130. A Scribe Called Quess?

130. We interview poet a Scribe Called Quess?  Michael “Quess?” Moore is a poet, educator, and an actor in that order. His writing and work with youth as a poet led him to the classroom where he most recently spent four years as an English teacher. He is a founding member of Team SNO (Slam New Orleans), New Orleans’ first slam poetry team since Hurricane Katrina, and the only national championship team the city has ever produced having won competitions in 2010, 2012 and 2013. His accomplishments with Team SNO have earned him honors from the Mayor of New Orleans as well as from City Council. He’s also a member of VOIC’D (Voices Organized in Creative Dissent), a collective of actors spawned by Junebug Productions with a focus on social justice, whose last production, “Lockdown,” received critical acclaim and sold out audiences several nights in a row. He has produced a self-titled CD, “A Scribe Called Quess?” and his debut book of poetry, Blind Visionz, can be found at www.lulu.com.

1. This week in Louisiana history. November 15, 1730. Gov. Perier and French defeated the Natchez Indians.
   
2. This week in New Orleans history. On November 14, 2008, the new slot-machine facility opened for operation at the Fair Grounds.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   A Christmas Extravaganza
   November 22 - 23, 2014
   Kees Park - Pineville, LA

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129. Roy Guste.

129.  We interview Roy Guste. In many ways, Roy is New Orleans history. Descendent of the earliest Louisianians who came here to settle the land with Iberville and Bienville, he is also a fifth generation member of the Antoine's Restaurant family, great-great grandson of its founder Antoine Alciatore, and former director of that restaurant. He has written numerous books about food and Antoine's Restaurant.  Roy's most recent book deals with the history and lore of America's oldest family-owned restaurant: Antoine's Restaurant Since 1840, 175th Anniversary Celebration. Roy is currently a photographer of the New Orleans life and architecture. A native New Orleanian and 36-year resident of the French Quarter, Roy Guste is a true son of the city. Roy studied architecture at both LSU and Tulane Universities, Psychology and French language at Loyola University, French language and culture at L'Universite de Grenoble in the French Alps, as well as cuisine at the Cordon Bleu in Paris. Roy is author of 10 cookbooks, principally New Orleans and Louisiana cuisine, including Antoine's Restaurant Cookbook, The Restaurants of New Orleans Cookbook, The Bean Book, Gulf-Coast Fish, The Tomato Cookbook, and The 100 Greatest Dishes of New Orleans Creole Cooking. He has acted as editor for other restaurant cookbooks and written The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carre, Little, Brown, Publishers, which is a photographic guide to the most beautiful courtyard gardens in the French Quarter. His upcoming work is entitled The New Orleans Cookbook, to be published by WW Norton, New York & London, which is the entirety of history and the recipes of all that is Creole New Orleans cuisine.

1. This week in Louisiana history. November 7, 1848. Louisianian Gen Zachary Taylor elected as President of the United States.
   
2. This week in New Orleans history. Born in New Orleans on November 7, 1912 and a lifelong resident, Lloyd Alfred "Hap" Glaudi attended Jesuit where he first picked up the nickname "Hap" because of his jovial demeanor. Local broadcaster Ron Brocato reported that Glaudi financed his high school education through winnings at the Fair Grounds -- long-shot bets suggested to him by a bookie. A graudate of  Loyola, Glaudi's first professional job was for the New Orleans Item newspaper. During his 25 years with the Item, he became feature sportswriter for high school sports. Beginning in 1964, he was lead sportscaster for WWL-TV.  He publicly prodded predominately white Jesuit High School and then predominately African-American St. Augustine High School to play each other in high school basketball in 1965, which is credited by some to have ended the local racial divide in high school sports. A Hap Glaudi Scholarship is now offered by his alma mater. Hap and his wife Millie had three daughters.  He passed away on December 29, 1989 at the age of 77.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   89th Annual Festival of Lights
   November 21, 2015 - January 6, 2016
   Front Street
   Natchitoches, LA

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128. John Bel Edwards and Lamar White.

 128.  We interview blogger Lamar White about Louisiana's fall election.  Lamar recently completed his law degree in Texas and has returned to Louisiana to pursue a Ph.D. in journalism at LSU.  On top of all his studies, Lamar finds time to keep up his reporting on Louisiana politics; his scoops frequently make state-wide and nation-wide news. Lamar is joined by his friend Cayman Clevenger.  Also, after John Bel Edward's victory in the primary, we are re-broadcasting our interview with him from last spring.

1. Lily the Street Poet reads her poem, “I Lived inside an Eggshell.”
2. This week in Louisiana history. October 29, 1768. Ulloa was order out of the Louisiana Colony by the Superior Council.
   
3. This week in New Orleans history. Josephine Louise Newcomb, born in Baltimore on October 31, 1816 to Mary Sophia Waters and Alexander Le Monnier, received her education in Baltimore and in her father's native France.  After her mother died, Le Monnier went to live in New Orleans, where her older sister Eleanor Anne and brother-in-law William Henderson had settled.  There, Le Monnier met Warren Newcomb, and the couple married in Christ Church Cathedral on December 15, 1845.  The couple moved to Louisville, KY, and had a son, Warren, Jr., who died shortly after his birth in 1853. They later moved to New York, where Josephine gave birth to their second child, Harriott Sophie Newcomb, on July 29, 1855.  Harriott Sophie died in 1870 at the age of 15.  Through Josephine's philanthropy, H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College at Tulane University was established as a memorial to her daughter. 
   
4. This week in Louisiana.
   Southdown Fall Marketplace
   November 7, 2015
   Southdown Plantation House
   991 Grand Caillou Rd.
   Houma, LA 70363
   (985) 876-6380
    $5.00 entrance fee per person, children under 12 free. Additional charges for food, drinks, and museum tours. Most extensive show in the Houma area and an established community event for more than 30 years. Family‑friendly atmosphere. Food court run by museum volunteers.

