Midway Pizza will donate a portion of proceeds all day Wednesday (Jan. 16) to help with medical costs for Becky Batchelor, an active member of the Faubourg Marengo Neighborhood Association and Lusher staff member, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Continue reading »
A man was shot Tuesday afternoon on Delachaise Street in the Milan neighborhood, just a block off of what police refer to as the “Louisiana corridor” of frequent violence, authorities said. Continue reading »
Tulane Police has launched a new program intended to lower the number of bicycles stolen on campus by telling would-be thieves up front that they may be part of a sting operation. Continue reading »
Bricolage Academy, the new charter school approved by the Orleans Parish School Board after several years of planning in the Schools 4.0 think tank, will hold an open house at Rosa Keller Library in Broadmoor at 6 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 16) — the first day the school will begin accepting applications for its inaugural kindergarten classes. Continue reading »
Neil Hamburger (via Twitter)
The Anthony Bean Community Theatre’s 2013 season begins in February with “El Hajj Malik: A Play about Malcolm X” by N.R. Davidson Jr. of New Orleans, and continues with works by August Wilson, Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange and two by Bean: “Nu Skool/Old School” and “You Don’t Even Know Me,” according to the theatre website. (via Gambit)
The Lyons Center recreational complex at Louisiana and Tchoupitoulas — where ground was broken on extensive renovations in September after years of neglect after Hurricane Katrina — is expected to open in May, city officials told Tania Dall of our partners at WWL-TV.
Elio Todaro, who opened Elio’s Wine Warehouse on South Miro Street in 1993 and was a partner in opening Felipe’s across the parking lot in 2006, died this weekend of cancer at age 63, according to an article by Susan Langenhennig of The Times-Picayune.
Cult classic “The Room” Live with writer/director Tommy Wiseau and actor Greg Sestero will run back-to-back shows at Prytania Theatre both Friday (Jan. 18) and Saturday (Jan. 19). Continue reading »
Both the Uptown-based Second and Sixth districts of the New Orleans Police Department will hold community meetings this week. Continue reading »
A man was shot several times on a west Carrollton block Monday night near a school slated to close at the end of the year, and another man reported that he had been robbed at gunpoint Sunday night on a major Central City thoroughfare, police said. Continue reading »
From left, charter-school advocate Caroline Roemer Shirley, state official Raphael Gang and consultant Jeremy Hunnewell field questions from an audience of about 100 people at Lycee Francais on Monday evening. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A team of three officials sent by the state’s top educator told a large group of Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans parents Monday night that their concerns about the school’s leadership have been heard, and that they intend to forge a plan to correct the problems and prevent them from being repeated.
Although many parents noted that they have been sharply divided over those issues, both sides expressed optimism about the arrival of the outside help. Several major questions remain, however, such as whether the cavalry has arrived soon enough to prevent any further damage to the school, and what ultimate authority the team’s recommendations will have. Continue reading »
Robert Morris
Over the last two years, as Uptown Messenger has grown, readers from other parts of New Orleans often ask me when we’re going to expand into their neighborhoods — with those calls coming most frequently from Mid-City.
Today, I’m happy to announce that we are doing just that as I introduce MidCityMessenger.com, which will cover Mid-City crime, local government, business, schools, neighborhood groups and events. Continue reading »
Owen Courreges
I may make some controversial statements in this column, but this is not one of them: Drinking is a well-established part of New Orleans culture.
Frederick Law Olmsted, the legendary travel writer and landscape architect who designed New York’s Central Park (and whose firm later designed Audubon Park) once wrote that “light wines were drunk much more extensively in Louisiana than anywhere else in the United States, to such an extent, indeed, that among the Creoles and more prosperous Americans claret was the common breakfast drink.” Continue reading »
The Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans governing board will discuss a consultant’s work helping find a new school leader and hear reports on the 2011-2012 state audit, the coming year’s admissions process and current financials at its meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday in the cafeteria at 5951 Patton Street, according to the meeting agenda released Sunday afternoon. The board will also hold a closed-door session to discuss a pending lawsuit by a special-education teacher who was recently fired.
Update: The Lady Jetsetters parade on Sunday was canceled.
The Lady Jetsetters, the Secondline Jammers and the Stooges Brass Band will start their annual second line at noon Sunday at Foxx II Bar, 3801 Washington, and make several stops through Central City, according to Big Red Cotton’s post for Gambit. Continue reading »
A group of parents and teachers at Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans calling themselves the Rebuilding Trust Working Group sent a lengthy letter to the school board and numerous state officials outlining major problems with the school, including “unprecedented turnover” in leadership, micro-management by board members, an academic director who may not be credentialed in the French curriculum, board members who fill their own vacancies, lack of transparency about contracts and unresolved safety issues after recent budget cuts, according to a report at The Lens. The working group’s proposed solutions include removal of two board members, Jean Montes and Paige Saleun, or their recusal from the board until the lawsuit against them is resolved, involvement by the teaching staff in the search for a new school leader, a review of the academic director, the creation of nonvoting board members selected by teachers and parents and a renewed commitment to state Public Records and Open Meetings laws.
The Dat Dog manager who was shot during a robbery attempt at the Freret Street store last month calls the bullet’s path through his shoulder a “miracle,” as he returns to work and discusses his support for a new $300-per-year tax on each property in the neighborhood to hire 24-hour private security patrols, according to a report by our partners at WWL-TV.
Square Root is planned for the former Shop of Two Sisters on Magazine Street. (Image via Google Maps)
Marlon “Buck” Horton announces to the City Council that he is closing his restaurant, Finger Lick’n Wings. (via nolacitycouncil.com)
Craig Giesecke
All the rain over the past week has caused a severe shift in our eating habits, not only for our customers at the shop but also here at the house. We’ve also gone from raw chill to the lower 70s. Add to this the normal seasonal shifts with the beginning of Carnival Season and the acceleration of Crawfish Season, and the culinary options around here have gone from wonderful to unbelievable in a very short amount of time. Continue reading »