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It took 626 days, but now the bridge connecting Bay St. Louis to the rest of the world has been restored.

Bay St. Louis is in Mississippi, about three quarters of the way between New Oreans and Biloxi. The 30 foot storm surge from Katrina (this part of the Gulf took a direct hit from the storm) wiped out the bridge and about half the homes in the town.

The town’s mayor, Eddie Favre, still lives in a trailer and conducts city business our of a former utility company building outside of town. He’s pledged to wear shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, and sneakers until his town is back on its feet.

Bay St. Louis was a popular seaside resort for New Orleanians.

Edge, guitar player with the super group U2, talks about the importance of New Orleans music to world culture and the effort of MusicRising.org to raise money for the city’s musicians.

AMBOURINE & FAN SUPER SUNDAY PARADE

Sunday, May 27, 2007 – 3 p.m.

Start: Bayou St. John and Orleans Avenue

Out Orleans Avenue to N. Claiborne
Left on N. Claiborne to St. Bernard Avenue
Left on St. Bernard Ave.

Disband: Hunters Field

Backstreet Cultural Museum
1116 St. Claude Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-522-4806

The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) is sponsoring the second annual “Musicians Bringing Musicians Home” benefit this Sunday May 27 at 8 p.m at Tipitina’s Uptown.

Musicians on the bill include:

• Indigo Girls
• OK GO’s Damian Kulash
• My Morning Jacket’s Jim James
• Matt Nathanson
• Multi-media artist Mike Relm
• Performance artist Pamela
• Al “Carnival Time” Johnson
• Bonerama and more

ZULU SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB PARADE

SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2007 – 1 P.M.

Starts: Bertha’s on Basin Street, behind the Municipal Auditorium

End: Zulu Club, 732 Broad St.

Sorry, that’s all we’ve got right now.

Backstreet Cultural Museum
1116 St. Claude Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-522-4806

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Greenola - cheesy name, inspired idea and one of the main New Orleans initiatives of Brad Pitt who moved to the city earlier this year in a much-admired act of solidarity with the city.

What is Greenola?

Ecological, sustainable, low cost, innovative architectural design for rebuilding the housing of the Gulf Coast.

There was a competition for best design and Pitt served as the jury chair and patron giving the program massive media, and therefore, political clout. Ground broke last week in the Holy Cross neighborhood.

The winner: Workshop/APD.

The winning submission: a plannned community made up of five single-family homes, an 18-unit apartment building, a daycare facility and a community center built on 50 acres (half a hectare or 5,000 square meters.)

Here are the contest submissions…

DIVINE LADIES SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB PARADE

“Divine Day in May…”

SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2007 – 1:00 P.M.

Start: St. Charles Ave. and Jackson Ave. Out St. Charles to Washington Ave.

Right on Washington Ave. Out Washington Ave.

More route into…(plus Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club and rumors about Tambourine & Fan Super Sunday) (more…)