Events

Winter 2024

What: Meet the Authors!
Where: Barnes & Noble - 3721 Veterans Blvd. Metairie, LA
When: December 27, 2024, 2:00pm

Meet the authors: Rosary O'Neill, PHD & Rory O'Neill Schmitt, PHD

Spring 2024

What: Kate Chopin in New Orleans Book Launch!
Where: Various locations
When: April, 2024

Rory, Rosary, and Kate — Click the cover to view more!

Spring 2024

What: This 75 year+ book club invited us to lead an author talk at the Metairie Country Club.
Where: Entre Nous
Metairie Country Club
580 Woodvine Ave, Metairie, LA 70005
When: Friday, April 26, 2024, 12pm

Rosary with some fans and Edgar Degas in New Orleans — Irish Cultural Center, Paris (October 2023)

Spring 2024

What: Author talk and signing.
Where: Garden District Books
2727 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130
When: Thursday, April 25, 2024, 5:45pm

Rosary and Rory with a man in front of a large painting — New Orleans Museum of Art (June 2023)

Spring 2024

What: The President of the Guild invited us to give a Kate Chopin book lecture and attend the guild's luncheon.
Where: Metairie Literary Guild
580 Woodvine Ave, Metairie, LA 70005
When: Thursday, April 25, 2024, 11am

Rosary and Rory admidst a group of fans holding copies of Edgar Degas in New Orleans — Irish Cultural Center, Paris (October 2023)

Spring 2024

What: We have two gallery talks on our two books: Kate Chopin in New Orleans and Edgar Degas in New Orleans.
Where: New Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins Diboll Cir, New Orleans, LA 70124-4605
When: Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 12:30pm and 6pm

Rosary and Rory with fans and Edgar Degas in New Orleans at the NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art (June 2023)

Spring 2024

What: Our first official book launch event. We are looking forward to this event on the bayou! (wine, hors d'oeuvres, a violist in the garden, photo exhibit, and author's talk).
Where: Pitot House
1440 Moss St, New Orleans, LA 70119
When: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Rosary and Rory speaking to an audience in front of a projection of a large tree — Irish Cultural Center, Paris (October 2023)

Spring 2024

What: Radio Interview
Where: Crosstown Conversations on WBOK 1230 AM
When: April 16, 2024

Rosary and Rory speaking to an audience in front of a large painting — New Orleans Museum of Art (June 2023)

Winter 2023

What

Book signing for Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona and Edgar Degas in New Orleans

Their manager, Salvatore, shared interest in an author talk this spring.

Where

The Heard Museum (Native American Art of the Southwest)

When

December, 2023

Rory signing a copy of Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona

Winter 2023

What

Visited the Impressionist exhibit.

The store manager, Carrie Hartley, is interested in carrying Edgar Degas in New Orleans and Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona books.

Where

The Phoenix Museum of Art

When

December, 2023

Rory and Rosary in front of colorful, Impressioniast art at the Phoenix Museum of Art

Winter 2023

What: Author Talk on Edgar Degas in New Orleans and New Orleans Carnival Krewes
Where: Barnes and Noble, Metairie, LA
When: December 30, 2023

Author talk with Dr. Rosary O'Neill and Dr. Rory O'Neill Schmitt

Rory and Rosary pose with a group of people at Barnes and Noble

Winter 2023

What: New Orleans Voodoo Books Signing
Where: Blue Cypress Books
When: December 29, 2023

Rory O'Neill Schmitt signing a copy of New Orleans Voodoo

Winter 2023

What

We sold New Orleans Voodoo, Edgar Degas in New Orleans and New Orleans Carnival Krewes books.

We met the leader of the New Orleans History and Culture book club, Angel Marie, who nominated our books for their 2024 reading picks!

The event had a DJ, too!!

Where

Peaches Records, New Orleans

When

December 28, 2023; 1pm

Book signing with authors Dr. Rosary O'Neill & Dr. Rory O'Neill Schmitt

Rosary and Rory speaking with a woman across a counter holding their books

Rosary and Rory posing with some fans holding their books

Winter 2023

What: Book signing: New Orleans Voodoo
Where: Garden District Books
When: December 27, 2023

Woman holding a copy of New Orleans Voodoo standing next to Rory

Fall 2023

What: Book signing and honoree
Where: Louisiana Festival of the Book, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
When: TBD

Fall 2023

What: Book signing and luncheon
Where: Pass Christian Historical Society, Pass Christian, Mississippi
When: October 30, 2023

Fall 2023

What: Book signing
Where: Barnes & Noble, Metairie, Louisiana
When: October 18, 2023 - 1:00-3:00pm

Fall 2023

What: Book Signing
Where: Irish Cultural Center, Paris, France
When: September 18, 2003 - 7:00pm

Fall 2023

What: Fulbright in Drama to University of Bonn, Germany in the American Studies Department teaching American Film and Drama of her own plays
Where: Bonn, Germany
When: October 15 to November 15, 2023

Stately building with a grass-filled courtyard with groups people. — The Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet in Bonn, Germany

Fall 2023

What: Fulbright to University of Bonn, Germany in the American Studies/English Department, to teach American Drama and my plays.
Where: Bonn, Germany
When: October 1-7, 2023

Bonn logo

Fall 2023

What: A residency at Foyer International Artists Public
Where: Paris, France
When: September 15 to 30, 2023

foyerparis — Foyer International Artists Public

Summer 2023

What: Signing of Edgar Degas in New Orleans at the New Orleans Museum of Art, in New Orleans
Where: 1 Collins Diboll Cir, New Orleans, LA 70124-4605
When: June 28 @ 5:30 PM 2023

Spring 2023

What: Announcing the publication of Rosary O'Neill and Rory O'Neill Schmitt's new book Edgar Degas in New Orleans
Where: Barnes and Noble at Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ
When: April 29, 2023