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Contest: What Do You Do with Your Brass Pass?

Mon, 06/16/08

Contest Update A winner has been selected. Check back this Fall for an article where we share the pictures and stories from the winner and the runners-up. It's a very important piece of metal during the Jazz and Heritage Festival, but is it good for anything else? Come t... Read more

Three Jews Walk Into a Church

Mon, 06/16/08

Authored by: Eve Abrams

The section of Dryades Street in Central City now known as Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard is a part of New Orleans saturated with history. Step into the past and glimpse the future of this street which is more than a street. Read more

'OZone Email Newsletter for June, 2008

Sun, 06/15/08

Dear Listener, We used to have a calendar, but now we use a map. A cycle that now turns furiously faster and further than ever on the wheels of our two mobile broadcast trucks — whirling non-stop from the Bayou Boogaloo to the Telluride Jazz Celebration, from the Creole T... Read more

Show Host Picks for Jazz Fest 2008

Fri, 06/13/08

Check out where our show hosts are planning to be during the 2008 Jazz Fest. Of course, when you’re at Jazz Fest you never know where you’ll end up, but here are their current picks. You can also make your own schedule with our Jazz Fest cubes. Olivia Greene ... Read more

Community Events for June, 2008

Tue, 06/10/08

Be sure to check out our listing of festivals in June and July! Treasures of Napoleon Exhibit The Louisiana State Museum hosts Treasures of Napoleon, an exhibition open now through Aug. 3rd in the Old U.S. Mint. Treasures of Napoleon offers visitors an amazing opportunity... Read more

Unplugged — a Controversial New Play

Sat, 06/07/08

Authored by: David Weinberg

The Anthony Bean Theatre will be debuting its latest play, Unplugged. Unplugged is an urban drama about a hip-hop group making the transition into the pop world. But they have a dark secret. . . . Read more

WWOZ Gets Boost from Down Under

Thu, 06/05/08

Authored by: Eve Troeh

This spring, the ‘OZ studios had a visit from a longtime listener and supporter in Melbourne, Australia. Sue Beeton came to check out the new French Market digs and meet the staff. She’d held a fundraiser for the station at her home, and mailed a check to the station. But i... Read more

Support for ‘OZ from Toronto

Thu, 06/05/08

Authored by: Eve Troeh

We first found Marla Dixon — a personal trainer, musician and WWOZ fan in Toronto — through a google search for “WWOZ” and “blog.” We were looking for fans and members who support the station from afar. What we found was an inspiring young woman who’s put a lot of time, tho... Read more

Ernest "Doc" Paulin Passes

Thu, 06/05/08

New Orleans’ oldest traditional jazz musician and performer, Ernest “Doc” Paulin, died on November 20th at his daughter’s home in Louisiana. He was 100 years old. Ernest “Doc” Paulin was born June 22, 1907. He grew up in Wallace, Louisiana, in a Creole-French speaking fam... Read more

Holding Out & Hanging On

Thu, 06/05/08

Words cannot adequately convey the human dimension of the devastation wreaked on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Thomas Neff’s photographs can. As a volunteer in the city in the early days after the flood, this Baton Rouge photographer witnessed first-hand the confusion ... Read more

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