Audubon Charter School will hold its annual “Roaring ’20s Soiree” fundraiser on Saturday evening with a costume contest, dance lessons, auctions, food, cocktails and music, school officials announced. Continue reading »
Mar 072013
Mar 072013
The outdoor warning drill scheduled for noon Friday is designed to test a system to alert Tulane students to threats on campus, according to the New Wave university news service.
Mar 072013
The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is holding the “Race Judicata” one-mile fun run/walk on Saturday morning (March 9) to benefit Boys Hope Girls Hope of New Orleans. Continue reading »
Mar 072013
After a 24-year-old man described as mentally challenged jumped the fence Tuesday at a facility in the Milan neighborhood, police are seeking the public’s help finding him. Continue reading »
Mar 072013
Kappa Sigma, the Tulane fraternity where narcotics officers arrested two members last week on charges related to the alleged discovery of a cornucopia of drugs with a street value of $10,000, has been suspended by its organization’s national office, meaning that parties and events must stop but members can continue living there, reports John Pope of The Times-Picayune. Both the international office and the university are investigating, with one possible outcome the closure of the Kappa Sigma house on Broadway, Pope reports.
Mar 072013
After a successful launch of the Irish Film Festival at the Prytania Theatre last fall, its organizers will return Wednesday for a one-night-only showing of the 1991 film “Hear My Song” accompanied by pints of Guinness and Smithwick’s. Continue reading »
Mar 072013
The newly-formed Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans governance and CEO-search committees will hold their first meetings Thursday evening, school officials announced, a day after prosecutors dropped criminal trespassing charges against a former employee and the state Superintendent of Education personally appealed to the school’s French teachers to remain for another year. Continue reading »
Mar 072013
Don’t miss acclaimed jazz band Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band when they perform in two concerts Saturday, March 9 as part of the 44th Annual Jazz Festival at Loyola University New Orleans. Held in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall located on Loyola’s main campus, the two-day festival includes a free performance by the Loyola Faculty Jazz Septet Friday, March 8 at 4:30 p.m. in Roussel Hall. Continue reading »
Mar 062013
Two men were both hit in their legs by gunshots Wednesday evening on Josephine Street in the Lower Garden District, authorities said. Continue reading »
Mar 062013
Police confer on Milan Street on Monday evening after a woman was shot in the 800 block there. (UptownMessenger.com file photo by Robert Morris)
Mar 062013
Letter to the editor by Edwin Holmes Jr., New Orleans Fire Department
I am writing to clarify remarks made by New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) Assistant Superintendent Tim McConnell during an Uptown community meeting on Tuesday, which you attended, and referenced in your article on The Uptown Messenger website. At no time did Chief McConnell say that any fire company was being closed due to budget cuts. He did state that the City of New Orleans was fortunate to have received the “Staffing for Adequate Fire Emergency and Response” (SAFER) grant that allowed the department to hire firefighters in 2010 however; through attrition the department’s numbers have decreased back to the 2010 levels. The fact is the administration increased the amount of funding placed in the NOFD 2013 General Fund budget by more than $1.8 Million dollars. Continue reading »
Mar 062013
The national Society for Neuroscience used to rotate its the location of its annual conference among New Orleans, San Diego and Washington D.C., but cancelled in 2006 and 2009 because of hurricane concerns, returned in October 2012 but experienced “a few inconveniences related to Hurricane Isaac,” and finally dropped New Orleans from the rotation altogether, writes Barri Bronston of the Tulane New Wave university news service. Now, Tulane neuroscience chair Jeffrey Tasker is protesting the decision with a petition that has already gathered 865 signatures, Bronston reports.
The conference this year will be held Nov. 9, according to the Society for Neuroscience website.
Mar 062013
A 12-year-old girl was raped by a male relative in the 3800 block of General Pershing Street in Broadmoor, authorities said. Continue reading »
Mar 062013
Police responded to a report of a sexual assault earlier this week on the stretch of Earhart Boulevard in Central City that runs along the edge of the Central Business District, initial reports show. Continue reading »
Mar 062013
The baby alligators at Audubon Zoo appear to have avoided being recaptured by thieves recently, authorities say. Continue reading »
Mar 062013
Jean-Paul Villere
Repeat after me and out loud if you like: the New Orleans rental market is not like other rental markets. And mantra or double down if it helps you: the New Orleans rental market is not like other rental markets. It is only the first week of March, and I wrote about this last April, but it has become my mission to educate the public on this. Since the beginning of the year my phone rings non stop abuzz with anxious returnees and largely clueless university parentals most all not even looking to rent till end of May and maybe August. Ready for some contradictory advice? Relax. But be ready to be ready. Why? Read on: Continue reading »
Mar 062013
The YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE! GET THE SILLIES OUT! TOUR will visit The Mahalia Jackson Theatre on Monday March 18, 2013 for shows at 3pm AND 6pm. Uptown Messenger and Mid-City Messenger are giving away TWO SETS OF TICKETS TO THE SHOW!
Mar 062013
The 36-year-old woman who was shot in the neck Monday night as she walked to her vehicle from a Milan Street home she was visiting is now recovering after being hospitalized in critical condition, friends told Maya Rodriguez of our partners at WWL-TV on Tuesday:
Mar 052013
New Orleans Fire Department assistant superintendent Tim McConnell (left) points to the Audubon Riverside neighborhood on a map of ladder-truck coverage of Uptown after upcoming cuts. The yellow and pink areas can be reached by a ladder truck within eight minutes, but the unshaded area will take longer. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
The ladder truck remains in the far-right bay of the Arabella fire station on Tuesday evening. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Mar 052013
A series of conversations intended to foster cross-cultural understanding among different religious groups will be held every Wednesday night this month at Latter Library. Continue reading »
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