Aimee Smallwood, CEO of the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation, and stops by to discuss the prospects under a new governor for better support of the state's creative industry. Then, Kiyoko McCrae, Managing Director of Junebug Productions, talks her company’s multimedia civil rights retrospective, and the current controversy over removing Confederate monuments in New Orleans.
New York Times bestselling author John Barry talks about the challenges of flood protection in Louisiana. Then, advertising creative Marlon Lee talks about his career in Amsterdam, and how the City of New Orleans might emulate the Dutch to grow its cultural economy.
Andreanecia Morris, Vice President of Homeownership and Community Development for Providence Community Housing, talks about HousingNOLA’s 10-year plan to address affordable housing issues in New Orleans. Then, Gia Hamilton, Director of the Joan Mitchell Center, discusses how center’s residency program for visual artists.
Local artist Robert Tannen and Jeanne recap the most compelling social and cultural developments of 2015, including the Black Lives Matter movement, mass shootings and gun violence, the specter of climate change, and the rise of Donald Trump as a political force.
Tulane University architecture professor Errol Barron talks about architecture in New Orleans, and Errol’s career as an artist. Then, local artist Bruce Davenport, Jr. talks about his work depicting marching bands, and the influences on his art. Finally, Katie Tommaseo, head of tourism for St. Bernard Parish, and historian Bill Hyland of discuss the art and cultural history of the parish.
Local politico and Louisiana Justice Institute Co-Director Jacques Morial previews the upcoming runoff election for governor. Then, celebrated dancer Donald Williams, and Jenny Hamilton, Executive Director of the New Orleans Ballet Association, drop by to discuss NOBA’s mission and history, and Donald’s career and ongoing collaboration with NOBA. Finally, New Orleans native Jacqueline Humphries, daughter of jewelry designer Mignon Faget, talks about her influences and her career retrospective at...
Jeanne remembers the life and legacy of Allen Toussaint, joined by Don Marshall, Executive Director of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation; veteran composer and film scorer Jay Weigel; and Los Angeles-based musician and songwriter Ned Albright. Also, Julie Schwam Harris, co-chair of Louisiana Agenda for Women, Latonja Silvester, President of SEIU Local 21LA, and Telley Madina of Oxfam America discuss the Louisiana governor’s race.
Sculptor and installation artist Roy Stabb, an artist-in-residence at the Joan Mitchell Center in Bayou St. John, discusses his work involving nature. Then, Linda Pompa, Executive Director the Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard Merchants and Business Association, promotes the upcoming 9th annual New Orleans Central City Festival, and discusses business development along O.C. Haley post-Katrina. Angel Wilson?
Jeanne talks about the food, business trends, and history of local celebrated eateries, with Jack Murphy, owner of new Marigny restaurant Paladar 511; Stephen Polier, owner of Sugar Park on St. Claude; Diane Marino of Jack Dempsey’s in Bywater; Bryon Peck of Elizabeth’s on Chartres, and Cassi Dymond from Satsuma.
Joshua Perry, Executive Director of the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights, discusses LCCR’s report calling for youth to be removed from adult jail, and problems with the juvenile justice system. Next, Alysia Savoy, Performing Arts Manager at the Contemporary Arts Center, promotes “How to Build a Forest,” a colorful, interactive eight-hour installation and performance inspired by recent environmental disasters impacting Louisiana woodlands and ecosystems. Then, Jessie Haynes, philanthropy di...
Civil rights activist and former First Lady of New Orleans Sybil Hayden Morial joins Jeanne to discuss her memoir, “Witness to Change,” about the Jim Crow and Civil Rights Movement eras in New Orleans. Then, local actress Amy Alvarez, and Moscow Nights artistic director Natasha Ramer, discuss their new production, “Façade,” which profiles a family dealing with their son’s terminal illness. Finally, local architect Bryan C. Lee, Jr., Place + Civic Design Director for the Arts Council of New Orlea...
New Orleans real estate developer Pres Kabacoff, co-founder and CEO of HRI Properties, and local artist Sallie Ann Glassman, co-founders of the New Orleans Healing Center, discuss their upcoming New Orleans Festival of Water, and the socio-economic, cultural, and spiritual impacts of water for the city. Then, local artist Christina Juran, Art Director of the New Orleans Art Center, stops by to promote the upcoming Bywater Biennial, and her organization’s mission and community events. Finally, Jo...
Climate Interactive’s Co-Director Drew Jones, and NASA scientist Dr. Gavin Schmidt talk about recent trends with the warming Earth, and climate change science. Next, Dr. Karin Muraszko, Chair of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan, talks multiple sclerosis and other neurological health issues as she attends a neurological conference in New Orleans. Then, local attorney and art collector Chris Alfieri discusses a lost sculpture by Lynda Benglis from the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans tha...
Justin Ehrenworth, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, discusses how the financial resources from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and coastal restoration, can benefit the creative industry and cultural economy of New Orleans. Then, author Barbara Sillery discusses her new book, “Biloxi Memories,” and the cultural history of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast from Jim Crow to the present.
Dr. Gary Clark, Chair of the Department of Political Science at Dillard University, joins Jeanne to recap the recent Republican presidential debate. Then Sean Snyder, Director of Marketing and Communications for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, talk about the orchestra’s new home at the Orpheum Theatre downtown.
Barbara Hill Moore, internationally renown singer and Meadows Professor of Voice at Southern Methodist University, and internationally acclaimed opera singer and Louisiana native Leon Turner discuss their new production, “Wading Home,” about a young musician searching for his missing father who stayed behind during Hurricane Katrina.
Jeanne reviews where New Orleans and its communities stands in its recovery 10 years after the storm — and compares the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina to its recovery from Hurricane Betsy; with Kim Ford, Executive Director of the L9 Resilience Festival, and Ro Brown, former WDSU sports anchor and Sports Director at WBOK-AM. Then, Monique Moss, choreographer and artistic director at Third Eye Theatre, promotes “9th Ward Improv Opera,” an interdisciplinary performance work to commemorate K...
Gia Hamilton, Director of the Joan Mitchell Center, promotes the grand opening of the center, and its purpose in the cultural and even socio-economic life of the city. Afterwards, artist Chelsea “Che” Elisabeth her work, “#DignityinProcess,” which discusses concepts of sustainable activism and intersectional identity.
Callers and artist Robert Tannen weigh in on the proposed removal of Confederate monuments from New Orleans; and Russell Lord, curator with the New Orleans Museum of Art, promotes the Katrina 10 retrospective “Ten Years Gone," which includes Willie Burch’s representations in bronze of the homes of crawfish. Also, Tannen promotes the upcoming “People’s Mural” interactive art project at the Myrtle Banks Building on Oretha Castle Haley.
Lower Ninth Ward resident and community leader Calvin Alexander reminisces about about why he chose to live in Holy Cross, his return to New Orleans after the storm, real estate speculators in his neighborhood, and his public anger with the proposal to turn the Lower Ninth north of Galvez into green space. Also, Kim Ford, Executive Director of the L9 Resilience Festival, shares her memories of returning to the Lower Nine, and progress in redevelopment there.
