10/27/2007 Community Gumbo
Democracy Now (montage)- Listen | FCC Chair Kevin Martin Proposes Rules to Allow for Greater Media Consolidation (10/22/07)
- Listen | Environmental Journalist Bill McKibben on the Links Between Global Warming & the California Wild Fires (10/23/07)
- Listen | Leading Australian Scientist Tim Flannery on Global Warming and the Worsening Dangers of Climate Change Denial (10/25/07)
Listen | Save Our Coast: Carlton Dufrechou, Executive Director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (re-broadcast)
Saving New Orleans means saving Louisiana's receding coastline, and restoring a once healthy wetland ecosystem of marshes, and forests of cypress and tupelo to break storm surges. As Executive Director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Carlton Dufrechou has led the cause for a healthier ecosystem in Southeast Louisiana for nearly two-decades. The current battle being waged is for passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. Both parties in both houses of Congress overwhelmingly supported the WRDA bill, which contains more than $3.5 billion in Louisiana hurricane- and flood-protection projects, yet President Bush is threatening a veto.
[Previous post, with links to articles]
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF) is committed to bringing the New Canal Lighthouse back to life after Hurricane Katrina. Since 2001, LPBF has actively sought ownership of the lighthouse once the USCG moved into their new station in Bucktown. Before Katrina, LPBF was participating in the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Program to turn the lighthouse into an education center for the public featuring exhibits about the history of the light and the ecology of the Pontchartrain Basin. It is the intention of LPBF to restore the lighthouse from hurricane damage and continue the work to open it as a public education facility.
Announcements:Tell President Bush: Don't Veto the Water Resources Development Act!
Save Our Cypress Day of Action
On Saturday, November 17th, the Save Our Cypress Coalition is participating in the International Day of Action Against Big Box Retailers. All over the world, people will be speaking out to address problems with big box retailers. All around the U.S., we've got a great opportunity to make an impact for protecting the Gulf's cypress forests.
New Orleans March and Rally to End the War
and Rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
United for Peace and Justice with military families, veterans, faith based groups and those involved in recovery efforts along with a new peace coalition, NO Coalition Against the War, are joining together to march and rally on Saturday, October 27 in New Orleans. We will call for an end to the war in Iraq as a giant step towards redirecting our country's resources to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
Never has it been so clear that while our children and loved ones are sent to fight an unjust war, they come home to communities ravaged by disasters, both natural and man made. We must join together and press for an end to the war and justice for our communities!
In New Orleans, we will gather in Washington Square Park (Corner of Frenchmen and Royal) at 2 PM on Saturday for a rally that will include military families, veterans and community activists. On that day, we will launch a petition drive aimed at the passage of a City Council resolution to put our city on record along side of hundreds of cities calling upon the Bush administration and Congress to end the war to rebuild our communities.
At 4 PM, we will march through the French Quarter and return to Washington Square Park.
Robert Greenwald video.
Stop Big Media
10/20/2007 Community Gumbo
Listen | Democracy Now (10/17/07)- The Conscience of a Liberal: New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman on Healthcare, Tax Cuts, Social Security, the Mortgage Crisis and Alan Greenspan
Listen | The Big Easy Roller Girls Second Season Rolls AroundThe world of Roller Derby has changed a lot since the days when Raquel Welch starred in 1972 as the scrappy but seductive Kansas City Bomber. It's no longer a staged version of the World Wrestling Federation for actresses on wheels, but is a serious sport comprised of over a hundred North American leagues owned by the skaters themselves. During their inaugural season in 2006, the Big Easy Roller Girls provided one of the best ways for New Orleanians to take their minds off of ripping out moldy sheetrock, fighting insurance companies, and attending endless planning meetings. Instead, fans were entertained by aggressive skaters in costume, live bands, Ruthie the Duck Lady tossing throws to the audience, and Carnival floats lit up at Mardi Gras world. Now, they're back for their second season, and have added two new teams to the lineup. Recently, at Skate Country in Terrytown -- on the other side of the Mississippi from New Orleans -- three skaters took a break from practice to talk about the new season. Their skate names are Jet Lisa, Lush Fatale -- and Sophie Nuke'Em, a bombshell whose alma mater, Newcomb College, anointed her with the honor of being last year's Queen of the Mystick Krewe of Newcombus Festivity.
