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Dirt Daubers
Appalachian sounds at the Circle Bar. by Noah Bonaparte Pais Dec. 6 When he's not busy slipping out of a psychobilly straitjacket, Legendary Shack Shaker Colonel JD Wilkes unplugs from the 21st...
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Feminist Art, Subverted
Like a Prayer at Barrister's Gallery. by D. Eric Bookhardt Feminism ain't what it used to be. Originally intended as a survey of recent feminist art, Like a Prayer (now at Barristers Gallery) morphed...
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by Jamie Carroll Green stores have been popping up on Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District, and several of the businesses formed the Green Light District, a merchant's association that...
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Los Po-Boy-Citos album release
Latin soul meets New Orleans brass. by Noah Bonaparte Pais Dec. 4 A mashed-up bayou boogaloo of classic Latin soul and original New Orleans brass, Los Po-Boy-Citos make like Rebirth with Tito Puente...
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microGreens
Green and sustainable news briefs from around the city. by Alex Woodward and Jamie Carroll RSD Wins Green Award New Orleans' Recovery School District (RSD) has received the U.S. Green Building...
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Two Gates of Sleep
A New Orleans-born filmmaker tells a sparse, evocative tale set along the Louisiana-Mississippi border. by Will Coviello Alistair Banks Griffin's Two Gates of Sleep takes place somewhere in the rural...
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Intimate Stranger with Lovey Dovies
Don't call 'em fusion. Just go see 'em. by Noah Bonaparte Pais When an international outfit's recipe calls for such far-flung ingredients as Chilean guitarists and a half-English, half-Croatian...
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Four Lions
A unflinching satire about ... terrorism. by Will Coviello If you think airport security screenings and TSA pat-downs are comically inept, get in line for Four Lions, a dangerously brilliant satire...
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Butch Hancock
Quirky humor, clever wordplay and a rootsy Texas sensibility (with a dash of politics). by Ben Sandmel Troubadour Butch Hancock hails from the Lubbock, Texas, music scene that also gave the world...
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HAMP Fest 2010
A Rolling Elvis wants to raise awareness of HIV through a musical project. Dec. 11 The 2009 brainchild of Dr. Mark Alain Dery (an infectious disease specialist and Rolling Elvis) the HIV Awareness...
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Variety at the Ogden
A variety of New Orleans-themed works on display at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. by D. Eric Bookhardt The Michael Brown and Linda Green Collection, one of the first major donations to the Ogden...
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Vox and the Hound
Leo DeJesus' newest band at the Circle Bar. Dec. 11 A former utility infielder for MyNameIsJohnMichael and current energetic concierge for Empress Hotel, multi-instrumentalist Leo DeJesus displays a...
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Robert Earl Keen
The man behind "Merry Christmas from the Family." Dec. 11 If your holiday shopping list includes "... a can of bean dip and some Diet Rites, a box of tampons and some Marlboro Lights," then you're...
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Black White + Gray
When Mapplethorpe met Wagstaff ... and Patti Smith. Dec. 7 Black White + Gray chronicles the personal and professional relationships between photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (pictured) and curator Sam...
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Spamalot
The full Monty (Python) at the Mahalia. Dec. 14-19 It's hard to live up to either the cult or popular fame of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), a film in which almost every other line has been...
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Funked Up
Doves will cry at DJ Soul Sister's Right-On '80s Dance Party. by Noah Bonaparte Pais The twisted history of funk is perhaps fraught with higher highs and lower lows than any other musical genre, from...
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
He knows if you've been bad or good. Especially bad. by Will Coviello The image of Santa as a jolly and eternally generous fellow is the most popular conception of the holiday figure, but there have...
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The Santaland Diaries
David Sedaris' modern classic at Le Chat Noir. by Will Coviello Advent calendars don't start on the post-Thanksgiving kickoff of holiday shopping that has become known as "Black Friday," but they...
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Trombone Shorty's Funky X—mas Jam
Holidays in brass at House of Blues. by Noah Bonaparte Pais The strongest winds to hit Louisiana this year didn't occur between June and November. They came weeks earlier, in the fierce gusts that...
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PhotoNOLA 2010
Photography exhibits of all kinds. by D. Eric Bookhardt The fifth annual PhotoNOLA may be officially over, but most of its more than 50 exhibitions are still open. The diversity is mind-boggling, but...
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