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New Orleans Magazine May 2012

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Daily Devotion

Local classics for each day of the week

LIFTING A GLASS Bill Goldring

Recipient of the 2012 Ella Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award

Faith Hope and Elijah

I had three days’ notice when my baby arrived. Most parents get nine months...

Cobbled Together

In May, the bag is definitely mixed

How to Survive a Graduation

It’s a long, hard struggle, but when you finally make it to graduation, it’s...

Police and Katrina – in Retrospect

Last month we saw what, we trust, will be the last sentencing of a...
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Drama in the Classroom

Where acting makes an entrance

My Father’s Mirlitons

During his retirement, my late father became an accomplished mirliton farmer. He grew them...

Letters

LINGUISTIC CAUSES Re: The ongoing debate: Poor Boy versus Po-Boy Thank you for fighting the good...

Popcorn Socialism

BLOGS FROM THE NEW NEW ORLEANS

One Man’s Island

Tom Gamache’s sculpture garden

Julia Street with Poydras the Parrot

The Pursuit to answer eternal questions
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Mother’s Day Considered

Ways to celebrate it

Drama at Sea

Somewhere in the Caribbean, between the western tip of Cuba and the Yucatan peninsula,...

Two for the Season

Creative lunches and new to the cake scene

Blue Crabs Get Respect

New Orleans chefs and avid local diners have long held local blue crab in...

Healthbeat

• On May 7, Touro Infirmary will offer “My Aging Brain: Prime Years Seminar.”...

New Libraries Speak Volumes

One of the mantras of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans has been to not just...
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Humor at the Keyboard

Sam Adams was a pioneer of local musical parodies

5 Tips for a Crawfish Boil

1) Crawfish are messy. For easy clean-up, cover tables in plastic bags and set...

Marquee

OUR TOP PICKS OF THE MONTH’S EVENTS

Pushing Afrobeat Anew

Seun Kuti’s uptempo take on his father’s legacy

Warm Weather, Cool Openings

May is when the hot weather really starts. It also signals the end of...

Nick Spitzer

Sometimes the best gifts are the ones that surprise you. So, when I went...
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Re-Bridging Bayou St. John

The historic Magnolia Bridge over Bayou St. John has been closed to vehicles for...

The Alienation of Sal Perricone

“Alienation – an individual’s estrangement from society.” – The American Political Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 1973 n...

Making It Right

Weighing benefits of sustainable building

Boils of Summer

Something under the skin

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