Lots finally ready for building in Pontchartrain Park
After months of delays, the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood is poised to see a flood of residential rebuilding. New Orleans Recovery Authority Executive Director Richard Monteilh said two model homes...
View ArticleHBO’s drama ‘Treme’ renewed for 2nd season
NEW YORK — HBO says its new drama “Treme” has been picked up for a second season just days after its series premiere. The show is set in New Orleans in fall 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina....
View ArticleWendell Pierce to address Loyola class of ’11
Wendell Pierce, the New Orleans-raised actor who plays a New Orleans musician on an HBO television series, will address the Loyola University Class of 2011 during a commencement ceremony in May. The...
View ArticleSignificant planning remains for proposed Holy Cross development
If all goes as planned, the former Holy Cross School site will be transformed into an innovative, five-square-block development consisting of affordable housing for teachers, nonprofit office space,...
View ArticleFirst lady visits West Bank grocery store
Mrs. Obama was guided through the store by actor Wendell Pierce, a New Orleans native who has been leading an effort to open grocery stores in underserved neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
View ArticleMusicians kick off campaign to boost literacy
"Treme" actor and musician Wendell Pierce is scheduled to read to more than 500 New Orleans elementary school students in an effort to break the world record for largest reading lesson.
View ArticleWendell Pierce has big plans for New Orleans radio station
Wendell Pierce has big plans for WBOK AM, the African American-focused radio station and New Orleans institution that he and partners have just agreed to buy.
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