New Orleans in the News

dec 09 news wickedStanton Moore previews Galactic’s new album, Ya-Ka-May, to Reuters. 

The Dallas Morning News reported on the opening of the new theater at the National World War II Museum.WXVT in Greenville, Mississippi previews DesCours, the art and architecture festival starting this week.
 
The AP’s Stacey Plaisance writes about Broadway plays returning to the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts.

At Huffington Post, Rep. Edolphus Towns argues that funding health care in New Orleans needs to be a national priority.

Chris Baron at the Los Angeles Times considers the competition Allen Toussaint faces for a Grammy in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category.

The Associated Press reports on a FEMA trailer manufacturer’s efforts to reach a settlement with those who are suing them.

ABCNews.com covers the debate over what to do about Charity Hospital.

The Associated Press profiles actor Bryan Batt of Mad Men.

CNN covered Mayor Ray Nagin’s reaction to a federal court judge’s finding that the Army Corps of Engineers‘ failure to properly maintain the levees is responsible for post-Katrina flooding.

CNN reports that the Northshore house of New Orleans Saints’ coach Sean Payton was built using contaminated Chinese drywall.

Fox News covers the story of two New Orleans women who filed for an e-marriage in Massachusetts.
Good Is covers a music education program other than the Roots of Music.