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Arts on the Gulfnew
Silvery, coppery structures twist among old live oak trees near the shore of the Mississippi Sound, close to where the Biloxi SchoonÂer docks. This is the site of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, a complex of buildings that includes four metallic pods that torque like ancient, hurricane-battered trees.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
05-24-2012 |
Art
'Shotgun' Is as Much a Forum for Conversation as It Is a Form of Entertainmentnew
Shotgun, author John Biguenet's second play in his three-production Rising Water cycle, examines New Orleans class and race divisions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Gambit |
Noah Bonaparte Pais |
05-05-2009 |
Performance
Prospect.1 Turns New Orleans into The Big Easelnew
Not the least of the unprecedented ideas behind Prospect.1, the international art biennial opening this week all across New Orleans, is that the United States' first such major exhibition is happening in a city brought to the edge of ruin just three years earlier.
One Artist's Leap Of Faith on the Post-Katrina Gulf Coastnew
Mississippi artist H.C. Porter documented two years of life on the post-Hurricane Katrina Gulf Coast, culminating in more than 50 mixed-media paintings rendering real Mississippians and their struggles.
Jackson Free Press |
Terri Cowart |
05-07-2008 |
Art
Displaced New Orleans Chef Conjures 'Ruby Slippers'new
Amy Cyrex Sins' The Ruby Slippers Cookbook: Life, Food, Family & Culture After Katrina is a book that is both hard to look at and impossible not to -- and it's probably perfectly reflective of the storm and its aftermath.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
08-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
Head in the Cloudsnew
FEMA's Michael Brown fumbles his fifteen minutes of fame.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
04-17-2006 |
Commentary
Picking Up the Piecesnew
After Katrina, New Orleans will need lots of faith, hope -- and the right priorities.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
11-04-2005 |
Commentary
Love Fadesnew
After evacuees rebuff a writer's attempts to help, he tries to understand why.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-31-2005 |
Commentary
New St. Louisnew
Plenty of people are lining up to profit from the Crescent City's calamity, St. Louisans included. So why not simply relocate New Orleans, lock, stock and beignets, to St. Louis?
Riverfront Times |
Tom Finkel |
10-24-2005 |
Comedy
Law Will Hammer Debtors and Victims in Perfect Economic Stormnew
On Oct. 17, the law changes drastically, making it much tougher to go bankrupt. The new law was drafted by the Republican Congress as a love note to the credit card industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
10-06-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Humbug Square
Extracting Excess Profits From Oilnew
Oil executives can access each other's supply information without "conspiring," enabling them to passively collude in raising the price of gasoline.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-05-2005 |
Commentary
Presidential Storm Watchnew
From the safe distance of Colorado Springs, George W. Bush monitored the hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast.
Fundies Gone Wildnew
These fundie Christian Web sites have all the answers regarding the devastation of New Orleans.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
09-15-2005 |
Commentary
Memo From Karl Rove: I Quit!new
To G.W. Bush: You ain't got the sense God gave a wart hog, boy.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
09-14-2005 |
Comedy
Dark City, No Hill
The systematic abandonment of American cities led to the disaster in New Orleans.
The Inlander |
Robert Herold |
09-07-2005 |
Commentary
