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Sidewalk Astronomer John Brown

Sun, 10/12/08
Authored by David Weinberg
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 a... Read more

The Cream Rises to the Top

Thu, 09/25/08
Authored by Eve Abrams
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. Read more

Salt Dreams

Thu, 09/18/08
Authored by David Weinberg
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. Read more

Out of the Ashes

Thu, 09/11/08
Authored by Freya Zork
When Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church lost their Central City location to an electrical fire, they found a temporary home inside Temple Sinai. As the Jewish synagogue rings with gospel praise, the circumstances give rise to a new friendship between the two congre... Read more

"We were locked in and then the water started rising . . ."

Thu, 08/28/08
Authored by Jamie Dell'Apa
Arrested for public drunkeness then locked into a cell as the water was rising, Terry resigned himself to an ignoble death: "I felt like a rat in a cage that was tossed into the water . . ." Read more

The Closing of St. Henry's

Fri, 08/08/08
Authored by David Weinberg
The Archbishop of New Orleans announced recently that St. Henry's will be closing at the end of the year. There have been many who have accused the Archbishop and the Catholic church of closing the church in order to sell the land for profit. Read more

No Dim Bulb — Green Light New Orleans

Thu, 07/24/08
Authored by Eve Abrams
Green Light New Orleans is reducing New Orleans' CO2 emissions, not to mention our energy bills. They do it for free, and with loving-kindness, one light bulb at a time. Read more

Roll with the NOPD Crisis Unit

Wed, 07/09/08
Authored by Eve Abrams
The New Orleans Police Department's Mobile Crisis Unit attends to the city's mentally ill on their worst days. Read more

Yoga in the Lower Ninth Ward

Tue, 07/08/08
Authored by David Weinberg
Michelle Baker is the owner of the Swan River Yoga Studio on Magazine Street, where she teaches yoga during the week. After the storm, she wanted to expand her practice beyond Magazine street and into some of the harder-hit neighborhoods of New Orleans. Read more

Rain or Shine Community Garden

Mon, 07/07/08
Authored by David Weinberg
Rain or Shine is a community organization that is looking to turn many of the city's blighted properties into community gardens. Today we take a trip to the garden where volunteers work with kids, teaching them the basics of gardening. Read more

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