The Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indian tribe paid respect to its late Flagboy, Charles Anthony “Bubblegum” Robertson, on Saturday, December 17 at a funeral service at Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home in Treme. Born on September 19, 1955 in New Orleans, Robertson graduated from McDonogh #35 High School and worked for the Sewerage & Water Board for [...]
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Memorial for Flagboy Charles Anthony “Bubblegum” Robertson of the Yellow Pocahontas: Photos
December 21, 2011 – 2:30 pm
Dumaine Street Gang & Westbank Steppers Second Line Routes & Maps
December 2, 2011 – 5:20 pm
This is a busy weekend for second lines, with one on each side of the river Sunday afternoon, in addition to Junebug Productions’ Homecoming Project second line on Saturday. On the east bank, the Dumaine Street Gang rolls through Treme and the Seventh Ward with the Stooges Brass Band leading the second line. The parade [...]
Junebug Productions Hosts Second Line and Dance Party Fundraiser
December 1, 2011 – 6:17 pm
Long-running community theater organization Junebug Productions hosts an ambitious second line Saturday, December 3, as part of an ongoing storytelling and performance series, the Homecoming Project. The second line, led by the Hot 8 Brass Band, includes theatrical and musical performances as well as street art installations along the route created by artist Ron Bechet’s [...]
Shannon Powell Hits the Spot at Willie Mae’s Scotch House
December 1, 2011 – 12:22 am
Willie Mae’s Scotch House 2401 St. Ann Street (504) 822-9503 How long have you been coming here? For about 20 years or so. I think they’ve been open for about 60 years. So everyone around here has gotten to know you pretty well? Oh yeah. Well, all these people just started working here after Katrina [...]
Does Everything “Treme” Need Explication?
November 4, 2011 – 3:11 pm
So it seems. Earlier in the week, The Times-Picayune‘s Dave Walker reported that the producers had worked out storylines for the characters that would ideally take four seasons to bring to their natural conclusions. That piece of information has circulated the web as an assertion that there will be two more seasons of Treme. Today, [...]
6t’9 Social Aid and Pleasure Club Halloween Parade: Photos
October 24, 2011 – 4:52 pm
Saturday night, the 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club held its seventh-annual halloween parade with a roster of participants that included the Skinz and Bonez, Noisician Coalition, Krewe of Chewbacchus, Big Chief Victor Harris, Pair-a-Dice Tumblers, Mr. Okra, the Pony Girls, Ed Buckner and his Original Big Seven SAPC, Ronald Lewis, the Dr. Martin Luther [...]
Jonathan Batiste’s Underground Music
October 1, 2011 – 12:19 am
New Orleans has long been a piano town. And it’s long been a parade town. Therein lies the problem: If you’re a pianist, you can’t join the parade. No one’s yet found a way to strap a Steinway around his or her neck and march down St. Charles Avenue. This dilemma has often perplexed Jonathan [...]
Flood Streets: Shooting the Streets
October 1, 2011 – 12:15 am
Other than Juvenile’s wildly irresponsible
Oozing Treme
September 22, 2011 – 12:20 pm
An ongoing concern about Treme is how it plays to an audience that isn’t pre-sold on New Orleans. Season two has started in England, where the second episode recently aired. There as here, the show seems to inspire weekly recaps; What Culture finished its wrap-up: Treme is possibly the best-written show on TV at present [...]
Armstrong Park–Give It Back to the City!
August 17, 2011 – 12:40 pm
The ongoing controversy regarding Armstrong Park has reared its head yet again, following the discovery of a murder victim who was found in the bushes near the abandoned Municipal Auditorium. Anyone who is a reader of my entries here knows that I’ve been advocating for the revival of Armstrong Park for many years. The park [...]
