When KIPP McDonough 15 started their new school year one year after Katrina, music teacher Kelvin Harrison had no instruments with which to teach. After he displays a little ingenuity and a lot of dedication, help comes from the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation . . . and they... Read more

A Valentine From WWOZ We thought about what WWOZ would be like without our wonderful listeners and supporters. You are the reason we get out of bed to come into the studio on cold and rainy mornings. You are the ones we think about when we sit down at Jazz Fest to inter... Read more

It's Wednesday night at Vaughn's and the place is packed, but tonight the smoky Bywater bar is filled with an unfamiliar crowd. Dozens of law students from Maryland are drinking cold beer and eating barbeque before the show starts. But it is not Kermit Ruffins or Shamar Al... Read more

It's a rainy Saturday morning in January at the Robinson home in the Ninth Ward, but it feels a little like Christmas as the kids gather around Aria Martin, a volunteer from the Kid Camera Project. The kids are receiving their graduation cameras. They were the first parti... Read more

Our Live Mardi Gras Coverage WWOZ show hosts are out there enjoying Carnival 2008. Check out their blogs to find out what parades and parties they are attending. WWOZ will be riding in Zulu, so look out for the broadcast truck during the parade and check back occasionally... Read more

Dear Listener, Every which way you look, winter this year wants to be spring — it’s warm enough that I’m still buying fresh Louisiana strawberries in the grocery. The Phorty Phunny Phellows took their street car ride — which means Mardi Gras has already started. And ‘OZ... Read more

A celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tipitina's going on the week of January 14th that contains some recollections of the early days and some short vignettes about more recent times. Read more