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French Quarter Raised Rent Controversy
WGNO NewsAfter 17 years in one of the best apartments in the French Quarter, a couple packs up and moves on. The landlord raised the rent by more than $700 a month for an Upper Pontalba Apartment in Jackson Square. It's moving day for the Masons. Pat and Lee...Tags: Rentals, Real Estate, Human Interest, Apartments, Alec Baldwin
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A Tribute to Tenneessee Williams
WGNO NewsTennessee Williams is one of the most well-known playrights in American history and New Orleans had a big influence on his career. An exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection shows the link between some of Williams' most famous stories and the city...Tags: Human Interest, WGNO
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'A Streetcar Named Desire' at the Historic New Orleans Collection
WGNO NewsTennessee Williams is New Orleans' most popular playwright, and his most popular play is probably 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. The Historic New Orleans Collection recently showed an exhibit featuring this play set on the streets of the French Quarter,...Tags: Human Interest, WGNO
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Whats to Come in 2010
ABC26 NewsPacked New Orleans street cars may be a sign of what's to come 2010. "We're living right," says Mary Beth Romig with the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau. She says it's non-stop adventure in the city next year starting with day one -- the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Holidays, Sports, Religious Festivals, Halloween
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The Pontchartrain Hotel Reopens
ABC26 NewsThe list of people who've walked through these rooms is endless. "Bob Hope, Joe Fontane, Yule Brenner, Phyllis Diller, Gaga Gabor, Tennessee Williams." If only walls could talk. "Ginger Rogers. Frank Sinatra actually tickled the ivories in the piano bar,...Tags: Spiro Agnew, Humphrey Bogart, World War II (1939-1945), Hotels and Accommodations, Frank Sinatra
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Richard Ford finds his place in 'Canada'
It's tempting to call Richard Ford a writer of place. Beginning with his first novel, 1976's "A Piece of My Heart," the 68-year-old author has tended toward the border among landscape, language and character, using setting to help drive his narratives....
Tags: Richard Ford, Arts and Culture, Walter Benjamin, Literature, Flannery O'Connor
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Actor Blair Underwood On Starring In Broadway's 'A Street Car Named Desire'
PIX11.comActor Blair Underwood is the first African-American man to star in a Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." He stopped by live to talk about this Tennessee Williams classic which has has extended its Broadway run to Aug. 19. This season,...Tags: James Earl Jones, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Golden Globe Awards, Entertainment Events, Terence Blanchard
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, NATO Summit, World War II (1939-1945), Charles Dickens, Fine Artists
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Judith Ivey To Star In Sam Shepard Play At Long Wharf
Hartford CourantMultiple Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey will star in Sam Shepard's "Cirse of the Starving Class" in early 2013 at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre. The announmcement will be made Monday night, along with the other shows slated for the 2012-13 season for the...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Tony Awards, Entertainment, James Woods, Arts and Culture
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Satchmo Play, Judith Ivey, World Premieres Highlight Long Wharf Theatre Season
Hartford CourantThe return of Judith Ivey, a "world premiere" work about Louis Armstrong and the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Clybourne Park" are among the shows for the 2012-13 season at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. The 48th season opens with the new one-person...Tags: Entertainment, Yale Repertory Theatre, James Woods, Arts and Culture, Frank Sinatra
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Great Old Broad Series: Estelle Parsons
Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads,"that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certain age remind me of some of my own favorite interviews of like-minded dames. I'll post a series of these...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Olympia Dukakis, Galileo Galilei, Ethel Merman, Entertainment
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'Playhouse 90': Now that's quality TV
Fun with television history: In honor of the recent succession of wonderful cable TV shows ("Mad Men," "True Blood," "Nurse Jackie,""Justified,""Homeland,""Dexter,""The Walking Dead,""Breaking Bad," "Magic City" and so on), we're going to time-travel to...
Tags: Entertainment, Celebrities, PBS (tv network), Charles Bickford, Errol Flynn
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