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November 2020

How a New Historic Marker Creates a Literal Link to White Supremacy in the French Quarter

Nick LaRocca, who falsely claimed to be the inventor of Jazz, was a braggart and a racist, having once said his “contention is that the Negroes learned to play this rhythm and...

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October 2020

Where does New Orleans’ Music Economy Go From Here?

MaCCNO Program Coordinator Hannah Kreiger-Benson recently sat down with MaCCNO Board members “Big Sam” Williams (bandleader, Big Sam’s Funky Nation) and Nate “Suave”...

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September 2020

Pedestrianize The French Quarter? Maybe. But Not Without Input From the Cultural Community.

The French Quarter is, in some form or another, about 300 years old. It’s weathered fires, plagues, wars, and hurricanes. It has seen preservation and planning successes and...

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August 2020

Five Months In, What Lessons Have We Learned To Help Our COVID Recovery?

We’re almost five months into New Orleans’ COVID-19 shutdown, and the situation for the cultural community remains grim. Venues are shuttered for the foreseeable future, and...

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July 2020

New Orleans Looks To Ban Facial Recognition Tech

 In February 2019, the Office of the Independent Police Monitor (OIPM) coordinated a tour of the city’s Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) for concerned criminal justice...

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May 2020

WHEN THE PANDEMIC ENDS, CAN WE FIX WHAT WAS ALREADY BROKEN?

How do we address the now clearly exposed inequities in our cultural and tourism economies?  Over the past two months, New Orleans has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19...

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February 2020

HOW WOULD YOU INVEST $3.9 MILLION IN NEW ORLEANS CULTURE?

Finally, some good news. In mid-January it was reported that—because of the forthcoming merger between New Orleans & Company and the New Orleans Tourism and Marketing...

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December 2019

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Community, Not Bureaucracy, Should Determine the Rules For Outdoor Live Entertainment in New Orleans We’re in the last few weeks of Autumn here in New Orleans. After the...

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October 2019

Tip the Band: The Economics of Tipping on Frenchmen Street

Tipping is, for good or bad, a major part of the current way musicians make money, and it is usually under-discussed. Recently there has been some attention paid to tip-based...

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