So, based on the hed here, I am assuming there are some black farmers on golf courses and they have for one reason or another entered into a dispute with the Federal Government. I am not sure how long the dispute went on but the African American agriculturists finally agreed on some sort of settlement…
What Are Your Rising Tide 5 Panelists Doing Right Now?
Rising Tide 5 Aug. 28 at the Howlin’ Wolf … See below… Keynote speaker Mac Mclleland … “The goal is not to let it blow up”: A tour of BP’s relief rig Treme panelist Eric Overmyer… Treme News: Eric Overmyer Looks Back on Season One Treme panelist Dave Walker … ‘Witness: Katrina’ tells storm’s story…
Treme Season 2 To Be Set in 2007
Perhaps in time for this? Also… Rising Tide 5 Treme panelist Eric Overmyer recently spoke at the Clinton School in Arkansas and offered some glimpses into next season… ‘Treme’ to get more ‘Wire-y’ next season Overmyer revealed that next season of “Treme” will jump a year in the future from where last season left off…
Casket Cartel
God and the State are embroiled in a debate concerning the nature of casket sales… Benedictine monks suing Louisiana regulators over casket sales The monks of the 121-year-old St. Joseph Abbey, in St. Tammany Parish north of New Orleans, charge the state Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors is attempting to maintain a casket cartel,…
Red Dress Runners: Spartans of Spirits
On Jackson Square I have been witness time and time again to large groups of runners, gay people, pirates, African Americans, running bulls, Lutherans and many more. So I can say with a certain bit of authority that none of them get wasted like the red dress runners. Maybe it’s the swampy heat or maybe…
Rising Tide Conference Program
There may be a few late additions but this is our most complete program for the Aug. 28 new media conference… Keynote Speaker: Mac McClelland – Mother Jones.com Mac is Mother Jones‘ human rights reporter, writer of The Rights Stuff, and the author of For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question: A Story…
Summer of Cicada
There are many things we will remember about this summer. It’s the 5th annivesary. It’s unusually hot and swampy. It follows a frigid winter that killed a lot of outdoor vegetation (rubber trees taking it particularly bad). What is unique for me is the morning and evening chorus of cicadas is the loudest I have…
‘A Howling In The Wires’
Looking forward to this live reading by nola bloggers. Readings are an entirely different way to experience the written word. It also gives attendees to take a moment to recognize just what it was we all went through via friends and neighbors who were writing about as it unfolded… Gallatin & Toulouse Press announces the…
From The T-Shirt Shop That Brought You…
… FUBP shirts (I am guessing 0% of the profits are going toward disaster relief). Presenting the generic “Treme” shirt. It’s actually smart. The show is about a neighborhood which I am not sure can be copyrighted and so long as they don’t use the same typeface of imagery from the show, they can produce…
Not This Chic
Though it looks like a very resplendent and classy venue, it is sadly not in any way an extension of this blog. But if anyone is looking, it looks like a nice spot to get hitched… The Chicory … an elegant venue for your New Orleans wedding ceremony and reception, features exposed beams, brick walls,…