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WWNO Arts Features
WWNO Arts Features
Draw-a-Thon Offers 24 Hours of Unleashed Creativity
New Orleans, Louisiana
(2009-11-20)
Why stay up for 24 hours in order to draw? Only one way to find out. The fourth annual Draw-a-thon returns to the Green Project on Saturday, November 21.
National WWII Museum opens major expansion
New Orleans, LA
(2009-11-05)
New Orleans is well known for Mardis Gras and Bourbon Street, but a trend is emerging that shows cultural events and attractions bringing more people to the city. A major expansion of the National World War II Museum, opening this weekend, should continue that trend. Correspondent Eileen Fleming has more.
Voodoo Experience Creator and Producer Steve Rehage
New Orleans
(2009-10-29)
The Voodoo Experience - aka Voodoo Music Experience - which runs Friday, October 30th through Sunday, November 1st at City Park - has - in just eleven years - become one of New Orleans' top-ten tourist attractions. It got started back in 1999 thanks to the efforts of one music-loving New Orleanian and former LSU football star. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story...
20th Anniversary of the End of the Cold War Celebrated in Pictures at National WWII Museum
New Orleans, La.
(2009-11-02)
1989 - Year of Miracles: Austria and the End of the Cold War... a traveling photo exhibit curated by UNO history professor, Dr. Guenter Bischof, celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.
CATS Opens at the Mahalia Jackson Theater
New Orleans, La.
(2009-11-02)
The musical,CATS, marks the return of the Broadway Across America series to New Orleans.
Houston Ballet Kicks Off NOBA's 40th Anniversary Season!
New Orleans, La.
(2009-10-14)
In a one night only performance, the country's 4th largest ballet company celebrates a milestone with works by four preeminent choreographers at the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts.
Puccini's Tosca Opens New Orleans' Opera Season
New Orleans, La.
(2009-10-08)
Philadelphia native Mary Elizabeth Williams sings the title role as the New Orleans Opera Association opens the 2009-2010 season with Puccini's Tosca.
Dr. Allan Millett speaks on origins of the Korean War
New Orleans
(2009-08-12)
Dr. Alan Millett, a nationally renowned war historian, spoke at the National WWII Museum recently. WWNO's Paul Maassen spoke with Dr. Millett about the origins of the Korean War
Fighting With Two Hands
New Orleans, LA
(2009-07-17)
An Original Play by Helen Jaksch debuts at Tulane. Fighting With Two Hands focused on Minnie Maddern Fiske (born in New Orleans), an influential actress of the late19th and early 20th century who fought for artistic freedom against a monopolistic group called The Theatrical Syndicate, which controlled every aspect of the theater business in New York for almost 20 years.
Comedy of Errors local Shakespeare Production
New Orleans, LA
(2009-06-24)
Inside the Arts with WWNO - The latest production by the Shakespeare Festival at Tulane debuts this week - The Comedy of Errors WWNO's Paul Maassen spoke with some members of the cast. Shakespeare Festival at Tulane
Lynne Rossetto Kasper talks with WWNO
New Orleans, LA
(2009-06-04)
Starting June 6th at 11am, The Splendid Table, a show about everything food,with Lynne Rossetto Kasper debuts on WWNO. WWNO spoke with Lynn about the show and New Orleans food.
The British Are Coming to the LPO with a Rare Musical Treat!
New Orleans
(2009-04-28)
The British are coming with a musical treat as the LPO presents the U.S. premiere of York Bowen's Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Danny Driver.
New Orleans singer Phillip Manuel
New Orleans, LA
(2009-04-23)
As a child, New Orleans singer Phillip Manuel was personally encouraged to perform by Grammy-award winner Aaron Neville. Jazz is his forte, but for the past year-and-a-half, singing R&B has moved to the forefront. Hal Clark talks with Phillip Manuel.
Le Chat Noir Celebrates Veteran Broadway Actress Mary Louise Wilson
New Orleans
(2009-04-13)
New Orleans' Tony Award winning actress, and now playwright, Mary Louise Wilson is looking to tickle your funny bone with the premiere of "Short Takes: An Evening of Comedies", presented by All Kinds of Theater at Le Chat Noir.
Battiste to perform with the LPO
New Orelans, LA
(2009-03-20)
Harold Battiste is a New Orleans musician of the finest kind: a man who - in Duke Ellington's well-turned phrase - is "beyond category" - and it's that part of the Harold Battiste story that Fred Kasten has for you today.
An American Classic Returns to the New Orleans Stage
New Orleans
(2009-03-13)
The Anthony Bean Community Theater kicks off it's 2009 Season with Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding".
Opera Theater Returns for UNO's 50th Anniversary
New Orleans
(2009-03-13)
Singers from around the globe return to their alma mater as the UNO Music Department presents "Coming Home: Viva La Opera" as part of the university's ongoing 50th Anniversary celebration.
Wozniak interview
New Orleans
(2009-03-09)
The opening of a new exhibit this weekend at Lemieux Galleries displays collected works of respected N. O. photographer Bobby Wozniak. Wozniak speaks with WWNO's Jack Hopke about his background and works.
Berklee College of Music Seeks New Orleans' Talent
New Orleans
(2009-02-26)
Nearly three dozen talented young musicians, in and around the New Orleans area, are waiting to see if they made the cut following recent auditions for scholarships to Boston's Berklee College of Music.
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