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Sheryl St. Germain
John Biguenet calls Sheryl St. Germain’s new collection of essays Swamp Songs: The Making of an Unruly Woman “an unflinchingly honest chronicle of a life”, and Tim Gautreaux says “Swamp Songs rings of intelligence and heart”. WWNO’s Fred Kasten has more . . . |
Henri Schindler Carnival has, over the years, left behind some pieces of art, which but for the efforts of people like Henri Schindler would be lost. His new book deals with the "lost treasures" of Carnival artists, as he discussed with WWNO's Fred Kasten ... |
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Dennis Scholl The Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University opens a new exhibition tonight: "Breathing Time: Works from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection." Dennis School and guest curator Gary Sangster will give a lecture at five, followed by a reception from 6:00 to 8:00. Earlier today, WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop spoke with Dennis Scholl about "Breathing Time"... |
Matt Schwarzman: Beginners Guide to Community-based Arts New Orleans educator and community activist Matt Schwarzman has a new book out, and he recently stopped by to talk with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about the book and the concepts behind it... |
John Scott Sculptor John Scott has made some of the most distinctive, and distinguished, pieces of public art to grace New Orleans. From Woldenberg Park to the New Orleans Museum of Art -- and many spots in between -- his work has become part of the fabric of the city. John Scott recently sat down with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about his life as a Louisiana Artist ... |
Richard Sexton A chat with Richard Sexton, co-author of "New Orleans Elegance and Decadence". He talks about moving to New Orleans and being drawn to the story of the town, and how to balance text and photographs. |
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The Jewish High Holy Days begin this week with Rosh Hashanah, and around the world Jews will celebrate cultural traditions passed down for generations. But here in the south, Jewish faith often conforms to southern tradition. A New Orleans filmmaker explores what it means to be southern -- and Jewish -- in the new documentary "Shalom Y'all". WWNO's Susan Roesgen has the story... |
Jamil Sharif
Date: October 21, 1993 Music has been in Jamil Sharif's family since the 19th century. Here, he recalls getting serious with Terence Blanchard, playing with Harry Connick, and what New Orleans' music means to him.
Harry Shearer
Date: November 20, 2006 Harry Shearer is a man of many voices and many hats:
Actor, director, comedian, artist, radio personality, musician, record
producer, and most recently novelist: he just published his first novel, "Not
Enough Indians." He typically splits his time between homes in New Orleans and
Los Angeles, but lately he's been on the road promoting the book, and talking
about his new role in the Christopher Guest film "For Your Consideration."
Shearer will be back in New Orleans tomorrow night to host a special screening
of the movie at Canal Place Cinema, with proceeds to benefit the Tipitina's
Foundation. WWNO's Fred Kasten recently caught up with Harry Shearer via cell
phone, while Shearer was walking the streets of Manhattan in close proximity
to a dog park... |
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All Things Considered is coming to New Orleans just
in time for Carnival, with hosts Robert Siegel and Michele Norris set to
anchor the program from the Crescent City all next week. WWNO's Fred Kasten
recently talked with Siegel about the upcoming visit... |
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Jazz pianist and composer Horace Silver has had a Bossa Nova beat in his head for nearly all of his career, which began when he literally quit his day job to play piano. He was hooked on jazz from the time he heard it in 1938 at an amusement park. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story ... |
Robert Smallwood
Date: November 27, 2006 Tomorrow night is the 40th anniversary of Truman Capote's
legendary "Black and White Ball" at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Tomorrow
night in New Orleans two local not-for-profit organizations will throw a
similar ball to help raise money to provide affordable housing for Crescent
City writers. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story... |
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Photographer Julia Sims has learned quite a few things about working with nature -- things she doesn't mind sharing with other aspiring nature photographers. She discusses her techniques, and new book, with WWNO's Diane Mack ... |
 Beth Smith (Roses) Date: May 21, 2004 Roses have maintained a fragrant hold on the human imagination for over five thousand years, and are starting to thrive again in the Crescent City, after being all but abandoned by gardeners here for many years. The resurrection in New Orleans of the flower that "would by any other name smell as sweet" is at the heart of today's "rose entry" from Jeannette Hardy in the Louisiana Garden Journal... Beth Smith’s Organic Fertilizer for Roses: 1 cup alfalfa meal 1 cup fish meal 2 teaspoons kelp meal 3 teaspoons trace minerals (1 cup greensand only at planting time.) Beth Smith's nursery info: |
