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Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 6:32 p.m.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019
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The Louisiana Museum Foundation, Louisiana State Museum, Letters Read, Antenna, and stationer Nancy Sharon Collins bring an intimate, performative evening celebrating our love for history and architecture, and a unique understanding of our relationship with property.

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A special reading in which professional actors read and interpret contemporary and historic communications surrounding the current exhibit The Baroness de Pontalba & the Rise of Jackson Square at the Louisiana State Museum\\u2019s Cabildo.

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This event weaves the legacy of Don Andr\\xe9s Almonester (1728\\u20131798), his formidable daughter, Micaela, the Baroness de Pontalba (1795\\u20131874), and specific members of her descendant family into an exploration of our notions of property and property ownership.

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Special guests include emcee Christopher Kamenstein and Grace Kennedy.

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About the image: \\u201cSpanish Cabildo\\u201d by artist Jim Blanchard, 1992. From the exhibition The Baroness de Pontalba & The Rise of Jackson Square at the Cabildo, French Quarter, New Orleans. The drawing was lent by Paul St. Martin and photographed by Advocate staff photographer Chris Granger.

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