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11.25.03
COVER
STORY
Proving
Ground
On a chilly Saturday in November,
405 men try out for the New Orleans VooDoo Arena Football League
team. Frank Etheridge follows Kevin Brooks, one player hoping to
make the cut.
NEWS & VIEWS Letters
to the Editor
Our readers respond.
Commentary
A new beginning.
Leveling the Field
Pioneering journalist Russel Stockard Sr. reveals his "double-life."
By
Allen Johnson Jr.
New
Orleanian of the Year
Call for nominations.
Politics
Clancy DuBos on election
winnas and loozas.
Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.
Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu's ode to Stefan Zweig.
FEATURES
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Cover designed by Jennie Westerman
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WINTER
2003
SWIZZLE
A GUIDE TO LOCAL NIGHTLIFE
Season’s
Meetings
New Orleans has its own holiday strategies for revelers
to enjoy the season.
By David Lee Simmons
Swinging
on the Vine
Wine bars and wine tastings have made those plump grapes
the flavor of the month in New Orleans nightlife.
By Brenda Maitland
Urban Renewal
In a city where everything new can be old again, young
bar owners realize it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
By Sara Roahen
Nightlife
Directory
Where to go when the sun goes out of sight.
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I
Confess
Ronnie Virgets examines
the ever-increasing need to tell all.
Dreams
Come True
A guide to luxury gifts.
By Kandace Power Graves
Blake
Pontchartrain™
New Orleans' know-it-all.
Shoptalk
Kandace Power Graves on Twisted Hair Salon.
ARTS
& ENTERTAINMENT
Spreading
the Word
With their debut CD, the Hazard County Girls prove they're
not your average riot girrrls.
By Cristina Diettinger.
Hot
Seven
Our suggestions for all that's worth doing and seeing this week,
including the HotPick.
Special Events
Listings
Music
CD
Reviews
Banu Gibson, Timothea
and World Leader Pretend.
Music Listings
Who's
playing where and when this week.
Club
Directory
The Arts
Theater Review
Dalt Wonk on Titus Andronicus.
Inside Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on Willie Birch and Sean Starwars.
Theater, Art and Books Listings
A week's worth of culture.
Film
Balcony
Seats
Rick Barton on Love,
Actually.
Shala Carlson on Master
and Commander: The
Far Side of the World.
Film Listings
CUISINE
Restaurant Review
Sara Roahen on Lee's Hamburgers.
Food News
By Sara Roahen
Wine of the Week
By Brenda Maitland
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