Related:
Meet the Girls
Kansas City Bomber (1972) -- movie trailer
Announcements:The New Orleans Opera Association
Charles Gounod's Faust
McAlister Auditorium
Saturday, October 20, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 21, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
NEWORLEANSOPERA.ORG
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Music of the Spheres
October 25, 2007 - 7:30pm
October 27, 2007 - 8:00pm
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture
Dankner: Symphony No. 8 “Music of the Spheres” (World Premiere)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D
LPOMUSIC.COM
The New Orleans Ballet Association
MOMIX
OCTOBER 26 & 27, 8 P.M.
Dixon Hall, Tulane University
NOBADANCE.COM
Music Played:Red Stick Ramblers, "Katrina," Made in the Shade, Sugar Hill Records, 2007.
The Best Love in Town, "NOLA"
Jim Croce, "Roller Derby Queen"
Roger Miller, "You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd"
10/13/2007 Community Gumbo
Listen | Democracy Now (10/12/07)- Al Gore, UN Climate Change Panel Share Nobel Peace Prize
- Oil Giant Chevron Urged to Cut Ties with Burmese Military Junta
- Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy
Listen | Left Behind: The Story of the New Orleans Public Schools (rebroadcast)Left Behind documents a school system which had a dropout rate as high as 70 percent, with only half of the students passing math and reading proficiency tests. Before Hurricane Katrina, there were approximately 60,000 students in the New Orleans public school system, and the school budget was more than $500 million. Post-Katrina, the operating budget is about half as large, the school system has about half the number of students, and – the biggest change – about half of the schools are now being operated by private charter schools, with the majority of the remainder being operated by a Recovery School District after a state takeover. Only a small handful of schools are still being operated by the New Orleans Public School System.
Vincent Morelli is a writer, producer, and co-director of the film (along with writer Jason Berry and executive producer Bobby Moresco).
Related:
Ellenese-Brooks Sims accepts bribes
Brooks-Sims secretly recorded conversations with Mose Jefferson
Announcements:Helen Hill
48 Hours airs at 9:00 p.m. on WWL TV New Orleans, Channel 4.
New Orleans Film Festival
Times-Picayune Lagniappe Best Bets
New Orleans Musica da Camera
Sing a Tapestry Weave a Song
The Fabric of Early Music
Sunday 14 October 3:00pm
Holy Name of Mary Church - 500 Eliza St. - Algiers Point
NOMDC.ORG, or 895-1972, for more information.
Big Easy Roller Girls
Bout Season starts on Saturday, Oct. 20 -- A double header featuring the Crescent Wenches v. the Marigny Antoinettes, and Confederacy of Punches v. the StoryVillains. Doors open at 6 p.m. at Mardi Gras World. BigEasyRollergirls.com for more information.
New Orleans Opera Association
Charles Gounod's Faust
McAlister Auditorium
Friday, October 19, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 20, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 21, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
Secluded in his study at dawn, the old philosopher Faust contemplates the meaning of life. Determined to bring his own to an end, he defiantly challenges both God and the Devil. Mephistopheles magically appears with a tempting offer: eternal youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, in exchange for only one thing–Faust's soul!
