Alex Woodward
Baton Rouge Advocate
New Orleans, LA, United States
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New Orleans City Council to Roger Goodell: city 'can't be walked over'
Following the New Orleans Saints’ crushing loss in a “blemished NFC Championship game,” the New Orleans City Council unanimously agreed to demand the NFL “ignite a thorough review” of its → Read More
Letter-reading series to explore desegregation of New Orleans libraries
The next installment of the Letters Read series from arts organization Antenna will explore the desegregation of New Orleans libraries Presented by Nancy Sharon Collins and Antenna, the series features local performers interpreting letters written by people throughout New Orleans history and communities. The library edition is 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Nora Navra branch (902 St.… → Read More
New Orleans City Council resolution on NFL 'injustice' is 'expected to pass 28-3'
The New Orleans City Council will introduce a resolution calling on the NFL to "hold itself accountable" for the missed pass interference penalty that denied the New Orleans Saints a → Read More
We have Jeff Rosenstock. They're not gonna win.
Released on New Year’s Day in 2018, “POST-“ (Polyvinyl) was the big, sweaty, screaming baby to ring in the year. Jeff Rosenstock is the album’s manic Bruce Springsteen, chugging on pop-punk power chords and spinning anxious narratives brain-dumping 21st-century fears, frustrations, ironies and idiocracy while sweating all over the stage. Rosenstock — a champion of all things DIY, founder of… → Read More
How 'redlining' shaped New Orleans neighborhoods — is it too late to be fixed?
The impacts of racist housing policies that 'redlined' New Orleans neighborhoods still resonate decades later. → Read More
Fred Armisen to perform at the Joy Theater
Comedian Fred Armisen will bring his "Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome" tour to New Orleans in February. → Read More
New Orleans musicians host benefit for Spencer Bohren after cancer diagnosis
Guitarist, songwriter, raconteur and family bandleader Spencer Bohren — a fixture on New Orleans stages over the last four decades — was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer last year. → Read More
Watch a video of the long line for Rolling Stones Jazz Fest tickets at the Superdome
Tickets for the second Thursday of this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — featuring a headlining set from The Rolling Stones — went on sale at 10 a.m. → Read More
2019 Buku Fest adds Earl Sweatshirt, Yves Tumor and others, announces daily lineup
Rap artist Earl Sweatshirt will join the 2019 Buku Music + Art Project lineup, along with electronic artist Yves Tumor, producer Kasbo, pop band Kiro Kiro Bonito, jam band SunSquabi, → Read More
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2019 lineup is here, Rolling Stones, Katy Perry and more to headline
The Rolling Stones are headed to New Orleans for the 50th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. → Read More
Amen Dunes finds the cost of 'freedom'
Damon McMahon's Amen Dunes performs at One Eyed Jacks Jan. 19 → Read More
New Orleans workers, immigrant advocates declare 'national emergency' protest for Trump visit
Organizers plan to protest U.S. immigration policies and threats of a multi-billion dollar wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border during President Donald Trump's scheduled stop at the American Farm Bureau's → Read More
NOPD seeks input from LGBTQ+ residents and non-English speakers in community surveys
Does the New Orleans Police Department “treat the LGBTQ+ community with courtesy, professionalism, and respect”? Should the department offer to translate its documents into other languages? → Read More
A presidential debate in New Orleans? City Council to ask tourism officials to apply for 2020
The New Orleans City Council will ask the city's tourism leaders to apply as a host city for presidential or vice-presidential debates in 2020. → Read More
A family of 4 in New Orleans needs $60,000 to get by, and more than half the city struggles to make ends meet
A new United Way report reveals the state of Louisiana's 'working poor' → Read More
It's almost here: Jazz Fest 2019 lineup is coming Jan. 15
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage will release the lineup for its 50th anniversary fest on 11 a.m. Jan. 15. → Read More
Australian psych rock band Stonefield heads to One Eyed Jacks
“Far From Earth” is right. On their third full-length album, the four Findlay sisters continue to mine far-out sounds from their southeast corner of rural Australia, a fertile desert of neo-psychedelic pop that sits below Stonefield’s heavy, organ-swirling prog and monster riffs. But their vision on the edge of the world finds its way into the kinds of dewy Laurel Canyon grooves that dust up… → Read More
Drag queen story time returns to Alvar Library
Drag performers will return to lead monthly story time events at Bywater's Alvar Library in 2019, starting this month. → Read More
Organizers cancel 2019 Women's March in New Orleans, plan statewide listening tour
Over the last two years, millions of women, including thousands in New Orleans, took to the streets to protest the election of President Donald Trump and threats to women’s health → Read More
16 releases from New Orleans artists you might've missed in 2018
Another year, another list, another step outside the echo chamber. Here’s my annual look at some of my favorite overlooked and far-out releases from New Orleans artists (arranged alphabetically) from → Read More