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New Orleans, La – Story Corps comes to New Orleans - an interview with Story Corps founder David Isay, Carlos Miguel Prieto Fiesta Sinfonica, Louis Armstrong - Preservation Hall recording, Tim Williamson CEO and Founder of the Idea Village talking about Entrepreneur week.

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA –
It's impossible to live in New Orleans without noticing the surge in local seafood consumption this time of year. Lent sets the pace, when more people embrace the Catholic custom of meatless Fridays.

By Eileen Fleming

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Today on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - conversation with critically-acclaimed fiction writer Arthur Phillips, whose latest novel, "The Song Is You" made the New York Times Notable Books list for 2009 - and is due out in paperback later this month...

To find out more about Arthur Phillips - and - "The Song Is You" - please click here .

By Eileen Fleming

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, LA –

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Jazz pianist and singer/songwriter Bob Dorough was the musical mind - and voice - behind ABC TV's beloved - and widely acclaimed cartoon series "Schoolhouse Rock" - and one of the few singers to ever appear on a Miles Davis recording. At age 86, Bob Dorough makes his New Orleans debut Saturday night, February 27, 2010 at Snug Harbor. WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story...

To find out more about Bob Dorough - please click here .

By Farrar Hudkins

New Orleans – WWNO's Farrar Hudkins talks with Carlos Miguel Prieto, the Music Director of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, about the LPO's latest concert. {2/25/10}

By Eileen Fleming