Important News
Chef John Besh’s New Orleans
The series is a tribute to and celebration of the food Chef loved as a boy growing up on the bayous, refined in his years of study in America and Europe, and brought back home where his seven New Orleans area restaurants are indelible parts of Louisiana’s restaurant landscape. Watch it Saturdays at 9:30 am and Sundays at 2:00 pm.
Watch on WYES
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Steppin’ Out
Don’t miss WYES’ weekly arts and entertainment program. Tonight with host and producer Peggy Scott Laborde are Poppy Tooker, John Kemp, Alan Smason, and the marching krewe, the Muff-A-lottas. Watch it at WYES On Demand. Repeat 11pm.
February 3, 2012 6:30 pm
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Informed Sources
Produced by Errol Laborde and hosted by Larry Lorenz, this award-winning weekly roundtable includes local reporters discussing the stories behind the week’s headlines. Repeat 11:30pm. Watch it at WYES On Demand.
February 3, 2012 7:00 pm
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Rex: Inside the School of Design
Discover how the Rex organization began, Rex’s role as a public organization, and stories of “If Ever I Cease to Love” as the Carnival anthem…plus much more! Pictured: Dr. Stephen Hales, author of Rex: An Illustrated History of the School of Design
February 5, 2012 10:00 pm
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American Experience “Freedom Riders”
From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives for simply traveling together on buses and trains through the Deep South. This is the inspirational story. In May 2011 WYES celebrated with community partners the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. Pictured: Charles Person, an original rider, and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu
February 7, 2012
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Steppin’ Out “It’s Carnival Time”
For over 25 years, Peggy Scott Laborde, along with Carnival historians, Errol Laborde and Arthur Hardy have provided the scoop on the upcoming Mardi Gras season. This year they will discuss: the best of Carnival, status of Carnival balls, impact on early Carnival krewes, efforts to improve Jefferson Parish parades, and more!
February 9, 2012
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The 2012 Rex Ball & the Meeting of the Courts of Rex and Comus
Join hosts Peggy Scott Laborde and Mardi Gras historian Errol Laborde for the 16th annual broadcast love from the Sheraton Hotel on Mardi Gras evening. Also, providing commentary will be Henri Schindler, Carnival historian and artistic designer for the Rex parade. Encore following immediately after initial broadcast.
February 21, 2012 7:30 pm
Local Projects and Initiatives
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Marcia Kavanaugh and Errol Laborde discuss Congressional policy and politics with Congressmen Scalise and Landry. Watch it at WYES On Demand.
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Every year, more than 1.3 million students drop out of high school ―7,000 students a day. WYES is part of American Graduate, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This public media initiative helps local communities across America find solutions to address the dropout crisis.
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The WYES Reshaping a Greater New Orleans: Rebuilding Our Coast web project offers an opportunity to hear first-hand from those working on restoration plans and projects and also to learn how you can become part of the effort to rebuild the coast.
