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12.21.02
COVER
STORY
The
Gift
New Orleans native Warren Brown needed a kidney, and his Washington
Post colleague Martha McNeil Hamilton had two. Their story,
just published in the new book, Black and White and Red All Over,
is a parable of friendship and integration.
By David Winkler-Schmit
NEWS & VIEWS
Commentary
Green dividends.
Measured
in Ounces
Louisiana has one of the highest proportion of low-birthweight babies
in the nation. The results can be death or disabilities. The cause
is often a mystery.
By
Katy Reckdahl
Remembering
Stan Rice
When Stan Rice died earlier this month, New Orleans lost an original
-- if inscrutable -- poet and painter.
By
D. Eric Bookhardt
Pulp
Nonfiction
With the publication of The Gangs of New York -- now a
Martin Scorsese movie -- author Herbert Asbury established himself
as the nation's premier chronicler of crime and sin. Not surprisingly,
he soon turned his attention to New Orleans.
By Garry Boulard
Inside
Jeff Parish
By Jeff Crouere
Politics
Clancy DuBos on Lott, Foster and Duke.
Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.
Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu on Christmas raccoons.
FEATURES
Sister
Act
A recent set of CD reissues is a reminder of how New Orleans'
Boswell Sisters revolutionized jazz vocal groups.
By Tom McDermott
Blake
Pontchartrain
New Orleans Know-it-all.
Shop Talk
Kandace Power Graves on Road Show Coach & RV Center of New
Orleans.
ARTS
& ENTERTAINMENT
Solo
Practice
Twenty years ago, Dr. John single-handedly
recorded one of the best albums of his career.
By Tom McDermott
Hot Seven
Our suggestions for all that's worth doing and seeing this week,
including the HotPick.
Special Events
Listings
Set Break
Scott Jordan on Jim Dickinson.
Music Listings
Club Directory
Theater
Dalt Wonk on Aida.
Theater Listings
Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on Leslie Elliotsmith and Matthew Cox.
Art Listings
Film
Balcony Seats
Rick Barton on Gangs of New York.
Reviews
Shala Carlson on The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers.
Film Listings
CUISINE
Restaurant Review
Sara Roahen on Sugar Magnolia.
Food News
By Sara Roahen
Wine of the Week
By Brenda Maitland
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