Hoodoo Central

03/05/2025

Cultural Center in New Orleans, LA

10/31/2024

Steppin’ Out host Peggy Scott Laborde welcomes
Poppy Tooker and Alan Smason.

Also appearing are Brandon V. Lewis, executive director of the Helis Foundation John Scott Center and Divine Prince Ty Emmecca, a Voodoo Priest who will discuss the upcoming Fet Gede Day of the Dead ceremony to be held at the New Orleans Healing Center.

Rabadash Records Founder/singer/pianist John Autin will discuss the 40th anniversary of the local label and perform.

Steppin' Out will be broadcast on WYES and stream on wyes.org TONIGHT, Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7pm. It will repeat Friday at 10:30 pm.
The program will also be available on WYES & PBS apps. After the initial airing it will be shown on WYES' You Tube Channel.

*Truly honored to have been a guest on STEPPING' OUT television show in New Orleans on WYES to invite you all to enjoy Fet Ghede with us!
Friday November 1st 2024 at 5 pm
Please where all white with a purple headwrap or Black, White and Purple.

Since 1987, STEPPIN' OUT has been New Orleans' only weekly arts and entertainment review. Peggy Scott Laborde is joined weekly by regulars such as radio host Poppy Tooker and theater critic Alan Smason as they discuss the latest happenings around the Crescent City.









The program will also be available on WYES & PBS apps. After the initial airing it will be shown on WYES' You Tube Channel.

10/23/2024

Keep It In The Culture at the Backstreet Culture Museum PodcastS2 EP 4Featuring Joell Lee aka Jo Baby of the Black Seminoles & Lacharlette Boue aka Oh La La

07/21/2024

Tour Guide of 30-years, Kristie Thibodeaux, 43, was fatally shot in her car on St. Peter Street in the early morning hours of June 30.

Today we cleanse the location and release her spirit to the heavens with a Vodou/Voodoo homegoing ritual.

The New Orleans National Vodou Day Organization

www.VodouDay.org

Tour Guide of 30-years, Kristie Thibodeaux, 43, was fatally shot in her car on St. Peter Street in the early morning hours of June 30.Today we cleanse the lo...

07/21/2024

WHAT: New Orleans National Vodou Day Art Unveiling Event

WHEN: August 10, 2024. 6:30 pm

WHERE: Corner of St. Claude Ave. and Spain St. in the area with the driftwood ship and Mosaic Couch

Join us Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 6:30 pm and discover what the mysterious and beautiful new art at the corner of St Claude Ave and Spain Street is all about!

Blessing and dedication of the “FLYING SPIRITS” monument by Haitian born artist Edouard Duval-Carrie, which serves as a permanent monument of remembrance and connection for New Orleans National Vodou Day.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Please wear all white with white head covering.
Funding for this project was made possible by Councilman Freddie King.Funding for the inaugural New Orleans National Vodou Day was also provided by New Orleans & Co and The Louisiana State Museum Foundation.

www.VodouDay.org

07/19/2024

Flooding in Faubourg Treme, 6th and 7th Wards

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Flooding in FaubourgTreme, 6th and 7th Wards

07/06/2024

Maafa means "horrific tragedy" in Swahili. Read to see how Ashe Cultural Arts Center is turning this into a celebration of remembrance with their Maafa 2024 events.

04/27/2024

New Orleans Council on Aging Releases it's

2024 State of Seniors Living in New Orleans Report

NEW ORLEANS ( April 9, 2024) - The New Orleans Council on Aging is releasing it's report on the State of Seniors living in New Orleans in 2024. Among the findings are:

The metropolitan area of New Orleans is number one in the nation for the largest number of Older Americans who are either food insecure, or have very low food security.
10,667 elders are food insecure, meaning they do not have access to healthy food on a regular basis.
4,174 seniors have very low food security, meaning they are skipping meals to cover other basic needs such as medicine and / or housing.

New Orleans has the highest population of seniors in the nation that is living in poverty.
34,828 households in New Orleans have a senior living in poverty residing in them.
30,920 seniors live in a household where they are living above the poverty line, but are only able to afford the basics needed for survival.
55,731 elderly households in New Orleans either live in poverty, or live in a situation where one emergency can lead them into poverty.

The report highlights the problems of social isolation in the senior population of New Orleans, among other additions items..

"This report only highlights areas where the New Orleans Council on Aging's services helps to resolve," states Martin Huber, Director of Community Services. "The near future will see the population of those 60 and older grow to encompass 30% of New Orleans population. This report is only the tip of the ice berg that is heading our way."

04/22/2024

Happy EARTH Day!🌐 PEACE🌍

7 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day 2023 - Here's a story I generated using the new Bing, the world's AI-powered answer engine. Click to see the full story and try it yourself.

07/12/2023

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07/12/2023