In an explosive East-meets-West dance and music event, India Jazz Suites features Pandit Chitresh Das, one of India’s foremost Kathak dance masters, and Jason Samuels Smith, an Emmy-award winning tap star, accompanied live by three classical Indian musicians and a stellar jazz trio that drive the program.
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and The NOCCA Institute broke ground on the NOCCA Forum, a 60,000 square-foot renovation of an historic warehouse that will expand NOCCA’s campus and create a host of new offerings for the public.
NOCCA’s Culinary Arts students are baking fantastic pies all year long! This month, they’re offering one of our all-time favorites: a little slice of autumn called Sweet Potato Pecan Pie. Order this holiday classic to …
“Anybody who has ever enjoyed a musical on the stage should see this show, a miraculous close-up encounter with Patti LuPone. It is a fair bet that they will have the time of their life.” – The Telegraph, London
This pie’s heavenly, aromatic blend of vanilla, spices, vinegar, and raisins results in a delectable dessert that’s unlike any other you’ve ever had.
These two outstanding poems were recently featured in the Institute’s 2013 Aspirations newsletter. SHE Brianna Breaux, Creative Writing, Level II Assume the gulf’s wide mouth, a sharp outcrop of rock licked with sea-slicked lichen. Assume: …
Join Chefs Dana D’Anzi Tuohy (NOCCA Culinary Arts Chair), Jesse Wightkin (NOCCA Culinary Arts Instructor), and Michael Doyle (Maurepas Foods) as they teach the basics of pickling and preserving in this free outdoor workshop.
The NOCCA Institute awarded over $150,000 in Term-Time and Summer Study Financial Aid in 2012-13. Students receiving aid from the Institute graduated from NOCCA with almost $7 million in scholarship offers and aid to college …
One day last fall, students arrived to a topographical map taped to the floor of the breezeway. Their charge: to discover what the oblong-lined shapes meant using the measurement systems, geology, biology, scientific data collection …
Above: exterior rendering of the NOCCA Forum by John C. Williams Architects Young, creative and focused energy is about to fill one of the city’s oldest architectural structures. Built in the 1830’s as part of …
On the heels of its successful first season in 2012/13, the Broadway @ NOCCA concert series returns to New Orleans with some of New York theater’s leading ladies (one of whom is famously a man …
Rows of vividly colored vegetables and cut flowers crisscrossed by grass pathways. A mouth-watering menu made with just-picked herbs and produce served at The Boxcar, the on-site food truck. Beds for a thousand experiments in biology, physics, chemistry and environmental science. All surrounded by a green fence covered in vining fruits and flowers.
Terence Blanchard GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter and composer, Artistic Director of Jazz for Mancini Institute at University of Miami Frost School of Music, NOCCA alumnus “The thing about finding yourself as an artist is that at …
As the Academic Studio’s year-end sciences and humanities projects symposium came to a close in May, every 9th and 10th grade student had something to celebrate. Each student had experienced remarkable double-digit growth in every …
Friends are invited Tuesday, October 1st at 7:00pm to hear writers from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program. Participating authors include Patrícia Portela (Portugal), Roland Rugero (Burundi) and Sridala Swami (India).
