Past Events

New Year’s Eve, 2022
Lemons to Lemonade, Magen Raine Gladden.
The final second lady Louisiana artist in the 2022 cycle.
Geoff Munsterman narrates. Shadow Angelina Starkey reads as Gladden.
LISTEN HERE

Thanksgiving, 2022
Letters from the Street.
Literally sourced from New Orleans’s streets. Missives of all kinds. Notices, notes-to-self, lists, recipes, and formulas.
LISTEN HERE

September 28, 2022
Angela Gregory. The second lady Louisiana artist in the 2022 cycle.

Letters and missives to and from this eco-feminist artist, and Letters Read Executive Advisory Board member. Christopher Kamenstein reads Varisco’s letters and other correspondence of interest. Audio production by Steve Chyzyk, Sonic Canvas Studio.
LISTEN HERE

June 24, 2022
Michel Varisco. Presenting the first lady Louisiana artist in the 2022 cycle.

Letters and missives to and from this eco-feminist artist, and Letters Read Executive Advisory Board member. Christopher Kamenstein reads Varisco’s letters and other correspondence of interest. Audio production by Steve Chyzyk, Sonic Canvas Studio.
LISTEN HERE

April 1, 2022
The Only Person Ever Brought to Trial for Conspiracy to Assassinate President John F. Kennedy.
Robert Valley reads as the voice of Shaw, David Zalkind is Jim Garrison. Audio production is by Steve Chyzyk, Sonic Canvas Studio.
LISTEN HERE

December 31, 2021
INCUBATOR VIII: Mid-20th Century Foreign Intrigue & the Almighty American Dollar
Prelude to the April 1, 2022 reading, The Only Person Brought to Trial for Conspiracy to Assassinate President John F. Kennedy.
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November 25, 2021
Mad Men New Orleans-style!
Reading by Colin B. Miller. Audio production Steve Chyzyk and Steve Himelfarb, Sonic Canvas Studio and Paul Broussard for additional recording.
LISTEN HERE

November 7, 2021
INCUBATOR VIII: The Power of a Personal Letter
Prelude to the Thanksgiving, 2021 reading Mad Men.
Ron Thomson’s story about the letter he wrote to movie star Audrey Hepburn.
LISTEN HERE

July 15, 2021
Bananas Anyone?
Reading from a 1906 photo-album compiled in response to the last documented yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans and the United States. Readers are William Bowling and Grace Kennedy. Audio production by Steve Chyzyk and Sonic Canvas Studio.
LISTEN HERE

July 12, 2021
INCUBATOR VII: Yellow Fever, Mosquitos, and Monkeys
Prelude to the July 25, 2021 podcast, Bananas Anyone, project director Nancy Sharon Collins puts forth a science fiction theory to microbiology scholar Claiborne Christian, Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans.
LISTEN HERE

March 25, 2021
The Letters of Edgar Degas
Christopher Kamenstein reads as Degas.
Audio production by Steve Steve Chyzyk, Sonic Canvas Studio.
Nancy Sharon Collins, program director, emcees.
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March 18, 2021
INCUBATOR VI: Michel Musson, 1849
Prelude to the March 25, 2021 reading, The Letters of Edgar Degas.
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December 31st, 2020
A Conversation with Two Actors
A remote interview with two professional actors,
George Saucier and Colin Miller.
Audio production by Steve Steve Chyzyk, and Steve Himelfarb,
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August 20, 2020
The Letters of Skip Ward
A podcast hosted by:
Alexandria Museum of Art
Alexandria, Louisiana.
LISTEN HERE

April 26
, 2020
The Letters of Stewart Butler
The 14th Letters Read and first produced remotely and podcast.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE
Readers: Dylan Hunter, Rebecca Hollingsworth, and emcee is Frank Perez.
Audio engineer Dylan Hunter as well.
Music is written and performed by Rob Hudak.

March 29, 2020
CANCELED Due to the Corona Virus Outbreak
Taboo Busting, a panel discussion
Hotel Monteleone, Riverview Room
Panelists: Dr. Thomas Bonner, Jr., John Whittier Treat, Marion Hill.
In conjunction with the New Orleans Tennessee Williams Literary Festival and the Saints and Sinners conference.

January 10, 2020
INCUBATOR III: A Preliminary Reading of Personal Letters to Stewart Butler
LISTEN HERE

October 26, 2019
LETTERS READ Anniversary & Fundraising Bash
4:00 to 4:45 pm
Orange Couch
2339 Royal St, New Orleans
The special reading by Christopher Kamenstein and project director, stationer, Nancy Sharon Collins.

September 25, 2019
LETTERS READ: Baroness de Pontalba
Louisiana State Museum
The Cabildo
701 Charters Street, New Orleans

August 25th, 2019
LETTERS READ: Lafcadio Hearn, Revisited
Crescent City Books
124 Baronne Street, New Orleans

July 20, 2019
LETTERS READ: CODEX II Open Mic Night

Crescent City Books
124 Baronne Street, across from the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans
Watch and listen to Charlie Bishop talk about erasing his doctoral dissertation here.

February 13, 2019
LETTERS READ: The Desegregation of New Orleans Public Libraries
Nora Navra Library
1902 St. Bernard Avenue, New Orleans
Listen to the performance here.

November 25, 2018
LETTERS
READ: The nature of property, property ownership
,
 and the origins of Felicity Redevelopment.
St John the Baptist Catholic Church
1139 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans

June 29, 2018
LETTERS READ: The Janet Mary Riley letters
Loyola University Special Collections & Archives
J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library
6363 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans
Listen to the performance here.

June 2, 2018
INCUBATOR II: Dorian Bennett Talks about His Friend Tennessee Williams
LISTEN HERE

March 23, 2018
LETTERS READ: The Luck of Friendship
Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre, French Quarter, New Orleans
Listen to the performance here.

February 14 (that’s right, Valentines Day), 2018
LETTERS READ: Text Dating
Antenna Gallery
3718 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans
Listen to the performance here,
and here

November 11, 2017
LETTERS READ: Veterans Day
Bastion
1901 Mirabeau Avenue, New Orleans
Listen to the performance here.

September 13, 2017
LETTERS READ: Letters of Regret
Antenna Gallery
3718 St Claude Avenue, New Orleans

June 29, 2017
LETTERS READ: Hermann and Grima Family Letters
Hermann-Grima House
820 Saint Louis Street, New Orleans

May 23, 2017
LETTERS READ: Lafcadio Hearn, Summer of 1886
Grand Isle Letters from Loyola University New Orleans Special Collections & Archives
Crescent City Books
124 Baronne Street, New Orleans

May 17, 2017
Sneak-peak to LETTERS READ
A Studio In The Woods
13401 Patterson Road, New Orleans