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Publisher, editor and author ERROL LABORDE
Date: March 27, 1995

"The Buzzard Wore a Tu-Tu" has a story behind it, and it's a story that could only happen in New Orleans. It's Errol Laborde's latest work, inspired, as much of his work is, by the stranger side of real life. WWNO's Diane Mack has the story...

He may be a world-famous restaurateur, but his cookbook was tested at home. Lagasse talks about growing up in New England, Portuguese influence there, and homemade table-wine, among other tasty subjects.

Dickie Landry
Date:  March 14, 2003

Dickie Landry is a man of many artistic hats. As a musician, he's played everything from avant-garde classical to Zydeco, working for many years with the Philip Glass Ensemble, and most recently in the all-star "swamp pop" group "Lil Band of Gold". Dickie Landry has also made art as a composer, photographer, videographer, and painter. He recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about the many threads of his life as a Louisiana Artist ...
To view Dickie Landry's work, click here . . .

Dona Lief
Date:  April 9, 2003

Dona Lief first grabbed the attention of New Orleans art lovers and collectors with her eery, startlingly realistic ceramics of insects, especially gigantic cockroaches. In recent years, though, Dona Lief has concentrated on painting. WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop recently talked with Dona Lief about Lief's life as a Louisiana Artist ... To view Lief's work, click here

Louisiana Artist:  Pam Longobardi
Date:  March 17, 2004

Atlanta artist Pam Longobardi is starting to make a name for herself in New Orleans, with work currently showing at two Crescent City sites: the "Birdspace" group exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, and her own "Artificial Kingdoms" exhibition, including paintings and a "cabinet of curiosities" installation, at the Sylvia Schmidt Gallery. Pam Longobardi recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about her installation at the CAC, and exhibition at the Sylvia Schmidt Gallery ... To view more of Longobardi's work, click here

Luz Maria Lopez
Date:  December 6, 2006

New Orleans artist Luz Maria Lopez has opened a new exhibition at Lemieux Galleries, and earlier this week stopped by our studios to talk with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about the new work...

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra 
Date:  October 26, 2006

This weekend the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its first "Festival of Living Composers" with a pair of concerts at the Convention Center Theater. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story...

Louisiana State Museum director David Kahn
Date:  September 13, 2006

Back in May, the Louisiana State Museum system named David Kahn as its new director. Kahn came to New Orleans following successful tenures with historical societies in New York and Connecticut. A native New Yorker, Kahn earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Art History from Columbia University. He recently sat down with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about the Louisiana State Museum system and its ambitious plans for the future...

Bobby Lounge
Date:  May 6, 2006

Last year's JazzFest featured one of the most star-studded lineups in the festival's history, but the biggest buzz of the festival may have surrounded a virtually unknown performer named Bobby Lounge. He's back again this year, and WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story...

Everette Maddox
Date: December 14, 2006

Nearly 18 years after his death in February 1989, Everette Maddox remains one of New Orleans' best-known and best-loved poets. His literary legacy is examined in a new anthology just out from Xavier University Press: Umpteen Ways of Looking at a Possum: Critical and Creative Responses to Everette Maddox. The collection is edited by poets Grace Bauer and Julie Kane, who recently stopped by to talk about the book with WWNO's Fred Kasten...

Ellis Marsalis
Date:  October 11, 1994

Jazz pianist, composer, and educator Ellis Marsalis firmly believes that jazz is the cornerstone of American music. His journey -- from playing saxophone at the Dew Drop Inn, to serving in the Marines, and coming back home to a life of music in New Orleans, begins with an epiphany, as he explains to WWNO's Fred Kasten ...

British actor and director Roy Marsden is best known to American audiences for his television roles as Neil Burnside in "The Sandbaggers" and detective Adam Dalgleish in the television adaptations of the P.D. James novels. For the last month Marsden has been in New Orleans, directing rehearsals for a new play: "Macbeth at the Gates." Earlier this week, Roy Marsden stopped by the WWNO studios to talk with Fred Kasten about his life in the theater and "Macbeth at the Gates"...

Commentator Bob Marye is thankful for and appreciative of all of the hard work put in by individual New Orleanians and out-of-town volunteers towards recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but he's also angry about the pace of progress, and more than a little worried about the mindset in the city...

Mayoral Forum of March 16th at Temple Sinai

Norm Robinson states the rule/Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Closing Statements

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James McGarrell
Date:  August 2, 1994

A chat with painter James McGarrell, who has been featured in galleries from New York to Paris. He speaks of getting his personal aesthetic through Jazz music, ditching a Law degree, and teaching himself the human figure before he could pass on the knowledge to others.

Remembering Chico Mendes
Date:  December 22, 2003

Fifteen years ago today, Brazilian rubber tapper and labor organizer Chico Mendes was assassinated in western Brazil by wealthy cattle ranchers. The murder of Chico Mendes disrupted the battle his Rubber Tappers’ Union was waging to save the Amazon Rainforest; sent shockwaves through environmental groups around the world; and had a profound and lasting effect on at least one New Orleanian. WWNO’s Fred Kasten picks up the story ...


