March 2008
A turn of the wrist may be all it takes to make a major change in the way New Orleans homes impact the environment thanks to a rapidly expanding, hands-on energy efficiency group called Green Light New Orleans.
Conceived and led by local roots rock musician Andi Hoffman, Green Light sends...
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March 2008
Man’s best friends may soon have their very own slice of the great outdoors in the heart of New Orleans. A new nonprofit, NOLA City Bark, is marshalling support for the city’s first official dog park to be established within City Park as a haven for dog owners to bring their pets for some off-leash...
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January 2008
When Billie Holiday began recording in 1933, she brought a mellow voice filled with poetic intonations that achieved her own tone in the national soundtrack from the Great Depression through World War II. She recorded until the week before her death in 1959, but the voice that brought such magic to...
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December 2007
Boys in the Hood - The Blind Boys of Alabama Meet New Orleans
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October 2007
Goethe and Christopher Marlowe gave us the drama of Dr. Faustus, the learned man who sells his soul to Satan for earthly rewards. It is a timeless tale – the temptations of sin for short-term gain – oh-so-germane to battered New Orleans in view of our latest swatch of politicians, captured by the...
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August 2007
On the errant afternoon when I can steal away to the Louisiana Music Factory, the workday stresses melt and I plant myself in the aisles, perusing CDs, scanning the liner notes, knowing there’s never enough money to leave with everything I want, yet feeling ... happy. The ambience of a record...
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May 2007
The revival of a tradition or the end of a revival
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April 2007
 The Black Men of Labor
In the world before Katrina there was a guy I saw each year at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, who carried an umbrella in the...
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March 2007
A love song to the old hometown
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February 2007
Hot Club of New Orleans
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