Melba’s and Levees.org to partner for literacy on August 29, 2020

Everyone in New Orleans knows where Melba’s Po’boy shop is. The iconic eatery / washerteria is a landmark located at the junction of Elysian Fields and North Claiborne Avenues. But did you know that the owners, Jane and Scott Wolfe have a literacy program? On the 15th Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in […]

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Levees.org to host Virtual Panel to Observe 15th Anniversary of Levee Breaches

Part time New Orleans resident Harry Shearer (producer of The Big Uneasy) will moderate the one-hour expert panel discussion. Guest panelists: Gary Rivlin, author of Katrina: After the Flood Rudy Vorkapic, creator of satirical newspaper The Levee: “We Hold Nothing Back” LT General Russel Honore (Ret) Flozell Daniels, CEO & President of Foundation for Louisiana […]

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Arts Council to partner with Levees.org to install sculpture at Levee Exhibit Hall

The structure is designed by youth artists The Arts Council of New Orleans, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and the residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood, will install a new sculpture at Levees.org’s Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden. The art commission arose out of a much […]

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