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10.14.03


COVER STORY

Net Loss
In the face of global trade agreements and falling prices for their harvests, shrimpers along the coastal bayou fight to maintain their way of life.
By Lili LeGardeur


NEWS & VIEWS

Commentary

Restore Charity.

Wanted: New Sheriff
As Charles Foti prepares to leave his post to become the state's new attorney general, speculation about the new Orleans Parish criminal sheriff begins.
By Allen Johnson Jr.

The Teacher with Three Kidneys
Organ-donation groups hope to get the word out through teachers like Randy Zell, a Newman School science teacher and kidney-transplant patient.
By Katy Reckdahl

Street Savvy
Elia Kazan's 1950 film Panic in the Streets -- made one year before A Streetcar Named Desire -- was a turning point in the legendary director's career.
By David Lee Simmons

Scuttlebutt

Politics
Clancy DuBos
on the Blanco-Jindal runoff.

Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.

Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu on the fighter and the clown.


FEATURES

Barnum
Ronnie Virgets on the "Shakespeare of Advertising."

Women in Business
Women gain equal ground with men in business arenas.
By Kandace Power Graves

Blake Pontchartrain
New Orleans' know-it-all.

Shoptalk
Kandace Power Graves on Judith B's.


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Jazz, Love and Violence
In his composition Strange Fruit, Irvin Mayfield addresses interracial relationships, lynching and the almighty dollar.
By Katy Reckdahl


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



Special Events Listings



Music



Music Listings

Who's playing where and when this week.

Club Directory



The Arts

Theater Review
Dalt Wonk on I Love My Kids, But ... and Mademoiselle Blackwell.

Theater Feature
Dalt Wonk on Jim Fitzmorris' The House of Plunder.


Inside Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on Claudia DeMonte and Tanja Softic.

Theater, Art and Books Listings
A week's worth of culture.

 

Film

Balcony Seats
Rick Barton on Under the Tuscan Sun.

Film Review
David Lee Simmons on New Orleans Uncensored.

Film Listings


CUISINE

Restaurant  Review
Sara Roahen on Pho Son.


Food News

By Sara Roahen

Wine of the Week

By Brenda Maitland
 

   

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