Please join us for "Queens Rule X: It's a Family Affair"

Queens Rule VIII: I Married a Big Chief! A panel conversation among Mardi Gras Indian wives

Please join us for Queens Rule VIII, the Spring 2012 installment of an ongoing conversation about the arts, roles, and practices of women and girls in the Mardi Gras Indian culture of New Orleans

I MARRIED A BIG CHIEF!
A panel conversation among Mardi Gras Indian wives

with

Mrs. Gaynell Gibson-Sorina
Wife of Flag Boy Adolph Sorina
Black Feather

Mrs. Agnes Harris
Wife of Big Chief James “Yam” Harris
Semolian Warriors

Mrs. Herreast Harrison
Wife of late Big Chief Donald Harrison, Senior
Guardians of the Flame

Mrs. Sabrina Mays-Montana
Wife of Big Chief Darryl Montana
Yellow Pocahontas

Mrs. Joyce Montana
Wife of late Big Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana
Yellow Pocahontas

Moderated by Karen Celestan

Our evening together will conclude with a special Mardi Gras Indian tribute performance

5:00pm until 7:00pm
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 
Anna E. Many Lounge
Caroline Richardson Building
Tulane University
 
There is no charge to participate in the event, but seating is limited. To guarantee seating, please RSVP Karen@mosaicliterary.com by Friday, March 16. You may also join and share the event via our Facebook page.

The Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame is pleased to present Queens Rule VIII in coordination with the Spring 2012 Feminist Documentary class taught by Instructor Betsy Weiss in the Tulane Department of Communication in association with the Tulane Center for Public Service.
 
Caroline Richardson Building is the second building on the Uptown side of Newcomb Place just off Willow Street on the Newcomb College campus of the Uptown New Orleans campus of Tulane University. The Caroline Richardson Building is a 1950s brick and glass building. The Anna E. Many Lounge is on the second floor at the end of the hall. Please do not confuse the Caroline Richardson Building with either of the "Richardson Buildings" that are located on the Tulane campus near St Charles Avenue.

HALL OF FAME WEEKEND SCREENING and DISCUSSION of MARDI GRAS INDIAN FILM (6-8 pm Friday August 5 at McDonogh 42)

Queen B: A portrait of Littdell Banister, Tribal Queen of the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indian Gang (2010) from Sophielab as screened at the 2010 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Ceremony on Vimeo.

The Thirteenth Annual Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Weekend presents

PREMIERE OF 2010-2011 QUEENS RULE! PROJECT PORTRAITS and DISCUSSION OF MARDI GRAS INDIANS ON SCREEN

featuring the premieres of Queens Rule! project profiles of Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame honorees Mercy Stevenson, Patrina Peters, and Laurita B. Dollis.

Elder Queen Mercy Stevenson is former Queen of the Wild Tchoupitoulas and the White Cloud Hunters. Laurita Barras Dollis is Big Queen of the Wild Magnolias. Partina Peters is Wild Queen of the Red Hawk Hunters. 

Please join us at the 2011 Mardi Gras Indian Film Fest on Friday, August 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm hosted by McDonogh 42 Charter Elementary School, 1651 N. Tonti, New Orleans, LA. An event of the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Weekend, the screening and discussion is free and open to the public.

The Queens Rule! documentary project of the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame is supported in part by funding from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Kerry Clayton and Paige Royer, with production supervised by Betsy Weiss via the "Feminist Documentation and New Media" class in the Tulane Department of Communication and Center for Public Service, and by Crystal Kile via Sophielab at Newcomb College Institute (2006-2010) and now for the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame. 

There will be a Q & A following with Guardians of the Flame Big Chief Brian Nelson, Director of the award-winning 2011 short Keeper of the Flame, and Greg Anderson, screenwriter of award-winning Stomp the Yard, joining Betsy Weiss and Crystal Kile.

For more information please phone 504-214-6630 or 504-231-5780.