Book Club Saturday, Krewe social Tuesday April 7

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Coming Up….

  • Book Club: Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m., Croissant d’Or
  • Krewe Social: Tuesday, April 7, 6-8 p.m. at Oak and Ale
  • Membership is open for 2027

Details below, more events on our website calendar

Book Cover: Pelican Girls by Julia MalyeBook Club March 28: Pelican Girls

The next book club meeting will be 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 28, at Croissant d’Or Patisserie (617 Ursuline Ave., map). 

Pelican Girls:

Book description: Paris, 1720. La Salpêtrière hospital is in crisis: too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across the world, France’s colony in the wilds of North America has space to spare and needs families to fill it. So the director of the hospital rounds up nearly a hundred female “volunteers” of childbearing age—orphans, prisoners, and mental patients—to be shipped to New Orleans.

Book Club

  • Free and open to all. (No requirement to be a krewe member!)
  • Books available at Frenchmen Art and Books.
  • Book Club coordinater: Krewe founder Amy Kirk Duvoisin
  • We have planned an in-person discussion of each book, but we may add a second discussion session on Zoom if there’s enough interest. Let us know if you would be interested in a Zoom discussion.
  • Members of the book club voted to select one book about New Orleans history and one book about Joan of Arc this year.

Krewe Social at Oak and Ale Tuesday April 7

Gather for our monthly krewe social on the first Tuesdays of the month, 6-8 p.m. Oak & Ale (8118 Oak St., map) features a wine bar on one side, a beer bar on the other, and a patio in between. Look for us on the patio or inside on the Oak Wine Bar side (look for a krewe jacket or logo hanging on a chair).  Order on your own tab at either (or both!) bars (same food menu on both sides, and one tab works at both bars). Prospective members welcome. Meet other krewe members, ask questions, bounce ideas, show off what you’re working on, or just hang out. https://oakandalenola.com/

Full membership is open for 2027!

Full membership is open for the 2026-2027 year leading up to the January 6, 2027, parade!  Membership prices will increase at the close of Joan’s Feast Day (May 30) and again at All Saints Day (Nov. 1), so get yours early to get the best rate.  After much discussion, the board decided not to raise membership dues in order to keep the krewe accessible. We hope that those who can afford it will opt for a higher level of membership.  Join online here!