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2010 NFL Season Kicks Off Thursday in New Orleans

The Saints are coming! The Saints are coming! The 91st National Football League season unfurls its ever-expanding tentacles upon the nation tonight, when Drew Brees and the World Champion New Orleans Saints stage a rematch of last year’s NFC title … Continue reading

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The Lower 9th Ward Bounce Back

Here are a couple shots from the Lower 9th Ward that I took on Hurricane Katrina’s fifth anniversary. Misconceptions continue to abound about this area. I hear people suggest it was full of thugs, squatters and hovels. In reality the … Continue reading

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Jazz Funeral for Katrina V

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, the mood was light in Jackson Square. It was Hurricane Katrina’s big five year anniversary, and while at several churches somber words ruled the day, here in the French Quarter it was a different scene, … Continue reading

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A National Disgrace

That is a term I heard bantered around often over the weekend in describing the governmental response to Hurricane Katrina. That used to mean something. America was never big on having a national disgrace, but the reference seems to have … Continue reading

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KATRINA PLUS FIVE

Five years is a long time. That would cover my entire undergraduate college career – from my first Long Island Iced Tea at Eastern Kentucky, to a bourbon-soaked farewell party in Iowa City. That’s a lot of drinking, and also … Continue reading

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Katrina Anniversary Events

KATRINA REMEMBRANCE – New Orleans Museum of Art – Photographer Richard Misrach’s exhibit “Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast 2005)” will open Saturday. The museum will offer free screenings of the HBO series “Treme,” beginning with the first episode … Continue reading

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Saturday’s Picture

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Late Night Entertainment

FRIDAY, AUG. 27, 2010 Tab Benoit and The Radiators at Rock n’ Bowl Park the Van Records presents a free showcase at Tipitina’s Rotary Downs plays late at Le Bon Temps The Honey Island Swamp Band at d.b.a. Gal  Holiday … Continue reading

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Picture of the Day

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Dispatches from the Gulf

GRAND ISLE, LA. – As you cross the bridge linking the barrier island of Grand Isle to the rest of Louisiana, it’s a local tradition that all who pass “leave their troubles behind.” Now, more than 100 days after the … Continue reading

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