Archive for May, 2009
May 22nd, 2009
Website reunites cameras with their ownersToronto Star, CanadaAt a Mardi Gras parade, the New Orleans streets packed with revellers, two women found a camera lying on the ground. No one nearby claimed it, so they clicked through the pictures – parade floats, a trip to Disneyworld, and a man standing beside a ... |
May 21st, 2009
Mandeville museum opensNews Banner, LAThe center is a snapshot of the history of Mandeville, centering on its founder Bernard Marigny de Mandeville, a Creole from New Orleans, who had the vision and wealth to see the Northshore as a perfect spot for a resort town. ... |
May 21st, 2009
Altarena Playhouse turns up the heat with `Streetcar Named Desire"San Jose Mercury News, USAWilliams' powerful story of a woman's descent into madness takes place in Stanley and Stella Kowalski's tiny apartment in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter, where heat and alcohol fuel the action. Stella's sister Blanche arrives for a visit in a ... |
May 21st, 2009
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Orleans Parish LEAP scores up once againExaminer.comThe New Orleans & Carrolliton Line is the oldest street railway still in operation today? The St. Charles streetcar line is one of two national moving monuments? The Battle of New Orleans was actually fought after the Civil War ended? ... |
May 21st, 2009
freedomfest 2009 will celebrate Tampa's RiverwalkTampabay.com, FLThe project is inspired by similar waterside walkways in New Orleans, San Antonio and Chattanooga, Tenn. This weekend's event is sponsored by Friends of the Riverwalk with help from numerous co-sponsors. No public money will be spent on the celebration ... |
May 21st, 2009
Nucor Steel to build new plant in St. James ParishExaminer.comThe New Orleans & Carrolliton Line is the oldest street railway still in operation today? The St. Charles streetcar line is one of two national moving monuments? The Battle of New Orleans was actually fought after the Civil War ended? ... |