New Orleans Magazine October 2006

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FEATURING, IN PERSON, HARRY SHEARER, JENNIFER COOLIDGE, CHRISTOPHER MOYNIHAN, MICHAEL HITCHCOCKAND SPECIAL GUESTSScreening at...

Second Line for the March of Dimes – Special Promotional Section

March of Dimes Signature Chef Gala Slated for NovemberThe New Orleans social scene is...

PACE: RACING BACK

This jockey has been waiting so long for racing to resume at the Fair...

NEWS BEAT

War Conference Lands at New Orleans Museumby: Ian McNultyThe most destructive event in New...

SPEAKING OUT

Last August, just before the hasty departure to avoid Katrina, on our to-do list...

FAMILY TREASURES

THE SETTINGElaborate original moldings top the living and dining room walls and frame the...

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ERROL LABORDE: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GREAT POLITICAL SPEECH?

Crises and decades pass and our lore still hasn't drifted too far from Evangeline...

HEALTH: NOCTURNAL CREATURES

People are not the only creatures who love the nightlife. “We’re sitting on the...

BIZ: Mapping the Way for Business

Ed. note: With this issue we introduce our new business column by Kathy Finn....

LOCAL COLOR

“I got nothin’ to loseNot even the bluesJust a bummin’ around …”–“Just Bummin’ Around”Luther...

MODINE’S: THANKSGIVING WITH PiCKY EATERS

Used to be, everybody in the Gunch family was omnivorous – they ate anything...

CHRONICLES OF RECENT HISTORY

Saturn B rocket booster being transported from Michoud, circa 1963. The multi-billion-dollar Orion Project...

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STREETCAR

On the Thursday before Katrina, the Sazerac Bar at the Fairmont hotel was so...

Julia Street

600 block of Royal Street, known as “Governors Row,” circa 1940.Dear Julia and Poydras,Can...

MARQUEE

Celebrating our SwampsThe 22nd annual Swampfest at Audubon Zoo will host a cultural celebration...

Music

In one of those wondrous reincarnations of the city post-Katrina, I found myself on...

Roasted Wild Ducks, Roast Duck

COOL WEATHER; ROASTED DUCKBy DALE CURRY I must confess that I have never hunted, nor...

HARRY SHEARER

You've met Harry Shearer before, but probably never knew it. Well, maybe not in...

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JEWELS OF THE CITY

MASTER KEYClockwise from left: 14KT white gold and diamond antique-style key necklace from Ramsey’s...

BANKING ON A RECOVERY

When Louisiana bank executives gathered two months after Hurricane Katrina, uncertainty and even fear...

LATE LATE-NIGHT

The lively crowd I walked into at Molly’s at the Market one Monday night...

READERS TALK BACK

Each week we invite you “the Reader” to let us know how we are...

TOP 5 SAINTS PLAYS SO FAR THIS SEASON

We know, the Saints have only played six games, but the off week caused...

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Peter Max – An Interview

"The 60s were an amazing time," says this month�s cover artist, Peter Max. The...

ERROL LABORDE COMMENTARY: UNDERSTANDING BROCATO’S

"My dad was a hard working man." Those words still resonate whenever I think...

ERROL LABORDE: RE-DISCOVERTING CITY PARK

City Park is a topic about which I am hardly neutral. My father was...

STREETCAR

HE WROTE THE SONG Sixty years after he wrote it, Eddie DeLange�s song would grow...

Food

Fulton Street. It's more a concept than a traffic corridor. Over the last year,...

Pumpkin Soup, Pumpkin Casserole, Pumpkin Nut Bread

Nowhere are fall's colors prettier, than in this season's food. We may not have...

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MUSIC

More than a sweetly aging lady of rock �n� roll, Linda Ronstadt has roamed...

MARQUEE

SPOOKY FUN � Do you hunger for blood? Are your teeth sharper than everyone...

JULIA STREET

Dear Julia,In the early 1900s, my grandfather, his father and brothers owned a business...

KATRINA BE DAMNED!

Illustrations by Jane Sanders1. Red Beans as a Comfort Food. It was, so the...

FROM ANTIQUES TO ZEN

For the past year, there�s one question that has come up again and again...

TWO SCORE AND COUNTING

The first issue of New Orleans Magazine, known then as the �Official Monthly Publication...

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ALL THAT GLITTERS

Typical array of jewelry worn by the legendary late New Orleans restaurateur, James Brocato,...

OPEN HOUSE FOR AREA SCHOOLS

One of the most critical decisions New Orleans parents must make is where to...

FALL TRAVEL: Some of the Best Destinations in the Gulf South…

Even if your summer vacation is behind you, the fall is an ideal time...

ART & ANTIQUES

French Fountains This exquisite gallery of fountains is located at 7901 St. Charles Avenue in...

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