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Table of Contents
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Louisiana Artist: John Geldersma
Sculptor John Geldersma was born in Golden Meadow and grew up in Harvey. He studied art at the University of Louisiana Lafayette (then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana) and at Rutgers, then taught art at ULL for 20 years. Geldersma works mostly in wood and is best known for his "spirit poles" totemic sculptures. Though he now lives in New Mexico, John Geldersma remains deeply influenced by the Bayou State, and recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about his life as a Louisiana Artist ... |
Louisiana Artist: Doyle Gertjejansen
To find out more about Doyle Gertjejansen or to see more of his paintings, click here |
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James Gill
In Europe, upon a time, Carnival saw the peasantry mocking their superiors. In the U.S., it was the opposite. In his latest book, "Lords of Misrule", Times-Picayune columnist James Gill explains how politics, race, and Carnival intertwine. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story ... |
LA Garden Journal: Ginger
It has legions of fans for its flowers, foliage, fragrance, and flavor: ginger is the subject of Jeannette Hardy's entry today in the Louisiana Garden Journal... |
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Louisiana Artist: Jessica Goldfinch |
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Hackberry Ramblers
Dancing to the music of the Hackberry Ramblers is
something folks in Louisiana have enjoyed for 70 years. All this week, people
elsewhere in the U.S.A. will get a taste of that pleasure, as public television
stations around the country premiere the new documentary "Make 'Em Dance: The
Hackberry Ramblers Story". WWNO's Fred Kasten recently talked with the film's
co-producer Ben Sandmel about the Hackberry Ramblers, and "Make 'Em Dance"... |
Habitat for Humanity
Last November, the New Orleans Area Habitat For Humanity ammounced ambitious plans to build a "Musicians' Village" -- a community of 75 single-family homes plus several duplexes designed for older musicians -- surrounding a performance and education center to be named for Ellis Marsalis. Over the year Habitat acquired property for the Musicians' Village in the Upper Ninth Ward, started construction, and got the first group of homeowners moved into their new digs. Last Friday, scores of volunteers came out for a special WWNO One-Day Build at the Musicians' Village... |
David Hajdu
The half-decade between Elvis and the Beatles was a time of transformation in American culture -- pop music in particular. Jeans and work-shirts became chic, hootenannies hip. David Hajdu's book about four key players from those years, Positively Fourth Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina, is just out in paperback. Hajdu recently sat down with WWNO's Fred Kasten to talk about Positively Fourth Street... |
David Harrington
What does the Lawrence Welk Show have to do with the Kronos Quartet? Founder violinist David Harrington explains that and how Bartók and John Coltrane came to influence his own music. |
Donald Harrison, Sr.
Donald Harrison, Sr. started as a Mardi Gras Indian in 1949, and has seen a lot of changes ... Who will be the next Guardian of the Flame? WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story ... |
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Joe Henderson
Multi-Grammy-winning saxophonist Date: July 19, 1995 Joe Henderson's lengthy success could almost be considered a happy accident. Although he never intended to be a musician, his musical career has carried on for decades. "Double Rainbow", a tribute to Jobim, has put Henderson in the spotlight again, and the adventure shows no signs of abating. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story ... |
Al Hermann Former president Bill Clinton has called New Orleans native Al Hermann "one of America's foremost physicists, and an even better trombonist." In May of 2005, Al Hermann stopped by the WWNO studios to talk with Fred Kasten about his twin careers and then new CD "The Jazz Trombone" which also features Monroe, Louisiana-born trombonist Carl Fontana. That conversation was scheduled to air in early September of 2005, but Katrina intervened. We're pleased to be able to bring it to you now... |
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Hike for KaTreeNa Last spring, New Orleanian Monique Pilie hit the Appalachian Trail on what she called "The Hike for KaTreeNa." WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story.
Hike for KaTREEna New Orleanians are doing all sorts of things to help the city they love recover from Katrina -- for example, Monique Pilie and her Hike for Katrina. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story... |
Bill Hines, Part One New Orleans attorney Bill Hines is managing partner at Jones-Walker, one of the city's most prominent law firms. Bill Hines may be even better known for his committed and energetic civic work, including successful tenures with Metrovision and The United Way. Over the last decade or so, Bill Hines has increasingly focused his civic work on New Orleans arts and culture, currently serving as president of the Board for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and board vice-chairman of the Arts Council of New Orleans. Hines recently sat down with WWNO's Fred Kasten to talk about the importance of New Orleans arts and culture to the Katrina recovery effort...
