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The Reading Life
1:42 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

The Reading Life With Jean Morgan Meaux, Dianne de las Casas and Kid Chef Eliana

This week on The Reading Life, Susan will be talking with Jean Morgan Meaux, whose new book is In Pursuit of Alaska: An Anthology of Traveler's Tales, 1879-1909.

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Inside the Arts
1:30 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

Spirit of Jazz Fest in Brazil; BP Spill Silver Lining for Arts; FORESTival Celebrates Art and Nature


This week on Inside the Arts we'll find out how two Brazilian night club owners are promoting New Orleans throughout their home country. We'll look at the connection between the BP oil spill and a major arts center. Is there a silver lining? And, we'll take a walk on the wild side as we trek into the woods for a magical celebration of art and nature.


Airs Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. and Thursday at 7:35 a.m.
 

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Community
8:27 am
Tue May 7, 2013

Community Impact Series: New Orleans Kids Partnership

In the new landscape of public education in New Orleans, many students crisscross the city each day to attend classes. But a new initiative is aimed at making the neighborhood school just down the street into a more accessible hub to find enrichment programs and other services.

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Latest News
7:00 am
Tue May 7, 2013

Sculptures Set To Mark Evacuation Pickup Spots

Credit Arts Council of New Orleans
Evacuation locations will be marked by 14-foot-tall sculptures.

Fifteen stainless-steel sculptures have just arrived and will soon be appearing throughout New Orleans. The unique public art project is designed to help save lives.

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Out To Lunch
1:00 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Rockin' Guns 'N Money

Credit Grant Morris / It's New Orleans
Brent McCrossen, Mignon Faget and Peter Ricchiuti.

On this week's Out to Lunch, digi-rocker Brent McCrossen and jewelry icon Mignon Faget discuss Mignon’s controversial Stop The Violence gun pin, and Brent’s part in the digital music revolution with his company Audiosocket.

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Love NOLA
5:20 am
Mon May 6, 2013

Make Way For Buck Moths: Caterpillars Above And Below

Credit Steve Collins
A buck moth caterpillar.

Brett Will Taylor on the treacherous buck moth caterpillars that fall from the oak trees in New Orleans.

You only have to spend about 10 seconds in New Orleans to know that ours is a city that relishes being over the top. And we do love her for it. Most of the time.

But not when it comes to bugs. Seriously. Must New Orleans bugs be so, well, New Orleans? Larger than life? With a voracious appetite? And more than a little crazy?

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Jazz Fest Minutes
10:20 am
Sun May 5, 2013

Jazz Fest Minutes: Singer-Songwriter Eric Lindell

Eric Lindell.

Singer-songwriter Eric Lindell’s music has a soulful quality that is redolent of New Orleans. But he grew up in Sonoma County, California.

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Jazz Fest 2013
8:48 am
Sun May 5, 2013

Jazz Fest Music Schedule For Sunday, May 5

With seven days of music over two weekends, getting all the way through Jazz Fest requires not only raw stamina, but planning. In order to help you on this, the last day, here's the complete music schedule for Sunday, May 5, 2013.

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Jazz Fest 2013
1:27 pm
Sat May 4, 2013

Photos From The Second Weekend Of Jazz Fest

More scenes from the Fair Grounds during the second weekend of the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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