Category Archives: Art

New Orleanians: If you’re not disgusted by the proposed Hospitality District, then you’re not paying attention

30 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by in Advocacy, Architecture, Art, Culture, Local Politics, Louisiana Politics, Music, Politics, The NoLA Life, Tourism

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Mardi Gras Indians' Super Sunday 3-18-12

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If the idea of creating special legislative districts was devised as a strategy to thwart abuses of power and public money in the Post-Katrina era, is this the best legislation our elected representatives can craft? Aren’t we supposed to be frowning upon endorsing of old-school New Orleans power grabs these days? This is the epitome of the “Disneyfication” that everyone decries: handing over the heart of our amazing city to the tourism and hospitality industries on a silver platter in exchange for an alarming loss of process and control.

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In loving memory of Charlie: LAST CALL…

04 Sunday Mar 2012

Posted by in Art, Artists, Books, Culture, Environment, Festivals, Gulf Coast, Historic Preservation, History, Local Politics, Louisiana, Louisiana Politics, New Orleans History, NOLA Noteworthy, Poets, Politics, Substance Abuse

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Charlie Smith

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We’d met on an intermittently drizzly day in the heart of the Vieux Carré in January 1992, when I’d stopped to check out the poetry he was peddling at Jackson Square.

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Paint Party Sunday to Benefit IYTI Art for Toys Swap

19 Saturday Nov 2011

Posted by in Art, Community Events & Forums, Culture

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Tomorrow will be another beautiful day in New Orleans so take advantage of it and come by and create art to benefit ReX’s annual It’s Yours, Take It Art for Toys Swap. This will be the fifth year IYTI will gather donated toys for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program. (Click link for more information.) Be a good little elf and create for the kids!

PAINT PARTY – NOLA RISING & IT’S YOURS, TAKE IT
the old XO STUDIOS
the PARK next to 2833 Dauphine Street
(Dauphine and Press Streets… Marigny/Bywater border at the train tracks… New Orleans)
SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 20th – 2011 – NOON until 4ish

 

A portion of New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Park re-opened to the public (finally!)

18 Friday Nov 2011

Posted by in Art, Culture, Historic Preservation, History, Katrina, Louisiana, Music, New Orleans History, Photography, The NoLA Life, Treme

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The Tremé Brass Band

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Another (partial) milestone was reached today in the City that Care Forgot’s recovery from the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and …

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Daisy Pignetti: Blogging the Unfinished Story in Post-Katrina New Orleans

22 Thursday Sep 2011

Posted by in Academia, Culture, Education, History, Katrina, Media, New Orleans History, New Orleans Women, NOLA Bloggers, Oral History, Social Networking, Society, Technology, The NoLA Life, Writing

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Daisy Pignetti* is participating on a panel at the Oxford Internet Institute symposium at Oxford University in England and is …

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