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126. Terry L Jones, Part 1

126.  Part one of our interview with Terry L. Jones.  We discuss Louisiana history and characters like Leonidas K. Polk. Terry is a native of Winn Parish, has served ULM for over 22 years as a professor. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Texas A&M University and a B.A. from Louisiana Tech University. 

1. Lily the Sidewalk Poet, gives us an update on Irish Fest in New Orleans and reads her poem "Hurricane" about life in the Caribbean after the storm of colonialism.

2. This week in Louisiana history. October 18, 1730. Gov. Cadillac dies in France at the age of 74.
3. This week in New Orleans history. Lee Harvey Oswald is Born in New Orleans October 18, 1939.
   
4. This week in Louisiana.
   Ponchatoula Party in the Pits
   October 17, 2015
   11:00 am - 5:00 pm
   Ponchatoula Memorial Park
   Ponchatoula, LA 70454   
   Annual Party in the Pits sponsored by the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce. We're closing down the streets & opening up the town for BBQ! Cooking begins early. All other events open 11 am till 6 pm. Over 50 teams, including professional & local, will compete for $5000 in cash & prizes. Winner will go to the IBCA Championship in Las Vegas. Cook Entry Fee $150‑$175. No charge for community!

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125. Mike Sledge, Part 2.

125.  Part two of our interview with Mike Sledge. Mike lives and writes in Shreveport, Louisiana. He wrote the book Soldier Dead about what happens to the bodies of America's military personnel when they die in combat. He has also written a novel entitled Gerald's Star, which covers a long-dead astronaut in a decaying orbit around Earth.

1. Lily the Street Poet she reads her poem, "Your True Self."
   
2.  This week in Louisiana history. October 10, 1974. Cindy K. Bell became first woman LA. State Trooper.
3. This week in New Orleans history. Jazz drummer Edward Joseph Blackwell, born in New Orleans on October 10, 1929, played in a bebop quintet during the 1950s with pianist Ellis Marsalis and clarinetist Alvin Batiste. They toured briefly with Ray Charles. Blackwell achieved national attention as the drummer with Ornette Coleman's quartet around 1960, when he took over for Billy Higgins in the quartet's legendary stand at the Five Spot in New York City. He is known as one of the great innovators of the free jazz of the 1960s, fusing New Orleans second line style and African rhythms with bebop. In the 1970s and 1980s Blackwell toured and recorded extensively with fellow Ornette Quartet veterans Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Dewey Redman in the quartet Old and New Dream. He died on  October 7, 1992.

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124. Mike Sledge, Part 1

124.  Part one of our interview with Mike Sledge. Mike lives and writes in Shreveport, Louisiana. He wrote the book Soldier Dead about what happens to the bodies of America's military personnel when they die in combat. He has also written a novel entitled Gerald's Star, which covers a long-dead astronaut in a decaying orbit around Earth.

1. Lily the Street Poet joins us from Kentucky for her segment. This week, she reads her poem, "Our Season's Penance."
2. This week in Louisiana history. October 1, 1800. Spain returns the Louisiana Territory to France October 1, having received it by the   Treaty of Paris in 1763. A secret agreement in the Treaty of San Ildefonso signed in 1796 has obliged her to return it; France guarantees not to transfer the territory to any power other than Spain.
   
3. This week in New Orleans history. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq died in New Orleans on October 3, 1949 and is interred St. Louis Cemetery III on Esplanade Avenue near City Park.  Born in New Orleans in 1883, he operated studios in the city from 1909 until 1932, including locations at 840 Conti Street, 157 Baronne Street, 608 Canal Street, and 818 Ursulines Street. Bellocq achieved posthumous fame with the publication of Storyville Portraits, a selection of portraits which he made of prostitutes in the red-light district of New Orleans. The movie Pretty Baby (1978) is based loosely on that part of his life.
   
4. This week in Louisiana.
   60th Celebration of the Louisiana Art & Folk Festival
   October 10, 2015
   Downtown - Columbia, LA 71418   
   This is the longest running festival in the state of Louisiana. come and join in on the fun for the Louisiana Art and Folk Festival.

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123. Interview with activist Mike Tidwell

123.  Our interview with Mike Tidwell. Mike is founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.. He is also an author and filmmaker who predicted in vivid detail the Katrina hurricane disaster in his 2003 book Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast. His most recent book, focusing on Katrina and global warming, is titled The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Race to Save America’s Coastal Cities.

1. Lily the Street Poet joins our show for a new segment, The Week in Louisiana Poetry.  For her first visit with us, whe reads her poem, "My Miracle."
2. This week in Louisiana history. September 26, 1810. American settlers who live in western portion of Spanish West Florida, seize fort at Baton Rouge and declare region between New Orleans and Pearl River to Republic of West Florida and seek annexation to U.S.
3. This week in New Orleans history.  Mayor Ray Nagin officially reopened the French Quarter on September 26, 2005 to business owners to inspect property and clean up.
   
4. This week in Louisiana.
   
   Calca Chew Food Festival
   September 28, 2014
   Saint Margaret Catholic Church 
   Lake Charles, LA 70601
   (337) 439-4585
   7 am - 3 pm
   The festival is designed for people who want to experience a taste of 'Cajun'. The music is really French, as is the food. For those who have never tasted boudin or jambalaya or have never experienced the two‑step, will find this festival a delight. Our live auction is filled with items all can afford and our silent auction is a shoppers' paradise.
   The French mass starts off the festival at 7 a.m. and during the day, visitors can enjoy games, a live auction, raffles, a petting zoo, train rides and great Cajun music and food. Admission is free. 

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