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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.…

Y@ Speak: AHHH HURRICANE

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:35:00 -0500

Bob Breck is the Kanye West of local meteorologists.
— MyNameIsJohnMichael (@mynameisjm) August 27, 2012

Storm's a comin'! Time to freak out on the Internet!!…

Big Easy Awards 2012 theater nominees announced

Will Coviello — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:56:00 -0600

The Big Easy Foundation announced nominees for 2012 theater awards. The nominees are here or after the jump.…

3-Day Weekend: Nov. 20-22

Noah Bonaparte Pais — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:23:31 -0600

Paulsen to Bonaparte: "The jig is up!" You won't find it online, but at the end of this week's morning missive, WWL-TV's esteemed senior anchor (Hi Eric!)…

The Best of New Orleans: Post K-Volunteers

Jeanne Foster — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:07:16 -0500

Today at Gambit everyone is hustling to put together the 2009 Best of New Orleans issue. It is hard to believe that 4 years ago as we were putting the 2005 issue to bed, we logged out of our computers that Friday afternoon, completely unaware that we would return to 3923 Bienville caked in mold. The last email I read that day simply alerted the staff “we were watching the storm”.

And today the memories are still unavoidably real (the view out my office window is a boarded up house that is leaning toward the right, it’s next door neighbor was just knocked down last week).

In my opinion the "best" thing to come of the storm were the thousands of volunteers who came from all over the world to help rebuild New Orleans. And four years later, thankfully they are still here- visiting and living.

The St. Bernard Project (SBP) has played host to many of those volunteers and next week they will be launching their 4NOLA campaign; to commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane “K” and keep the cause alive as they continue to fundraise and build homes to help residents return.…

Best of New Orleans 2009 voting now online

Kevin Allman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:27:54 -0500

Gambit's annual Best of New Orleans™ survey is now online!

Ever find yourself disagreeing vehemently with a recommendation or opinion in Gambit's pages? (No? We didn't think so.)…