Josephine Baker: From Creole Goddess to Siren of the Resistance

Twilight falls upon the streets of Paris. Along the façade of the hallowed shrine to France’s most honored dead, images of a bygone era dance—images of the Creole Goddess who took Jazz Age Paris by storm. Filled only with three cups of soil—from Missouri, France, and a small cemetery in Monaco— a flag-draped coffin is borne along four blocks of red-carpeted, cobblestoned streets to the massive doors of the Panthéon amid strains of “J’ai Deux Amours.”

In Josephine Baker: From Creole Goddess to Siren of the Resistance, New Orleans singer and entertainer Anaïs St. John brings to life Josephine Baker’s extraordinary journey through song and spoken word. From humble beginnings in East St. Louis, Baker would become one of the most celebrated performers in Paris in the Roaring Twenties, a spy for the French Resistance during World War II, and a devoted advocate for civil rights in her homeland.

Josephine Baker: From Creole Goddess to Siren of the Resistance, created for and starring Anaïs St. John, was written by Denise Altobello with musical direction by Harry Mayronne.

You may also like the following events from The National WWII Museum:

• This Saturday, 27th September, 09:00 am, Sensory Friendly Morning: Family Fun at the Museum in New Orleans
• Next Thursday, 2nd October, 06:30 pm, Dinner with a Curator: "When War Came to Alaska: The Battle of Attu" in New Orleans
• Next month, 13th October, 09:00 am, US Navy Birthday in New Orleans

Also check out other Music events in New Orleans, Entertainment events in New Orleans, Performances in New Orleans.