Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - (Page 59) The shock from what we learned on the screens of our TV and our computer was deepened by our vivid memories of the city. Every image of devastation was shadowed by how we knew it had looked just a few days before. that crosses the lake into Jefferson Parish, which adjoins New Orleans. This was the same bridge we had been forced to use the day we evacuated because the other routes out of the city were already jammed. That morning we had been nervous, crossing the open water of the choppy lake that would flood our house two days later after a levee had collapsed. Coming home in the dark across the long bridge, we were too exhausted to be nervous about the uncertain future that awaited us in the unlit city we could barely make out on the south shore. Up ahead on the interstate into New Orleans, gigantic spotlights seemed to hover over the roadway. As we slowed, we saw a contingent of police manning a checkpoint barricading the highway. It was after 8 o’clock; the curfew was in effect, and the city was closed for the night. Diverted from the interstate, we followed a back street littered with cracked pieces of sheetrock and shattered branches. Heaps of ruined carpets and mattresses and furniture and toys spilled from sidewalks into the gutters. Every house was sprayed with a red X; in each quadrant, a number reported what a search team had found: how many survivors on the right, how many bodies at the bottom. We had been unable to find an apartment to rent by phone; a FEMA representative told us the nearest available rentals were in Mobile, Alabama. But a friend located a tiny apartment attached to the back of a daycare center that we could use until the end of the month. We unloaded the car, found a bag of pretzels in the dayWinter 2005-06/LOUISIANA CULTURAL VISTAS 59
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005 Contents Letters Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Louisiana State Museum After Katrina: “It’s time somebody woke us us up.” Missing New Orleans On Perilous Ground The Buildings of Louisiana (Architectural History by Karen Kingsley) Historic New Orleans Collection Louisiana Association of Museums Back to New Orleans Diary of a Displaced Person Jazz Notes (Music History by Bruce Raeburn) Cradle of the Stars The Terrible and the Brave Bookstand (Book Review by Thomas Uskali) Sound Advice (Music Review by Ben Sandmel) Forum (Commentary by James Lee Burke) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005 (Page Cover1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005 (Page Cover2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Contents (Page 1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Letters (Page 2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Editor’s Column (Page 3) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 4) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 5) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 6) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (Page 7) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 8) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 9) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 10) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 11) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - After Katrina: “It’s time somebody woke us us up.” (Page 12) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - After Katrina: “It’s time somebody woke us us up.” (Page 13) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - After Katrina: “It’s time somebody woke us us up.” (Page 14) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - After Katrina: “It’s time somebody woke us us up.” (Page 15) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - After Katrina: “It’s time somebody woke us us up.” (Page 16) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - After Katrina: “It’s time somebody woke us us up.” (Page 17) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 18) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 19) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 20) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 21) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 22) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 23) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 24) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 25) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 26) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 27) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 28) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 29) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 30) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Missing New Orleans (Page 31) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 32) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 33) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 34) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 35) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 36) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 37) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 38) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 39) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 40) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 41) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 42) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - On Perilous Ground (Page 43) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Buildings of Louisiana (Architectural History by Karen Kingsley) (Page 44) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Buildings of Louisiana (Architectural History by Karen Kingsley) (Page 45) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Buildings of Louisiana (Architectural History by Karen Kingsley) (Page 46) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Buildings of Louisiana (Architectural History by Karen Kingsley) (Page 47) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 48) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 49) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 50) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 51) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Association of Museums (Page 52) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Louisiana Association of Museums (Page 53) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 54) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 55) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 56) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 57) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 58) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 59) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 60) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 61) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 62) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 63) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 64) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 65) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 66) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Back to New Orleans (Page 67) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 68) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 69) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 70) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 71) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 72) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 73) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 74) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 75) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Diary of a Displaced Person (Page 76) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Jazz Notes (Music History by Bruce Raeburn) (Page 77) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 78) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 79) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 80) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 81) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 82) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 83) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 84) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 85) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 86) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 87) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 88) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Cradle of the Stars (Page 89) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 90) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 91) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 92) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 93) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 94) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 95) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 96) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 97) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 98) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - The Terrible and the Brave (Page 99) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Bookstand (Book Review by Thomas Uskali) (Page 100) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Bookstand (Book Review by Thomas Uskali) (Page 101) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Sound Advice (Music Review by Ben Sandmel) (Page 102) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Sound Advice (Music Review by Ben Sandmel) (Page 103) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Forum (Commentary by James Lee Burke) (Page 104) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Forum (Commentary by James Lee Burke) (Page Cover3) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2005-2006 - Forum (Commentary by James Lee Burke) (Page Cover4)
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