Established in 2000, the mission of the New Orleans African American Museum is to preserve, interpret and promote the African American cultural heritage of New Orleans, with a particular emphasis on the Tremé community.
Tour the streets and the haunted history of one of the most famous places in New Orleans with the French Quarter Phantoms tour company. Guides tell the tales of ghosts, hauntings, voodoo, witchcraft and other strange happenings during the French Quarter's storied past.
Take part celebrating the life, work and literary accomplishments of one of America's most important writers at the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival. Williams is remembered through writing workshops, panel discussions, literary readings, stage performances, a book fair, music, writing contests and other events incorporating literature, poetry and other art forms - and more importantly, food and drink!