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Arts & Culture
9:55 am
Tue April 30, 2013

Allison Miner's Spirit Lives On In The Jazz & Heritage Festival Stage Named For Her

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Allison Miner.
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Jason Patterson interviews Wendell Brunious on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage.
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David Kunian interviews Paul "Lil' Buck Sinegal" on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage. Sherelle Chenier, Cleveland Chenier's granddaughter, backs Lil Buck on washboard.
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The sun is at the center of Allisyn Swift's Jazz Festival map.
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Rachel Ianni mapped her experiences at Jazz Fest.
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When the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival first began in 1969, it was radical. Here in the South, still reeling from the Civil Rights movement and race integration, the festivals’ founders — Quint Davis, George Wein, and Allison Miner — created a safe space for New Orleanians to come together, to hear each others’ music and to party — together. Eve Abrams brings us this profile of Allison Miner, a titan in New Orleans music, and the only person with a Jazz Fest stage named for her.

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Out To Lunch
1:00 pm
Mon April 29, 2013

New Orleans, The Birthplace Of Smoothie Jazz

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Scott Aiges, of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.
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Jazz Fest — our annual overdose of music and food — is synonymous with New Orleans. Smoothie King — a healthy juice and food alternative — is the antithesis of the city. Both businesses were NOLA-born in the 1970's and are now international brands.

On this edition of Out to Lunch Peter Ricchiuti dines with Smoothie King's Tom O'Keefe and the Jazz & Heritage Foundation's Scott Aiges.

Arts & Culture
10:23 am
Mon December 3, 2012

Congo Square Fest Call For Artists

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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is taking online applications from artists and crafters for the arts market at the upcoming Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival, which takes place March 23-24 in Armstrong Park. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1.

Applications will be accepted until Feb. 1 for artists and craft-makers to participate in the arts market at the sixth annual Congo Square festival.

The event takes place in Armstrong Park and will feature a mix of talent representing the African diaspora, the Caribbean and the Gulf South.

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Jazz & Heritage Foundation
10:45 am
Wed November 28, 2012

Blues & BBQ Festival Awarded $25k Grant

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This year's Blues & BBQ Festival in Lafayette Square.
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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Jazz & Heritage Foundation is recommended for a $25,000 grant to support the Foundation's Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival.

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