Friday, October 18, 2019

335. Anya Groner

335. Our interview with Anya Groner, who teacher creative writing at NOCCA, the New Orleans Center for Creative Art. NOCCA is the regional, pre-professional arts training center for high school students in Louisiana. It opened in 1973 as a professional arts training center for secondary school-age children. Located in New Orleans, it provides intensive instruction in culinary arts, creative writing, dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), and visual arts while demanding simultaneous academic excellence.
  1. This week in Louisiana history. October 19, 1803. Louisiana Purchase Treaty ratified by senate by a vote of 24-7.
  2. This week in New Orleans history. October 19, 2005. Café du Monde repened for the first time after Hurricane Katrina.
  3. This week in Louisiana.
    October 17-20, 2019
    83nd International Rice Festival
       Come enjoy the food, parades, musical entertainment, various contests such as Jr. King & Queen Contest, Rice Queen Contest, International Rice Eating Contest, Rice and Creole Cookery Contest, Accordion and Fiddle Contest, International Rice “Poker” Run, Classic Car Show, Rice Grading Contest, Rice Threshing Demonstration and 5K Run Walk and an amazing carnival for all ages.
  4. Postcards from Louisiana. Craig and Ruby sing "All of Me."
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