In this week's episode we celebrate live music in the summertime. Featuring live performances from Theresa Andersson, Treme Brass Band, & more local artists. We also explore the bond of ‘Southerness’ with Libra Lagrone from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Bethany Lemanski of Wednesdays on the Point tells us the secret to the best tasting crawfish in town!
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is now accepting applications for Community Partnership Grants, which focus on educational programming, documenting/interpreting Louisiana's indigenous culture and presenting Louisiana artists by Louisiana nonprofit organizations, like St. Augs (left). The deadline to apply is Friday, July 26.
On June 13, WWOZ sponsored a community forum on music education. The forum addressed a number of questions: What's working with music education today in New Orleans? What's not? How can we help pass New Orleans music onto the next generation?
So far this summer, we've celebrated Oysters, Creole Tomatoes, and Cajun & Zydeco music, and that's just in the French Quarter. It may be steamy-n-sticky, but the music just gets better as the temperature increases, so check out some of the exciting music festivals and other diversions in and around greater New Orleans and south Louisiana this summer.
The sixth annual Sync Up Conference (a forum for entertainment industry leaders that covers music, film and digital media) took place during Jazz Fest at NOMA. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has made the entire conference available on its YouTube Channel. Sync Up, On Demand.
Mercedes Tucker Stamps, a highly esteemed music educator, who taught for over thirty years at 10 different New Orleans schools, has passed away in North Carolina at the age of 87. A memorial service will be held June 29 at 11 am in Lawless Memorial Chapel at Dillard University.
Fight summer boredom! 'OZ photographers are out at tons of local events, so take some time and check out photo sets on the newly redesigned Flickr site.
This month's recipe, which comes to us courtesy of Liberty’s Kitchen, is a traditional New Orleans bread pudding. That, of course, makes it the best of all the many versions in the world!
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