March 2010
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February 2010
“Sitting on the steps inside Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday, the Vikings coach was...”
– From Minneapolis Star Tribune
David Vitter criticizes NASA budget as lacking in...
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., on Wednesday blasted the Obama administration’s proposed 2011 NASA budget as a “radical” retreat that will surrender America’s leadership in space.
“I believe this budget and the vision it represents would end our human space flight program as we know it and would surrender for our lifetime and perhaps forever our world leadership in this...
Juvenile Arrested In New Orleans
Juvenile’s time in the studio was interrupted by a trip to jail on Thursday. The New Orleans rapper was in a house that he uses as a recording studio in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, when police stopped by to investigate an anonymous tip that the smell of marijuana smoke was coming from the house.
Police say that when they arrived, they could smell the smoke from as far as 10 feet away....
Abita Strawberry!
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Jean-Eric ~ tonight at the CAC
From Facebook Event Page:
Jean-Eric is playing the preview open for The World of The Fantastic Mr. Fox show at the CAC on Friday night! DJ Rupee will be spinning them dance floor packing fire beats and there will also be performances by Romy Kaye & Disco Bull. Besides the best live entertainment around, the CAC promises: Foxy Ladies, Cameos, Magic Potions & Dance Floor! Come one, come...
Roky Erickson ~ Tonight at One Eyed Jack's
with Rock City Morgue and Missing Monuments
Sissy Nobby ~ tonight at allways lounge
The Hail Seizures ~ Tonight at the Saint
with Deny It and Small Bones
Sister, niece of ex-La. congressman plead guilty
The sister of former U.S. Congressman William Jefferson and her daughter have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and tax evasion.
Betty Jefferson and her daughter Angela Coleman admitted Thursday they used political offices and nonprofit groups they controlled to enrich themselves over the course of seven years.
The deal worked out...
Justin needs your help!
dear america (including YOU: amazing friends, colleagues, buddies and anyone else I think is pretty awesome.)Since December 2009, I have self-published http://www.invadeNOLA.com, an online culture magazine aimed at 18-34 year olds, that mirrors the tone of New Orleans: authentic, multicultural and irreverent. It started one day after watching an episode of The Hills. I decided MTV had failed us,...
Local Blogger, The Beer Buddha, mentions the Top...
Beer On the beer festival front we have two coming our way. Not sure who was in charge of scheduling these two events but they are being held on the same day. Yup, you read it correctly. The. Same. Day. Since the Zapps International Beer Festival has been around longer we can only assume it is was the newbie festival that didn’t check its dates. That newbie festival is called Top of the Hops...
Mid-City VA hospital street closures approved
Amid cries from residents accusing the New Orleans City Planning Commission of being a rubber stamp, commissioners voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve the eventual closure of Mid-City streets within the footprint of a planned federal hospital for veterans. The vote, which sends the matter to the City Council, typically would be an arcane procedural step in such a large undertaking as a 200-bed hospital...
Free Screening of Black Orpheus tonight
‘The Arts’ Movie: “Black Orpheus”
Wednesday, Feb 24 6:00pat University of New Orleans - UNO, New Orleans, LA
**LOCATED: Geology & Psychology Building, Room 1000 on the Lakefront Campus.
“The Arts” is the theme for the spring 2010 semester as the University of New Orleans, Department of Foreign Languages once again presents free film screenings.
The Wednesday movies, which are free...
Explore the new Herbsaint Original at Arnaud's
Making a Sazerac used to be simple. Everyone in New Orleans knew that Herbsaint was the crucial ingredient for rinsing the glass. Not Pernod, Ricard or any other anise-flavored spirit. Then the ban on absinthe was lifted, and arguments arose between traditionalists and wormwood enthusiasts. And last year, the Sazerac Co. further complicated the cocktail when it released Herbsaint Original, a...
Herbsaint Returns to Its Original Formula With a...
When Prohibition ended in 1933, absinthe could not be imported. So in New Orleans, J. Marion Legendre concocted his own version, without wormwood. The federal government made him take the word “absinthe” off the label. He renamed it Herbsaint.
In 1949 he sold it to Sazerac, which tweaked the formula, reducing the proof to 90 from 100. The label also changed.
Now, Sazerac has reintroduced Mr....
Prospect 2 New Orleans Postponed One Year Due to...
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- U.S. Biennial, Inc., the organization that produces Prospect New Orleans, announced today the new dates for the biennial, which was previously scheduled to open in November 2010. Due in large part to the current economic conditions and decreases in funding for the arts nationally, U.S. Biennial has elected to postpone Prospect.2, the second iteration of one of the United...
See Oscar shorts at the Prytania this week
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films - The New Orleans Film Society presents all five of the Academy Award-nominated animated short films: French Roast, Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, The Lady and the Reaper, Logorama and A Matter of Loaf and Death. The screening includes three bonus shorts: Partly Cloudy, The Kinematograph and Runaway. Tickets $8, $6 NOFS members. 2:30 p.m....
