To highlight our 2006 Southern Sidebar Series and pay tribute to the people devastated by Hurricane Katrina, we present a special program featuring Branford Marsalis and Ellis Marsalis III. The program begins with a screening of St. Clair Bourne’s New Orleans Brass, a cultural history of the city of New Orleans framed through the development of the brass marching band. A conversation with Bourne and the Marsalis brothers will follow, in which they discuss how Katrina brought class into the public eye and reflect on the troubling fate of the people of New Orleans after the hurricane. The Marsalis brothers, who grew up in New Orleans, share their thoughts on America’s lost city and the intersections of politics and art. The event will conclude with a performance by Branford Marsalis in honor of the Katrina victims and New Orleans.