Who: Graham daPonte andGrant Morris of It’s New Orleans Happy Hour. The 60-minute podcast, hosted by former radio personality Grant Morris, brings three interesting, yet unassociated New Orleanians together — one male, one female and one musician who delivers a live performance — for lively conversation about the city over drinks. “We want it to be like a cocktail party,” says producer Graham daPonte “You end up talking to someone you don’t know.”
Film by: UNO student and filmmaker Larry Devall
Editor’s Note: NolaVie partners with students of UNO professor László Zsolt Fülöp, pairing them with artists, non-profits, environmental groups, and cultural entities to facilitate a live curriculum that results in a short documentary. Larry Devall, a film student in the Department of Film and Theatre at the University of New Orleans, recently spoke with daPonte and Morris about the formation of Happy Hour.
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Voodoo in New Orleans: Reviving history: New Orleans fortune telling This article takes a deep dive into the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, its hybridization with Catholicism, and its present-day place in the city's culture. The author visits fortune-tellers in the French Quarter, using their guidance as a tool for introspection rather than a deterministic predictor of the future. Through her experiences in New Orleans, the author feels a mystical connection to both the past and the future. 