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Posts In 8/2010
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New Orleans Saints opening parade “cast” and NFL krewe
1024 days ago
Pre-game festivities for the NFL season opener between the Saints and the Minnesota Vikings (7:30 p.m. Thur., Sept 9) include…
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Post Katrina: In Honor Of Our City’s Future - Brandon Franklin August 20, 1987 - May 9, 2010
1025 days ago
Three years ago, filmmaker Spike Lee and CNN reporter Soledad O’Brien gave video cameras to several New Orleans teens to…
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Tributes in Lower Ninth Ward for the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina 8-29-10
1026 days ago
??8:30-11:30am: ‘Bravery, Strength, Resilience’ Memorial Celebration Will begin at The Lower Nine Monument, Tennessee St. at N. Claiborne. United States…
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In case you thought we forgot about the Saints…
1027 days ago
Don’t you worry your little heads, we absolutely haven’t. There are big plans afoot for the upcoming season and rest…
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NOMA Katrina observance & Treme screening
1027 days ago
Photo courtesy of HBO On a weekend full of Hurricane Katrina anniversary events and memorials, NOMA hosts screenings of the…
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Nastiness in 3rd District
1027 days ago
The hottest race for Congress this primary season turned out to be the Republican primary in the 3rd Congressional District,…
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Senator Mary Landrieu, U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, Gulf Coast Officials Launch “Ready 4 Takeoff Coalition”
1028 days ago
Sen. Mary Landrieu joined U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon and other Gulf Coast leaders at the downtown Marriott hotel this afternoon…
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“The Real World” explained: The Pills Have Eyes
1028 days ago
These weekly posts are intended as an episode-by-episode guide to the many psychological ailments, drunken gibberish, senseless actions, Bourbon Street…
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Bedbugs!
1029 days ago
Seems like every day now we hear about the Second Coming of bedbugs. DDT wiped ‘em out after World War…
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The Tide is nigh
1029 days ago
This Saturday, Aug. 28 brings the 5th annual Rising Tide, the lively day-long discussion put together after the storm by…
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The Rising Tide screens at Zeitgeist
1030 days ago
In the past week, during which hysteria over the proposed Cordoba House in lower Manhattan reached new fervor and polls…
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Chicago Chef to Announce New Orleans Venture
1031 days ago
The business publication Crain’s Chicago Business reports that one of the biggest names in the Windy City’s restaurant scene plans…
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NOPD: Serpas’ 65-point plan
1031 days ago
At NOPD headquarters this morning, Superintendent Ronal Serpas introduced a 65-point plan to reform the troubled department and allow citizens…
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Riverbend Tapas Crawl Returns
1031 days ago
When Xavier Laurentino, owner of the Spanish restaurant Barcelona Tapas, explained the concept for last month’s inaugural Riverbend International Tapas…
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Second Line Season Starts Tomorrow With The Valley Of Silent Men
1033 days ago
The Valley Of Silent Men kick off second line season tomorrow. Small club, discreet… just what you need to ease…
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Coming up in this week’s Gambit
1033 days ago
I particularly love the cover this week — conceived and executed by art director Dora Sison. Inside: Interviews with filmmakers…
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Restrepo presents soldiers on the frontlines in Afghanistan
1034 days ago
Restrepo is one of the best combat documentaries I have seen, and also one of the best films about U.S.…
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The V Word
1034 days ago
Up until a couple weeks ago, I hadn’t eaten meat in almost four years. I wasn’t entirely meat-free. There are…
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48 Hour Film Festival
1034 days ago
The 48 Hour Film Project is sort of a poetry slam for aspiring filmmakers. No professional experience is necessary; just…
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Where is the oil? In enormous undersea plumes
1035 days ago
During the winter of 2001 and throughout 2002, Miller produced a series of stunning stories about Saddam Hussein’s ambition and…
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“The Real World” explained: The fall of Jemmye
1035 days ago
These weekly posts are intended as an episode-by-episode guide to the many psychological ailments, drunken gibberish, senseless actions, Bourbon Street…
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Welcome to the Mid-City P-Zone
1036 days ago
Who doesn’t like pizza? (A damn Communist, that’s who.) And who doesn’t like Italian Pie? That’s right, nobody. So we…
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Spike Lee premieres new HBO documentary
1036 days ago
Spike Lee, Chris Paul, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Wendell Pierce, Terence Blanchard, Rep. Joseph Cao and Phyllis Montana LeBlanc (pictured) attended…
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Spike Lee premiere: on the red carpet
1036 days ago
Spike Lee’s wife, Tonya Lewis, is hot. Let’s be quite clear: This was perhaps the biggest new story to come…
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“Dear New Orleans” benefit compilation
1037 days ago
While we may not have Sean Penn yelling about us to the media, or Bono writing epic songs about us…
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The Gambit interview: Spike Lee
1037 days ago
BY MATT DAVIS Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee is in New Orleans for the premiere of his new HBO…
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Face Value
1037 days ago
The phrase “Sounds like an Onion headline” is pretty common these days. I saw this, and asked the reverse: “Shrimp…
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Three weeks later: “Where is the oil?”
