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UPDATED: CURRENT INFORMATION ON GRANTS TO CREATE ART AND CULTURE.

Go here to get accurate information on grants for making culture. If you know of one we missed, contact programs@maccno.com

MaCCNO STATEMENT: ROYAL STREET PERFORMERS DESERVE SAFETY, RESPECT FROM CITY GOVERNMENT

“Three weeks ago, Verite News published an article by Richard Webster and Michael Isaac Stein detailing the ongoing struggles of these same performers as, for nearly the past year, the city failed to provide even the most basic protections for them. Despite a public announcement in April that the Pedestrian Mall had been reinstated (following an extended shut down due to the Hard Rock Hotel collapse and COVID-19 restrictions) the city almost immediately stopped deploying the five barricades that would have closed the street to traffic—forcing both performers and audiences to contend with a constant flow of automobiles and delivery trucks, putting their safety at risk. When performers tried to place barricades themselves, they were sometimes harassed and threatened with citation and arrest from law enforcement agencies—most frequently the Upper Quarter Patrol, which is supervised by the French Quarter Management District and funded by tourism dollars—the very dollars the performers being harassed help generate. The end result was a rigged system where the performers always came last.”

INTRODUCING FRENCHMENNOTES.COM

We are proud to announce the launch of FrenchmenNotes.com, an ongoing project by MaCCNO’s Program and Research Coordinator Hannah Kreiger-Benson and writer/bartender/independent researcher Laura DeFazio. Frenchmen Notes tells the story of Frenchmen Street as a musical incubator and destination from its earliest days through the beginning of the pandemic using “interviews, anecdotes, numbers, figures, and other research relating to its rich, complex history and cultural importance.” Please visit the site, take your time, and, if you would like, reach out to Hannah and Laura (at research@maccno.com) to tell your own story as well. The site will continue to be updated, so drop by anytime. FrenchmenNotes.com is generously supported by the Jazz and Heritage Foundation, the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane, and the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Click on the picture below to visit the site.

MaCCNO DUETS

MaCCNO Duets are a series of hour long conversations between 2 members of New Orleans cultural community, moderated by a member of our team. Because of COVID-19, we were unable to physically gather for our annual anniversary party and fundraiser, so these virtual conversations are how we celebrated this year. Enjoy, and if you are able, please consider making a donation to help fund our ongoing work.

MaCCNO DUETS: Al Jackson (Tremé Petit Jazz Museum) & Malik Bartholomew (Know NOLA Tours)

MaCCNO DUETS: GEORGE PORTER JR AND KHRIS ROYAL

MaCCNO DUETS: DJ SOUL SISTER AND $LEAZY EZ

MaCCNO DUETS: BRUCE “SUNPIE” BARNES AND JOSÉ FERMÍN CEBALLOS

MaCCNO DUETS: ARSÈNE DELAY AND JOY CLARK


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