In his last act as executive director of Sweet Home New Orleans, Jordan Hirsch declared, “This is a crisis.” Hirsch is stepping down from leadership of the non-profit agency and will be replaced by Gabriela Hernandez, and Thursday afternoon at Galvez Restaurant in the French Quarter, he presented the results of Sweet Home New Orleans’ [...]
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Mardi Gras Indian Suits Now Copyright Protected
June 2, 2010 – 9:33 am
[UPDATED] Mardi Gras Indian costumes are now officially works of art. Fans of the New Orleans Indian tradition have long held this view, but the US Copyright Office recognized the suit of Creole Wild West’s Chief Howard Miller as sculpture/3D artwork effective April 13, 2010. So far, 10 Mardi Gras Indians have applied to copyright [...]
Jordan Hirsch of Sweet Home New Orleans
September 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Sweet Home New Orleans metamorphosed from the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund, a non-profit relief organization that sprang to life within 72 hours of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. It has coordinated the efforts and resources of non-profit agencies and those who wish to give, and used them to assist members of the city’s music community [...]
Last Call for This Year’s Jazz Fest
May 27, 2008 – 4:41 am
I’ve done all the post-Fest writing I’m going to do, and our Jazz Fest wrap-up will appear in the June issue (due out later this week). But writer Larry Blumenfeld has a strong, unified take worth checking out – more about the context of Jazz Fest than the festival itself. But really, that’s more of a [...]
