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New Orleans Community Comes Together in Aftermath of Hurricane Ida
September 2, 2021Days after Hurricane Ida ripped through metro New Orleans, the community is coming together to take care of its own. While many people evacuated before the storm made landfall, and afterwards due to lack of electricity and other amenities, many stayed behind and have relied on their community for food, water, and support. New York […]
Armstrong Park Advocates Grapple With How To Fund Cultural Center
August 25, 2021At last week’s City Council meeting, members of the Save Our Soul (SOS) Coalition laid out their vision for the redevelopment of the Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium in Armstrong Park as a cultural center. After hosting several community-wide meetings, SOS leaders came to a decision that the proposed center was the best use for […]
How Did the New Orleans Jazz Culture Influence Gaming Music?
August 11, 2021New Orleans is considered to be the birthplace of jazz music, with its jazz scene dating back over 100 years to the 19th century. The rise of jazz music began when bandleader Charles ‘Buddy’ Bolden rose to fame in the Louisiana city and soon made New Orleans the capital of jazz music. Since then, famous […]
Dillard University Professor, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, Named Louisiana’s Poet Laureate for 2021-2023
August 10, 2021Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy has been named Louisiana’s Poet Laureate for 2021-2023 by The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Governor John Bel Edwards. John Warner Smith served as poet laureate from 2019 through August 13th of this year. Saloy will assume the post beginning August 14th. A native New Orleanian, Mona Lisa Saloy is […]
White Linen Night Cancelling August 7th Event Due to Increasing COVID Concern
August 5, 2021For the second year in a row, White Linen Night, the event that draws art-loving crowds to the galleries of Julia Street won’t be happening, as scheduled, due to Covid concerns and advice from the mayor’s office. The event was to take place on August 7th. The cancellation is due to Louisiana Covid numbers and […]
Local Artists’ Brainchild Has Come to Life As Ziggy’s Arts Adventure, a New Kids Show on LPB
August 5, 2021What happens when a 9-year-old alien hears Chuck Berry and decides to come to earth and learn about art? You get Ziggy’s Arts Adventure, the new locally produced children’s show from Louisiana Public Broadcasting that is now streaming online! Ziggy’s Arts Adventure is a nine-episode series about a curious, green alien who comes from a […]
Locally Operated Blue Bikes Are Back September 1st!
July 30, 2021Blue Bikes, the bike-share program in which New Orleanians, and those visiting the city, can rent public bikes by the hour or month, are returning to the streets of New Orleans. A fleet of 500 pedal-assist e-bikes will be ready to ride by September 1st. The Blue Bikes program, which was first introduced to the […]
Rental Crisis Likely For New Orleans
July 30, 2021This news has been coming for a while, but it’s still unpleasant to report on. As of right now, the city of New Orleans has exhausted all of its rental assistance funds. There’s nothing left in the pot and no new assistance on the horizon for anyone in arrears with their rent or struggling to […]
Slingo: An Exciting Way To Play
July 28, 2021The origins of bingo date back over 500 years, with the concept of the game coming from a traditional Italian lottery before it was redeveloped in France into a version similar to what is played around the world today. In the UK alone, there are over three million visitors to bingo halls each year and […]
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