Whether you are moving to New Orleans for the first time or moving back to the city, chances are you will have to make a few adjustments in lifestyle. For me, after living in Washington, DC, the hardest part of reintegrating into NOLA culture was the transportation. In DC, I had a love affair with the public transit systems, an area where NOLA has always severely slacked. Shifting from a no-car-necessary city back to the drive-at-your-own-risk New Orleans streets left me longing for New Orleans to have a metro of… Read More »
Blood drive to Save Child with Terminal Cancer
Meet Micah: The only thing worse than terminal cancer, is a child suffering from it. 12 year old Micah Roshell is so much more than a pediatric hospital patient. He is a little boy with a big smile, huge heart, love for the Saints and his friend Drew Brees, huge family, and an illness that hinders his huge personality by confining him (most days) to a hospital bed. I first met Micah and his mother Valetta, who I now know as Ms.Val, at the Hope Lodge New Orleans where they… Read More »
User Submission: What is wrong with stereotypes?
I have never been able to understand why stereotypes are seen as something purely negative. While it is definitely wrong to use stereotypes as yet another tool to discriminate against certain groups, what really is wrong and uncomfortable about stereotypes is the taboo-ish nature surrounding their degree of accuracy. As part of an ethnic group that is highly stereotyped – especially nowadays when Latin and American cultures are quietly fusing – I have to admit I am guilty of the “Latinos are loud” and the “Latinas are always dressed up”… Read More »
Artist Spotlight: Bonnie Maygarden
I stumbled on Bonnie Maygarden’s in Marie Chaisson’s Gallery in the CBD and I genuinely had a connection to her work. This NOLA bred artist is a NOCCA grad. Her artist statement follows: My work deals with the merging of photo-realism and abstraction through painting and sculpture. I use gold to convey empty value, which in my mind is a metaphor for art.
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