BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230623T171500Z DTEND:20230623T174500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Lunchtime Lagniappe: Before They're Gone: Snapshots and Memories of At-risk Queer Spaces Through Virtual Tours and Oral Histories with Dr. Catherine Cooper DESCRIPTION:LGBTQ+ sites including homes\, bars\, bookstores\, and meeting places are at risk of disappearing. The National Center for Preservation\, Technology & Training (NCPTT) is working with partners across Louisiana and the South to document at-risk sites as identified by local queer communities and collect memories of why these sites are important. The Faerie Playhouse in New Orleans was documented in 2022 as the template for the work moving forward. The Faerie Playhouse was the home of Stewart Butler\, an activist for human rights and the LGBTQ+ community and remains important to the local community after Stewart's passing in March 2020.\n\n \n\nDr. Catherine Cooper is a Research Scientist in the Technical Services Program at NCPTT. She is assisting with in-house research and providing technical preservation consulting and services to other NPS units and beyond. Dr. Cooper earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology/Archaeological Chemistry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, B.C.\, where she specialized in using light stable isotope analysis to understand human dietary variation. Prior to joining NCPTT\, she completed postdoctoral work at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum and the Arizona State Museum.\n\n \n\nFree and open to the public\n\n \n\nVisitors are welcome to bring their lunch and eat during the presentation\n\nPlease visit our FLASH Facebook page or call (318) 357-2492 for more information X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nLGBTQ+ sites&mdash\;including homes\, bars\, bookstores\, and meeting places&mdash\;are at risk of disappearing. \; The National Center for Preservation\, Technology &\; Training (NCPTT) is working with partners across Louisiana and the South to document at-risk sites as identified by local queer communities and collect memories of why these sites are important. The Faerie Playhouse in New Orleans was documented in 2022 as the template for the work moving forward. \; The Faerie Playhouse was the home of Stewart Butler\, an activist for human rights and the LGBTQ+ community and remains important to the local community after Stewart&rsquo\;s passing in March 2020.
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\nDr. Catherine Cooper is a Research Scientist in the Technical Services Program at NCPTT. She is assisting with in-house research and providing technical preservation consulting and services to other NPS units and beyond. Dr. Cooper earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology/Archaeological Chemistry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, B.C.\, where she specialized in using light stable isotope analysis to understand human dietary variation. Prior to joining NCPTT\, she completed postdoctoral work at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum and the Arizona State Museum.
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\nVisitors are welcome to bring their lunch and eat during the presentation
\nPlease visit our FLASH Facebook page or call (318) 357-2492 for more information LOCATION:Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum 800 Front Street Natchitoches\, LA 71457 UID:e.1221.61031 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260520T093729Z URL:http://members.gonatchitoches.com/events/details/lunchtime-lagniappe-before-they-re-gone-snapshots-and-memories-of-at-risk-queer-spaces-through-virtual-tours-and-oral-histories-with-dr-catherine-cooper-61031 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR