Tim Miller

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
When Life Makes Other Plans: The Science & Stories of Change | Maya Shankar

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Power, Memory & the Stories We Tell: Black Women Leading through Generations | Keisha N. Blain + Sasha Bonét | Moderated by: Kim Boyle

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Pros & Cons of Substack for Writers | Jami Attenberg + Maurice Carlos Ruffin | Moderated by: Kate Baldwin

ROTC
The Baker's Table | Kelly Jacques + Bronwen Wyatt | Moderated by: Poppy Tooker

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Music, Education & The Sounds of Change | Julian “Juice” Gosin + Gayle Wald | Moderated by: Kyle DeCoste

Stibbs, LBC
How to Make Money in Any Market | Jim Cramer | Moderated by: Peter Ricchiuti

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History & How It Shattered a Nation | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Moderated by: David M. Rubenstein

McAlister Auditorium
The Atlantic Across America Series with Mayor Helena Moreno | Moderated by: Evan Smith

Dixon Hall
The Stories We Tell: Reclaiming Identity through Memoir & Personal Essay | Thomas Beller, Beth Ann Fennelly + David Weill, MD | Moderated by: Jedidiah Jenkins

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
From Cellar to Shaker | Neal Bodenheimer, Jordan Salcito + Sue Strachan | Moderated by: Brett Martin

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
When a Cookbook Becomes a Book: Rescuing Recipes, Preserving Stories | Mara Baumgarten Force + Alon Shaya | Moderated by: Golan Moskowitz

Stibbs, LBC
How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing & Community Transformation from the Inside Out | La June Montgomery Tabron | Moderated by: Judy Reese Morse

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Shaping Cities Through Art | Jeff Koons | Moderated by: Kate Levin

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Stephen Ambrose & the Creation of the National WWII Museum: From D-Day to Liberation & Legacy | Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller | Moderated by: Steve Vogel

ROTC
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written: A Conversation with Walter Isaacson | Moderated by: David Brooks

McAlister Auditorium
Chain of Ideas: A Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi | Moderated by: Cleo Wade

Dixon Hall
The American Revolution & America at 250 | Ken Burns | Moderated by: John Avlon

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Kin: A New Novel by Tayari Jones | Moderated by: Imani Perry

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun & Freedom in a Screen-Filled World | Catherine Price | Moderated by: President Michael A. Fitts

ROTC
For Small Creatures Such As We: Understanding Our Place in the Universe | Sasha Sagan | Moderated by: Nicole Richie

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
New Orleans Garden District: Profiles in Preservation | Andrea St. Paul Bland + Sally Reeves | Moderated by: Howard Hunter

Stibbs, LBC
Forty Years: Painting French Louisiana | Francis X. Pavy | Moderated by: Nick Spitzer

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
The State of Civil & Individual Rights | Annette Gordon-Reed, Brandon Terry + Juan Williams | Moderated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Art as a Force for Justice | Sister Helen Prejean + Rose Vines | Moderated by: Sophie Cull

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
The Thing About Falling: A Conversation with Tarriona “Tank” Ball | Moderated by: Stevona Elem-Rogers

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Balancing Craft & Community: Restaurants with a Purpose | Kelly Jacques, Alon Shaya, Arvinder Vilkhu + Cathy Whims | Moderated by: Nini Nguyen

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
From Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn't Own You | Josh Steiner + Michael Lynton | Moderated by: Ken Auletta

ROTC
Instant Classics: New Memoirs from Molly Jong-Fast + Susan Orlean | Moderated by: Thomas Beller

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Smallx20: Twenty Years of Community Engaged Design in New Orleans | Maggie Hansen, Patty Heyda, Emilie Taylor Welty + Sue Mobley | Moderated by: Ann Yoachim

Stibbs, LBC
A Conversation with Anderson Cooper + Dax Shepard

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Feminism, Culture & Voice: A Conversation with Roxane Gay | Moderated by: Imani Perry

