Saturday, July 27, 2013

10. John James Audubon

10.  The life and work of John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (1785 – 1851).  The Louisiana Anthology has posted the Journals of Audubon.  His journals are very entertaining, and parts of them may even be true.
  1. This week in Louisiana history.  July 28, 1812 La. Gen. Assembly meets to elect first state gov., Claiborne. July 30 1812 William Charles Cole Claiborne becomes the 1st Governor of Louisiana
  2. This week in Louisiana.   Satchmo Summer Fest.  Music all weekend on festival stages featuring traditional jazz, contemporary jazz, brass bands & children's programming. 
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

9. Swamp Dr. by Madison Tensas

9. We discuss the book Odd Leaves from the Life of a Louisiana "Swamp Doctor," by Madison Tensas (Henry Clay Lewis).  Tensas gives us a look at life on the Louisiana frontier in the middle of the 19th century.
  1. This week in Louisiana history.  July 21 1920 First Airmail delivery in South, Shreveport to Homer.
  2. This week in Louisiana.    Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo.  Established in 1928.  The oldest fishing tournament in the United States.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

8. Gypsy (Kristina Robinson) Interview, Part 2

8.  Part 2 of our interview with Gypsy, aka Kristina Robinson.  Kristina reads some of her works for us and discusses their meaning.

  1. This week in Louisiana history.  July 18 1714 St. Denis arrives at San Jaun Bautista on the Rio Grand.
  2. This week in Louisiana.  July 13 - July 21, The King and I. Ruston Community Theatre.
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Saturday, July 6, 2013

7. Gypsy (Kristina Robinson) Interview

7.  The first part of our interview with Kristina Robinson, whose pen name is Gypsy. Kristina is a writer and blogger in New Orleans who writes about her life and times. She has belonged to the Melanated Writers Collective and describes herself as "A Lover and a Fighter...A Mother and a Writer...A Non-Conformist in a world of Little Boxes."  Her interests are: "Social justice, and resistance, international politics and secondlines. Powwows and parades..."


  • This week in Louisiana history  July 4, 1900 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, trumpet king, born.  July 6, 1971 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong died.
  • This week in Louisiana.  San Fermin In Nueva Orleans 900 block of Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130 Website. Description: Three days of food, music and entertainment, centering on July 14th homage to the bull running in Pamplona, Spain, in which the Big Easy RollerGirls pursue runners with plastic bats and horned helmets.
    San Fermin In Nueva Orleans
    900 block of Convention Center Blvd.
    New Orleans, LA 70130
    Website
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