November 30th | 6pm - 8pm

We invite our neighbors back in the Tremé to get to know the museum by joining us for our monthly conversation series, where we serve calas, an old New Orleans tradition, uniquely prepared by a local chef.

This month series we’ll be hosting a conversation between Al Jackson of Treme’s Jazz Petit Museum and KnowNolaTour’s Malik Bartholomew. Food and calas will be served by the Chef-in-Residence Indigo Martin of Indigo Soul Cuisine.

Calas is a breakfast fritter mixed with cooked rice, flour, sugar, and spices, and then deep-fried. The word Calas was first printed in 1880, and is derived from African languages, such as the Nupe word kárá, or “fried cake.” African American street vendors sold fresh hot calas in the city’s French Quarter, with the familiar cry, “Calas, belles, calas tout chauds!”

6 pm  Event + Livestream Begin       

6:05 pm  Calas with Chef Indigo        

7:30 pm  Conversation between Al Jackson & Malik Bartholomew 

Speakers

Al Jackson

Al Jackson grew up in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, and has made it his life's work to study New Orleans' musical history. After working on many other projects all over the world (six years in the U.S. Air Force, data analysis to help create the Saturn IB rocket, and time in the New Orleans city government), Al turned his attention to achieving his long-time dream: opening a museum dedicated to the history of 4,000 years of People, Culture, Conflicts, Music and Musical Instruments that created the sound of Jazz in New Orleans. As America's oldest integrated neighborhood, Treme has always been an important center of African-American and Creole culture; New Orleans’ beating heart for brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians, and of course, the jazz that is the life blood pulsing through the city.

Malik Bartholomew

Malik Bartholomew is a native African Orleanian who serves his hometown as a historian, photographer, researcher, tour guide, master story teller, radio co-host, community griot & cultural curator. He has studied history his entire life and is a proud graduate of Dillard University where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Post-graduation he has since spent countless of hours in the various archives in the city exploring and learning more about the unique traditions and history of the city of New Orleans. Malik has an undying passion for all things “New Orleans” and remains committed to exploring, researching, learning and most importantly sharing the unique history, rich culture and distinctive qualities of the city of New Orleans.

Chef-in-Residence

Indigo Soul Cuisine

The Soul Cuisine offers plant based pleasures cultivated and created to feed the soul. Inspired by Indian, Asian, African, Latin American, & Middle Eastern cuisines. Being delivered with a modern day and Creole touch to be completed with nourishment within the mind and full vitality within the body. Combining art & science bringing euphoria to every dish and letting food be thy medicine.

Conversations, Culture and Callas is presented in part by The Helis Foundation