Takin' It To The Streets

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Takin' It to the Streets^® is WWOZ's multi-platform program celebrating New Orleans' social aid & pleasure clubs, second lines, Black Masking Indians, Baby Dolls, and brass band traditions.

Takin' It to the Streets

Happening This Week

Money Wasters Second Line Parade

Sunday, May 28, 2023 -

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Money Wasters 2022 by MJ Mastrogiovanni

START Treme Center (900 N. Villere St.). Up N. Villere St. to Orleans Ave. RIGHT turn onto Orleans Ave. Proceed up Orleans to N. Prieur St.

TABLE STOP Proceed up Orleans Ave. to N. Broad St. RIGHT turn on N. Broad St. Keep goign to Governor Nicholls St.

TABLE STOP Proceed up N. Broad to 1520 N. Broad ST.

STOP Primary Eye Care (Take A Seat). Keep going up Broad St. to St. Bernard Ave. then RIGHT on St. Bernard. Proceed up St. Bernard to Claiborne. RIGHT turn on Claiborne cause we going by Kermit's

STOP Kermit's Mother-in-Law Lounge. Keep going up Claiborne Ave. to St. Philip St. LEFT turn onto St. Philip.

DISBAND Tuba Fats Square

In the player below, hear WWOZ's India Sever's interview with Money Wasters' Dr. Johnson as she discusses being raised in the culture, holding the basket with the Jolly Bunch; balancing a busy professional life with being a member of the Money Wasters; the club's work in the community, including their new space on Broad; the strong traditions in this club and their recent work around researching and preserving their history (includign when women started parading in the streets-- 1976!); this weekend's parade; and much more!