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By Eve Abrams

New Orleans, LA – The Greater New Orleans Foundation is the community foundation serving the region of metropolitan New Orleans. Their President & CEO Dr. Albert Ruesga recently discussed their role in the surrounding area.

New Orleans, LA – The StoryCorps Oral History Project came to the Gulf Coast to record people talking about how the BP Oil spill affected their lives. What followed were stories recorded by fisherme, business owners, long-time Gulf Coast residents and others who called the Gulf Coast home.

New Orleans, LA – In the aftermath of the Deepwater oil rig explosion, the BBC's Robyn Bresnahan spent a month in Louisiana with fishing families to see how they were affected. She found many communities on the brink, with fishermen fearing they would never fish again. One year later, she has returned to meet with some of the same families.

By Eve Abrams

New Orleans, Louisiana – It's been a year since BP's Macondo Well blew up off the coast of Louisiana, spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico and altering the lives, economies, and cultures of communities all along the Gulf Coast. Over the course of the year, Eve Abrams has been visiting the folks in Shell Beach, Louisiana. She recently checked in to see how things are going in this fishing community leveled by Katrina, but perhaps hurt harder one year ago.

By Eve Abrams

New Orleans, LA – NPR news analyst and native New Orleanian Cokie Roberts will be contributing to "Native Tongues: The Food Edition," taking place at Le Chat Noir from April 7th-24th, 2011. WWNO's Paul Maassen spoke with Roberts about her involvement with the play.

Tickets are available through Le Chat Noir.

New Orleans, LA – The University of New Orleans unveiled its Students First initiative today, with various campus upgrades provided by more than $2.2 million in federal hurricane recovery funds. These upgrades include a new campus wireless internet system and technological upgrades for the colleges. The event was attended by many, including U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond and Senator David Vitter, who shared his thoughts on the project with WWNO.

By Eve Abrams

New Orleans, Louisiana – For many New Orleanians, Mardi Gras season is the time to take down the boxes stuffed with glittery fabric and feathers, hit the thrift stores, and start stirring the paper mache. What does costuming mean? A time to escape, a time to play, a time to hide and be seen all at once. And sometimes, your costume becomes something else: it tells you a story about your own life. Eve Abrams brings us this documentary about New Orleans' Mardi Gras costuming.

By Eve Abrams

New Orleans, Louisiana – Though the economic and scientific aspects of the Gulf Oil Disaster are subject to multiple, ongoing studies by governemental and independent entities, the cultural impacts of the Disaster have received far less funding and attention, not to mention, coordination. But Eve Abrams learned that the
Southern Food and Beverage Museum is determined to change that.