The 11th Annual New Orleans Kidney Walk strives to raise both money for kidney disease research and awareness of the need for screenings Sunday morning (Nov. 4) in Audubon Park. Continue reading »
Oct 312012
Nov 102011
Sergio Santos (via NOPD)
Nov 082011
Image from Nov. 5 (via NOPD)
The perennial issue of thieves targeting vehicles at Audubon Park for hasty break-ins has resurfaced in recent weeks, police said, but they have recovered surveillance images from two recent cases that appear to show the same suspect in each. Continue reading »
Oct 142011
Daniel Galindo, 5, Nicholas Scandurro, 5, and Anthony Scandurro, 3, play in front of Latter Library during the First Annual Children's Book Festival in 2010. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Uptown New Orleans abounds with festival offerings this weekend, including New Orleans Film Festival screenings at the Prytania Theatre, a children’s book festival and Friday night symphony at Latter Library, the Gert Town festival, and a number of more specific celebrations. Continue reading »
Oct 142011
One of the buildings on the old DePaul campus, viewed from outside the fence along Henry Clay Avenue. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A proposed change in the zoning of the DePaul medical campus owned by Children’s Hospital could greatly expand the possibilities for commercial development in the middle of an Audubon Park neighborhood, drawing the attention and concern of neighbors and their City Councilwoman. Continue reading »
Oct 072011
A lone waterbird stands at the edge of the lagoon at Audubon Park earlier this week. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Article by Colby Wilson, for UptownMessenger.com
Nearly six months after the startling disappearance of a large population of birds from Audubon Park’s Bird Island, the rookery has yet to recover, and local birdwatchers are still feeling its loss.
“Our park patrons have a lot of personal and emotional investments in Bird Island,” said Sarah Burnette of the Audubon Institute. “The primary negative impact isn’t necessarily on the wildlife. It’s on the people.” Continue reading »
Sep 252011
Hundreds gather in Audubon Park to participate in the 22nd annual NO/AIDS WALK benefiting NO/AIDS Task Force and other Louisiana AIDS service organizations. (Nicole Harvey for UptownMessenger.com)
Aug 182011
Michael A. Short (opcso.org)
An alleged purse thief who specifically preyed on SUVs in the parking lots of major parks has been charged in a spree of auto burglaries near Audubon Park, police said Wednesday. Continue reading »
Aug 082011
Volunteers work in June on a KaBOOM! playground at Palmer Park. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
With a KaBOOM! playground on the way to its Claiborne Avenue campus, the new French-immersion charter school opening this month in Uptown New Orleans is set to discuss longer-term planning for a home for its students at a meeting Monday. Continue reading »
Jul 202011
Three robberies were reported in Uptown New Orleans this week.
Three armed robberies have been reported in Uptown New Orleans in as many days, but police have made arrests in one, linked it to the second, and identified a separate suspect in the third, authorities said Wednesday. Continue reading »
Jun 242011
Organized by local representatives from the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network, the “Hands Across the Sand” movement will come to the riverside park behind Audubon Zoo at 11 a.m. Saturday. Continue reading »
May 152011
Theories range from bad weather to noisy filming, but no one knows why the hundreds of birds vanished from the island, leaving eggs and nests behind in the unexplained collapse of “one of the most prominent rookeries in the region,” writes Bruce Eggler of the Times-Picayune.
May 112011
Crowds gather near the Mississippi River to see the rising water level for themselves at the Audubon Riverside Park Wednesday evening. The Mississippi River was measured at 16.98 ft. at 9:00 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
May 102011
As floodwaters make their way down the Mississippi, officials are concerned about potentially devastating levee breaches in New Orleans that could inundate Uptown if the Morganza spillway is not opened, according to reporting by Mark Schleifstein of the Times-Picayune.
“We have a good bit of experience dealing with seepage and sand boils, saturated soil conditions when the river stages are around 17 feet,” Bob Turner, executive director of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, told the newspaper. “Once the river gets over 17.5 feet, I don’t know that we’ve got a lot of experience dealing with those same issues. Seepage and sand boils, that uncertainty gives us some concern. My gut is if it gets higher, it’s going to be more difficult to keep those things under control.” Continue reading »
May 102011
Carlo Ferrara and Melinda Doucet, who both work for the City of Harahan, look at the Mississippi River water level at the Audubon Riverside Park Tuesday morning. Both Ferrara and Doucet were concerned by the rising water level. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Mar 112011
Kermit Ruffins
Audubon Zoo’s Soul Fest will feature Kermit Ruffins and a number of other jazz, hip-hop, gospel and R&B performers as well as soul food and cultural displays Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Last year’s festival drew an estimated 21,000 attendees, according to the park.
See below for a complete lineup of performers each day. Continue reading »
Feb 192011
Minister Aaron Evans (front), from the SMBC Mime Ministry in Gretna, performs at the end of the third annual "Get Yah Praise On" in celebration of Black History Month at Audubon Zoo Saturday afternoon. "It was outreaching not only to those who came for the performance but those who came out to the park," said Minister Evans. Internationally acclaimed gospel artist Bishop Paul S. Morton along with praise teams from local African American churches performed at the gospel concert. "I thought it was phenomenal. There was a heavy anointing in the atmosphere. Everything worked together, even the weather," said M.C. Loretta Petit, of AMen 940, WYLD. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Apr 172010
No deal has been struck, but Children’s Hospital has abandoned its plan to expand toward Audubon Park.