The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University brings the world’s leading authors to the university’s uptown campus for a multi-day celebration for book lovers of all ages.
The fourth annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University will take place March 27-29, 2025, on Tulane’s uptown campus. The festival is free and open to the public.
To find out more about the festival, including the 2025 schedule, click here.
Remembering Jesse Colin Young
& Aurelio Martínez
Jesse Colin Young performs for the California Saga 2 Charity Concert in Los Angeles California on July 3, 2019 - Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com
Aurelio Martínez in Corozal Village, Honduras - Photo by Sarah Weeden
Singer-songmaker Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods passed away on Sunday, March 16. Young's career began in Greenwich Village during the 60’s folk revival, and his 1967 hit with the Youngbloods, “Get Together,” called for peace and unity.
You can hear our interview with Jesse Colin Young here and read more about his life here.
Singer-guitarist and social leader Aurelio Martínez, who grew up in the traditional Afro-Indigenous Garifuna culture of coastal Honduras, was killed in a plane crash on Monday, March 17 while taking off from Roatán, a small island off the northern coast of Honduras. He was a global ambassador for Garifuna culture and a member of the Honduran congress.
You can hear our interview with Aurelio here.