Events - 20 Sep 26

Festival Hall

Coming to America Edward Branley When the French Quarter was Sicilian Between the 1870s and 1920s, roughly 300,000 Italian immigrants, about 90% of whom were Sicilian, came through the port of New Orleans. In When the French Quarter was Sicilian, local author Edward Branley explores the part of the Quarter known as “Little Palermo” from the 1890s into the 1930s. From the riverfront to the French Market, up into the neighborhood, Edward talks about produce farmers, market vendors, grocers, bakers, restaurant and tavern owners, organized crime, and a well-known ice cream maker.