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Christina Vella's new book
Award-winning New Orleans historian Christina Vella has a new book out, and she recently stopped by to talk about it with WWNO's red Kasten... |
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Ronnie Virgets
Television is too fast for Ronnie Virgets, at least sometimes. The New Orleans native -- character, raconteur, and author of "The Madness of Roland" -- started on Canal Street ... and has kept things moving ever since. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story ... |
Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell is the author of the national bestseller The Partly Cloudy Patriot, and is a regular contributor to "This American Life". Her television appearances include "The Late Show With David Letterman", "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart", "Nightline", and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien". Sarah Vowell is in New Orleans this weekend for the Tennessee Williams Festival, and a Center Stage reading at NOCCA/Riverfront. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story ... |
 June 23rd is St. John's Eve, one of the most important annual events on the New Orleans Voodoo calendar. St. John's Eve celebrations led through much of the 19th century by Marie Laveau and her daughter (also named Marie), first in Congo Square, then later along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, are the stuff of international legend -- but reliable information about the lives of the two Marie Laveaus has long been in short supply. A new book by University of New Orleans Professor of Anthropology and Urban Studies Martha Ward is changing that. Martha Ward recently talked with WWNO's Fred Kasten about her new book Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau... |
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Robert Warrens is one of Louisiana's most acclaimed artists and influential art educators. He retired from the art faculty at LSU in 1998 after 31 years on the Baton Rouge campus, but continues to sculpt and paint. Warrens is currently represented in New Orleans by the Sylvia Schmidt Gallery. As WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop recently found out, Robert Warrens was first immersed in the world of art as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee... To view more of Robert Warrens' work, click here |
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Filmmaker and art photographer John Waters has a new
exhibition at the Arthur Roger Gallery. Earlier today, Waters stopped by to
talk with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about his work and the new exhibition... |
Father Kevin Wildes of Loyola University
Date: February 14, 2006 New Orleans area colleges and universities will play a
major role in the Crescent City's recovery from Katrina. This afternoon, meet
on of the key players in area higher education: Loyola University President
Father Kevin Wildes, who recently sat down with WWNO's Fred Kasten to talk
about his background and his expectations from Loyola... |
Justin Wilson
Date: November 27, 1997 Justin Wilson, best known for his cooking show, is also a humorist, author, and safety engineer. But he doesn't mind talking turkey, as WWNO's Diane Mack discovered ... |
Win, Place, Show!
Date: February 12, 2006 It just might be the closest you'll come to "a day at the
races" this season in New Orleans: an evening at Le Chat Noir with Larry Beron,
Chris Champagne, and Ronnie Virgets for "Win, Place, Show!" WWNO's Fred Kasten
has more... |
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Dalt Wonk It turns out that those rumors of some seventy years' standing concerning the death of Vaudeville and its naughty cousin burlesque have been somewhat exaggerated. Witness the continuing popularity in New Orleans of the Tipitina's French Quarter-based "Bustout Burlesque" show, which critic Dalt Wonk lays bare in this review...
Dalt Wonk reviews "Fences" and "Limitation of Life" August Wilson's "Fences" continues its run at the Anthony Bean theater this weekend, as does the Running With Scissors spoof "L'Imitation of Life" at Le Chat Noir -- and critic Dalt Wonk had a review of both shows...
Dalt Wonk - "The Wool Gatherer" "The Wool Gatherer" continues its run at the Big Top Gallery and Performance Space on Clio Street this weekend, and critic Dalt Wonk has this review...
Dalt Wonk Reviews Callie's Tally Southern Rep's world-premiere production of "Callie's Tally" continues this weekend, and critic Dalt Wonk has this review...
Dalt Wonk Minicapelli Dinner Theatre continues its production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf's Letter," and critic Dalt Wonk has this review...
Dalt Wonk: South Pacific The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic "South Pacific" continues its run at Rivertown Rep this weekend, and critic Dalt Wonk has this review...
Dalt Wonk: Kimberly Akimbo The regional premiere of "Kimberly Akimbo" continues its run at the Southern Rep Theatre this weekend, and critic Dalt Wonk has this review... |
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Zeidwig World-renowned concert pianist Zeidwig is billed as two parts Beethoven, one part Victor Borge in the body of Buster Keaton, and he'll be in town this weekend for two evenings of entertainment that's guaranteed to provide a healthy does of laughter post-Katrina... |
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