Archive for June, 2009

Main Street ideas reach St. Claude – New Orleans CityBusiness

June 15th, 2009

Main Street ideas reach St. Claude
New Orleans CityBusiness, LA
Art and music lovers have been zoning in on the avenue for live music and gallery space, including artists' and performance studios now housed at the Colton School, a venue organized by the nonprofit Creative Alliance of New Orleans. ...

Carville Helps Get Word Out About Streetcar Expansion – WDSU

June 14th, 2009

Carville Helps Get Word Out About Streetcar Expansion
WDSU, LA
In Saint Claude on Saturday, neighbors gathered to get the word out about a streetcar expansion project. The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority announced possible new routes that could bring the city's historical streetcar downtown. ...

Nudists bike through the French Quarter to celebrate World Naked … – Examiner.com

June 14th, 2009

Examiner.com

Nudists bike through the French Quarter to celebrate World Naked ...
Examiner.com
The 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? ...

The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum will put you on track to the past! – Examiner.com

June 14th, 2009

Examiner.com

The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum will put you on track to the past!
Examiner.com
The trolley display building houses a nice collection of varying styles and models of restored streetcars from an era gone by. The collection even includes one trolley car from the “Streetcar Name Desire” trolley line of New Orleans. ...

Blanche comes alive in 'Streetcar' production – Evansville Courier & Press

June 14th, 2009

Blanche comes alive in 'Streetcar' production
Evansville Courier & Press, IN
Set in post-World War II New Orleans, "Streetcar" steers straight into the head-on collision between Blanche and Stanley, her sister Stella's primal brute of a husband, after Blanche shows up at the couple's French Quarter apartment, spinning romantic ...
A Streetcar Named Desire celebrates Old Mill Theatre's 60th ... NewsMaker (press release)
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Healing center open house offers hope for St. Claude revival – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

June 13th, 2009

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Healing center open house offers hope for St. Claude revival
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
New Orleans transit officials hope to secure $200 million in federal money to create streetcar lines along the North Rampart Street and St. Claude Avenue corridor as well as on Loyola Avenue and Convention Center Boulevard. ...

New Orleans back on track in calm after storm – Sydney Morning Herald

June 11th, 2009

Sydney Morning Herald

New Orleans back on track in calm after storm
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
For almost a year, the trams along the avenue - made famous by Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire - were off their tracks, destroyed by the hurricane. "New Orleans has certain rhythms, and the streetcars are one of the rhythms. ...

Williams' 'Streetcar' makes a New Harmony stop – Evansville Courier & Press

June 11th, 2009

Williams' 'Streetcar' makes a New Harmony stop
Evansville Courier & Press
... of lies and romantic delusions Blanche brings when she shows up in New Orleans at the apartment of her sister, Stella, and Stella's husband, Stanley. ...

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Columbus State department of theater announces 2009-10 season – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

June 10th, 2009

Columbus State department of theater announces 2009-10 season
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
She moves to New Orleans to live with her sister. Oct. 1-4. “Cloud Nine” by British playwright Carly Churchill, satirizes the repressive nature of a ...

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A Little Clean Fun (Part 2 of 2) – American Coin-Op

June 10th, 2009

A Little Clean Fun (Part 2 of 2)
American Coin-Op
(Photo courtesy the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau.) What's a Clean Show without a little fun, especially in New Orleans? ...

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