McAlister Auditorium
Conquering Crisis: Leadership Lessons When It Matters Most | Adm. William H. McRaven | Moderated by: Andrew Ross Sorkin

Dixon Hall
Batt Out of Heaven: A Conversation with Bryan Batt | Moderated by: Michael Lewis

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Dark, Dangerous & Devoted: Crafting Romance Fiction | Juliette Cross + Olivia Worley | Moderated by: Jessica Spotswood

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Second Line Culture & Street as Story | Karen Celestan + Freddi Williams Evans | Moderated by: Tara Hernandez

Stibbs, LBC
Lives Lived, Stories Told | John T. Edge, Nicholas Lemann + Viet Thanh Nguyen | Moderated by: Anna Adams

ROTC
Cleo Wade + Friends

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Miracles & Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus | Elaine Pagels | Moderated by: Tania Tetlow

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Heart Life Music | Kenny Chesney | Moderated by: Holly Gleason

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Coded Justice: A Thriller | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast

McAlister Auditorium
Democracy in Practice: Law, Activism & the American Story | Akhil Reed Amar + Keisha N. Blain | Moderated by: John Avlon

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Musical Performance: DJ Brice White

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Rethinking Women’s Health at Every Stage | Heddwen Brooks, MD, Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD + Sara Reardon | Moderated by: Jennifer Avegno, MD

Diboll Gallery, Malkin Sacks Commons
Southern Football Noir, Big Apple Sleuths & Spine-tingling Obsessions: Crime Fiction to Die For | Eli Cranor, Stephen Spotswood + Olivia Worley | Moderated by: Michael Strecker

ROTC
Stay in the Game: Making the Most of Every Season | Matt Forté | Moderated by: Jeff Duncan

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Live from New Orleans: A Conversation with The New Yorker's Susan Morrison About Her Biography 'Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live' | Moderated by: Mike Sacks

Stibbs, LBC
Profoundly Human: Fiction of & for Our Time | Katie Kitamura, Megha Majumdar + Sigrid Nunez | Moderated by: C. Morgan Babst

Marshall Family Commons, Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Sports, Character & Leadership | Gov. Wes Moore | Moderated by: Wright Thompson

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, LBC
Silent Reading Hour

The Burgundy Room, Berger Family Lawn
Who We Are: Stories That Shape a Nation | Stacey Abrams, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. + Viet Thanh Nguyen | Moderated by: Charles M. Blow

McAlister Auditorium
Musical Celebration with Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias

Festival Tent presented by The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Berger Family Lawn

Musical Performance: New Voices New Orleans

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Cleo Wade

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Lagniappe of Learning: Early Literacy in New Orleans with the Krewe of Dolly

ROTC
Reading: Jen Hayes Lee

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Connie Collins Morgan

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Sally-Ann Roberts & Lawrence Roberts II

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Britt Gondolfi

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
How Stories Come to Life: Andy the Dog & the Magic of Animation with Jamy Wheless

ROTC
Reading: Michael Strecker

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Shannon Atwater

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Holly McKenna + Maeve Graffagini

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading Is a Superpower: Lessons from the Field & the Page with Malcom Mitchell

ROTC
Reading: Kaye Courington

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Alicia McKenzie

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Malcom Mitchell

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Stories That Score: Sports, Creativity & Finding your Voice with Gary Alipio + Melina Alipio

ROTC
Reading: Monique Lorden

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Zachary Warter

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Heroes in the Making: Creating Courageous Characters with Jesse Byrd, Marti Dumas + Misako Rocks! | Moderated by: Mike Strecker

ROTC
Reading: Monisha Bajaj

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Heroes in the Making: Creating Courageous Characters with Jesse Byrd, Marti Dumas + Misako Rocks! | Moderated by: Michael Strecker

ROTC
Reading: Wendy Rodrigue Magnus

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Margaret Orr

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Xavier Rush

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Blake Bertucci-Booth

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse
Reading: Adam Dennis

Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse