SECTIONS:Defender PicksSAMEDIMay 18thSuperdome (9:00 AM) Keynote: The Dalai Lama
Cafe Instanbul (10:00 AM) A three part conversation for the future of Faubourg St. Roch and all down river communities
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
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
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
DIMANCHEMay 19thBayou St. John (12:15 PM-9:15 PM) A music fest on the water featuring Alexis and the Samuri, Remedy Krewe, Fleur de Tease, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and more
Divine Ladies, Unbreakable Men Central City (1 p.m) Second lines! Won't bow down!
Mid-City (All day) Church and a parade to celebrate the club's 104th year
House of Blues (9:00 PM) The Comedy Central comedian is here for some standup!
Big Top (7 p.m.) 8-16 piece traveilling circus punk troupe. Need we say more? Is there anymore to say? with Sammy Kay and the East Los Three, Dead Legends
Tigers, Bananas, Bears... Oh Yeah! Art Klub, 513 Elysian Fields Ave (8:00 PM) An interactive and sparkling performance presented by Nari Tomassetti
Shadowbox Theatre (8:00 PM) Straightforward conversational drama explores one area's gentrification through 50 years
Joe Krown feat. Russell Batiste and Walter "Wolfman" Washington Maple Leaf (10:30PM) Weekly gig on Oak with Krown on the organ, Washington firing up the guitar strings, and Batiste on the drums.
Hot 8 Brass Band Howlin’ Wolf Den (10:00PM) Weekly gig from some of the city’s best in brass
Sunday Youth Music Workshop Tipitina’s (1:00PM) All ages workshop with Johnny Vidacovich. Bring your instruments!
Cajun Fais Do Do Tipitina’s (5:30PM) Bruce Daigrepont is playing the washboard and getting you to bed early
Krewe du Guza Le Bon Temps Roule (10:00PM) Sunday Funday weekly gig from the husband and wife duo |
Mary Landrieu Tells Coast Guard to Get Back to the Beach Creative Commons/Louisiana GOHSEP It's more than two years since the Deepwater Horizon blew, but the damage it caused is still oozing into local politics. When it comes to cleaning up, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu is telling the Coast Guard they shouldn't be packing up their things and leaving the shore just yet. Landrieu sent a letter to Commandant Robert Papp today requesting that the Coast Guard stay on the Louisiana coast. In the letter, Louisiana's senior senator calls on the Coast Guard to keep monitoring beaches for new oil, clean up submerged tar mats and clean up boom anchors that are getting in boaters' way off the Coast.
Currently, the Coast Guard is relying on citizens to report oil on the beaches. But that doesn't work in areas where no one lives, Landrieu wrote.
"Unlike the frequented beaches of other Gulf Coast states, Louisiana shoreline is mostly comprised of inaccessible wetlands, which diminishes the effects of a system that relies on citizen reporting," the leter said.
She also says the Coast Guard stopped overseeing many areas of the shoreline without inspecting them in the wake of the 2010 oil disaster.
Then there is the new oil. Landrieu writes that studies are ongoing to locate "submerged oil mats" - or underwater oil - which could be the source of tarballs that continue to show up on some beaches. Landrieu writes that the Coast Guard and BP haven't committed to finding the underwater crude and cleaning it up. If there is new oil - which has been reported in a number of areas- the Coast Guard should return to active monitoring, Landrieu writes.
The letter also addresses leftover cleanup supplies that remain in the Gulf. Boom anchors, which held the Coast Guard's floating oil trapping fences in place, are still floating around off the Coast. About 350 anchors were never recovered after the main portion of the oil cleanup wound down, the Coast Guard has admitted. The state documented 20 instances in which boats hit the boom anchors.
In the letter, Landrieu challenges a prior Coast Guard conclusion that the boom anchor is not a threat to boats, and says the anchors need to be removed.
"I appreciate the practical need to wind down response activities in areas that have been inspected, remediated, and are highly unlikely to be re-oiled. However, state and local officials have expressed real concerns to me about these outstanding needs and the current level of effort," she concludes.
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