R.E.M., Sack Boy and a Voodoo Doll
A random reveler at the Voodoo Music Experience handed me a voodoo doll with a lock of hair and said, "be careful."
A random reveler at the Voodoo Music Experience handed me a voodoo doll with a lock of hair and said, "be careful."
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 08.31.2008 | Home
The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund has posted a new messageboard for those who have room for musicians out on the road or in shelters.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 08.20.2008 | Entertainment
Mark Hudson and Shamarr Allen jam at Rock Fantasy Camp When Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp rolled into New Orleans, the rock star counselors asked the N...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green
The first blog I ever wrote for the Huffington Post was two years ago for the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund's ReDefine 8/29 program, so watching...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living
Today nola.com's Chris Rose described the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund guitar transfer (story here). Next month our charity is passing along a do...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 06.21.2008 | Entertainment
Almost three years post-Katrina, touring musicians are struggling with higher gas prices and can use help staying out on the road. Please join us in getting the next generation of New Orleans musicians started out right.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.26.2008 | Entertainment
Welcome to virtual New Orleans. It's a cool day, wild parrots are screeching in the back yard and we're waiting to see if it rains before heading to the racetrack.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.27.2008 | Entertainment
My only Tennessee story is not nearly as good as the ones you can hear during I Remember Tennessee at the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival this weekend.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment
If this year's Oscar fashions were too tame for your taste, check out the Saving NOLA Mardi Gras Open House. Styles were more Bjork than Tilda Swinton, so mix up a Sazerac, crank some Subdudes and check it out.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.04.2008 | Entertainment
It's been great watching a friend -- Mike Mills of REM -- experience his first Mardi Gras, which will pull you into the city like nothing else.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 01.30.2008 | Entertainment
Backstage at Mardi Gras Day is a celebration for local musicians as well as music lovers and relief workers from Global Green, the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund and Saving NOLA Now right on the parade route.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics
Just in time for Super Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, Abby Travis featuring the Bangles has issued the i-tunes track Lies to ben...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment
We're going to try to liveblog this year's Global Green / New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund / Saving NOLA Now Backstage at Mardi Gras Benefit which will be held safely indoors.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
You know you've been to a great show when the drummer introduces the headliner for his encore as "One pissed off motherfucker." In New Orleans last...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.24.2007 | Entertainment
In keeping with a Happy New Year, the same producer who made Ian Hunter's How's Your House Video has donated Sugar Bowl tickets to benefit the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund. Really good tickets.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.23.2007 | Living
New Orleans would be 50 times safer from flooding with bigger, better dikes. Here are 12 photos from the last 24 hours to let the Dutch know what they would get in exchange for their protection.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.13.2007 | Living
Two thirds of America is wary of where their New Orleans charity donations have gone, according to a new University of New Orleans survey, so this is ...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.05.2007 | Entertainment
When Cayetano (Tanio) Hingle applied for transportation from the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund, a family in Baton Rouge had just decided to dona...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.01.2007 | Living
Please consider heading south to New Orleans for the best live local music around: tourism is one of the most important components helping the artists who have made it home able to stay there.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.18.2007 | Home
I recently sat down with Steven Paul Mark, formerly of Comedy Central, and chatted about the writers' strike, Colbert For President, and the Daily Show blackout's impact on campaign overage.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.14.2007 | Entertainment
After completing your designs tonight, you will all be taken back to the Habitat for Humanity Designers Village in a single Toyota Prius.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.10.2007 | Media
My production note to studio chiefs: come film New Orleans' alternate reality and then give your writers a piece of the new media pie.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.08.2007 | Entertainment
Nostradamus proceeded to ________ the ________ between a wombat and Dick _______, and break up a slap fight between George Clooney and Fabio Lanzoni.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.30.2007 | Entertainment
This is a quick anniversary note to my husband since ten years ago was our surprise Halloween costume wedding.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics
Helping run a disaster based charity two years after the disaster feels like pushing a boulder uphill, but there are still hundreds of thousands displaced.
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Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.28.2008 | Entertainment