1037 days ago
It was Michael Grunwald’s July 29 story in Time — “The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated?” that set…
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Lege Recovery Committee meets Tues & Wed at City Hall
1038 days ago
The Louisiana Legislative Hurricane Recovery Committee will hold two meetings in New Orleans this week to discuss the status of…
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Interview: Cat Cora of Food Network’s “Iron Chef America”
1041 days ago
Ambrosia. Far from an immortaility-inducing elixir of the gods, It’s a relic from the era in which “salad” was a…
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Review: Harry Shearer’s “The Big Uneasy”
1042 days ago
In an era when Jon Stewart is an integral part of the news scene, it shouldn’t be a surprise that…
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Dirty Linen and St. Claude/Bywater gallery night
1042 days ago
Dirty Linen Night is on Saturday, and the second Saturday of the month also brings art gallery openings in the…
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“The Real World” explained: of sweatshirts and Subway
1042 days ago
These weekly posts are intended as an episode-by-episode guide to the many psychological ailments, drunken gibberish, senseless actions, Bourbon Street…
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Landrieu’s 100th day as mayor
1043 days ago
On Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s 100th day in office, he held a town hall for City Council District A at Grace…
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City Recycling Returns
1043 days ago
As members of City Council try to squeeze the return of citywide recycling pickup into Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s budget, Landrieu…
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Eating things that go inside other things
1043 days ago
The tradition of eating things stuffed inside other things is centuries old (Google rôti sans pareil if you want to…
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Kindra Arnesen speaks out
1044 days ago
In this week’s issue, Gambit spoke with Kindra Arnesen, wife of a Plaquemines Parish fisherman and one of the loudest voices…
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Melancon releases first TV commercial of Senate campaign
1044 days ago
On Aug. 6, Sen. David Vitter, who is facing a tough reelection fight this fall, sent out an email with…
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White House switches to all Gulf shrimp diet and pro athlete hangout
1045 days ago
The New Orleans Saints were at the White House today, where they presented President Barack Obama with a team jersey…
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Glen Hall III, Leader of The Baby Boyz Brass Band
1046 days ago
This is the first installment in a series on New Orleans brass band leaders. For years now I’ve said I…
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Sunday Morning Jazz Mass and Second Line featuring Treme Brass Band, Baby Boyz Brass Band, TBC Brass Band, Zulus, Baby Dolls & More
1047 days ago
Continuing a ten year tradition, St. Augustine Church will once again host a Jazz Mass to commemorate the last day…
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The BP oil disaster “that never materialised”
1047 days ago
Remember all those faux-credulous national media reports last week claiming the oil in the Gulf of Mexico had somehow vanished…
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The Skeleton Crew
1048 days ago
As Unified Incident Command makes its move from “response to recovery,” as National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen called it last…
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Those new taco-things from Taco Bell
1048 days ago
I grew up eating tacos once a week. My family liked them because they were easy, delicious and inexpensive to…
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Shakeup at BP’s claims system; incoming claims czar will drop BP’s contractor
1048 days ago
Editor’s note: Gambit is teaming and sharing resources with the independent non-profit journalism organization ProPublica in our reporting of the…
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Cold Case Update: NOPD will have DNA lab In 18 months
1049 days ago
The New Orleans Police Department will have a fully-functioning DNA lab in 18 months, according to NOPD Capt. Michael Pfeiffer,…
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“The Real World” explained: A brush with death
1049 days ago
These weekly posts are intended as an episode-by-episode guide to the many psychological ailments, drunken gibberish, senseless actions, Bourbon Street…
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Vogue Italia’s August issue does Oil Spill Chic
1049 days ago
Fashion photographer Steven Meisel’s latest cover and fashion editorial for Vogue Italia “interprets” the BP oil disaster through the lens…
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Mayor, city officials hear Lower Ninth Ward residents’ concerns at budget hearing
1049 days ago
Mayor Mitch Landrieu, First Deputy Mayor Judy Reese Morse, Councilman Jon Johnson and Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin heard the…
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Mayor Landrieu Talks Money
1050 days ago
Residents of City Council District E can put in their 2 cents about how the city should spend its money…
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