New this month is a virtual exhibit that shows how New Orleans has benefited from Black leadership and engagement since the 19th Century. Hancock Whitney and the Amistad Research Center at Tulane have partnered to present this curated collection, entitled...
By Camille Barnett, Gentilly Messenger With spring graduation ceremonies canceled or postponed, many class of 2020 graduates are disappointed that their official graduation day won’t be recognized the way they had anticipated. “That walk across a stage was earned through...
colleges / Featured / recognition
by Tyree Worthy · Published May 6, 2020 · Last modified May 8, 2020
Dillard University alumnus Jericho Brown has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 2019 collection entitled “The Tradition.” The Pulitzer board deemed it “a collection of masterful lyrics that combine delicacy with historical urgency in their loving evocation...
Advertiser's Message / colleges / Food and Drink
by Tyree Worthy · Published April 28, 2020 · Last modified May 19, 2020
The smell of sautéed shallots, butter browning, and sugar caramelizing hits your nose the moment you walk down the halls of Nicholls State University’s Chef John Folse Culinary Institute, the only post-secondary institution in Louisiana offering a four-year culinary degree....
City Government / colleges / Featured / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published April 17, 2020 · Last modified April 28, 2020
Dillard University’s plans for a new dormitory complex moved a step forward this week. The required zoning change for the site received the unanimous approval of the City Planning Commission. The site at 4101 Norman Mayer Ave. previously held the...
Arts, books, and music / colleges / Events / Featured / Food and Drink / things to do
by Tyree Worthy · Published March 6, 2020
Food historian, educator, and author Zella Palmer will present her recently published “Recipes and Remembrances of Fair Dillard, 1869-2019” this Sunday, March 8. Using recipes and research, Palmer’s book documents the African American culinary history of New Orleans through the...
Students and staff members at University of New Orleans came out to their cars on Thursday (Feb. 6) to find their windows had been smashed. Around 1:30 a.m. UNO Police Department officers arrived at a parking lot where break-ins were...
Criminal justice advocate Cyntoia Brown-Long, who was given a life sentence for killing a man who solicited her for sex, will speak at Dillard University President’s Lecture Series this Tuesday, Feb. 4. Brown-Long was convicted of aggravated robbery and first-degree...
business / colleges / Entertainment
by Tyree Worthy · Published January 29, 2020 · Last modified January 30, 2020
Wendell Pierce and partners relaunch WBOK with new programming at new station location WBOK 1230 AM, Louisiana’s oldest African-American radio station, relaunched with a new brand, website, programming and more on Monday (Jan. 27). Under its new owners, Equity Media,...
Churches & Religion / colleges / Events / Social Action
by Gentilly Messenger · Published January 20, 2020
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “Dimensions of a Complete Life” sermon at Dillard University at the HBCU’s 1959 baccalaureate ceremony. So it’s fitting that the the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events culminate on Tuesday (Jan....
The Dillard University homecoming parade is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. to noon. Before the parade begins or when crowd size warrants, the New Orleans Police Department will close the route to vehicles. Plan ahead and avoid...
colleges / Featured / Food and Drink / recognition
by Gentilly Messenger · Published November 8, 2019
by Camille Barnett With New Orleans respected around the world for its rich culinary culture, Zella Palmer wants to ensure its history is preserved and those who helped shape and inspire the city’s cultural identity are recognized. Palmer—educator, food historian,...
