Archive for April, 2009

City Park thinks elite as it overhauls golf options – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

April 19th, 2009

City Park thinks elite as it overhauls golf options
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
For three long years after the 2005 flood, City Park's golf complex, once New Orleans' main hub for affordable play, resembled a weed-choked Scottish moor, where even a bloodhound would struggle to find a ball. With the September reopening of the ...

Brooklyn real estate investor Pincus Friedman has made a strategy … – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

April 19th, 2009

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Brooklyn real estate investor Pincus Friedman has made a strategy ...
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
Friedman came to New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina and started scooping up houses in neighborhoods that monied developers usually shun, including Central City, the 9th Ward and the shabby fringes of downtown. While rumors about property ...

'12 Rounds' action-packed – Akron Beacon Journal

April 19th, 2009

'12 Rounds' action-packed
Akron Beacon Journal, OH
He is sent hurtling through New Orleans, wrecking stuff, saving (or not saving) innocent bystanders, trying to stop a streetcar not named Desire. Very Die Hard 3, in other words. Except that in this movie, while the WWE was willing to spring for lots ...

French Quarter Festival April 17 Now in New Orleans Special – DigitalJournal.com

April 18th, 2009

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

French Quarter Festival April 17 Now in New Orleans Special
DigitalJournal.com, Canada
To pass through the traffic snarled, impossible to find parking and too late for streetcars and long walks makes it difficult to watch the celebration, but that's a good sign for this city. Last year New Orleans had a 10% decline in attendance in ...
French Quarter Festival just one of 28 Louisiana festivals this ... The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
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Ballet BC's final stop? – Globe and Mail

April 18th, 2009

Ballet BC's final stop?
Globe and Mail, Canada
As the curtain rose on A Streetcar Named Desire on Thursday night, the big question hanging over the theatre and its heady New Orleans set was whether this would prove to be Ballet British Columbia's swan song. The beleaguered company closes its ...

Camellia Grill blossoms as latest HarborWalk New Orleans icon (PHOTOS) – Destin Log

April 17th, 2009

Camellia Grill blossoms as latest HarborWalk New Orleans icon (PHOTOS)
Destin Log, FL
In New Orleans, diners can jump off of the iconic street car line and in Destin, the best parking is in the harbor. “The prices are really good too,” said Leeanne's uncle, Karl Willis, having made his selection from a menu where the most expensive meal ...

Ballet bc's Desire: one more year – Globe and Mail

April 17th, 2009

Ballet bc's Desire: one more year
Globe and Mail, Canada
As the curtain rose on A Streetcar Named Desire on Thursday night, the big question hanging over the theatre and its heady New Orleans set was whether this would prove to be Ballet British Columbia's swan song. The beleaguered company closes its ...

London's Donmar Warehouse Season to Feature Weisz, West, Molina – Playbill.com

April 17th, 2009

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London's Donmar Warehouse Season to Feature Weisz, West, Molina
Playbill.com, NY
The play revolves around fading southern belle Blanche DuBois (Weisz), who unexpectedly appears at the home of her sister Stella (Wilson) in the stifling world of downtown New Orleans. With delusions of grandeur, Blanche stands in stark contrast to her ...
Donmar Warehouse announce new season London Theatre Guide - Online
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Garner: Rochester film fest returns next week – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

April 17th, 2009

Garner: Rochester film fest returns next week
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY
We walked down by the Riverwalk, Cafe Du Monde and the French Market, and rode a streetcar through the Garden District. Those parts of New Orleans that most of us know and love show no scars from Katrina. However, because we have family who know the ...

New Orleans master plan meetings continue tonight in CBD, Algiers – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

April 16th, 2009

New Orleans master plan meetings continue tonight in CBD, Algiers
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
by The Times-Picayune The second in a series of 10 district meetings to review the first draft of New Orleans' proposed master plan will be held tonight in the Warehouse District and Algiers. • Planning District 1 (Central Business District, ...

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