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Fundraiser for victims of Mother's Day second line violence

Kevin Allman — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:39:00 -0500

We're still putting together the specifics, but Gambit's nonprofit arm, The Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education (FEDE), which produces the annual Big Easy Awards, will be teaming with the Tipitina's Foundation to raise funds for the victims of the Mother's Day shootings.

Mary von Kurnatowski, founder of the Tipitina's Foundation, will be making the club available for a benefit.…

Come drink beer with Gambit this Saturday

Kevin Allman — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:11:00 -0500

We're on the eve of American Craft Beer Week (see Nora McGunningle's story in this week's paper, and the full calendar of events), and Gambit is kicking off the celebration of all things brew with "FestivALES," a Warehouse District tasting party and pub crawl that takes place Saturday afternoon. $24 gets you 20 (!)…

Big Easy Theater Awards winners announced

Will Coviello — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:26:00 -0500

The Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education (FEDE) announced winners for theater performances in 2012 at the 25th Annual Big Easy Theater Awards Monday, March 25, at Harrah’s New Orleans.

Special honors included a Lifetime Achievement Award for Luis Q. Barroso, an actor, director, producer and educator.…

Gambit TV: Stephanie Grace on Informed Sources

Gambit TV — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:22:00 -0600

Stephanie Grace was on last night's Informed Sources, discussing her Gambit cover story "Jindal and the Pill," as well as Ray Nagin's appearance in federal court this week. Also on the panel: Informed Sources producer Errol Laborde, WWL-TV anchor Dennis Woltering, The Lens' investigative reporter Tyler Bridges and moderator Larry Lorenz.…

Gambit TV: 3-Day Weekend A&E picks

Gambit TV — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:22:00 -0600

Gambit's Noah Bonaparte Pais made his weekly stop on the WWL Eyewitness Morning News today to break down the weekend's entertainment — Mardi Gras-related and not. (Bonus: Noah trying not to engage in horseplay with Eric Paulsen and Derek Kevra, who was dragged into the segment.)

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Gambit's 3rd annual Food Revue

Kevin Allman — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:00:00 -0600

So a couple of years ago we had this idea to have a food festival with every restaurant, food truck, deli counter, whatever that had been reviewed in Gambit over the previous year — sort of a mashup of everything we liked.

We called it the Gambit Food Revue — and the results exceeded our expectations (and yours, apparently — it has sold out every year).…

Gambit TV: WWL-TV and illegal Super Bowl rentals

Gambit TV — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:54:00 -0600

WWL-TV's Tania Dall did a report last night on illegal Super Bowl rentals with some information from Charles Maldonado's cover story from this week.

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Merry Christmas from Gambit

Kevin Allman — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:03:00 -0600

Thanks to all our readers for being there for another year.

Enjoy the story of Mr. Bingle.…

Gambit's 2012 Year In Review issue

Kevin Allman — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:00:00 -0600

Pick up a copy of this week's Gambit (on newsstands starting Sunday afternoon) for our Year In Review issue, which features the year's Top 50 Newsmakers; Clancy DuBos' Top 10 Political Stories of the Year; and a look back at the best, worst and most interesting developments in music (by Alex Woodward), art (by D. Eric Bookhardt), film (by Ken Korman) and stage (by Will Coviello). And if you missed it — our cover story last week was Ian McNulty's super-sized look at the year in New Orleans dining.…

Gambit TV: Stephanie Grace on Informed Sources

Kevin Allman — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:26:00 -0600

Gambit contributor Stephanie Grace appeared on WYES-TV's Informed Sources Friday night, discussing Gov. Bobby Jindal's new proposal to make women's birth control medication an over-the-counter product, along with panelists Errol Laborde and Jeff Duncan and moderator Larry Lorenz. The show isn't embeddable, but you can watch it here.…

@The_GambitLIVE: Our new Twitter feed for meetings and debates

Kevin Allman — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:07:20 -0600

For a while now, our Twitter followers have been split — some like our livetweeting of things like public meetings and candidate debates, while others really, really don't.

So we're splitting our editorial Twitter feed* in half.

@The_Gambit will continue to bring breaking news, links to stories and general workday goofing around, but when we're covering City Council or a public meeting, you'll find that stream at @The_GambitLIVE.…

WWL-TV: CUE's Fall Fashion Issue

Kevin Allman — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:14:41 -0500

When CUE editor Missy Wilkinson makes her monthly appearance on the WWL Eyewitness Morning News to promote the magazine's newest issue, she usually talks it up with meteorologist/fashionista Laura Buchtel. Laura was gone today, so Missy discussed the big Fall Fashion Issue with the station's other fashionista, Mike Hoss (who was a good sport).…

Gus Kattengell joins Gambit as sports correspondent

Kevin Allman — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0500

As Saints season gets underway, we're pleased to announce Gus Kattengell is joining Gambit's roster of contributing writers.

He'll be providing reports from training camp, pre- and post-game wraps of New Orleans Saints games and breaking Saints news on Blog of New Orleans — as well as a weekly column in Gambit.…

Gambit receives six first-place awards at Press Club of New Orleans banquet

Editorial — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:04:00 -0500

Gambit was honored with six first-place awards last night at the 54th annual Press Club of New Orleans journalism awards dinner, which was held at Harrah's New Orleans. Among the winners:

LAYOUT/DESIGN: Britt Benoit, "Ode to Joy"

ENTERTAINMENT - PRINT: Will Coviello, "Zeitgeist at 25"

EDITORIAL - PRINT: Kevin Allman, Clancy DuBos

CRITICAL REVIEW: Ian McNulty, "J'anita's at the Rendon Inn"

COLUMN: Clancy DuBos

AFFILIATED SOCIAL MEDIA: Staff, Gambit

Lauren LaBorde won second place for Feature Affiliated Blog for "Y@ Speak," and Ian McNulty won third place in Feature - Print for "The 21st Century Sno-Ball."

Allman and DuBos also shared the Ashton Phelps Sr. Award for Editorial Writing.…

Come join us at Gambit happy hour

Kevin Allman — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:23:24 -0500

We're having a (pre-)summer happy hour mixer for our friends and readers this Thursday at the Bayou Beer Garden (326 N. Jefferson Davis Pkwy.) in Mid-City.…

Introducing the new Gambit mobile site

Kevin Allman — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:00:00 -0500

Today we're officially launching Gambit Mobile, a new and better way to get Gambit listings and news on your smartphone.

Rather than attempting to replicate the experience of reading a newspaper, but doing it on a tiny screen, we've completely rethought what our readers want out of mobile technology.…

Big Easy Theater Award winners announced

Kevin Allman — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:55:00 -0500

The Big Easy Theater Awards were held tonight at a black-tie ceremony at Harrah's New Orleans.…

Farewell, Matt Davis

Kevin Allman — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:00:00 -0600

Matt Davis, the reporter who came to New Orleans in 2010 and freelanced for Gambit before taking a permanent position with The Lens, is moving back to England to be closer to family after spending six years as a reporter in the States, first in Portland, Ore. and then in New Orleans.

His memorable pieces for Gambit included chronicling the state of New Orleans Recreation Department facilities, interviewing Spike Lee and profiling the proprietors of a Gulf Coast tattoo shop affected by the BP oil disaster.…

Gambit's Food Revue 2012

Kevin Allman — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:06:10 -0600

So last year we had this idea to have a food festival with every restaurant, food truck, deli counter, whatever that had been reviewed in Gambit over the previous year — sort of a mashup of everything we liked. We called it the Gambit Food Revue — and the results exceeded our expectations (and yours, apparently — it was a huge hit).…

On pit bulls and writing about your best friends

Alex Woodward — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:40:00 -0600

In college, I figured I could manage two and a half jobs. My senior year, on top of classes and keeping deliriously long hours at the school paper and freelancing, I quit a restaurant job and answered a Craigslist ad for a graveyard shift at a soon-to-open clinic for special needs dogs.…

King cake-flavored vodka: The Grand Tasting

Kevin Allman — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:44:26 -0600

So we got our hands on a bottle of that Lucky Player king cake-flavored vodka today, and after lunch everyone gathered in the kitchen for a grand tasting with tiny little purple, green and gold shot glasses ...

We all swirled the vodka in our glasses and took a deep, appraising sniff, as if we knew what the hell we were doing.…

Comment o'the day: New Orleans teen curfew

Kevin Allman — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:21:13 -0600

Attention commenters: This is how you leave a comment. Regarding our poll question — "Do you support the plan to change the curfew for minors in the French Quarter to 8 p.m. on weeknights?" — reader Annti unleashes this righteous rant:

What about curfews for 50-60-year-old geezers wearing brand-new baggy pants, one leg rolled-up, sideways caps (and of every color of the rainbow, I might add!), trying to pass themselves off as "thirty-ish" to girls who may not even be old enough to drink, but their skanty clothing gets them into every other bar in the Quarter? OOOH!!!…
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Ken Korman joins Gambit as contributing writer

Kevin Allman — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:49:51 -0600

Beginning with Gambit’s first issue of 2012, New Orleans writer Ken Korman will be joining the paper’s list of contributors, writing about movies, DVD releases, Hollywood South and other film-related topics.

Korman’s work has appeared in a wide variety of national and regional publications, including Rolling Stone, The Austin Chronicle, Sound & Vision and Time Out New York.…

Gambit's 40 Under 40 Awards Reception (Photo Slideshow)

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:06:00 -0500

A very special thank you to Walk On's & Happy's and Home Bank for hosting Gambit's 14th Annual 40 under 40 reception; Wednesday, November 2, 2011.

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Listen: Gambit's new music issue playlist

Alex Woodward — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:14:00 -0500

In this week's Gambit, we highlight a few newer local artists in our first-ever New Music issue.

If you've followed the blog you may have seen some of these names pop up on Free Music Friday or elsewhere, but here's a quick look at some artists we're getting into.…