This week we bring you a debut story from Street Talk reporter Julia Botero. Julia took a trip over to the Roller Derby to interview some of the Big Easy Roller Girls.
Twenty years ago, visual artist Jana Napoli began working with Rabouin High School's commercial art teacher Madeleine Neske to create YA/YA: Young Aspirations/Young Artists. Together and with others, they created an art program grounded in the belief that, given the proper tools and a fertile environment, young people can do extraordinary things.
The Sugar Park Tavern closed its doors in the Bywater last month. This week we hear from regulars and people in the neighborhood about what made Sugar Park special and what the future holds for the owners.
Listen to this week's Street Talk by David Weinberg and learn about the impressive Fringe Festival, happening at 16 different locations throughout New Orleans from November 13 to 16.
I know you have seen them. Right next to the cash register, those fruit-filled turnover pies wrapped in glassy paper. This week we take a trip over to the Hubig's Pie factory in the Marigny and talk with the owner about what goes into making those delicious New Orleans pies.
In 2007, Father Bill Terry, the rector at St. Anna's Episcopal Church, began listing the names of murdered New Orleans citizens on a board outside the church. Last year, 215 names were printed on the board. So far in 2008, there are over 160 names on the board. Father Terry and his diverse congregants are committed to living out their spiritual beliefs on the streets of New Orleans. Clearly, something needed to be done to curb the violence plaguing our city. From this concern, and with an orientation grounded in social justice, Horns for Guns was born.
The 6t'9 Social Aid and Pleasure Club hosts an annual parade, for kids of ALL ages, the Saturday night before Halloween from the 6th Ward to the 9th Ward (thus 6t'9), from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the backstreets of New Orleans.
The music you just heard was Pud Brown, the great New Orleans saxophone and clarinet player. Pud played with everyone, from Louis Armstrong and Lawrence Welk to Ella Fitzgerald. He passed away on May 27th of 1996, but today his son, John Brown, is keeping his father's memory alive. On any given night, you can find John performing on the streets of New Orleans.
Warren and Sandra Smith are a dying breed: family dairy farmers. Six years ago, they decided to stop losing money by selling their milk to producers, and began pasteurizing their milk themselves. That's both good and delicious news for Louisiana.
J.T. Nesbitt has been called many things: a genius, a fool, even a modern-day Don Quixote. In 2005, he was the most famous motorcycle designer in the world. J.T. came at his projects not as a mechanic but as an artist. His undergraduate degree is in pre-columbian sculpture.
