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January 22nd

2nd Annual Drunken Spelling Bee

Bayou Beer Garden, 6p.m.

Fundraiser for SciTech Academy

 

Back to School Bounce ft. Big Freedia

Republic NOLA, 10p.m.

The Queen of Bounce is back

 

Friday Nights at NOMA

NOMA, 5p.m.

Artist Perspective with Skylar Fein

 

Visiting Media Artist John Pilson

Zeitgeist, 7p.m.

Presenting a program of shorts

 

After the Spill

The Joy Theater, 6p.m.

A documentary screening

samedi

January 23rd

Pelicans v. Bucks

Smoothie King Center, 6p.m.

Milwaukee vs. New Orleans

                        

Rocky Horror Picture Show – Mardi Gras Edition

Prytania Theater, 11p.m.

40th Anniversary Extravaganza

 

Krewe Du Vieux

French Quarter, 6:30p.m.

Kick off the Mardi Gras season

 

Krewe Du Vieux Afterparty

Siberia, 9p.m.

Ft. Caddywhompus

 

Dada Life

Republic NOLA, 11p.m.

Hosted by Bassik

dimanche

January 24th

Theeb

Zeitgeist, 7:30p.m.

Jordan’s Academy Award nominee

 

Motown The Musical

Saenger, 7:30p.m.

The story of Berry Gordy

 

Joe Krown Trio

Maple Leaf, 10p.m.

New Orleans jams

 

Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue

Chickie Wah Wah, 8p.m.

Classic Nola honky tonk


  Opinion

Mailbag: Frenchmen Poet's Plea for Help

Posted Thursday, January 14th, 2016
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This fall, the growing safety concerns on Frenchmen Street resulted in the creation of the Frenchmen Street Patrol. While many locals applauded the move, street poet Heath Stevens is concerned that the stepped up police presence is stifling artistic expression. He explains his view in a letter to the editor.

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  • artists
  • Crackdown
  • Frenchmen
  • Frenchmen Street
  • Frenchmen Street Patrol
  • Street Performers
  • street poets

Mailbag: Meter Made--FQ Workers Respond to Parking Compromise

Posted Monday, January 4th, 2016
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Mayor Mitch’s plan to make public parking downtown more expensive was met with outrage from French Quarter service industry types. So, a compromise was offered. In response, three leaders of the opposition, Nick Detrich, Mark Schettler, and Chris Lane penned an open letter calling for more attention to root issues such as public transit.

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  • Compromise
  • french quarter
  • Hours
  • meters
  • Mitch Landrieu
  • parking
  • Restaurant
  • Service Industry

Mailbag: Keep Royal's Pedestrian Mall Open

Posted Thursday, December 31st, 2015
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Earlier in December, Brennan’s restaurant spearheaded a push to close the pedestrian mall on Royal Street. Reader Chris Olsen, a small business owner working out of the Quarter, was appalled by the idea. He launched a petition and penned an open letter to Council-Member Nadine Ramsey.

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  • buskers
  • Close
  • Letter
  • open
  • Pedestrian Mall
  • Performers
  • Royal Street
  • Street Performers

Letter to the Editor: Meter Hike Will Have Local Biz Working for Dimes

Posted Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
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The City recently announced plans to raise rates and increase hours for parking meters in the Quarter. Business owner, William Kahn thinks the change is going to hurt local business and push more consumers to chains and big box store. In the following letter to NoDef, Kahn lays out his case against the hike.

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  • Business
  • french quarter
  • letter to the editor
  • meters
  • Op-Ed
  • opinion
  • parking

Mailbag: NOPD Must Embrace Project NOLA

Posted Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
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Crime is on the rise and so are the surveillance cameras that let locals stream videos of violence at the click of a mouse. Bryan Lagarde of Project NOLA, a crime camera advocacy group, says that if the police worked better with his organization crime might be on the decline. In an open letter to Superintendent Harrison Lagarde calls on the Department to embrace Project NOLA. read the letter after the jump.

Tagged with:
  • Cameras
  • Chief Harrison
  • Crime
  • Letter
  • NOPD
  • project nola

K10: La Renaissance de la Nouvelle-Orléans

Posted Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
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An Op-Ed by Alexandre Vialou of nolafrancaise.com

Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the federal levees destroyed lives and the physical infrastructure of the City of New Orleans. With it, the indigenous connection that had existed between New Orleanians and their French cultural heritage for 297 years was -yet again- put to test. Iconic Cajun and Creole restaurants had to close, local french-singing musicians were scattered all around the nation. Uncertainty even surrounded the fate of Carnival in 2006.

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  • alexandre vialou
  • federal flood
  • france
  • french
  • K10
  • katrina
  • New Orleans
  • nolafrancaise.com
  • Nouvelle-Orleans

Mailbag: "Stories That Do Not Belong to You," A Response to Beller's NY'er Piece

Posted Sunday, July 5th, 2015
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Tulane prof Dr. Thomas Beller recently published "Don't Call It Katrina," an essay about the Federal Flood and Katrina in The New Yorker magazine. the essay was received with critical kudos and social media buzz. However, reader Robin McDowell was not impressed. Below she offers a rebuttal arguing that Beller's article continues a dangerous practice of subjugating minorities.

Tagged with:
  • Anniversary
  • flood
  • katrina
  • Magazine
  • new yorker
  • Op-Ed
  • Response
  • Storm
  • thomas beller

Letter to the Editor: Smoking Ban Extinguishes Tourism

Posted Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
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The ashtrays have been removed from bars and in the eyes of the Council, the smoking ban is fait accompli. However, the effects are still trickling down. One reader in Texas writes in to say that he believes the ban is misguided and will not be visiting NOLA as long as crime is high and smokers are unwelcome.

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  • cigars
  • Crime
  • letter to the editor
  • opinion
  • Smoke Ban
  • Tourism

Op-Ed: MaCCNO & the Musical Masses

Cripple Creek's Civillian Theatre Project Series



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This Monday at Cafe Istanbul, the Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCCNO) will be hosting their annual Fest Season fundraiser featuring Rebirth Brass Band, James Andrews, and more. This next installment of the Civilian Theatre Project series on Nola Defender was written by Hannah Kreiger-Benson, a musician and organizer for MaCCNO. In this opinion piece, Kreiger-Benson explains the controversial organization's stance and future.

April, 2015 Tagged with:
  • Civillian Theater Project Series
  • Cripple Creek
  • maccno
  • music and culture coalition of new orleans
  • noise ordinance

Op-Ed: Escape from the Zoo

Posted Friday, April 17th, 2015
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by Alex Johnson

As Earth Day (4.22) approaches, a reader recalls a wild sighting of the Great Horned Owl near Audubon Zoo and reminds us to pause for a moment, look up from our smartphones and listen to our natural mother.  

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  • Earth Day
  • Great Horned Owl
  • John Muir
  • Nature
  • Urban
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