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Notes from New Orleans
5:00 am
Thu April 18, 2013

Big Chief Casby Prepares Mirthful Celebration on West Bank

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The Mardi Gras Indians will celebrate one final Super Sunday at the Algiers West Fest on Sunday, April 21st in downtown Algiers.
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The Mardi Gras Indians will celebrate one final Super Sunday at the Algiers West Fest on Sunday, April 21st in downtown Algiers.
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The Mardi Gras Indians will celebrate one final Super Sunday at the Algiers West Fest on Sunday, April 21st in downtown Algiers.
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Click to listen to this week's Notes From New Orleans.

For many members of our community, Carnival is not complete without a glimpse of at least one extraordinary, only-in-New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian. And even though there's been a couple of occasions for street sightings — like Mardi Gras Day, Uptown Super Sunday, and Downtown Super Sunday — those events are long past.

However, on this week's Notes from New Orleans Sharon Litwin tells us about one last chance to see the tribes en masse, and it's coming up soon.

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Community
8:31 am
Tue April 16, 2013

Community Impact Series: LPO Educational Outreach

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How music education, delivered by the region's professional orchestra, is helping young students tap their own creative potential.

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Community
8:17 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Community Impact Series: BreakOUT Organizing LGBT Youth as Advocates

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How one local group is organizing LGBT youth as advocates for their own community.

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Race
10:54 am
Mon April 8, 2013

John Besh: From Dishwashers To Head Chefs

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Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 1:52 pm

Chef John Besh wanted to help minorities in the New Orleans restaurant industry move up the ladder in the city's top kitchens. So he co-founded Chefs Move, which provides scholarships to students for culinary school and career opportunities.

Red River Radio
8:40 am
Thu April 4, 2013

Shreveport Nonproft Grows Business Enterprise Around Mentally Disabled

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Originally published on Thu April 4, 2013 1:57 pm

A Shreveport nonprofit that cares for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has opened two new facets to its campus that will employ dozens of its 184 residents. Holy Angels dedicated its new horticulture center and gift shop yesterday in the name of two donors who made one-time gifts: AdvoCare, a nutrition supplement company, and the David Toms Foundation.

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