Gary Snyder Date: March 11, 1993 The poet and author chats with Fred Kasten about how he measures the quality of life, what inspired him to write poetry at age 13 and beyond, and why anthropology is important. |
Louisiana Artist: Keith Sonnier Date: October 1, 2003  Artist Keith Sonnier grew up in Mamou, Louisiana; was educated at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and Rutgers University; and has lived for many years in New York City. Keith Sonnier’s work first began to attract attention in New York in the 1960s, in connection with minimalism, a style of art in which objects were stripped down to their most fundamental form. Minimalism had an impact outside of the visual arts, influencing the writing of Samuel Beckett, and music of Phillip Glass and Steve Reich. Keith Sonnier recently sat down with WWNO’s Jacqueline Bishop to talk about his life as a Louisiana Artist ... |
Bruce Spizer  Bruce Spizer is a life-long resident of New Orleans, and the author of four critically-acclaimed on the recordings of the Beatles, the most recent of which, The Beatles on Apple Records, came out earlier this year. Bruce Spizer recently talked with WWNO’s Fred Kasten about his Beatles books... For more information on The Beatles, visit www.beatle.net. |
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The young soprano Entertainment Weekly calls "the petite Pavarotti"
makes her Louisiana debut with the LPO tomorrow afternoon at Madewood
Plantation. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story...
Allison Stewart
Date: December 13, 2006 New Orleans artist Allison Stewart has just opened a
new exhibition at the Arthur Roger Gallery on Julia Street. WWNO's Jacqueline
Bishop has the story...
Richard Stoltzman
Date: October 30, 2006 Clarinet great Richard Stoltzman and his acclaimed pianist
son Peter John Stoltzman are in concert for the benefit of
the New Orleans Friends of Music and Tulane's Newcomb School
of Music tonight at 8:00 at Tulane's Dixon Hall. WWNO's Fred
Kasten has more... |
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Date: September 6, 2006
A new exhibition opens tomorrow evening at Loyola
University's Diboll Art Gallery -- an exhibition that would have opened last
year but for Katrina. Shortly before Katrina hit last year, WWNO's Jacqueline
Bishop spoke with Jeffrey Cook, Alexander Stolin, and curator Karoline Schleh
about "Storytelling: Retrospective Works by Jeffrey Cook and Alexander Stolin"...
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Josa Torres Tama - "From Chocolate City to Enchilada Villave" The evolving demographics of Post-Katrina New Orleans are the topic of the day for commentator Jose Torres Tama...
Jose Torres Tama on Carnival
Taylor-Bercier Two established New Orleans art dealers, Vickie Taylor Basetti and Mark Bercier, have come together in recent weeks to create a new gallery in the French Quarter: Taylor-Bercier Fine Art. The pair recently stopped by to talk with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about their plans for the new gallery... |
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New Orleans Stage: Tennessee Williams Literary Festival |
Allen Toussaint If you had to put the word "mother-in-law" into music, how would you do it? Allen Toussaint found the easiest way, and when Ernie K-Doe sang it, it turned out to be a hit. But the story of Toussaint's musical career begins much earlier, as he discusses with WWNO's Fred Kasten ... Allen Toussaint As a young piano student, Allen Toussaint wanted to play the songs he heard on the radio, not the ones his piano teachers wanted him to play. And when he ran out of music to play, he wrote some more. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story... |
Rick Trolsen Rick Trolsen didn't have to think hard to answer the question "What will you be when you grow up?". His latest CD has tunes with stories behind them, and he relates some of those, and a bit of personal history. |
Tsunami Dance: Orpheus The New Orleans-based Tsunami Dance Company premieres "Orpheus" tomorrow night at the Contemporary Arts Center. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story... |
Joe Turner's Come and Gone August Wilson's drama "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" continues its run at the Anthony Bean Theater this weekend, and critic Dalt Wonk has a review... |
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Elizabeth Underwood You may have been surprised, amused, moved, intrigued, or puzzled by one of the several site-specific artworks by Elizabeth Underwood and her "Art in Action" colleagues situated in some of New Orleans' most devastated neighborhoods. Underwood recently stopped by to talk with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about the work and the intentions of "Art in Action." |
New Orleans area native Karoline Schleh is an artist and printmaker, art director at Delgado Community College, and teaches art at Loyola University. Karoline Schleh recently sat down with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about Schleh's life and work as a Louisiana Artist ...
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