arts, books and music

BUKU Preview: Ambré Perkins

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R&B Singer and New Orleans native Ambré Perkins will be performing her first festival show and first live performance of 2017 at this year’s BUKU Music + Art Project. Perkins said she looks forward to playing in front a broader audience that may be seeking to hear artists they’ve never known prior.

“It’s very open-minded usually,” Perkins said. “So people go there and they’re open to new artists. Actually, that’s probably what they want to see the most, artists that they’ve never heard of and to experience something different.”

city government

Danae Columbus: Stacy Head prepares to depart City Council; Moreno and other prepare to run

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The New Orleans City Council is entering a transition phase as popular term-limited At-Large City Councilmember Stacy Head prepares to leave office and fresh new faces like State Representative Helena Moreno and others prepare to run for the City Council.

While Head reviews her bucket list of initiatives she still wants to accomplish or shore up during her remaining thirteen months in office, Moreno is holding a news conference tonight where she is expected to announce this evening that she will seek one of the two councilmember-at-large seats. With qualifying just four months away, other candidates are beginning to make similar announcements.

crime

Man arrested on rape charge on Foucher Street, police say

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A 57-year-old man was arrested this week on a in connection with an investigation into a rape from last August Street on Foucher Street in the Milan neighborhood, and a woman was arrested on a battery charge related to an incident last month on Third Street in Central City, New Orleans police said.