NOLA Community Blog
New Orleans is the city that lives in you, no matter where you live. And this website is for all of us who don’t live in New Orleans to stay connected with the Big Easy. Welcome to Church of New Orleans!
Wear Y’Hat! Church of New Orleans wants to post photos of your hats!
John Dunlop
Our hats - festival/Mardi Gras/Halloween/party/you-name-it - are an expression of our creativity, an outward expression of how New Orleans makes us feel! Church of New Orleans wants to post photos of you & your special and unique hats on our website (www.ChurchofNewOrleans.com) and Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/ChurchofNewOrleans)!
Church of New Orleans is a (nonreligious) NOLA affinity site that is a labor of love devoted to New Orleans. There are no ads, no revenue generated from the website, just lots of positive feelings about the Crescent City, its people, music, food and culture!
If you want to contribute photos for Wear Y’Hat, please submit them through the “Contact Us” form on the website. Please include your name and/or festival nickname, where you’re from, and any information you want to share about your hat(s)!
WWOZ presents Festing in Place - The Next Fest Thing! 2nd Weekend, September 11-13!
John Dunlop
Festing in Place - The Next Fest Thing - the second weekend continues from Friday, September 11th to Sunday, September 13th, from 11AM - 7PM NOLA time & 9AM - 5PM L.A. time!
Check out WWOZ’s special cubes highlighting the schedule which features some of the great performances in the history of New Orleans music, including performances from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, French Quarter Fest, Satchmo Fest, Crescent City Blues and BBQ Fest, WWOZ Studios and New Orleans Clubs plus rare performances from other historical collections! Dr. John * Fats Domino * The Neville Brothers * Pete Fountain * Irma Thomas * Allen Toussaint * Louis Prima * James Booker * Aaron Neville * Trombone Shorty * Kermit Ruffins * John Boutte * Professor Longhair * Marcia Ball * Jimmy Buffett * The Radiators * Treme Brass Band * Ernie K-Doe * Lost Bayou Ramblers * Al Hirt * Henry Butler * Tank and the Bangas * Jon Batiste * Mavis Staples * Rebirth Brass Band and many other Jazz, Blues, Cajun and Zydeco artists.
The broadcast will also include interview segments highlighting the music, food, and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana to give the feeling of a wide-reaching cultural festival.
Do yourself a favor and Fest in Place with WWOZ! It’s the Next Fest Thing to being there!
Always Remember, Never Forget
John Dunlop
On this solemn day, we remember the events of September 11 and remember those who were killed and injured. A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out by the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences. 9/11 is the single deadliest terrorist attack in human history. On this day, in memory of those who are fallen, let us reflect on the fact that we are stronger and better when we are united. Never forget.
Happy Birthday, Harry Connick, Jr!
John Dunlop
Harry (Joseph Harry Fowler) Connick Jr. was born in New Orleans on September 11, 1967, to his mother Anita, a New Orleans lawyer and judge, and his namesake father, Orleans Parish District Attorney (1973 to 2003), and was raised in the Lakeview Neighborhood. Connick started learning keyboards at age three, playing publicly at age five, and recording with a local jazz band at ten. His musical talents were developed at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and under the tutelage of Ellis Marsalis Jr. and James Booker.
Connick moved to New York City to study, and he met a records executive who persuaded him to sign with Columbia. He soon acquired a reputation in jazz and was asked to provide a soundtrack for the 1989 romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally... . The soundtrack achieved double-platinum status in the United States, and Connick won his first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance. His 1990 big-band album We Are in Lovewent double platinum and earned him his second consecutive Grammy for Best Jazz Male Vocal. Songs I Heard, his 2001 big band re-working of children's show themes, won Connick another Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Album. Connick has sold over 28 million albums worldwide and is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States. He has had seven top 20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history.
"Promise Me You'll Remember", his contribution to the Godfather III soundtrack, was He has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and a Tony. As if a wildly successful music career wasn’t enough, Connick began his acting career in 1990 with the World War II film Memphis Belle. Since then he has performed in numerous films, various genres, and in both leading and supporting roles. He has appeared on Broadway and on television, including helping to organize and appearing in a live telethon concert for relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, as well ashosting his own talk show.
On a personal note, Connick married former Victoria's Secret model Jill Goodacre in 1994, and the couple has three daughters. Connick is a founder of the Krewe of Orpheus, a music-based New Orleans krewe, that parades on St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street on Lundi Gras. Connick is a Grammy and Emmy-award winning singer, composer, pianist, actor, and television star … and a diehard Saints fan! Who Dat!
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Mardigramus - Someone Amazing
John Dunlop
Meet Mardigramus, who uses his soothsaying powers, and numerous adult beverages, to dispense unsolicited, useless wisdom and observations, and to accurately predict the day of the week that Mardi Gras falls on every year. Click on the image to view his visionary video.
