Inside The Arts

Conversation with Preservation Resource Center executive director Danielle Del Sol. Six gorgeous homes will be featured in a festive video series highlighting the city’s diverse neighborhoods and architecture, as the PRC’s 45th annual Holiday Home Tour is going virtual this year.

Award winning multi-disciplinary artist José Torres-Tama is back with a new solo performance arts piece. It’s called Immigrant Dreams & Alien Nightmares. It’s a bilingual performance in two parts and two nights. The work is inspired by Torres-Tama's poetry collection of the same title. It’s a deep dive into the underbelly of the “American Dream”. José Torres-Tama’s solo performance piece, Immigrant Dreams & Alien Nightmares will be streamed Via Zoom and FaceBook Live on Friday & Saturday, Dec. 4th & 5th at 8pm. More info at www.torrestama.com. There is now an extended run with performances on Dec. 11th and 12th.

Conversation with New Orleans Opera General Director Clare Burovac.

Conversation with New Orleans artist Susan Gisleson. Her whimsical installation, Land of Dreams, is now on view in the gallery of the Historic New Orleans Collection's Tricentennial Wing. It is an immersive experience she describes as a "love letter to a New Orleans summer." Susan Gisleson's "Land of Dreams" will be on view in the John and Bernadina Scovern Gallery of The Historic New Orleans Collection's Tricentennial Wing at 520 Royal Street, through March 7, 2021. Admission is free, but

A magical adventure in the woods is reaching a milestone. FORESTival is a family festival celebrating art and nature. It is presented by A Studio in the Woods and is turning 10! It will take place this year, but in a uniquely re-imagined way due to the pandemic. We talk with managing director Ama Rogan. FORESTival will take place on and around November 14th. More info is available online at www.astudiointhewoods.org

New Orleans Airlift presents SONIC REMEDIES, a series of multi-weekend concerts in the Music Box Village. We talk with New Orleans Airlift co-founder Jay Pennington. Weekly lineups and mandatory advance ticketing for SONIC REMEDIES can be found at WWW.MUSICBOXVILLAGE.COM

A stellar line-up of more than 160 films are coming to a couch or an open air theatre near you. New Orleans Film Society programming manager Zandashé Brown joins us by phone with a heads up on this year's offerings. For more info, check the website - neworleansfilmfestival.org.

Conversation with gallerist Arthur Roger. Art in the Time of Empathy, is an exhibition of gallery and invited artists examining the year 2020 as an historical moment and a transformative time. The exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia Street, until December 19, 2020. More info is available online at arthurrogergallery.com

Conversation with Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Vice President of Content, Erin Greenwald. Additional information about the annual humanities awards can be found online at leh.org\humanities-awards.

The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival kicks off its 5th Anniversary, with live performances by members of the Manhattan Chamber Players, streamed from venues in New Orleans. We talk with the festival's founding artistic director, Luke Fleming. The festival runs October 2nd thru 11th. Streaming links, concert dates and times can be found at crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com