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The sidewalk in front of the Neighborhood Gallery was full of seven years of
stuff last week. There were pianos, a jukebox, clothes, mod vintage chairs,
knick-knacks, 75 matching seats from the theater, and, inside, every painting
on the wall at must-go prices. Sandra Berry...
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GNO Fair Housing Center Executive Director James Perry Comments
On Tuesday, June 27, 2006, the advocacy group the Advancement Project filed a
lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on
behalf of former residents of New Orleans public housing.
...
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Recently, the Louisiana State senate passed a bill making colorful rocker Jay
Chevalier's song "Come Back to Louisiana" the state's official hurricane
recovery song.
Chevalier, who has been playing traditional country and rockabilly in
Louisiana since the 1940's, has long...
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When floodwaters inundated the basement of Tulane University's Howard-Tilton
Memorial Library, the extensive collection of audio and video recordings —
many rare or irreplaceable — were entirely lost.
Music librarian Lenny Bertrand joins Alison on Street Talk to discuss th...
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New Orleans Jazz Orchestra creative director Irvin Mayfield on the proposed
National Jazz Center, a $715 million downtown development that stands to have
a complex impact on the city's economy and culture. Interview by Eve and
Alison.
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With the shuttering of Charity Hospital, adequate and accessible health care
for New Orleans' uninsured returning residents is in poor shape. The women of
Incite! Women of Color, a collective of feminist activists dedicated to
ending violence against women of color nationwi...
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WWOZ Street Talk reporter Alison Fensterstock sat down with playwright and
activist Eve Ensler — creator of the Vagina Monologues and V-Day — to
talk about her ongoing work with women in New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina.
Ensler sponsored a program of Katrina Warriors, ...
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Mayoral candidate Mitch Landrieu answers WWOZ Street Talk's questions on the
cultural rebuilding of New Orleans, from financial support to music education
to incentives for artists and others — like Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs
and Mardi Gras Indians — who are not paid pro...
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Since February, the Mardi Gras Service Corps has worked with more than 2,000
volunteers to gut houses, clean up neighborhoods, paint public schools and
more.
This month they launch a new Family Match program: displaced families are
assigned a small team of volunteers to h...
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Two leaders in New Orleans Latino community discuss how recent immigrant
workers will impact the city's culture. Rudy Mills is a Honduran musician and
director of InterFest, and Ariana Hall is executive director of CubaNola
collective.
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