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Jazz Poetry for Hire on the Streets of New Orleans
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsA couple of nights every week, Eric Carter sits at the top of New Orleans' Frenchman Street with a typewriter. The legendary music street is famous for jazz, but he's practicing another kind of improvisational expression. "Poetry," his sign reads. "Your topic, your price." Give Carter a word, and he'll tap out a poem for you on a piece of receipt paper for a donation. "I can celebrate an anniversary, or the river, or a birthday -- people ask me to write about food, or the saints or all that, so that's what I do," he told AOL News. "It's got me out of several writing blocks, and it's just ...
Shouters Sound Off (and Honor Tennessee Williams) at New Orleans Stell-Off
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS -- In New Orleans, screaming in public can win you fabulous prizes. Tennessee Williams may be among the most accomplished and regarded American playwrights, but he seems destined to be remembered, first and foremost, by one scene in "A Streetcar Named Desire" -- actually just one line. More to it, just one word, delivered by a tank-top-clad factory worker shouting up toward a balcony in the rain: "STELLAAAAAAA!" That's why every year at New Orleans' annual Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, at the end of four days of mint-julep-infused academic discussion, plays and galas, ...
Can Anything Be Done to Help Cities Like Detroit?
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsEven for those who watched the long, slow decline of Detroit, the new census count stunned: The one-time powerhouse of the industrial Midwest lost 25 percent of its population in the past 10 years, falling below 715,000 residents. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing moved swiftly to announce the city would challenge the accuracy of the official count and focus like a laser on luring new residents and new business. "We must confront reality ... and commit to doing things differently," Bing said at a news conference. "If we don't change, the population drain will continue." But Bing -- and his successors ...
Feds Fault New Orleans Police for Unconstitutional Conduct
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS -- The Justice Department has found evidence that New Orleans police officers have often used deadly force without justification, have a pattern of making unconstitutional arrests and have engaged in racial profiling. The scathing report released Thursday says the department has long failed to adequately protect New Orleans residents. It cites numerous reasons for the failures, including inadequate supervision and ineffective methods of taking and investigating complaints. The report was the result of a request made by Mayor Mitch Landrieu shortly after he took office in May ...
Bead Recycling Program Gives New Life to Carnival Throws
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS -- Mardi Gras may be fun, but it isn't exactly green. Excess is the name of the game, and New Orleans delivers. A single rider on a parade float might throw more than 3,000 beads –- and there are hundreds of riders in each of the city's 40-plus parades. The result is a vast sea of beads, millions of them scattered in the streets, hanging in the trees and draped around the necks of thousands upon thousands of drunken revelers. That's why Arc of Greater New Orleans, a Metairie, La.-based nonprofit, is doing its best to round up the year's beads and recycle them for a new ...
Severe Weather Flips Cars, Rips Roofs in Southeast
By not in system - AOL NewsMOBILE, Ala. -- Winds whipped by a line of severe weather tore roofs off buildings, overturned cars and injured people as the system trudged across the Southeast on Wednesday. An apparent tornado heavily damaged several buildings and hurt people near Mobile in southwest Alabama, hours after three tornadoes were reported to the west in Louisiana. The system also dumped 7 inches of rain in parts of Mississippi and spawned thunderstorms in Tennessee that ripped off part of a school's roof. Gerald Herbert, AP A man wades through water in the Mid City section of New Orleans after heavy ...
Late Mardi Gras Meets Spring Break for Rowdy Fete
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS -- Revelers bared flesh and threw beads on Bourbon Street until the sun rose on Mardi Gras to mark the annual pre-Lenten celebration that takes on so many shapes in New Orleans, from early morning parades to gay costume balls and second-line dancing of Mardi Gras Indians. The festivities began shortly after sunrise, as members of the traditionally African-American Krewe of Zulu boarded floats at the Louisiana Superdome in preparation for their annual parade through the city. Soon to follow would be the parade of Rex, King of Carnival. Entertainer Pete Fountain's marching club hit ...
Fat Tuesday: 5 Classic Mardi Gras Recipes [VIDEOS]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsTime to put the fat in Fat Tuesday. In the pre-Lenten festival known as Mardi Gras, you get to binge a whole lot before you purge. To that end, a culinary tradition has sprung up around the Fat Tuesday festivities. Surge Desk has a few suggestions on how to get your meal on this year. Crawfish Pie From Cajun Cooking TV, here's the how to for crawfish pie. Jambalaya Courtesy of Southern Living, here's a quick and easy recipe for jambalaya. Shrimp Gumbo Chef Scott Hargrove has a tasty recipe for shrimp and sausage gumbo. King Cake For the thematically colored dessert most ...
Mardi Gras 2011 [VIDEOS]
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsBreak out the beads; Mardi Gras is here. At least it is in Australia, where people are busy celebrating Fat Tuesday with parades, masks, beads and, of course, a little booze. In New Orleans, revelers packed the city over the weekend to let the good times roll. Surge Desk rounds up videos from Mardi Gras parties. Australia puts its own spin on the Mardi Gras parade, as Sydney's Mardi Gras also serves as a gay-pride event. Here are some parade highlights. In the U.S., where the biggest parades will be held tomorrow for Fat Tuesday, the famous krewes of New Orleans have been preparing ...
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