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Cover Story Features


12.10.02


COVER STORY

Preparing for al Qaeda
Law enforcement agencies ready for a local nightmare: potential terrorist attacks on the Port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River.
By Allen Johnson Jr



NEWS & VIEWS

Commentary
Our day of infamy.

Released in the Night
A local mother questions the way Orleans Parish Prison discharges inmates.

By Katy Reckdahl

Jumping the Net
With skill and grace, Nehemiah Atkinson has redrawn the boundaries of tennis in New Orleans.

By Tim Lyman

Inside Jeff Parish
By Jeff Crouere


Politics
Clancy DuBos on the selection of the United States Attorney.

Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.

Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu on Georges Simenon.


FEATURES

Holiday Cheers
A guide to perfect holiday gifts.
By Kandace Power Graves
Photos by David Richmond

Blake Pontchartrain
New Orleans Know-it-all.


Shop Talk

Kandace Power Graves on the Historic New Orleans Collection.


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT


Suite Relief
Blues scholar, poet and WWOZ DJ John SInclair captures the artistry and history of blues musicians with his latest work, Fattening Frogs for Snakes: The Delta Sound Suite.

By David Kunian


Hot Seven

Our suggestions for all that's worth doing and seeing this week,
including the HotPick.



Special Events Listings


Set Break

Scott Jordan on Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

Music Listings


Club Directory




Theater

Dalt Wonk on The Santaland Diaries.

Theater Listings




Art

D. Eric Bookhardt on Pam Longobardi and Michael Murrell.

Art Listings



Film
 

Balcony Seats
Rick Barton on The Man from Elysian Fields.

Reviews
David Lee Simmons on the DVD release of Akira Kurosawa -- Four Samurai Classics.



Film Listings


CUISINE

Restaurant Review

Sara Roahen on Cafe Equator.


Food News

By Sara Roahen


Wine of the Week

By Brenda Maitland



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