For more information about Jacqueline Bishop's book "Em Memoria Chico Mendes" - or her work - visit these additional sites:
www.reddotmagazine.com/Issue4/bishopstudio.html
www.arthurrogergallery.com
www.herberthalpernfinearts.com
www.amazon.com

Donald Miller
Date:  November 15, 2006

Historian Donald Miller is one of a distinguished group of scholars, authors, journalists, and veterans coming to New Orleans for the International Conference on World War II at the National World War II Museum. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story...

Thelonius Monk, Jr. 
Date:  February 23, 2006

Thelonius Monk, Jr. is carrying on the legacy of his composer/pianist father through his own career in music, and as a key player (no pun intended) with the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story...

Tootie Montana 
Date:  July 21, 1997

When the Mardi Gras Indians congregate, what is it you're likely to see? WWNO's Diane Mack went to the source: Big Chief Tootie Montana, who retired in 1997 after five decades of Mardi Gras Indian parades -- and more ...

Willie Morris
Author of "My Dog Skipper"
Date:  April 11, 1995

Humble beginnings do not always remain that way, as only child and only dog became famous for, in their hometown of Yazoo, nearly everything. WWNO's Fred Kasten speaks with Willie Morris about baseball, editing, and stories about childhood for adults ...

Nick Mueller
Date: October 10, 2006

Part two of Fred Kasten's two-part conversation with Nick Mueller, President and CEO of the National World War II Museum. The museum has cast a huge vote of confidence in New Orleans by moving full speed ahead with a 300-million-dollar, seven-year plan for expansion...

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Cherice Harrison Nelson
Date:  February 01, 1994

How did the Mardi Gras Indians get started? "Guardians of the Flame" documentary producer Cherice Harrison Nelson didn't want to know at first -- until she found a family connection with the group. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story ...

NO/AIDS Task Force post-Katrina
Date: July 18, 2006

Katrina all but wiped out the health-care system in New Orleans, and raised big obstacles for organizations providing services for people with chronic diseases -- organizations such as the NO/AIDS Task Force. WWNO's Fred Kasten has more...

New Orleans Ballet Association
Date: October 26, 2006

The New Orleans Ballet Association collaborates with the widely-acclaimed Houston Ballet at Dixon Hall to begin this season. WWNO's Fred Kasten has more...

NOCCA/Riverfront After Katrina, Part One
Date:  February 8, 2006

Like most New Orleans schools, NOCCA|Riverfront took a big hit from Katrina. The award-winning, nationally recognized arts high school is bouncing back, though, with a full slate of courses now underway at satellite campuses around the metro area, and plans to return to its riverfront home at the end of May. This afternoon, part one of a two-part report on NOCCA|Riverfront post-Katrina, with an update on the school's visual arts program. Our report begins with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop talking with NOCCA|Riverfront visual arts chair Mary Jane Parker...

NOCCA/Riverfront After Katrina, Part Two
Date:  February 9, 2006

This afternoon, part two of our two-part report on the status of one of New Orleans' most successful public schools, NOCCA|Riverfront, which is now back in session at a seris of satellite campuses around the metro area. Today's report begins with WWNO's Fred Kasten talking about Katrina's impact (no pun intended) on the school with NOCCA|Riverfront's communications director Brian Hammell...

New Orleans Musica da Camera 40th Anniversary
Date:  January 10, 2006

The New Orleans Musica da Camera celebrates 40 years of early music making in New Orleans with a concert this weekend. Musica da Camera co-directors Thaïs St. Ju8lien and Milton Scheuermann, Jr. recently sat down with WWNO's Fred Kasten to talk about the Musica da Camera and the music they make...

The New Orleans Opera Association's Re-Opening Gala
Date:  March 3, 2006

The New Orleans Opera Association brings opera back to the Crescent City with a star-studded gala tomorrow night at the New Orleans Arena. WWNO's Fred Kasten has more...

Tim O'Brien
Date: June 7, 1993

Author Tim O'Brien lives vicariously through his characters sometimes, but has won real-life awards for his prose. From the self-proclaimed "Turkey Capital of the World" and Vietnam comes an author whose latest novel "In The Lake Of The Woods" garners much praise. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story ...

Ogden Museum
Date:  August 22, 2003

Tomorrow the Odgen Museum of Southern Art opens its doors to the public. Nearly a decade in the making, the joint venture between the University of New Orleans and collector Roger Ogden is one of only two museums in the country to focus on southern art. The Ogden Museum is also a world-class addition to a growing and already impressive list of art and museum attractions in New Orleans' warehouse district. WWNO's Susan Roesgen has more ... Visit the Ogden Museum online at www.ogdenmuseum.org

Anders Osborne
Date:  August 27, 1996

Anders Osborne doesn't need a particular idiom to get his music heard. But he realized that New Orleans is a city with plenty of gravity, as he explains to WWNO's Ros Wingerter ...