Archive for the 'The Ninth Ward' Category
Schwarzenegger Puts Reviving His Film Career On Hold, Plus News Outlets Are Baying to Publish a Photo of His Newly-Acknowledged Child
• May 19, 2011 • Comments Off on Schwarzenegger Puts Reviving His Film Career On Hold, Plus News Outlets Are Baying to Publish a Photo of His Newly-Acknowledged ChildPosted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Sexuality, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", Apostasy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bakersfield California, Children, Creative Artists Agency, Drama, Evasion, Gray Davis, HBO, Katrina, Latinos, Lying, Maria Shriver, Marriage, Mildred Baena, Mildred Patricia Baena, New Orleans, Pants, RadarOnline, Spike Lee, Stalkerazzi, Terminator, Terminator (franchise)
Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans Music
• January 9, 2011 • Comments Off on Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans MusicPosted in African American History, American History, Arts, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Ninth Ward
Tags: "Tradition is a Temple", African Americans, American Music, Benny Jones, Blacks, Children, Danny Barker, Darren Hoffman, Doc Cheatham, DVDs, Elliot Callier, Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, Fan Base, Frederick Sheppard, Fusion, Growing Up, Harry Connick Jr., Hurricane Katrina, James Andrews, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Kermit Ruffins, Kickstarter.com, Kirk Joseph, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Love, Lucien Barbarin, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Onward Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Quiet Storm, Shannon Powell, Traditional Jazz
The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010
• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Ben Franklin High School, Broken Levees, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Emergency Plan, FEMA, Floods, Harry Shearer, HBCU, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Levees, New Orleans, New Orleans Housing Authority, New Orleans LA, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roman Catholic, St. Bernard Project, Stranded, The Big Easy, The Big Uneasy, The Fifth Anniversary, The Gulf Coast, The Musicians' Village, The President, The President of the United States, Xavier University
The Fifth of Katrina – The People
• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Fifth of Katrina – The PeoplePosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Race, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Frontline", "The Nation", "The Old Man and The Storm", "When the Levees Broke", 5027 North Roman Street, AK-47, Algiers Point, Aligiers Point Ferry, Architectural Critics, Architecture, Artistry, Building Artisans, Bushwhacked, Catastrophe, Cheryl Gettridge Steele, Chris Collins, Common Ground, Communities, Cox News, Danny Brumfield, Donnell Herrington, Effort, Gun Nuts, HBO, Henry Glover, Herbert Gettridge, Hurricane Katrina, Interview, Katrina, Killings, Looters, Louisiana, Love, Lydia Gettridge, Madison WI, Marcel Alexander, Mardi Gras, Martial Law, Master, Mental Health, Middle Class Blacks, Milvirtha Hendricks, Milvirtha Knight Hendricks, Mississippi, Nathan Roper, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, New Orleans Police, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, Order to Shoot to Kill, PBS, Plasterer, Police Shootings, Race War, Racist, Right Wing, Roland Bourgeois, Shoot to Kill, Shootings, Shot, Spike Lee, Survivalist, Sweat, Texas, The FBI, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Road Home Program, Trauma, Truck Stop, Ugly, Ugly Ways, Vigilantes, Vinnie Pervel, Wayne Janak, WDSU, White Vigilantes, Whites, Wisconsin
New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl Parade Celebration Webcast This Afternoon…and What the Win May Mean to The Ninth Ward
• February 9, 2010 • Comments Off on New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl Parade Celebration Webcast This Afternoon…and What the Win May Mean to The Ninth WardPosted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, The Super Bowl
Tags: "Make It White", Alla, Astrology, Babylon, Bacchus, Caesar, Carnival, Common Ground Relief, Drew Brees, Endymion, Golf Courses, Governor Bobby Jindal, High Rents, Holy Cross, Homeless, Homelessness, Jordan Flaherty, Krewe de Vieux, Krewes, Left Turn Magazine, LowerNine.org, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Krewes, Martin Luther King, Mayor Ray Nagin, Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu, Money Magazine, Muses, Neglect, New Orleans LA, NOLA.com, Orpheus, Pro-Business Mayor, Rex, Rick Prose, Speculators, St. Claude Food Store, The French Quarter, The Lower Nine, The New Orleans Saints, The Ninth Ward, The Saints, The Super Bowl, Tom Benson, Tucks, Ying Yang Twins, Young Urban Professionals, Zulu
Rooting for Brett, Rooting for the Saints
• January 24, 2010 • Comments Off on Rooting for Brett, Rooting for the SaintsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Sports, Television, The Ninth Ward
Tags: 'Niners, American Cities, American City, Assassinations, Brett Favre, Carnival, City Hall, Delirium, Exile, Forty Niners, Geaux Saints!, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Hurricane Katrina, Jonestown, Joy, Katrina, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Prima Donna, Speculators, The Minnesota Vikings, The Ninth Ward, The San Francisco 49ers, The Super Bowl, Vikes, World Championship
President Obama in New Orleans Today
• October 15, 2009 • Comments Off on President Obama in New Orleans TodayPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Gang Violence, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Brangelina, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Malcolm X, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, President Barack Obama, President Obama, The Gulf Coast, The United Nations, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
Brad Pitt Unveils “Floating House” for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward–and It’s Affordable and Green
• October 8, 2009 • Comments Off on Brad Pitt Unveils “Floating House” for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward–and It’s Affordable and GreenPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Homelessness, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Race, The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin
Tags: 12 Feet, African Americans, Brad Pitt, Flooding, Green Houses, Green Muze, Green Technology, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Levee Breaks, Louisiana, Make It Right, Morphosis, Mother Nature Network, New Orleans, Ninth Ward, Post-Modern, Property, Santa Monica CA, Shotgun House, The FLOAT House, The Make It Right Foundation, Thom Mayne, Wisconsin
Dan Baum’s New Book Chronicles Nine New Orleans Lives
• March 31, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Books, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Sexuality, The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Carnival, Dan Baum, Food Music Justice, Hurricane Betsy, Hurricane Katrina, Ken McCarthy, New Orleanians, New Orleans Police, Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans, The New Yorker, Transsexuals
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