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Photographers
Fight summer boredom! 'OZ photographers are out at tons of local events, so take some time and check out photo sets on the newly redesigned Flickr site.
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WWOZ's Music Education Forum

Authored by: David Stafford
Submitted: Fri, 06/14/2013 - 7:35am
Tag(s): WWOZ Latest
Wilbert Rawlins, Jr
On June 13, WWOZ sponsored a community forum on music education. The forum addressed a number of questions: What's working with music education today in New Orleans? What's not? How can we help pass New Orleans music onto the next generation?
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Summer Festivals & Fun - Updated

Authored by: David Stafford
Submitted: Thu, 06/13/2013 - 10:44am
Tag(s): WWOZ Latest
Les Freres Michot
So far this summer, we've celebrated Oysters, Creole Tomatoes, and Cajun & Zydeco music, and that's just in the French Quarter. It may be steamy-n-sticky, but the music just gets better as the temperature increases, so check out some of the exciting music festivals and other diversions in and around greater New Orleans and south Louisiana this summer.
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Jazz & Heritage Foundation Community Partnership Grants: Deadline July 26

St Augs in Treme
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is now accepting applications for Community Partnership Grants, which focus on educational programming, documenting/interpreting Louisiana's indigenous culture and presenting Louisiana artists by Louisiana nonprofit organizations, like St. Augs (left). The deadline to apply is Friday, July 26.
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New Orleans All The Way Live: Wednesdays On The Point

Authored by: George Ingmire
Submitted: Wed, 06/12/2013 - 7:45am
Tag(s): WWOZ Latest
Algiers Point. Photo by Melanie Merz.

In this week's episode we celebrate the summertime and getting out there to see some live music.

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New Orleans All the Way Live: Wednesday's On The Point

Authored by: George Ingmire
Algiers Point. Photo By Melanie Merz.
In this week's episode we celebrate live music in the summertime. Featuring live performances from Theresa Andersson, Treme Brass Band, & more local artists. We also explore the bond of ‘Southerness’ with Libra Lagrone from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Bethany Lemanski of Wednesdays on the Point tells us the secret to the best tasting crawfish in town!
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Sync Up Redux

Authored by: David Stafford
Submitted: Tue, 06/11/2013 - 10:01am
Tag(s): WWOZ Latest
Sync Up logo
The sixth annual Sync Up Conference (a forum for entertainment industry leaders that covers music, film and digital media) took place during Jazz Fest at NOMA. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has made the entire conference available on its YouTube Channel. Sync Up, On Demand.
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Music Repression

Authored by: Jamie Dell'Apa [Show Host]
Submitted: Mon, 06/10/2013 - 2:23pm
Tag(s): Reflections and rants and Show host blog

Music You "Choose" to Hear

(In Numbers)

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On the Banks of the Minnissippi: the Little Big Easy

Authored by: David Stafford
Submitted: Mon, 06/10/2013 - 9:39am
Tag(s): WWOZ Latest
A frame from tilt shift video, showing streetcar along the river

These two short videos are just for fun of it (Happy Monday!). They show (seemingly) miniaturized versions of New Orleans and the Mississippi River.

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Kermit Ruffins in Armstrong Park, June 13

Kermit Ruffins
Lagniappe! This season's Jazz in the Park Series has been extended. This Thursday's event features Kermit Ruffins and Mike "Soulman" Baptiste.
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