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Bourbon Street and the Baptist Preacher

1/25/2020

 
Quarter Notes - January 2020
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Bourbon Street at Iberville, 1956. Photo courtesy the Richard R. Dixon/Cole Coleman Collection, gift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Dixon, The Historic New Orleans Collection, acc. no. 1980.257.290
Tag along with this sharp-eyed Southern writer, her widowed aunt and a very unlikely guide on a 1960s trip to Bourbon Street.
 
- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson


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From Victorian Pair to Spare

12/21/2019

 
Domicile - December 2019
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If you're expecting Aunt Beulah's decor when you walk inside this historic home built in 1895, you'll be in for a big surprise. 

- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
 - photos by Ellis Anderson 


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It's Fruitcake Weather

12/11/2019

 
Quarter Notes - December 2019
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Truman Capote and Sook
Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory possesses the power to make even contemporary readers summon up their own most-cherished holiday recollections. 

-by Rheta Grimsley Johnson


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Something About Gina Forsyth

11/20/2019

 
Quarter Beats - November 2019
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Gina Forsyth on the bayou. photo by Ellis Anderson
With a wicked sense of humor, stellar instrumental skills and a voice that stirs listeners, this singer-songwriter hits all the heart notes. 

- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson


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This Time They Won

11/10/2019

 
Storyboard Photo Essay - November 2019
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The reenactors at the Jazz Museum, readying to march through the French Quarter to Armstrong Park and Congo Square. Dread Scott, performance artist, far right.
The brainchild of performance artist Dread Scott, a two-day reenactment of the 1811 slave rebellion culminates in a march through the French Quarter - and a contemporary victory in Armstrong Park.

- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
​- photos by Ellis Anderson  


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Voodoofest on Rue Dumaine and the Spirited Woman Behind It

10/25/2019

 
Personalities - October 2019
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photo courtesy Brandi C. Kelley

On Halloween in the Quarter, the original VOODOOFEST celebrates its 21st year with drumming, dancing and a ceremony to honor the Ancestors. Meet the Voodoo Priestess who started it all.


- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
- photos by Ellis Anderson and courtesy Brandi C. Kelley


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Four Courtyards and Mail-Order Tree Frogs

9/25/2019

 
Domicile - September 2019
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French Country living in the French Quarter:  Every room in this fanciful home is defined by the gardens without.

- by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
- photos by Ellis Anderson 


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Living in a Tennessee Williams Play

8/17/2019

 
Personalities - August 2019
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​The man who made the Quarter's literary legacy come alive with his walking tours and Tennessee Williams lore:  a visit with Kenneth Holditch.

by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
photos by Ellis Anderson

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