DESCRIPTION:
The Global Salon: NEW ORLEANS (USA) was the climactic season finale of the Global Salon series, where reflections from each previously imagined region offered up a magical, spiritual energy of renewal and empowerment.

Host Eddie Robinson, a native of the Gulf region, lead audience members on an explosive journey of music, culture, arts, and film as the city's rebuilding, environmental initiatives, and recovery efforts became the foundation for the salon.

Conversation and Performance with:

Terence Blanchard (Golden Globe nominee/Grammy-winning film composer, musician - "A Tale of God's Will--A Requiem For Katrina;" "Red Tails")

Susan Bernofsky Writer and prizewinning translator from New Orleans and current Chair of the PEN Translation Committee. She teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Queens College (CUNY).