You heard right: Skip N’ Whistle is taking the shop digital! This means an in-store sale for the next two weeks, now until Friday, February 8th. Get 40% OFF EVERYTHING & we mean EVERYTHING! Continue reading »
Jan 252013
Jan 252013
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus
Allan thought the second inaugural address by President Barack Obama was a very good reflection of what is in the President’s soul -– truculent, adversarial and not a hint of compromise. Allan also thought that the President’s advocacy of gay rights was historic, the first time gay rights have ever been mentioned in an Inaugural Address.
Danae, on the other hand, thought the speech was a flop, misdirected and mistaken in its apparent refusal to even consider compromise on any of the points that matter to the American people. Continue reading »
Jan 242013
A man was wounded in a shooting in the 2900 block of Danneel Street just before 2:45 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.
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Jan 242013
“Deacon John” Moore speaks in favor of Jimmy’s Music Club before the City Council on Thursday. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Impassioned arguments from supporters of Jimmy’s Music Club on Willow Street could not dissuade the New Orleans City Council from unanimously voting in favor Thursday of a moratorium on new alcohol permits in the Carrollton area, as city leaders insisted that their action does not preclude the revered Uptown venue from reopening. Continue reading »
Jan 242013
Barbara Jackson, a former president of the St. Thomas neighborhood, leads a protest march Wednesday through the River Gardens development. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
River Gardens residents hold signs demanding respect on the front porch of the Hope House before their march Wednesday. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Jan 242013
Visit Saucy’s BBQ on the Historic Magazine Street in Uptown New Orleans. Enjoy the cozy atmosphere this parade season; we have Outdoor seating and you can BYOB. We’ll keep it cold for ya’!
Jan 232013
The location of the home invasion reported Tuesday on St. Andrew Street. (map via NOPD.com)
Jan 232013
Two people were wounded in a shooting reported around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Central City, authorities are saying. Continue reading »
Jan 232013
The operating agreement brokered by Mayor Mitch Landrieu to govern Tulane University’s new stadium could be released as soon as Friday, Tania Dall of WWL-TV is reporting. The university has been driving test piles at the site, upsetting some neighbors and exciting others.
Jan 232013
A popular Westbank Vietnamese restaurant plans to expand to Maple Street, and the gourmet coffee shop opening on O.C. Haley Boulevard plans to open by Mardi Gras at the latest, according to recent reports. Continue reading »
Jan 232013
A map of the proposed moratorium on new alcohol sales in Carrollton. (map by Robert Morris, via maps.google.com)
Jan 232013
Jean-Paul Villere
Jan 222013
The Pontchartrain Hotel on St. Charles Avenue. (UptownMessenger.com)
Bartender Gary Crystal can be seen in one of the mirrors lining the walls of the Bayou Bar, where a piano that once entertained the movie stars of yesteryear now is silent underneath a classic movie channel. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Jan 222013
With the lease for Morris Jeff Community School’s Poydras Street location ending at the end of the school year — but its new South Lopez Street building not expected to be ready until 2014 — the school is looking for a temporary solution next year that could include Uptown options, according to a report by Della Hasselle of the Charter School Reporting Corps at The Lens. The school may try to stay on Poydras Street for one more year, but house its youngest students at Holy Rosary Academy on Freret at Jena, or it may relocate temporarily to the James Weldon Johnson campus in west Carrollton that is currently planned to become swing space, but no decision has been made, the report states.
Jan 222013
This building in the 4500 block (photographed in October) will become the home of Wayfare restaurant. (UptownMessenger.com file photo by Marta Jewson)
Jan 222013
Sister Helen Prejean (via loyno.edu)
Jan 222013
Parcels and Post has special king cake boxes and your choice of carrier rates to fit your time frame and budget. Visit your favorite local bakery then come in to ship Mardi Gras for your special out-of-towners. Anyone who mentions Uptown Messenger will receive 15% off the cost of shipping during Mardi Gras – and not just for king cakes! Continue reading »
Jan 222013
About a half hour after the Martin Luther King Day parade passed, a occupants of a car passing Martin Luther King Boulevard and LaSalle Street opened fire, wounding five teens at a corner store there, according to reports from our partners at WWL-TV. Residents were dismayed by the callous nature of the shooting on a day dedicated to peace efforts, but said it was symptomatic of the apathy of those regularly involved in street violence, and NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas lamented that “young men do not heed the words of Dr. Martin Luther King,” according to a report by Tania Dall of WWL-TV:
Jan 222013
Members of the Jewish Community Relations Council carry a sign quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. — “I have a dream” — during Monday’s parade through Central City. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A parade honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. passed up the Central City boulevard named in his memory on Monday, with community and school groups from around New Orleans marching in support of his legacy.
Supporters of Project Ceasefire carry banners in Monday’s Martin Luther King Day parade. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Jan 212013
Owen Courreges
A lot of you probably have questions concerning the recent indictment of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. Now I know it’s frighteningly easy in our corruption-riddled state to become blasé about the latest federal indictment against a former (or current) elected official, but Nagin was supposed to be different.
Accordingly, I offer you, the dedicated readers of Uptown Messenger, the following frequently asked questions, phrased by a 1950’s stereotype, regarding the Nagin indictment: Continue reading »
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