256. Mark Bologna, part 1

256 Part 1 of our interview of Mark Bologna, host of the Beyond Bourbon Street podcast. We were excited to find another podcast with a similar focus to ours. "My name is Mark Bologna and I’ll be your guide on this journey. I was born and raised in New Orleans, and specifically in Gentilly, a neighborhood just down the road from Lake Pontchartrain in the heart of the city. I love my hometown and can’t wait to share it with you!" Mark would like to hear from you and help you plan your trip to the Big Easy. Find out more here.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 15, 1795. The Pointe Coupee Slave Rebellion.
2. This week in New Orleans history. April 16, 1718. Official date of founding of New Orleans.
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival
   Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21st 2018
   Along the Bank of the Bayou Teche
   Downtown Historic Franklin, Louisiana
   We invite you to the Fifteenth Annual Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival, April 20^th and 21^st 2018 in beautiful downtown Franklin. Franklin, located in the heart of St. Mary Parish along the banks of the Bayou Teche, is noted for its beautiful antebellum homes, quaint bed and breakfasts, and majestic live oaks. The city is surrounded by expansive cypress tupelo swamps, the unique and expansive Atchafalaya Basin. The area has a rich natural heritage, with a bountiful list of species readily available for the wildlife fancier. Among those is the Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus ). Please browse our website for information about the festival including the activities, live music, black bear education and all of the other events to be held and please remember to tell your friends!
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Stretch Adams sings and plays the banjo in the Vieux Carre. 

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255. Pamela Tyler, part 2

255. Part 2 of our interview with Pamela Tyler about women's suffrage in Louisiana. In Silk Stockings & Ballot Boxes, Pamela Tyler examines the activities of organized upper- and middle-class women in New Orleans in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on their behavior in the political arena. Tyler traces the path of women's political activities, from their indirect political influence and women's clubs, to their direct integration into the larger political process. In her narrative, she examines the post-suffrage alternatives that southern women faced in their quest for inclusion in the political arena.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April, 7 1682. LaSalle and Tonti reached mouth of Miss. River.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Major League Baseball pitcher Edward Francis Lafitte was born at 319 Bourbon Street on April 7, 1886.   He played for the Detroit Tigers (1909–12), the Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914–15), and the Buffalo Blues (1915).  His college days were spent pitching for the Georgia Techbaseball team (1906 and 1907) and as a starter in the first intercollegiate basketball game played by Georgia Tech. He died on April 12, 1971 at the age of 85.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   35th Louisiana Railroad Days Festival
   DeQuincy Railroad Museum Park
   400 Lake Charles Avenue
   DeQuincy LA, 70633
   April 12-14, 2018
   Bands:
   Collin Raye, Southwest Jazz, Rosedown Rockers, Rusty Metoyer and the Zydeko Krush, Gyth Rigdon, and Collin Raye.
   All entertainment is free!!
   Enjoy the day with great music and family fun!
   Full Schedule
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Buku Broux plays the Kora in Jackson Square.

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254. Pamela Tyler, part 1

254. Women's History Month. Part 1 of our interview with Pamela Tyler about women's suffrage in Louisiana. In Silk Stockings & Ballot Boxes, Pamela Tyler examines the activities of organized upper- and middle-class women in New Orleans in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on their behavior in the political arena. Tyler traces the path of women's political activities, from their indirect political influence and women's clubs, to their direct integration into the larger political process. In her narrative, she examines the post-suffrage alternatives that southern women faced in their quest for inclusion in the political arena.

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 30, 1870. 15th amendment gave Blacks the right to vote.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Rosa Freeman was born March 31, 1911, to Alfred Bird “A.B.” Freeman and Ella West. Coca Cola heiress and racial pioneer Rosa Freeman Keller worked tirelessly throughout her long life for those less fortunate than herself, particularly New Orleans’s African American residents. Though her elite social background made her perhaps an unlikely social activist, Keller helped lead the fight for the integration of public schools and transportation facilities in New Orleans.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Lao New Year Celebration
   March 24th, 2016 - April 1st, 2018
   Lanexang Village
   7913 Champa Ave,
   Broussard, LA 70518
   337-364-3403
   Website
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Joe Shedlo plays guitar on Royal St.
5. Postcard from Louisiana, part 2. Michelle Erenberg and Robin Barber from Lift Louisiana invite people to attend a Advocacy Day in Baton Rouge on April 11 to demand equality for women. 

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253. Melanie Oubre, part 2

253. Women's History. Part 2 of our interview with Melanie Oubre. Emerge Louisiana recruits and trains women to run for office. Emerge Louisiana launched in 2017 as the premier campaign-training program for Democratic women in the state. Emerge inspires women to run for public office, and hones their skills to win. Our goal is clear: to increase the number of Democratic women in all levels of public office throughout the state. Emerge Louisiana is one of 23 other state affiliates that are part of the national organization, Emerge America.

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 25, 1793. Pope Pius VI established the Diocese of Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Broad Street Overpass. March 24, 1953.  "New Orleans traffic, once blocked by obsolete old canal and numerous railroad tracks, now moves smoothly over S. Broad Overpass in center of city. This is one of 11 grade separation structures completed to date in New Orleans' integrated Union Passenger Terminal and grade separation program. Other projects are now now under construction."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Pyrate Week
   March 30-April 8, 2018
   From the last weekend of March through the first weekend of April every year, the citizens of New Orleans celebrate NOLA Pyrate Week - 10 days of swashbuckling, art, music, food, events and general camaraderie among the Pyrates of Louisiana - past & present - and their mates from around the globe!
   Click here for the full schedule. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrh!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Aislinn Kerchaert writes some Mystical Poetry for the Louisiana Anthology. You can find her on Royal St. in New Orleans.

