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May 18th

Tulane Commencement

Superdome (9:00 AM)

Keynote: The Dalai Lama

 

Race: The Power of Illusion

Cafe Instanbul (10:00 AM)

A three part conversation for the future of Faubourg St. Roch and all down river communities

 

Bayou Boogaloo

Bayou St. John (12:15-9:15 PM)

A music fest on the water featuring Brass-a-holics, Bonerama, Blake Amos, the Coyotes, and more

 

The Dalai Lama NOLA Film Series

Zeitgeist (1:00 PM- 4:00 PM)

Live streaming of the Dalai Lama speaking

 

Tigers, Bananas, Bears... Oh Yeah!

Art Klub, 513 Elysian Fields Ave (2:00 and 8:00 PM)

An interactive and sparkling performance presented by Nari Tomassetti

 

The Dalai Lama NOLA Film Series

Zeitgeist (6:00 PM)

“A Fierce Light” screening

 

International Hospital for Children Art Auction

The First Presbyterian Church on South Claiborne Ave (7:00 PM)

Local and regional artists and photographers donate their work in support of children’s healthcare

 

Clybourne Park

Shadowbox Theatre (8:00 PM)

Straightforward conversational drama explores one area's gentrification through 50 years

 

Least Favorite Love Songs Multi-Media Comedy Fundraiser Show

The New Movement Theater (8:00 PM)

Storytelling, improv, sketch, funny videos and refreshments courtesy of New Orleans Ice Cream Company and Abita to kick off season 2 of our web series Least Favorite Love Songs

 

The Cons and Prose with DiNola plus White Bitch

Circle Bar (10:00 PM)

Rock group with the motto “Prose before hoes” plays on St. Claude

 

Flow Tribe

Maple Leaf (10:40 PM)

Funky New Orleans natives introduce their new EP, Painkiller

 

Hustle Saturdays with DJ Soul Sister

Hi- Ho Lounge (11:00 PM)

Weekly dance party with the Queen of Rare Groove

 


Jindal to Decline Health Care Exchange For Louisiana


The presidential race is over, but Bobby Jindal's campaign has only begun. A day after the gov gave a long interview to Politco about his vision for the future of the Republican Party, Jindal let another national media outlet in on a bit about the future of the state he governs. Jindal told Huffington Post he is set to formally reject the health care exchange set forth in the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), making good on a statement he made during the presidential campaign

 

The exchanges were a centerpiece of the health care law. Once implemented on the state level, they are set to provide a way for health insurance companies to compete with each other while meeting government standards, and let citizens apply for subsidies that will lower their health care costs. Jindal said the state would send the feds a letter Friday with intentions to opt out of the program.

 

"It doesn't make sense for us to do that," Jindal told HuffPo.

 

In response to a question about what he would do to change health care, Jindal said he thinks the president should make Medicaid more "market-based," and - like former VP candidate Paul Ryan - implement premium-support payments that would be given to beneficiaries indirecelty. Opponents of Ryan's plan have said these payments amounted to vouchers. 

 

With Jindal apparently positioning himself for a presidential run in 2016, he talked directly about the Obama administration allowing states to implement their own reforms.

 

"Obviously he's going to have to decide whether he wants to work with us or not," Jindal told HuffPo.




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