October 2024 MaCCNO Advocacy Guide: Government Impacts on Culture One of the pillars of MaCCNO’s work is serving as an interface between the City and the community—making government feel more accessible and understandable, while also making... MaCCNO
September 2024 MaCCNO: The State Is Using The Super Bowl To Push For Control Of The French Quarter What Does That Mean For Its Future? It’s no secret that, for years, state officials have been chomping at the bit to take control of the French Quarter. World famous and a... MaCCNO
May 2024 Checking in with MaCCNO Who We Are and What We Do Later this year, we will celebrate our 12th anniversary as an organization. For over six years, we’ve been writing this column for ANTIGRAVITY. In... MaCCNO
April 2024 MaCCNO: From Cash to Cash App A shift to digital transactions has upended the creative economy and service industry Musicians, performers, and service industry workers have relied heavily on cash for... MaCCNO
February 2024 Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and the Politics of Tourism On December 19, local radio personality Scott “Scoot” Paisant announced on his daily WWL radio show that a “very reliable source” had informed him that Dick Clark’s... MaCCNO
December 2023 MaCCNO Advocacy Guide: Intro to City Council To close out the year, we’re back with the third installment of our advocacy series. Previously, we’ve covered advocacy and community engagement basics; now it’s time to... MaCCNO
November 2023 New Orleans Has a Long History of Street Vending—and Crackdowns. How Do We Stop This Cycle? Street vending, in one form or another, has always had a place in New Orleans. Zella Palmer, chair and director of the Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African American... MaCCNO
September 2023 MaCCNO: Death Meets Disney — New Name, Same Exploitation One hundred thirty-nine years ago, New Orleans hosted the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. Though it was plagued with financial problems and attendance was... MaCCNO
July 2023 MaCCNO: FROM FOOD VENDORS TO LIVE PERFORMANCE How the City’s previous bad policy decisions increase inequity and restrict cultural practice Last October in this column, we wrote about how an arts and culture overlay... MaCCNO
June 2023 MaCCNO Advocacy Guide: The Basics This month, we are launching the first in a series featuring our tips and advice gathered over a decade of New Orleans-based cultural organizing and advocacy. For the first... MaCCNO
January 2023 MaCCNO’s 2023 Agenda—Building Just and Equitable Systems from City Streets to City Hall Beginning with the lingering impacts of Hurricane Ida and the COVID-19 pandemic and ending with the celebration of our 10th anniversary, 2022 was a year of achievement,... MaCCNO
June 2022 OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC REGULATIONS ARE TAKING SHAPE Here’s Where Things Stand And How You Can Get Involved Within the next two months, the City Council should finally vote on regulations that would permanently legalize outdoor... MaCCNO
