Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Post-Katrina • Jason Berry 11/3/2009 Tuesday, November 3, 4pm Lecture/MCC Theater Jason Berry, distinguished author, cultural historian, and documentarian will share a video of jazz funerals in New Orleans and discuss the state of music and politics since Hurricane Katrina. He will sign copies of the book Up from the Cradle of Jazz after his presentation. Co-sponsored with the Department of Black Studies, the Center for Black Studies Research, and the Department of Sociology.