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Interview with Carol Bebelle
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Interview with Carol Bebelle

18 January 2013

Carol Bebelle, co-founder of Ashé Cultural Arts Center discusses community and vision New Orleans.

Poster reading "Endless Gaycation" featuring a figure wearing sunglasses and a one-piece swimsuit and leaning to one side.
If You Lived Here You’d Be Homo Now
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If You Lived Here You’d Be Homo Now

Queer Performativity in New Orleans

18 January 2013

Ace Falcor examines the queerness of New Orleans, and what it means to be a queer performer in the city where anything goes.

Torres-Tama, in costume, holding a mask and a wooden cylinder.
Speaking the Unspoken
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Speaking the Unspoken

Invisible Latino Immigrants of the Reconstruction & St. Claude A Gentrification Tool)

18 January 2013

Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers explores the persecution of immigrants, and segregation of art in New Orleans.

A parade float that looks like a king moves through a massive crowd in the street.
Take it To The Street
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Take it To The Street

Parading and Theater Making in New Orleans

17 January 2013

How does the culture of parading—both watching and participating in parades— affect, create, and sustain the New Orleans New Work ecosystem?

Logo for Southern Rep Theatre.
Southern Rep's Wild Ride
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Southern Rep's Wild Ride

16 January 2013

After a year of turmoil for Southern Rep Theatre, holding onto their mission kept them at bay. It became a time to reflect on New Orlean’s great community.

Assembling. Since 2006.
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Assembling. Since 2006.

16 January 2013

What makes New Orleans a unique and thriving frings theatre scene, despite the lack of financial and institutional resources to support them?

Lockdown
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Lockdown

Stories of Race and Education in New Orleans

15 January 2013

In the wake of racial discrimination in New Orleans' education system, Lockdown was created to give a voice to the kids in the back of the class.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, January 17
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, January 17

New Orleans Theater

14 January 2013

Let's discuss theatre in the Big Easy! Join the Weekly Howl using #newplay

A row of colorful buildings in New Orleans named Rainbow Row.
Play and Placemaking in New Orleans
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Play and Placemaking in New Orleans

14 January 2013

New Orleans is a perfect storm of topography, personality, and technology to allow theatremakers and artists to thrive.

A parade float that looks like a king moves through a massive crowd in the street.
Turning Problems Into Parades
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Turning Problems Into Parades

14 January 2013

Nick Slie gives an overview of New Orlean's theatre climate.

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