The Tulane University Special Collections launches its fall exhibition “Cut from a Different Cloth: Fashion Selections from Tulane Special Collections” with a free reception at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the second Floor Gallery, 6801 Freret St., Joseph Merrick Jones Hall, on Tulane's Uptown campus. More: tulane.libcal.com .
The Historic New Orleans Collection will stage “HNOC Ce Soir: Making It Home,” a free after-hours event, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, and a free Family Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20. More: hnoc.org .
Wednesday’s (Sept. 10) 6 p.m. Gallier Gathering Book Club will meet at the Robert Smith Library in New Orleans to discuss "Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans" by Theresa McCulla. More: hgghh.org .
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