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2020-04-21
Corey Henry Mourns the Passing of Leona Grandison, owner of Candlelight Lounge, New Orleans, LA
In a facebook post, trumpeter and bandleader Corey Henry mourns Leona "Chinee" Grandison, who passed away from COVID-19. Grandison was the owner of Candlelight Lounge and Henry credits her as giving him and his band their first start. -
2020-04-26
Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet Stream Live Performance from Vaughan's Lounge, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans trumpeter and bandleader Corey Henry announces live stream performance by his band Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet from Vaughan's Lounge during COVID-19 stay-at-home-order. -
2020-04-28
New Orleans Musicians Perform A Socially Distanced Funeral Song, New Orleans LA
From NPR: "Relative to other states, Louisiana experienced an early spike in COVID-19 cases and on March 16, the city of New Orleans issued social distancing guidelines that advised against gatherings of more than 10 people. That included funerals. When a few names on the deceased list hit close to home, Brass-a-Holics bandleader Winston "Trombone" Turner felt they needed to be honored like they would have been, ordinarily — with music. So, in a moment when so many are offering what they can for the common good, Turner picked up his horn and called a few friends to record a performance of "I'll Fly Away" in City Park. It's a song played at almost every traditional New Orleans funeral that allows the congregation to celebrate the passing of a soul from one life to the next." -
2020-05-01
Coushatta Tribe Invites Tribal Members for U.S. Census Virtual Engagement Weekend
"It is being NAMED and KNOWN and COUNTED as all the citizens of this Nation" is the message that goes out to the community from the Coushatta Tribal office in a drive to encourage participation in the U.S. Census, which determines government funding and services for the next decade. #IndigenousStories -
2020-03-26
Xavier University Donates PPE to West Jefferson Medical Center, Westwego, LA
West Jefferson Medical Center thanks Xavier University School of Pharmacy for donating much needed PPE supplies. -
2020-03-30
ER Doctor Roland Waguespack Shares Local Perspective with NBC, Metairie, LA
East Jefferson Hospital thanks Emergency Room Doctor Roland Waguespack for his continued work at the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic and shares his interview with NBC Nightly News during which he discussed shortages of medical supplies in Louisiana hospitals. -
2020-04-04
Chalk Messages Thank Medical Heroes, Metairie, LA
Chalk messages thank the frontline personnel on the sidewalks outside a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-07
Crawfish Donated to Local Musician, Westwego, LA
Chase Bruner, a local firefighter, and business owner donated boiled crawfish to local musician Ryan Foret and The Foret Tradition prior to a live-streamed performance. -
2020-03-27
West Jefferson Medical Center Featured in Drew Brees Interview, Westwego, LA
New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees donated 5 million dollars to help deliver meals to needy people in Louisiana. An interview with Brees on the TODAY show featured images of West Jefferson Medical Center. -
2020-03-27
West Jefferson Medical Center Receives Italian Food Donation, Westwego, LA
West Jefferson Medical Center thanks local restaurant for donating spaghetti and meatball dinners to its Emergency Room night "krewe." -
2020-04-07
Making and Donating Face Shields, Jefferson Parish, LA
Scott Walker Media provides 75 face shields for medical personnel at East Jefferson General Hospital. Scott Walker challenges others to get involved in donating PPE to area hospitals. A local festival planning company, Pelican Events, shifted its operations to produce masks locally. -
2020-04-01
Groceries Available to Medical Workers in Hospitals, New Orleans, LA
A small grocery store is set up in hospitals to provide employees with essential items as their rigorous work schedules continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-07
Snoballs for Medical Staff, Westwego, LA
Plum Street Snoballs provided medical staff with a tasty treat during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-08
West Jefferson Medical Center Patient Recovers, Westwego, LA
West Jefferson Medical Center staff celebrates as patient recovers from COVID-19. -
2020-04-30
9 Roses Cafe in the French Quarter is Closed Until Further Notice, Take-Out Available at Gretna Location, New Orleans, LA
9 Roses Cafe in the French Quarter closes due to the pandemic, but the restaurant's Gretna location remains open for take-out. -
2020-04-29
Ma Momma's House Restaurant Can't-Wait to Get Back in the Kitchen, New Orleans, LA
Ma Momma's House Restaurant offers words of encouragement, wishing to be back in the kitchen to serve customers as they are closed during the pandemic. -
2020-04-24
Ma Momma's House Restaurant Promotes Popular Meal During #feastinplace for Jazz Fest, New Orleans, LA
Ma Momma's Cornbread, Chicken, and Waffles Restaurant posts a photo reminiscent of Jazz Fests past with one of the restaurant's best sellers. The restaurant is #ClosedDueToCoVID19. -
2020-04-16
Ma Mamma's House Restaurant Shares the Cancellation of Essence Festival, New Orleans, LA
Ma Momma's House of Cornbread, Chicken, and Waffles shares the announcement of the cancellation of Essence Festival 2020. The restaurant will miss the loyal customers coming from the convention center. -
2020-04-13
Dooky Chase Restaurant Suspends Takeout to Begin Community Give Back Days, New Orleans, LA
