AltWeeklies Wire
'Moliere': Acting Classesnew
Laurent Tirard's new romantic comedy endeavors to imagine the formative years in Moliere's life the way John Madden's Shakespeare in Love treated the great English bard in his youth.
Tags: Laurent Tirard, Moliere
D.J. Augustin Plays a Real Pick-Up Gamenew
Hurricane Katrina ended Augustin's hopes to be a basketball star in New Orlenas, but he joined the team at a Texas high school where he evacuated -- and he now plays for the Texas Longhorns.
Sheriff Harry Lee is Chasing Historynew
The Jefferson Parish sheriff, 75, vows to beat both acute myeloid leukemia and anyone who dares to run against him in the Oct. 20 primary election -- that would make Lee the longest-serving sheriff in parish history.
For Katrina Recovery, Public Sector Needs to Step Upnew
New Orleans has come a long way since Aug. 29, 2005, but we have much more to do -- the "market-driven" recovery predicted by the mayor can still occur, but those in public office must recognize that there are some things only government can do.
Zydepunks: Common Folknew
The band has been playing its hybrid blend of accordion and fiddle-driven folk-punk since 2004.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
08-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Exile Waltz, Zydepunks
Star Witnessesnew
With testimony expected from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and a gaggle of TV weathermen, the state attorney general's high-profile case against the owners of a nursing home where 35 elderly residents died during Hurricane Katrina is getting glitzier by the day.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
08-21-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hurricane FEMAnew
Despite orders from the top and tests showing dangerous levels of formaldehyde, many residents of FEMA trailers are having trouble moving out.
Gambit |
Amanda Spake |
08-21-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Pathologies that Govern Usnew
Katarina's long, aching aftermath has proved that we are no longer the country that put men on the moon -- we're too busy taking care of our own.
His Darkest Hournew
Former New Orleans City Council at-large member Oliver Thomas pleads guilty to a federal bribery charge -- his handling of the charge embodies the best and worst of the city.
Gambit |
Allen Johnson |
08-21-2007 |
Commentary
'A Wake-up Call'new
New Orleans recovery director Ed Blakely says "recovery" is going to require changing a lot more than the landscape -- attitudes will have to change, too.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos and Jason Berry |
08-21-2007 |
Policy Issues
The Unkindest Cutnew
Environmentalists try to save dwindling Louisiana cypress forests from becoming ground cover for gardeners.
Gambit |
Mollie Day |
08-15-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Keep the Crook in Jail -- It's Importantnew
Across Louisiana, there is a budding movement to get former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards out of jail early, either via a presidential pardon or a commutation of the former governor's 10-year sentence -- we oppose any such effort.
Gambit |
Staff |
08-15-2007 |
Commentary
Target Lockednew
A wide array of issues could arise in the agriculture commissioner's race, but the contest will be a referendum on Bob Odom's competence and trustworthiness.
Oliver Morgan, Earl Turbinton, & Eluard Burt: RIPnew
New Orleans music suffered a compound loss this past week with the passing of three fine artists from our treasure chest of soul -- maybe even more sadly, because of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, all three musicians died far from home.
Demaree Inglese's Medical Interventionnew
In No Ordinary Heroes, the prison medical director details life at a flooded Orleans Parish Prison following Hurricane Katrina.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
08-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
