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Nice to see the New Orleans arts community growing, and interestingly along the crescent on this map we update for Catalogue— a bi-monthly printed living listing of galleries and institutions that host rotating visual art shows. It is distributed freely in art...
In sweeping reform, Mayor Landrieu appends the suffix "stat" to a bunch of stuff~Library ChroniclesLet's All Be Careful Out There~Cliff's CribRage over victim’s arrest record should be directed at NOPD~Mark Moseley, The LensKatrina breach sites nominated for National Register of...
The Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, established by NOPA in honor of a Crescent City photographer who spent his career documenting the city's music and culture, will begin accepting applications for its 2012 grant on Wednesday, Feb. 1.The...
Morgan Sasser/New Orleans Airlift
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it left behind a city full of destroyed homes. Despite ongoing rebuilding efforts, thousands of blighted properties remain. Now, a group of artists is creating a ...
Curators Luis Cruz Azaceta and Sharon Jacques will lead a walk-through of "RAW," the current exhibit at the HomeSpace gallery in New Orleans, on Sunday, Jan. 29, beginning at 2 p.m.The gallery is located at 1128 St Roch Ave.The RAW exhibit...
Yeah...this makes perfect sense...~American Zombie...because the arena kind of looks like a toilet anyway?~Louisiana seafood marketing group says it may buy naming rights to New Orleans Arena.Ohhhhhhh....yeah....I know....that was really nasty. But you know what? I'm not...
Today, after a particularly vigorous workout, I weighed in at 185.0 lbs. That's an almost 5 lb. drop from Sunday. I've been averaging a 1.5 lb drop per day. That can't be good and it has me a bit worried....
Some conservatives are critical of Obama's analogizing the Bin Laden raid and military cohesiveness and unity in the execution of it as almost approaching a dangerous "fascist" or "technocratic statist" idea of America. (See Conor Friedersdorf, Prof. Mondo, and even...
Yes, that “spilled milk” joke was pretty atrocious; but there is a difference between Obama’s bad joke and the usual bad jokes told by other candidates. And it is the fact that Obama knew it was a bad joke and...
When I was younger and much more miscreant in my behavior, I used to be able to identify a Crown Victoria by the shape of their headlights in my rear view mirror. I could even discern the year and model...
At last week’s U.S. Conference of Mayors, nearly 80 of those in attendance voiced their support for marriage equality. In that number: mayors of places like Lima, Ohio and Hallandale Beach, Florida. New Orleans didn’t make the cut.
Now, I like...
Toni Kiser, Registrar for National World War II Museum, will give a talk at the New Orleans Photo Alliance gallery this Sunday, Jan. 30, at the conclusion of a NOPA exhibit of selections from the Jungeun Lee series, "Silenced Suffering." The...
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The Historic New Orleans Collection currently is showing The Eighteenth Star: Treasures from 200 Years of Louisiana Statehood. The show contains stories that have defined Louisiana since its entry into the Union on April 30, 1812, as the eighteenth state.
The show...
Master plan forgets bayou communities, residents say ~Daily CometA lesson in spin…oil spills and states of unions~Disenfranchised CitizenBig fish in BP claims reel in suckers~James GillGovernor Bobby Jindal throws deep on education ~John MaginnisHump Day Slabbin~Hat Tweet @fofalex ~How is...
For a second I had a momentary flashback to mucky floodlines while lamenting that all the wild duck gumbo was ladled out cup-by-cup and gone on New Year’s Day…
Looks like…...
Better than Roses or Chocolate, give the gift of Relaxation . . .
Show your love this Valentine’s Day with a gift card to Guerlain Spa at The Roosevelt New Orleans for a customized experience they’ll never forget.
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When It Comes to Wetlands, It’s Hard to Improve on the Original
Ecologists have found that restored wetlands are not as ecologically valuable as the originals—a new analysis of 621 wetland sites shows that, on average, restored wetlands regained only about...
Could the New Orleans Arena be getting a new name? A big local industry is considering it, but who it is may surprise you. It’s not a local corporation — it’s the local seafood industry. The Louisiana...
Slab CityFishers say coastal master plan could destroy their livelihoods~Mark Schleifstein2011: New hurricane protection system is built ~Comment from Sandy Rosenthal: We are pleased that this article used no "Katrina shorthand" and attributed the catastrophic flooding of regional New...
Stephán Wanger is saving the world, one plastic Mardi Gras bead at a time.
The long center table in Stephan’s Galeria Alegria is lined with dozens of clear cups, each filled with beads in a particular hue. Aquas here, cranberries there,...
Proposed Sewerage & Water Board rate doubling gets public discussion~The proposal, which includes rate increases starting in July for water and sewer services, also calls for implementation beginning next year of a monthly parcel fee to support the...
One of the things I'm trying to do over the course of the year is to turn to some of the classic literature that I should have already read long ago, but never got around to doing.The choice of the...
Now that I'm back riding the stationary bike fairly regularly again, I'm back to my Big Band Bicycling. One of the tracks that I thoroughly enjoy is "The Sheik of Araby" performed by Coleman Hawkins' All-Star Octet. This tune was...
This week has been one of ups and downs; but given the circumstances I was fairly disciplined.I had to attend three dinners outside of the home as part of some special events this week. They could not be avoided and...
Public meetings over Sewerage and Water Board rate doubling plan~Editilla Reminderellas~ I saw Arnie Feilkow, S&WB and the Corps Head Rauncho-du-juor Commandant Sinkler discussing this very issue while still in the early stages of the Option 1 v...
Today, as I was on the stationary bike trying to get in shape, lose some pounds, and meet my New Year's resolution, I was listening (again) to an NPR Jazz Profiles episode. This particular episode focused on Nat King Cole...
Every once in a blue moon, Cal Thomas emerges from his conservative theocratic funk and writes something sensible. Here's the crux of the column:The Kingdom of God functions best, said the One who ought to know, when it is invisible,...
Drew Brees wants to wrap up long-term contract quickly and keep New Orleans Saints rolling~"Really the sooner the better," Brees said Friday during a conference call with the New Orleans media. "Now here we are at the end of...
The man who made Bill Clinton's marital infidelities "exhibit A" in the popular media blows a gasket when the tables are turned on him for exactly the same reason. And then he has the gall to blame the media for...
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