Bill Hines, Part Two Next on All Things Considered, part two of Fred Kasten's interview with New Orleans attorney and civic leader Bill Hines. Hines is managing partner at Jones-Walker, and played a key role a few years ago in bringing the Hornets to the Crescent City... |
HNOC's Pricilla Lawrence Horne, Jed (Part
One) Part One of Fred Kasten's three-part conversation with author and Times-Picayune metro editor Jed Horne, whose new book is called Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City... |
Farrar Hudkins Commentary A "skillful" means of subverting prejudices of all sorts is what commentator Farrar Hudkins proposes today...
Farrar Hudkins Commentary In the 1949 film "Knock On Any Door," actor John Derek summed up his character's philosophy with the line "Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse." That's just about the direct opposite of the approach commentator Farrar Hudkins takes...
Farrar Hudkins Commentary Are those who don't know history doomed to repeat it? Commentator Farrar Hudkins isn't sure what to think...
Farrar Hudkins Commentary Life, death, jazz funerals -- and the spirit of New Orleans -- those are some of the things on the mind this morning of commentator Farrar Hudkins...
Farrar Hudkins Commentary Did Katrina really change everything? That's the question at the heart of this commentary from WWNO's Farrar Hudkins... |
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Bill Huntington
Bill Huntington, arguably the most sought-after bass player in New Orleans, is from a musical family. He recalls being influenced by Bunk Johnson, dealing with segregation in the 1950s, and growing up with Louis Prima's nephew Buddy. |
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Irises
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Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson is a New Orleans native and vice-chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. He is president of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank The Aspen Institute, and has served as chairmna and C.E.O. of CNN and Time Magazine. Isaacson recently talked with WWNO's Fred Kasten about the work of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. |
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Cornettist Connie Jones Cornettist Connie Jones got his start in New Orleans music in the early 1950s, and he has been working steadily ever since, playing with the Basin Street Six, Pete Fountain, and the Dukes of Dixieland; and leading his own bands. Jones recently stopped by to talk with WWNO's Frdd Kasten about his life playing New Orleans jazz... |
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Ashley Kahn: The House that Trane Built Author Ashley Kahn talks with WWNO's Fred Kasten about his new book about Impulse records, "The House that Trane Built." |
Helma Kaldewey
Helma Kaldewey is now a visiting professor of German at Dillard University, but seven years ago, she came to town looking to make a movie about one of New Orleans' most intriguing artists. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story ... |
Rodger Kamenetz
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Katrina:
Nine Lives - Hour-and-a-Half Anniversary Special
Part One
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Katrina Ya Ya: Raphaelle O'Neil Today is All-Saints' Day, and the occasion of the final installment of our long-running Katrina Ya Ya series of Wednesday afternoon commentaries. Today's concluding segment comes from Raphaelle O'Neil...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Richard Ford Richard Ford is a novelist who lives in Maine and New Orleans. William Guion has photographed the landscape and people of his native Louisiana for more than 15 years...
Katrina Ya Ya: Michelle Leon Michelle Leon fell in love with New Orleans over the past eight years removating historic New Orleans homes...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Kelly Wilson Kelly Wilson lives in the Irish Channel in New Orleans, and teaches creative writing and literature at Loyola University. Katrina Ya-YaDate: June 21, 2006 Jeffrey Ehrenreich is an ethnographer who has lived and worked among numerous indigenous peoples, and is currently professor of anthropology at the University of New Orleans...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Sallie Ann Glassman Sallie Ann Glassman is an award-winning artist, published author, shop owner, and initiated priestess of Haitian voudou who conducts weekly public and private ceremonies in her temple in New Orleans.
Katrina Ya Ya Project: John Clark John Clark teaches philosophy and environmental studies at Loyola University New Orleans, and is an ecology and social justice activist.
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Lee Barclay Lee Barclay is proud to call New Orleans home for the past 14 years. She currently divides her time between freelance writing and working to preserve New Orleans' culture.
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Michele Baker Michele Baker is a certified singer, dancer, performer, costumer, and certified Yoga instructor who is currently living in New Orleans until she can return to New Orleans.
