Today in New Orleans: 9.17.12
City Life, Louisiana/GulfCoast
September 17th, 2012
Today, Amanda Palmer brings her Grand Theft Orchestra to town, the Black Woodstock gets a second viewing in the Marigny and Citizen Cope returns. On this day in New Orleans history, the Saints scored on the opening kickoff of their first-ever NFL game (1967), Gov. Edwin Edwards' doomed first racketeering trial began (1985) and Rebirth Brass Band sax player James Durant passed at age 31 (2003). Now for the rest of the present:
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