Groove @ The Library: A Celebration of Vinyl Records and Popular Music History

Join us for Groove @ The Library on Monday, September 15—a full day celebrating vinyl, album art, and popular music history. Highlights include LP listening (10am–4pm), a hands-on album art design with Adobe Express (12pm–1pm), and archival exploration of hip hop posters (4pm–5pm), alongside two exhibits and a special book display.

 

Drop-in LP Listening  

10:00-4:00 p.m.

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Room 602

https://tulane.libcal.com/event/15085077   

Discover treasures for your ears in crates of LPs from our library collection, specially selected for this event by guest curators. Drop in to room 602 to dig through the crates and listen to albums on one of the LP players. Participants in the Album Cover Design Competition can find inspiration from the many albums available for browsing today only. 

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Express Yourself: Album Art for Your Story  

12:00-1:00 p.m.  

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Room 306 (ILC Classroom)

https://tulane.libcal.com/event/15125209   

Create your own album cover art with Adobe Express. Although the theme will be album cover art, the graphic design tools in Adobe Express are for everyone. This workshop will teach you how to use tools that even non-experts can use to make professional-looking designs for your business or for fun. Participants in the Album Cover Art Design Competition will definitely want to attend!  

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In the Archives: Posters and New Orleans Hip Hop History 

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Room 603 

This hands-on workshop provides an introduction to archives and a lesson on hidden histories about New Orleans hip hop. Led by Melissa A. Weber, curator of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz at Tulane University Special Collections. 

Registration is required at https://tulane.libcal.com/calendar/instruction/inthearchives-fall2025. Capacity: 16 attendees. This workshop is free and open to all. Students are encouraged to attend. Email mweber3@tulane.edu with questions. 

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“Jam Jam Jam”: Black New Orleans Nightlife Posters, 1979-1980 

A Pop-Up Exhibit by Tulane University Special Collections 

On view September 15, 2025, through May 22, 2026 

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 6th floor 

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Album Cover Art Exhibit  

On view September 13 through September 30  

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 6th floor Exhibit Wall 

Feast your eyes and your imagination with some of the best cover art in our music collection.  

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Book Display for Groove @ The Library 

September 1 through 30 

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 1st floor Lobby (in front of elevators) 

 

*When visiting the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, please be ready to show one of the following at the entrance: 1) Splash Card (for Tulane students, faculty, and staff); 2) school ID (such as a student or faculty ID from a non-Tulane institution); or 3) alternative form of photo ID (such as a driver's license).  

 

Published 8/22/2025