Katrina Ya Ya Project: James Nolan Fifth-generation New Orleans James Nolan is a widely-published poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator. He teaches at the Loyola Writing Institute at Loyola University New Orleans.
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Writer Kami Frank Kami Frank is proud to call New Orleans home. Her work has appeared in "Hip Mama," "Deep South Mouth," and "Rag Cooperative."
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Pres Kabacoff Pres Kabacoff is a New Orleans native and CEO of Historic Restoration, Inc., an award-winning inner city revitalization company.
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Katheryn Krotzer Laborde Katheryn Krotzer Laborde is an assistant professor at Xavier University, and lives and writes in River Ridge, Louisiana.
Katrina Ya-Ya Project: Anders Osborne Guitarist and singer/songwriter Anders Osborne moved to New Orleans from his native Swededn in 1985. He has this afternoon's entry in our ongoing Katrina Ya-Ya series of commentaries...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Valentine Pierce New Orleans poet, performance artist, and graphic designer Valentine Pierce has today's entry in our ongoing Wednesday afternoon "Katrina Ya Ya" series of commentaries...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Richard Ford Novelist Richard Ford has the latest in our series of "Katrina Ya Ya" commentaries...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Julie Kane Writer Julie Kane has today's entry in our continuing Wednesday afternoon "Katrina Ya Ya" series...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Quo Vadis Gex Breaux Today's entry in our new Wednesday afternoon "Katrina Ya Ya Project" series comes from New Orleans poet Quo Vadis Gex Breaux...
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Andy Antippas Andy Antippas is a former professor of English Literature. He is currently owner and director of Barrister's Gallery.
Katrina Ya Ya Project: Lee Barclay
Today marks the beginning of the new series of commentaries to be heard each Wednesday afternoon on WWNO, "The Katrina Ya Ya Project." Each essay is written and read by a New Orleanian, and collectively the project aims to enumerate and illuminate some of the most compelling reasons why the nation and the world have a stake in rebuilding the Crescent City. In coming weeks you'll hear essays by novelist Richard Ford, poets Valentine Pierce and Julie Kane, Voodoo priestess Sallie Ann Glassman, and many others. Today's commentary comes from "Katrina Ya Ya Project" coordinator Lee Barclay... |
Artist Robert Kipnis
Artist Robert Kipnis is a native of New York who was educated at Wittenburg University in Ohio and the University of Iowa. Kipnis opens a new exhibition tomorrow at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop has the story...
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Louisiana Artist: Ma-Po Kinnord-Payton
Sculptor and educator Ma-Po Kinnord-Payton grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where she began throwing clay on the potter's wheel when she was just 15. A resident of New Orleans for many years now, Kinnord-Payton's medium of choice for sculpture continues to be clay, and she also teaches Ceramics and Art Appreciation at Xavier University. Ma-Po Kinnord-Payton recently sat down with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about life and work as a Louisiana Artist ... To view more of Kinnord-Payton's work, click here |
Ida Kohlmeyer
Sculptor and painter Ida Kohlmeyer has taken a long time to come up to her own high standards. She has only recently started creating art in more than two dimensions, and has followed her artistic voice wherever it led, creating her personally-best-liked works in recent years. WWNO's Fred Kasten chats with Ida Kohlmeyer about her long career and how she became one of the most collected and respected artists in Louisiana ... |
Audra Kohout
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Abstract painter and educator Doyle Gertjejansen grew up in Minnesota. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Art from Mankato State University, and an M.F.A. in Painting and Art History from the University of Minnesota. Doyle Gertjejansen has taught art for nearly thirty years at the University of New Orleans, where he currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts. Doyle Gertjejansen recently sat down with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about his life as a Louisiana Artist ...
Ashley Kahn has covered a lot of territory in the music business: he has worked for Jazzfest in New Orleans, written for Cashbox in New York, and managed tours for Britney Spears. Lately, Kahn has enjoyed success, and critical acclaim, with his books about classic jazz LPs. WWNO’s Fred Kasten has the story . . .
Artist
Audra Kohout is known for her box assemblage in mixed media, turning sich
discarded materials as human hair, doll parts, and broken watches into often
startling work that offers a distinctly personal and poetic view of the world.
Audra Kohout recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about her life and
work as a Louisiana Artist ... To view more of Kohout's work, 
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