Upcoming Events

Martha Aubert, president of the board of the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum in Opelousas, and James Douget, board member of the museum, will discuss the cultural institution and the orphan train movement, at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept.

Sheila Cao, a personal finances consultant based in New Orleans, will give a series of presentations on financial management at 7 p.m. all four Tuesdays in September 2024, at the Edith Lawson Westwego Library, 635 Fourth Avenue, Westwego.

Sheila Larman will cover basic genealogy resources, Irish research that can be conducted on a computer in one’s living room, available Irish databases, and the importance of records at the National Library of Ireland, 1622-1915.

Gwen Kelley, a librarian at the East Bank Regional Library, will conduct a shortened series of genealogy classes at the Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road. 

Katheryn Krotzer Laborde, a professor of English at Xavier University of Louisiana, will discuss her new book Flannery O’Connor’s Manhattan, at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

Amanda Fallis, will discuss "Navigating Resources at the City Archives and Special Collections" at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

The World War II Discussion Group, headed by local teacher and historian Brian Altobello, meets the first Thursday of every month to discuss the events of the 1930s and 1940s. Free and open to the public; registration is not required.

Want to be a firefighter when you grow up? The fire truck is coming for a visit and you're invited to check it out! Our local fire department pays the library a visit in order to help promote fire safety week. 

Cyril Lagvanec delivers a lecture on various aspects of history.

Gwen Kelley, a librarian at the East Bank Regional Library, will conduct a shortened series of genealogy classes at the Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road. 

Gwen Kelley, a librarian at the East Bank Regional Library, will conduct a shortened series of genealogy classes at the Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road. 

7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17 – Genetic Genealogy
 

The World War II Discussion Group, headed by local teacher and historian Brian Altobello, meets the first Thursday of every month to discuss the events of the 1930s and 1940s. Free and open to the public; registration is not required.

Cyril Lagvanec delivers a lecture on various aspects of history.

The World War II Discussion Group, headed by local teacher and historian Brian Altobello, meets the first Thursday of every month to discuss the events of the 1930s and 1940s. Free and open to the public; registration is not required.

Cyril Lagvanec delivers a lecture on various aspects of history.