Landrieu: New Chief needed to make New Orleans...
In 70 days, Mitch Landrieu becomes mayor of New Orleans, and he wants to have a new police chief ready to hire by that day. The mayor-elect Monday introduce his police chief search committee. Landrieu said during the campaign that public safety had to be a priority: “When New Orleans is best known for crime, something is drastically wrong,” Landrieu said. He said that is going to...
Tradition counts when job-hunting in New Orleans
New Orleans has seen an influx of young professionals in the years since Hurricane Katrina, many of whom are drawn to the idea of helping a storm-ravaged community recover. But some of these newcomers have faced a stark reality when it comes to job-hunting.
Like most things in New Orleans, looking for professional employment can be a unique experience, and newcomers are finding they need to...
Despite Gov. Bobby Jindal's opposition, business...
Business leaders in New Orleans and Baton Rouge say they are continuing to look at possible financing alternatives to get a derailed high-speed rail service between the two cities back on track.
Michael Hecht, president and chief executive officer of GNO Inc., the chief economic development arm for the New Orleans region, said that by June, the organization may have enough data on financing and...
SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW [Official] 'SO BLOODY SO...
directed by Bob Weisz produced by Josh Penn cinematography by Jake Springfield
Dunking booth at Vietnamese new year celebration...
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Defend New Orleans Presents Akron/Family tonight...
Photo by D.L. Anderson
Apologies to Ohio, but “family” is the operative word in Akron/Family’s bifurcated handle. The Brooklyn folk/rock band lost frontman Ryan Vanderhoof to a Buddhist calling in 2007, so now there is no frontman; all three remaining members contribute vocals where needed. After signing to Michael Gira’s Young God Records in 2003, the group embarked on...
New DNO Zip-Hoodies Available Online Now
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Allison Bohl and Brass Bed ~ Tonight at Circle Bar
Mardi Gras Krewe of Endymion parade in 150 Seconds
Jazz funeral to bury the New Orleans Saints...
Younger fans may find it hard to believe that, in the pre-Super Bowl championship era, the Saints were so bad that fans wore paper bags over their heads at games and competed to sail paper airplanes onto the field. Late local sportscaster Buddy Diliberto is credited with coming up with the paper bag masks during a long-ago 1-15 season. The Saints are the Aints no more. To make it semi-official,...
The Bellys ~ Tonight at Circle Bar
Salon on Freret
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New Orleans chefs and restaurants among James...
Semi-finalists for this year’s James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards were released this morning. At least 20 semi-finalists are named in 19 categories, and as usual there are plenty of New Orleans names among them.
The strongest representation is in the category Best Chef: South, where six local chefs from five restaurants are semi-finalists. They are Scott Boswell of Stella!...
GOVERNOR DANIELS "MANNING UP" ON A LOST BET
INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana’s NewsCenter) - Governor Daniels is “Manning up,” and making good on losing his SuperBowl bet with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
To prove it, Daniels sent him a note and a photo of him standing by the New Orleans’ Saints flag now displayed outside his office in the state capitol, where everyone can see it.
In his note, Daniels said, “for...
WNYC: Interview with Aubrey Edwards & Alison...
BOUNCE FROM THE BIG EASY
As New Orleans celebrates the Saints’ Super Bowl victory, we look at bounce music, the Crescent City’s hard-partying hip-hop style. Plus: a live performance from itsnotyouitsme, a duo that blurs the boundary between classical and rock music.
Bounce Music
Best known for helping pave the way for jazz, funk and blues, New Orleans staked its claim in rap with bounce...
Nagin to Essence magazine: 'There was no...
With Mayor Ray Nagin preparing to end his eight years in office on May 3, a two-page spread in next month’s issue of Essence Magazinefeatures New Orleans’ chief executive reflecting on his tenure.
The article, titled “Divided He Stands,” is a brief question and answer piece, accompanied by four photos of Nagin’s time in office and some of the mayor’s most...
Fed funds go to new streetcar line in New Orleans
The effort to expand streetcar lines in New Orleans got a boost Wednesday after the Obama administration gave the city $45 million to build a 1.5-mile line across a business district near the Louisiana Superdome.
The money was part of $1.5 billion in stimulus funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
New Orleans is well-known for its streetcars and the city has been trying to...
Fat Tuesday In New Orleans fattest in many years
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans tourism leaders say this year’s Fat Tuesday celebration may have been the fattest in many years.
Traditionally, trash has been good indicator of the success of Mardi Gras.
Sidney Torres heads SDT Waste & Debris, the company responsible for cleaning the French Quarter.
Torres said this year his crews picked, a lot more garbage off the streets compared...
Drew Brees's house yesterday
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