Promoting healthy living for children, the First Lady read and exercised with children and parents at the Royal Castle Child Development Center on Eagle Street, according to a report by Tania Dall and our partners at WWL-TV:
Nov 022011
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Audubon Charter School's Broadway campus.
Where they disagree is whether the traffic plan must be finalized before the renovations can proceed, as the school seeks neighborhood support for some setback changes before the city’s Board of Zoning Adjustments this month. Continue reading »
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Two neighboring Uptown congregations — Temple Sinai and the St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church — will join together for a weekly dinner and study series this month. Continue reading »
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The Second District’s weekly leadership meetings will be held at Children’s Hospital, 200 Henry Clay Avenue, at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays for the foreseeable future. This week’s meeting will be in the second-floor meeting room.
The meetings are open to the public.
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Whether to support the opening of a Magazine Street restaurant that improperly added an upstairs space will be decided tonight (Tuesday, Nov. 1) by the Audubon-Riverside Neighborhood Association as the deadline nears for a City Council decision on the issue. Continue reading »
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Costumed children walk through a home referred to as "Nightmare on State St." carrying trash bags full of candy on Halloween night. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
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A business in the 4900 block of Magazine Street was robbed early Sunday morning, police said. Continue reading »
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A tardy Ray Davies plays with a full backing band at The Preservation Hall stage, electrifying a sizable crowd with new work as well as "All Day and All of The Night" and "Sunny Afternoon." (Jean-Paul Villere for UptownMessenger.com)
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Owen Courrèges
Here in New Orleans, we’re no strangers to the idea of police officers breaking the law. This city has seen members of its constabulary sent to death row at Angola Penitentiary for the most reprehensible crimes.
Given this background, it is hardly surprising that New Orleanians are un-phased, if not downright blasè, about minor acts of police misconduct. Alas, being the Big Easy’s resident Grumpy Gus, I’m definitely the exception to this rule. This past Saturday evening, I noticed an NOPD cruiser parked in front of the fire hydrant across from my house. I believe the officer lives somewhere nearby, as this is hardly the first time I’ve seen that cruiser blocking the hydrant. Continue reading »
Oct 302011
Snoop Dogg returns to Voodoo sporting a Colston jersey to an adoring crowd, opening for Blink-182. (Jean-Paul Villere for UptownMessenger.com)
Oct 292011
The Women of Class SA&P 5th Anniversary second line
Oct 292011
The locations of three drug busts in Central City this week. (via nopd.com)
Oct 292011
If there is any truth in tweets, as in Soundgarden's announcement of reforming New Year's 2010 that "school is back in session," then consider their performance in New Orleans' City Park Friday closing out the first day of Voodoo Fest their master class. A full 2 hour set of self-labeled "old shit," the band performed with a less is more if not unhurried approach, with regionally relevant banter between songs. Whether being pulled over decades ago in Lake Charles and being shaken down by the DEA or recalling not remembering the Crescent City because of days of blackout drinking, Chris Cornell connected with the teeming masses seemingly graciously. (Jean-Paul Villere for UptownMessenger.com)
Oct 292011
What has happened to New Orleans politics? There was a time when it wasn’t out of the ordinary to have turnouts in excess of 70 percent in New Orleans for mayoral runoffs, gubernatorial runoffs and presidential elections. How then can we explain a 23 percent turnout for the October 22 primary that included a governor’s race, a lieutenant governor’s race, a secretary of state race, legislative and judicial races? Continue reading »
Oct 282011
Christy Lorio (photo by Leslie Almeida)
In the fashion world, designers constantly gain inspiration from various cultures and time periods, generally going unnoticed until someone steps out of line and heads towards the irreverent. Have your ever worn a kimono, kente cloth, or a pair of moccasins? If so, you borrowed an aesthetic and cultural reference from another ethnicity, intentionally or not. So what’s so inappropriate about a little cultural borrowing if we all do it from time to time? Similar to buying a New Orleans voodoo doll made in China, the differences between appreciation vs. appropriation are often blurry for those unfamiliar with the culture. Continue reading »
Oct 282011
Lorenza Conner (via opcso.org)
Oct 282011
Calhoun Street resident Fenn French, who just concluded an unsuccessful campaign to unseat state Rep. Neil Abramson, has filed a lawsuit saying that Loyola University’s planned expansion of Monroe Hall violates a 50-year-old agreement to prevent the building’s windows from looking into his home, according to an article by reporter Sam Winstrom of The Maroon student newspaper. Continue reading »
Oct 282011
Tulane junior Mae Scott lights a candle before marching in the 20th Anniversary Take Back the Night March Wednesday evening. The events purpose was to educate and help break the silence about gender-based violence. It was co-sponsored by Tulane and Loyola Universities. The candle lit march began at Loyola University and ended at Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center on Tulane's campus. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Read the full story by Tulane’s Benton Oliver at New Wave. Click below to see more photos.
Oct 282011
Moldaner’s Camera & Imaging is proud to announce the newest member of the family: its new state-of-the-art Epson 9890 printer. This beautiful machine prints up to 40×60, canvas, fine-art reproduction, poster prints, and giclée prints — printing everything but the kitchen sink. Call Moldaner’s today to see how it can be put to work for you, and for customers who mention the Uptown Messenger when they place an order from this machine, receive 25% off the entire order! This offer is good through Thanksgiving only.
Moldaner’s is ranked in the top three camera shops in the Gambit Weekly’s Best of New Orleans poll. Call 504-866-6757 or email moldaners@aol.com for a free consultation to learn more about what Moldaner’s Camera & Imaging can do for you. Limited-time only specials are available on the Moldaner’s Facebook page, or visit the Moldaner’s website at http://www.moldaners.com for more information.
Oct 272011
Officers take a suspect into custody after a police dog found him hiding. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A man who led police in a chase across town in a stolen SUV on Thursday afternoon crashed into a tree on Bordeaux Street, ditched a pistol on Laurel Street and was found hiding in the block, police said. Continue reading »
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