Dooky Chase Restaurant announces the restaurant will shut down temporarily until May to conduct the Community Give Back Days. -
2020-04-06
Dooky Chase Restaurant Promotes Curbside Service, New Orleans, LA
Dooky Chase Restaurant shares an article from nola.com that promotes the restaurant's curbside service. The article reads exactly, "Dooky Chase’s gumbo z’herbes goes curbside to keep a New Orleans tradition rolling." -
2020-03-22
Dooky Chase Restaurant Offers Curbside Pick-up and Family Meals, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans' famous Dooky Chase restaurant offers words of encouragement during the pandemic and offers food from the restaurant's popular take-out window. -
2020-03-23
14 Parishes Jamaican Restaurant Promotes Stopping the Spread and Supporting Small Businesses, New Orleans, LA
14 Parishes Jamaican Restaurant post reads exactly, "#stopthespread #supportsmallbusinesses," with a flyer promoting online ordering. -
2020-03-20
14 Parishes Jamaican Restaurant Remains Open with Delivery Options, New Orleans, LA
14 Parishes Jamaican Restaurant offers to-go orders through the Uber Eats application to keep business moving. -
2020-03-11
14 Parishes Jamaican Restuarant Gear Up To Serve Customers, New Orleans, LA
14 Parishes Jamaican Restaurant in New Orleans shares a photograph with an employee wearing a mask and gloves to assemble a table full of meals. -
2020-04-30
Low Barrier COVID-19 Cultural Relief Grants, MACCNO, New Orleans, LA
While numerous non-profits created grants to assist New Orleans musicians out of work due to COVID-19, many required financial paperwork and immediate access to a computer. Many of New Orleans culture bearers most in need were unable to apply for assistance. MaCCNO created a low barrier grant to assist these folks. The document reads: "MaCCNO remains committed to ensuring all members of our cultural community have access to relief during the COVID-19 crisis, but we know many musicians, traditional culture bearers, and other cultural practitioners are struggling to access the resources they need. To meet that challenge, drawing from the lessons learned by Sweet Home New Orleans, we have launched our own “low barrier” $250 mini-grants, which are available to members of the cultural community who work/practice in and around New Orleans. To date, we've already given out nearly 100 grants to working musicians, street performers, Black Masking Indians, dancers, Social Aid and Pleasure Club members, burlesque performers, and many others. Grants are distributed on a rolling basis, so the more money we can raise, the more people we can assist. We know those most in need of aid are often the least likely to be able to access it, so we are operating via referrals, proactively reaching out to members of the cultural community who then connect us with people they know are in need (however, self-referrals are also possible). When we connect with a person in need of aid, we conduct a roughly 10 minute intake session over the phone. Once complete, funds are distributed via Paypal, CashApp, or paper check as soon as possible. Priority is given to those aged 70+ and individuals who are having difficulty accessing other forms of financial assistance." -
2020-04-29
Screencap from NextDoor (neighborhood message board)
screenshot from a post on NextDoor that indicates quarantined Baton Rouge citizens have been making concerned calls about "orphaned" animals. "An Important Message About Orphaned Wildlife Neighbors, The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has received many calls from concerned community members about healthy infant and adolescent wildlife that were mistaken as “orphaned.” They want to share with all of us that a majority of wildlife leave their offspring for considerable amounts of time, and that it is rare for a parent to completely abandon their offspring. Typically, a mother’s watchful eye is not far away. Unfortunately, when humans try to handle or move young animals, parents may not be able to find their offspring, or feel that the humans are too close for comfort to return for their offspring. For more information about what to do if you think you’ve found injured or abandoned wildlife in your neighborhood, visit the LDWF resource guide here: wlf.louisiana.gov/page/injured-orphaned-wildlife Thanks, and continue to stay safe and healthy. Eric" -
2020-04-17
Neighborhood Garden, Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans, LA
Neighborhood gardens continue to thrive and provide healthy food like this one along the Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-17
Musicians Discuss Gigs While Social Distancing, New Orleans, LA
Three musicians discuss dwindling gig opportunities while maintaining social distancing in the Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans. -
2020-04-17
Social Distance Signage, Ruby Slipper, New Orleans, LA
Social distance signage at the Ruby Slipper in Fauborg Marigny, New Orleans, during the COVID-10 pandemic. -
2020-04-17
“Spread The Love Not The Disease" Mural, 82nd Airborne Unit, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
This “Spread The Love Not The Disease” mural was done by members of the 82nd Airborne unit, French Quarter New Orleans. -
2020-04-17
Creative Graffiti Appears on Boarded-Up French Quarter Businesses, New Orleans, LA
Creative graffiti is appearing on many of the boarded-up French Quarter businesses. -
2020-04-17
Cleaning Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA
Some Bourbon Street business are maintaining their cleaning schedules even with reduced, or non-existent, foot traffic on Bourbon Street. -