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252. Melanie Oubre, part 1

252. Women's History Month. Part one of our interview with Melanie Oubre, who works with Emerge, Louisiana. Emerge Louisiana recruits and trains women to run for office. Emerge Louisiana launched in 2017 as the premier campaign-training program for Democratic women in the state. Emerge inspires women to run for public office, and hones their skills to win. Our goal is clear: to increase the number of Democratic women in all levels of public office throughout the state. Emerge Louisiana is one of 23 other state affiliates that are part of the national organization, Emerge America.

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 17, 1791. Baron de Carondelet de Noyelles is appointed governor-general of Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. According to Buddy Stall, on March 17, 1930, the first "coffee break" in the United States occured when the "managers of the Delta Steamship Company, then the Mississippi Steamship Company, summoned their 80 employees in the Hibernia Bank building and initiated a daily 3:30 p.m. coffee recess. Company scouts had found the custom to be very well-received in Brazil and adopted the idea for its New Orleans office. The tradition started by the shipping company spread like wildfire, and in a short time completely saturated the entire metropolitan area, which only goes to prove good news travels fast."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Louisiana Crawfish Festival
   March 22 – 25, 2018 
   St. Bernard Parish Government Complex site
   Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center
   8200 West Judge Perez Dr.,
   Chalmette, Louisiana
   The Louisiana Crawfish Festival is located in Beautiful and Historical St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana which is rich with heritage, moss covered oak trees, creole tomatoes, Louisiana Bayous, shrimp boats, oyster luggers, oil refineries, and is a fisherman’s haven. St. Bernard Parish is the home of the Battle of New Orleans site over-looking the mighty Mississippi River
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce meets the Tip Jar Junkies on Royal St. 

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251. Michelle Erenberg. Lift, LA

251. Women's History Month. Our interview with Michelle Erenberg. Michelle cofounded Lift Louisiana to advocate for reproductive rights. She has worked as a policy advocate, community organizer, and coalition coordinator for more than a decade. Her past work experience includes community organizing for Planned Parenthood in New Orleans, coordinating a diverse coalition of environmental, community and faith-based organizations across the Gulf Coast in response to the 2010 BP oil spill, and analyzing and educating the public about policies and public engagement opportunities related to ecological and community recovery and restoration. Since 2009, she has served on the board of the National Council of Jewish Women Greater New Orleans Section as NCJW’s Louisiana Policy Advocate, a nationally appointed position, as well as Vice President of Public Affairs and Education. Erenberg has a B.A. in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and an MPA in Nonprofit Management from the University of New Orleans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 10, 1864. Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks begins in Red River Campaign.
2. This week in New Orleans history. The New Orleans Lyceum and Library Society had its origins in the 1844 ordinance passed by the Second Municipality Council. The library opened on March 10, 1846 with 3,400 books in its collection; by 1858 it held over 10,000 volumes. Originally located in temporary quarters, the Lyceum Library moved into the new municipality hall (now Gallier Hall) when its rooms in that building were ready for occupancy.
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Steel Magnolias
   Saturday, March 10
   Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts
   325 Minor St.
   Kenner, LA 70062
   504.461.9475
   Website
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to a high school brass band in Jackson Square.

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250. Lisa Walker and Reilly Sullivan, part 2

250. Women's History Month. Part 2 of our interview with Lisa Walker and Reilly Sullivan, who join us to talk about Alice Dunbar Nelson. Poet, essayist, diarist, and activist Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to mixed-race parents. Her African American, Anglo, Native American, and Creole heritage contributed to her complex understandings of gender, race, and ethnicity, subjects she often addressed in her work. Her first book, Violets and Other Tales (1895), was published when she was just 20. A writer of short stories, essays, and poems, Dunbar-Nelson was comfortable in many genres but was best known for her prose. One of the few female African American diarists of the early 20th century, she portrays the complicated reality of African American women and intellectuals, addressing topics such as racism, oppression, family, work, and sexuality.  

1. This week in Louisiana history. February 3, 1820. Slavery outlawed within the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30' latitude.
2. This week in New Orleans history. The Washington Post printed on March 3, 1909, "The news comes from Louisiana that large areas of that State heretofore devoted to the growing of cotton will be planted to cane, because the boll weevil has wrought such havoc on the former crop. If this pest shall be the occasion of a diversity of farm crops at the South his presence in the cotton field will not prove an unmixed evil."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   New Orleans Bourbon Festival
   March 8th, 2018 - March 10th, 2018
   Contemporary Arts Center
   900 Camp St.,
   New Orleans, LA 70130
   504-525-9444
   Website
   Laissez les bon temps rouler. Let the good times roll. The motto of a city that knows how to host a party. Now couple that with a historic relationship to Bourbon, world-renowned food, music and culture. The result – the SECOND annual New OrleansBourbon Festival – March 8, 9, and 10, 2018!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to the Big Dixie Swingers on Frenchman Street in New Orleans.

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