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Cover Story Features


11.09.04


COVER STORY

Vision Seekers
Outsider artists such as Sister Gertrude Morgan often come to public attention thanks to their unique -- and sometimes controversial -- relationships with art world insiders.
By Jason Berry

Take Dr. Jesus
In her music, as in her paintings, Sister Gertrude Morgan filled all available spaces with words, images and prayer.
By Alex Rawls


NEWS & VIEWS

Commentary
Eliminating barriers

Voting Tolls
For local election monitors, misinformation, malfunctions and late-arriving voting lists plagued the day's work.
By Lili LeGardeur and Katy Reckdahl


Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu was a test case for Namenda.

Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.

Politics
Clancy DuBos on Da Winnas & Da Loozas


FEATURES

Gambit Weekly's

2004
Legal Services
Guide

Pro Se, Can You Sue?
How to recognize when you can take legal affairs into your own hands and when you should call an attorney.
By Eileen Loh Harrist

Collaborative Effort
Through "collaborative divorce," breaking up doesn't have to be quite so hard to do.
By Frank Etheridge

Will You or Won't You?
An expert on Louisiana estate law discusses why most people should consider drafting a will.
By Eileen Loh Harrist

Innocence Lost
Attorney-author Tim Junkin's new book tells the harrowing true story of a Maryland man sent to prison for a murder he didn't commit. After 10 years behind bars, Kirk Bloodsworth was finally freed, thanks to emerging DNA technology.
By Scott Carlson

Speaking Freely
Gerald Goldstein, the former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, has a few words to say in defense of a bsic American freedom.
By Jared Jacob Maher

Legal Services
A directory og Gambit Weekly advertisers and the legal services they provide.



WINTER 2004

L'IMAGE


THE STYLES AND TRENDS
OF THE SEASON

Haute for the Holidays
Galmorous fashions add sparkle to the party season.
By Kandace Power Graves. Modeling by Dayna Jenkins for Fame Agency, Makeup by Monica Brooks and hair design by Kathy Rougelot, both of Cut Loose Hair Studio. Photos by Romney Photography

Beguiling Adornments
Sparkle, supplied by colored gemstones, is big in the jewelry department this season and adds glitter to holiday outfits.
By Kandace Power Graves. Photos by Romney Photography

Natural Allure
Fur finds a place on everything from umbrellas to shoe clips.
By Kandace Power Graves. Photos by Romney Photography

Scent of a Woman
Exotic florals are combined for a subtle, sensuous fragrances women -- and men -- are wild about.
By Kandace Power Graves. Photos by Romney Photography

Put Up!
Contemporary updos put the style in hairstyle and include curly, straight, long, short and scuplted designs -- all with a twist.

Fashion As Art
Wearing the hand-made apparel created by the seamstresses of Project Alabama is like wearing a piece of art without a frame.
Photos by Romney Photography

Marshal Law
Ronnie Virgets revisits the old West.

Shoptalk
Kandace Power Graves on FeBe and Makeup Art Cosmetic Studio and Day Spa

Blake Pontchartrain
New Orleans' know-it-all.


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Rolling Tome
In Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan gradually begins to separate the myth from the reality of his legendary career.
By Kevin Rabalais

Tangled Up in New Orleans
By Micahel Tisserand


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



Special Events Listings



Music

Opening Act
Alex Rawls on Mosquitos
PLUS: music news

Music Listings
Who's playing where and when this week.




The Arts

Theater
Dalt Wonk on 70, Girls, 70

Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on Findings: Artists Working With Appropriated Materials and Hip Hop: Art as Resistance

Books
Todd A. Price on Hank Steuver

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

Film

Balcony Seats
Rick Barton on Shall We Dance?

Film Listings


CUISINE

Restaurant Review
Sara Roahen on Fiesta Latina Restaurant


Food News

By Sara Roahen

Wine of the Week

By Brenda Maitland 
 
   


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