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Female Carnival Krewes of New Orleans

Lecture: "Queens, Goddesses, Yama-Yama Girls, and Pussyfooters: Women and Carnival in New Orleans"

Dr. Karen Leathem, historian for the Louisiana State Museum, will speak at the Friends of the Cabildo 2nd Thursday Lectures Series (NOON LECTURE) on the role of Female Carnival Krewes and their influence on this second Golden Age of Carnival. 

Thursday, February 8th at Noon
Free and Open to the Public at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint

Earlier Event: February 7
Black Mardi Gras Traditions
Later Event: February 9
Loren Pickford: First Person