2020-04-17
Two Men Demonstrate 6-Foot Rule, Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA
Two men on Bourbon Street demonstrate the 6-foot distancing rule in a light-hearted moment during Covid 19. -
2020-04-17
World-Famous Chris Owens Club Temporarily Shuttered, New Orleans, LA
World-famous clubs like Chris Owens at 500 Bourbon Street are shuttered during Covid-19. -
2020-04-17
Masked Woman in Empty French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
A woman in a mask is the only pedestrian on Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. -
2020-04-17
Streets Vacant in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
View of vacant street looking down Burgundy, at the St. Ann Street intersection during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. -
2020-04-17
French Quarter Streets Vacant, New Orleans, LA
The French Quarter streets in New Orleans are still mostly vacant. This man is carrying a “flat” of Louisiana strawberries home from the market. -
2020-04-17
Entrepreneur Salvages Materials, New Orleans, LA
Creative entrepreneurs can salvage materials for use in their projects like this man from Baller Bikes in New Orleans. -
2020-04-17
Bayou Bicycles Experiences Bicycle Boom, New Orleans, LA
The bicycle boom continues in Covid-19 New Orleans as retailers like Bayou Bicycles open for limited hours and by appointment. -
2020-04-17
Luthier at Work Inlaying Cabinets, New Orleans, LA
Craftspersons who normally work alone in their studios are turning to non-typical projects during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. This luthier at New Orleans Guitar Company is shown working on cabinet doors with inlay. -
2020-04-22
A Letter from 4-year-old Hattie to her Great Aunt, New Orleans, LA
A letter from 4-year-old Hattie Jane Parker of Josephine, Alabama, dictated to her mother, to her 73-year-old great aunt in New Orleans, LA. The letter reads: "I hope we can visit you soon. We can come visit you when the germ is gone. We are at the beach right now. We are having fun swimming and Dada got a new sticker book for me, We want to have fun with you but we can't until the germ is gone. 'Hi Shaun the Sheep!'" -
2020-04-01
25th Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow Postponed Until Further Notice
"The Pow Wow is an opportunity for our Tribe as well as other Native Americans to come together as a community and celebrate our heritage. Out of concern for the health and well-being of our members and all who plan to attend, we will reschedule when we feel that it is safe to do so." #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-07
Religious Services Navigate Coronavirus Restrictions
This article addresses some of the issues faced by various religious communities across the United States of America in the wake of restrictions due to COVID-19. It mentions some ways in which organizations are adapting services to comply with social distancing restrictions, and it provides more examples of organizations that have actively opposed these restrictions. It also incorporates the thoughts about compliance versus noncompliance from others across different religious traditions. The article points out that, for many of the religious traditions addressed, the measures being taken in response to the pandemic, such as social distancing, are in line with the central principles of their beliefs. The article closes by addressing some of the issues that communities face in their attempts to adapt services to these restrictions. -
2020-04-20
Meal Distribution Relocated, New Orleans, LA
A sign posted at Bricolage Academy, located in the Bayou St. John neighborhood of New Orleans, states that meal distribution is no longer available at their location. During the COVID-19 pandemic, New Orleans schools serve as pick up spots for meals for people under 18 years old who are enrolled in public school. -
2020-04-20
Fortier Park Closed and Fenced Off, New Orleans, LA
Fortier Park, a small park in New Orleans, fenced off to prevent people from recreating in public during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. -
2020-04-20
"Please Be Brave" Tag, New Orleans, LA
"Please Be Brave" tagged on overpass Broad Street. This tag has proliferated throughout New Orleans during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-07
Feeding 400 People in 12 Days, Westwego, LA
Jordan Bradbury Catering feeds 400 frontline workers in 12 days. -
2020-03-22
Light it Blue, Jefferson Parish, LA
Light it blue as a token of appreciation to those serving on the frontlines of COVID-19. -
2020-03-22
Police Define Essential Personnel, Westwego, LA
Westwego Police Department shares the definition of essential personnel via social media. -
2020-03-24
Louisiana Tribe Joins Forces with Pharmaceutical Company to Increase Covid-19 Tests
“As the First People of this land we carry the genetic memory of the devastation pandemics cause, but in this present moment of crisis we are one tribe,” said David Sickey, Tribal Chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. “COVID-19 does not discriminate. The virus doesn’t care what ethnicity we are or what our political ideology is. We are facing an invisible enemy that we must unite to defeat. The CoV-2 Rapid Test brings visibility to this faceless foe so that our heroes on the frontlines, the doctors, nurses and first responders, know where to take the fight and how to treat our fellow citizens who have contracted the virus. Fear is stoked by the unknown. With these tests we can reduce the fear factor for people across the United States.” #IndigenousStories