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28 Апр 2011 14:08:23 США - ЛУИЗИАНА - НОВЫЙ ОРЛЕАН новости май 2011 от фирмы
 
 
May 2011  
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Greetings!

 

Dear Reader, 

 

April is always such an intense month in New Orleans. While Jazz Fest rules, we are all focused on moving forward with important projects before the summer heat and vacations take over. This year we are busy with new initiatives spurred in part by a new administration, and in part by progress made towards the implementation of projects and programs begun during the many planning phases since Katrina.

 

As the new season of "Tremé" takes us back to a painful time, we are embarked on a major blight initiative by Mayor Landrieu; the preparation of a new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance getting readied for citizen review; schools being renovated or built, and we pass big gaping fields in the middle of our city, wondering how Senator David Vitter and community activists wound up on the same side, decrying overly ambitious plans for a suburban style hospital.

 

I urge all to attend the Mayor's State of the City Address tomorrow at 9:30 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, located at 1419 Basin Street. Last year at this time he wisely gave us a heads up about the looming budget deficit which has played a central role in his first full year in office. Now he can herald some achievements, while setting the stage for coming initiatives. We should all be there to hear his playbook for his new season.

 

The renaming of Congo Square, on line for tomorrow at 2pm at City Council, has been too long in coming. History buffs know that the French policy of allowing slaves to express their own culture on Sundays in Congo Square, now a plaza in front of the Municipal Auditorium, was a factor in the development our city's unique culture. Join the Congo Square Foundation for the vote on an ordinance to officially change the plaza's name from "General P.G.T. Beauregard Square", (named for the confederate general who led the firing on the federal Fort Sumter in South Carolina that started the civil war,) to Congo Square, its original name. After the vote there will be a procession from City Hall to Congo Square and a celebration there from 4-6PM.

 

While we celebrate and herald progress over the past year, we have to remain vigilant about the plans and dreams we conjured during the past five years are realized without undue damage to the city's cultural fabric. So as we proceed to finally demolish abandoned, moldering homes, we need to look for ways to better protect landmark buildings that call out the names of our cultural forefathers, and salvage those homes that are neither market ready, nor safety hazards that should be removed. The Mayor is right when he urges us not to wait until the last minute, and to do our share to address these blighted properties.

 

So I invite those of you interested in exploring strategies to help revitalize rather than lose homes that could welcome new homeowners or tenants, to join a working meeting of housing and cultural leaders on Tuesday,  May 3rd at 6:30 pm at the Musicians' Union at 2401 Esplanade Avenue. We will hear from Carey Shea, Executive Director of Project Home Again in New Orleans, who was part of the early Urban Homesteading efforts in New York City, and discuss how homesteading and other initiatives may apply to our changing landscape.

 

Another area for citizen vigilance should be the development of strategies and infrastructure to encouraging citizen and neighborhood engagement in city planning. Pay attention to ongoing discussions of how a citizen participation process will be set up to make sure your neighborhood and organization will have a seat at the table. Once a plan is in place, we will all have to work with it.

 

Coming up soon, on Tuesday, May 10th, at Dillard University's Georges Auditorium is a great opportunity to learn of another technique for working with developers to achieve community objectives. The Urban Land Institute is presenting a forum with visiting experts in Community Benefit Agreements who will give us yet another important tool for our tool kit to achieve community objectives in cooperation with developers whose plans can either harm or help our neighborhoods.  Don't miss this opportunity to understand how to get maximum value for your neighborhood and our city from working with developers. For more information, email ULI Customer Service or dial 1-800-321-5011 and mention event # 8119-1114.

 

OK, so despite all those heady citizen tasks, I do hope you all enjoy our cultural feast over the coming Jazz Fest days. Just don't park in my driveway please.

JN Croped Pic 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Jeanne Nathan

Publisher, N.E.W.S. 

Congo Square, It's Official!  

  

On Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 2pm the New Orleans City Council will vote on an Ordinance to officially change the name of General P.T. Beauregard Square to Congo Square. 

 

After the vote there will be a procession from City Hall to Congo Square for a two hour celebration from 4-6pm. This is a historic achievement- made possible by the hard work of Ms. Freddi Williams Evans, who has just published her groundbreaking book, "Congo Square - African Roots in New Orleans" published by the University of Louisiana - Lafayette Press

                                            Congo Square              
According to the University of Louisiana - Lafayette Press, Congo Square presents accounts and descriptions of the songs, dances, musical instruments, religious beliefs, and marketing traditions that typified those gatherings. Also included are examples of similar practices that existed in Haiti, Cuba, and other parts of the West Indies, reflecting New Orleans' relationship with Caribbean countries and shedding light on Congo Square's role in extending and perpetuating African music and dance in North America. The amalgamation of those practices influenced indigenous New Orleans performance styles as well as performance forms on the national level.

