A new coffee shop and event space has opened at 1042 Toledano St. in the Irish Channel. It hopes to provide a working space and destination spot for those in need of a place to study or looking for entertainment options at night. Junk Drawer Coffee is the coffee shop part of the business. Owned […]
NEW ORLEANS, April 18, 2023 When Troy Sawyer got his start as a trumpet player, he was surprised to see very few, if any, professional trumpet players who were women. Now, Sawyer is working to change that statistic and in changing the statistic, hes changing lives, too. His nonprofit, Girls Play Trumpets Too, […]
Louisiana is one of 27 states where the death penalty is still the rule of law. State Rep. Kyle Green Jr., D-Marrero, is strongly advocating for legislation to change that equation. Hes authored HB 228 which eliminates the death penalty in Louisiana as a possible punishment for the offense of first degree murder, for degree […]
Aspiring young musicians who would like to participate in the 29th annual Louis Satchmo Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp are urged to apply now, said Jackie Harris, executive director of camp and the Louis Satchmo Armstrong Educational Foundation. The jazz camp will take place June 19- July 7, 2023 at Loyola Universitys Communications and Music Complex, […]
Seven high school students from Travis Hill School, the school inside the New Orleans juvenile jail (JJIC), entered a contest sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Bezos Family Foundation. The project was to come up with solutions to major problems facing the city. The Travis Hill students solution was addressing mental health, because they see […]
Air Products wants to build a hydrogen and ammonia plant in Burnside, Louisiana, on the former Orange Grove Plantation once owned by John Burnside who by 1860 enslaved over 750 people on his sugar plantations in the town named after him. Records recently obtained from the Louisiana Division of Archeology show that Air Products […]
The American Prospect, which provides informed analysis of public policy and the politics of power from a progressive perspective, slammed attorney and former judge Keva Landrum in an April 17, 2023 post, for her alleged obvious comfort using the legal system to needlessly penalize already marginalized communities and enrich herself. The story further suggested that […]
The Louisiana legislature holds fiscal sessions every other year. For these sessions, legislators are only able to bring forth five non-fiscal bills. In the past, the LGBTQ+ community breathed a sigh of relief during this time as most legislators focused their non-fiscal bills on issues important to their constituents. Not this year. When the session […]
This weekend is French Quarter Fest and, not only are there a lot of festivities happening, but there are a few other events in April that you will want to be aware of. Below are a few hand-picked experiences that I think are worth checking out! JAMNOLA at French Quarter Fest In honor of the […]
Today, Interstate-10 towers over Claiborne Avenue, cutting a path through the Treme and Seventh Ward. Some residents call it The Monster, its massive, concrete pillars lord the raised highway — as well as its accompanying noise and air pollution — over what remains of one of New Orleans most historic communities. Raynard Sanders, executive director […]
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