elections

Bart Everson: Move to Amend

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Bart Everson here. My column usually appears over at Mid-City Messenger, but today I’ve got a special Uptown Alert.

A lot of people complain about money in politics, but few do anything about it.

Move to Amend is a coalition of people who are aiming to do something about it. And their national director is coming to New Orleans.

Festivals

Kristine Froeba: King cake’s reign expands

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King Cake Ice Cream, King Cake Cocktails, King Cake Macarons, a King Cake Festival and… King Cake Burgers?
NOLA chefs and bartenders have jumped on the King Cake bandwagon, and nothing is sacred. Locals—who are game for most anything—are documenting the King Cake craze with enthusiasm.

If Instagram excels at anything, it’s the cataloging of what we eat. And New Orleanians love to eat. From Twelfth Night onwards, NOLA eats King Cake. A lot of King Cake. Masses of King Cake. Everywhere. Dirty Coast is even selling a King Cake Consumption poster and King Cake T-shirt.

schools

New Orleans College Prep board meets first of three finalists for new CEO (full video)

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The New Orleans College Prep charter network can move on from the loss of one of its struggling elementary schools to become home to two ‘B’-rated schools over the course of the next school year, and go on to develop a reputation for both college readiness or a few tightly-focused career tracks separate from college, a candidate for the schools’ new CEO told their governing board on Thursday.

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This Week at The Broad: Your Guide to The Oscars

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This morning the staff at The Broad woke up to a startling discovery. The entire lineup of films currently playing at the theater can now be called Oscar nominated films. Over the past twelve months we have played seven of the nine films nominated for Best Picture with four of those being played at this very moment. We even ended up playing one of the animated shorts with our free screening of REVOLTING RHYMES late last year.