Crosstown Conversations

 

                        City-Wide Festival Surrounds Jazz Fest                                          

Join host Jeanne Nathan for Crosstown Conversations tomorrow on WBOK 1230AM at 10AM. Music promoters, Tony Ciacio and Donna Santiago from the Backbeat Foundation talk about the long list of great music performances that can be found outside of the Jazz Festival gates, playing across the city. 

 

Luther Gray and Freddi Williams Evans join the conversation and call you out to the important renaming of Congo Square. 

 

Gerard Cox and Malcolm Schwarzenbach, the producers of the Second Line Conference will also join us in the studio to talk to us about the innovation and entrepreneurship that is happening in New Orleans. 

 

And to wrap up the show, Zoe Belden will give us an update on the latest festival fashion trends, and Aretha Frison from Neighborhoods Partnership Network will give us an update on what's going on in our neighborhoods with her Trumpet Tidbits. 

 

No radio? No problem! Listen online at wbok1230am.com. You can also listen to archived shows at crosstownconversations.com

 

                                          WBOK

Urban Homesteading Meeting 

 

Please join an informal  group of housing, preservation and cultural leaders to explore the idea of urban homesteading as another tool in the city's toolbox to address blight, the redevelopment of neighborhoods, repopulation and development of the city.

 

Carey Shea, Executive Director of Project Home Again in New Orleans will start the public conversation about homesteading for salvageable, abandoned homes in the city of New Orleans. She will give a short address on related initiatives that she worked on in New York City, and relate them to how such a program could be done in New Orleans and how you could become involved.

  • When:    Tuesday, May 3rd
  • Time:      6:30 PM 
  • Where:    Musicians' Union, 2401 Esplanade Ave

To RSVP, please email Carey at CShea@projecthomeagain.net by Saturday, April 30th. Enjoy dinner from McHardy's Chicken & Fixin'. 

 

May 2011 Entrepreneurial Training Class

                            May 2011 Entrepreneurial Training Class

 For more information about this event, please click here.  

Send letters to the Editor, Lauren Page at lpage.ci@gmail.com
In This Issue:
Congo Square - It's Official
Crosstown Conversations
Urban Homestead Meeting
Entrepreneurial Classes
State of the City Address
Love Letters to New Orleans
Painting and Jazz Performances
Spring Internships
Advertising

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State of the City Address

 City of NOLA Seal

 

Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu

will give the 2011 State of the City Address on:

 

*Thursday, April 28, 2011

*Doors open at 9:30AM

*Starts at 10:00 AM

*Mahalia Jackson Theater

 1419 Basin Street
 New Orleans, LA 70116

 

RSVP is required

 

To RSVP, please send an email to: mayor@nola.gov or contact Michael Billups at: 504.658-4905.

 

Mignon Faget

Love Letters to 

New Orleans  

 

Local Jazz icon and trumpeter, Irvan Mayfield will be autographing copies of his book,  Love Letters to New Orleansa coffee-table book and CD set that provides an intimate glimpse into the people, places and ideas that have shaped Mayfield's musical evolution. 

Community book center

 

The autographing will take place on:

 

*Friday, April 29th

*From 2:30-3:30 PM

*Community Book  Center

*2523 Bayou Road

 

For more information about the event, please click here, or contact Vera at 948.READ (7323)

 

Painting Performances by Jamar Pierre, along with Jazz Greats

 

Jamar Pierre will exhibit his works with "live" painting performances for this select jazz audience on:

 

*Thursday, May 5th with  Delfeayo Marsalis and  Jason Marsalis

 

AND

 

*Saturday, May 7th with  Nicholas Payton 

 

The event will take place at the Prime Example, located on 1909 N. Broad St. and will be from 8PM - 12PM, each night.  

 

For more information about this event, please contact

Adele Tennyson at 

504-701-9007

 

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CANO logo

Coming soon: Strategic Planning for the Creative Alliance of New Orleans. For info, see cano-la.org.

 

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Looking for a Spring/ Summer Internship?

 

Creative Industry is a public relations, marketing, cultural and economic development agency seeking interns for the spring and summer semesters to help work on our monthly newsletter along with other administrative tasks. 

 

Ideal candidates will be highly organized, possessing a working knowledge of all Microsoft Office programs, along with strong creative writing skills and a willingness to complete tasks in a timely fashion.

 

Interns will be responsible for editing contributions to the newsletter, selling advertising, and writing coverage of "Crosstown Conversations," a radio show hosted by Jeanne Nathan on WBOK 1230 AM. 

 

We are open to working with students' schedules as needed.  

 

All interested applicants should email their resumes to: 
Lpage.ci@gmail.com

 

 

 

 


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