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10 reasons I'm grateful to be a New Orleans mom

No. 4: Festivals

This article, by contributor Jennifer, is adapted and reposted from New Orleans Mom Blog. I firmly believe that New Orleans is not where I am from; it is who I am. It is more than just a place; [...]

A geographer creates a stir with an essay on gentrification

An illustration with Ricchard Campanella's essay in New Geography contains a map of post-Katrina gentrification 'hot spots.'

To hear Sharon Litwin's interview with Richard Campenella on WWNO radio, click here. Richard Campanella is a professor in the Tulane School of Architecture ... but he doesn’t build structures. Rather, he's a geographer and mapping scientist whose [...]

Two brothers, a party, and an eye-opening show

Bright Bright

My cousin Sandra dragged me to an opening at Longue Vue House and Gardens one Thursday night recently. All the way out to Bamboo Road I asked, "Now who are we going to see?" She said that former [...]

Love NOLA: (Personal) boundaries? What (personal) boundaries?

Brett Will Taylor (photo by Jason Kruppa)

To hear Brett Will Taylor's take on how rhetorical comments in New Orleans can be invitations to (over) share or, maybe, become saved, listen to his commentary on NolaVie partner, WWNO/89.9 FM Boundaries.  They sure are in short [...]

Love NOLA: Life in New Orleans, from the stoop

Brett Will Taylor (photo by Jason Kruppa)

To listen to Brett Will Taylor's on-air essay about stoop-sitting on WWNO-FM, click here. “What’s it like to live in New Orleans?” I get that question a lot. I get it from family in Texas, friends in Boston, [...]

Riffing On the Tradition: 'This Could Be the Start of Something, a 2012 wrap-up

evanchristopher

Musician Evan Christopher looks ahead to the new year, with a cultural laundry list of ways to grow the music communitry for all of us.