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Louisiana Considered: DHS Secretary Pushes For Louisiana Vaccinations, New Orleans Opera Returns To Live Performance, What’s Happening At The Newcomb Art Museum

By Diane Mack ,

Aubry Procell

Published June 29, 2021 at 9:47 PM CDT

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and other city officials at Louis Armstrong International Airport. June 29, 2021.

WWNO New Orleans City Hall Reporter Ryan Nelsen joins us to discuss today’s press conference on New Orleans’ vaccination rates at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
New Orleans Opera General Director Clare Burovac discusses the New Orleans Opera’s return to live performance at the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts this November and the 2021-2022 season.
Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane Curator Laura Blereau tells us about one of the Museum’s current exhibits - Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality.

Louisiana Considered

Diane Mack

"This is NPR's Morning Edition, at 89.9 WWNO. Good Morning, I'm Diane Mack."

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Aubry Procell

Aubry is a reporter, producer and operations assistant in Baton Rouge.

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