10/06/2007 Community Gumbo
Listen | Democracy Now (10/01/07)- Deadly Attack on Darfur Peacekeepers Leaves 10+ Dead, 50 Missing
- Unbowed: Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai on Climate Change, Wars for Resources, the Greenbelt Movement and More
Listen | Save Our Coast: Carlton Dufrechou, Executive Director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin FoundationSaving New Orleans means saving Louisiana's receding coastline, and restoring a once healthy wetland ecosystem of marshes, and forests of cypress and tupelo to break storm surges. As Executive Director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Carlton Dufrechou has led the cause for a healthier ecosystem in Southeast Louisiana for nearly two-decades. The current battle being waged is for passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. Both parties in both houses of Congress overwhelmingly supported the WRDA bill, which contains more than $3.5 billion in Louisiana hurricane- and flood-protection projects, yet President Bush is threatening a veto.
Carlton Dufrechou.
Louisiana coastal restoration projects (image from the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Web site).
Bayou La Loutre and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (image from the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Web site).
A levee on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
Related:
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Carlton Dufrechou, "Water Act deserves support," Letter to the Editor, The Times-Picayune, 9/29/07.
Jen DeGregorio, "Port hopes $160 million in water bill gets by Bush," The Times-Picayune, 9/26/07.
Christine Harvey, "1st District hopefuls vow to rebuild: All three want to see the Gulf Outlet close," The Times-Picayune, 10/02/07.
Pam Radtke Russell, "Operators balance safety with production: Shell plays it safe with judgment call," The Times-Picayune, 10/03/07.
Bill Walsh, "White House opposes Morganza levee project," The Times-Picayune, 4/10/07.
"Senate OKs federal flood bill; Closing of MR-GO would be prompt," The Times-Picayune, 5/16/07.
Bob Marshall & Mark Shleifstein, "Last chance Day 2: Losing ground," The Times-Picayune.
Mark Schleifstein, "LAYING THE GROUNDWORK: Success stories like the Atchafalaya River Basin hold the promise of restoring lost wetlands," 3/06/07.
Sidney Coffee, "Levees, wetlands both vital," Letter to the Editor, The Times-Picayune, 9/11/07.
"WATER BILL (Here are some of the major Louisiana projects in the $21 billion Water Resources Development Act)" The Times-Picayune, 9/25/07.
Editorial, "Don't veto our survival," The Times-Picayune, 9/26/07.
Grace Lee Boggs, Bill Moyer's Journal, 8/31/07.
Editorial, "Wanted: A Regional Flood Control Plan," Gambit Weekly, 10/02/07.
Announcements:The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra launches a new season of its popular "Family Concert" series of kid-friendly performances with "Adventures in Space" - a musical explosion of the solar system and beyond - Sunday afternoon, October 7, 2007 - at 3:00pm - at the First Baptist Church of New Orleans, 5290 Canal Boulevard. [more information]
New Orleans Musica da Camera
Sing a Tapestry Weave a Song
The Fabric of Early Music
Sunday 7 October 4:00pm
Ursuline Chapel - 2701 State St. - Uptown New Orleans
Sunday 14 October 3:00pm
Holy Name of Mary Church - 500 Eliza St. - Algiers Point
NOMDC.ORG, or 895-1972, for more information.
Karaoke with the Big Easy Rollergirls
Monday, Oct. 8 - Live rock n' roll karaoke night, featuring members of the Molly Ringwalds & Metal Rose, with special guest Gal Holiday -- raffle Prizes, a penalty wheel, and belly dancers! Bout tickets and calendars on sale. Southport Hall, 200 Monticello Avenue. Tomatoes at 8 p.m., karaoke at 8:30 p.m.
Bout Season starts on Saturday, Oct. 20 -- A double header featuring the Crescent Wenches v. the Marigny Antoinettes, and Confederacy of Punches v. the StoryVillains. Doors open at 6 p.m. at Mardi Gras World. BigEasyRollergirls.com for more information.
Music Played:Big Joe Williams and Sonny Boy Williamson, "Baby Please Don't Go," Arhoolie (LP).
Bob Dylan, "The Levee's Gonna Break," Modern Times, Sony 2006.
