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Julie & Julia: When the World Writes You Back

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Blogs, Comments, New Orleans, Publishing, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Julia Child, ReDefine 8/29, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Movie, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Food, Amy Adams, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Cooking, Writing, Julie and Julia, Feminism, Food Politics, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

No matter what twists we see in Publishing 2.0, a love story running through Julie & Julia is that sometimes, after the solitary act of writing, the world writes you back.

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Earth Day At Your Service: Generation New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Studio at Colton, The Kindness Project, Rebuilding Together New Orleans, ARC Mardi Gras Bead Recycling, Preservation Resource Center, Alliance for Affordable Energy, Historic Green, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, The Louisiana Cypress Purchase Legacy, Green Light New Orleans, Global Green, recycle4thearts, New Orleans, Service, Earth Day, Volunteers, Barack Obama, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Mardi Gras, Green Living, The Giving Life, New Orleans-Louisiana, Green News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

New Orleans met the new generation of grass roots volunteers the hard way -- they helped clean up after the largest American environmental disaster since the Dust Bowl and have been pitching in ever since.

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A Great Year for Heavy Donations

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Donations, ReDefine 8/29, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Giving, Happiness, The Giving Life, Living News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Even as the economy slows down, the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund seems to be a magnet for donations that weigh a great deal.

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Attention Shoppers: Santa's Still Looking for Louie

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.29.2008 | Style

Read More: Thanksgiving, Charity, Santa, Nomrf, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Sony Playstation, Shopping, Save NOLA, CC's Coffee, Trombone Shorty, Lionel Milton, Little Big Planet, Black Friday, Giving Life, Giving, Style News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

The turkey's finally digested and another online shopping season is in high gear, so with your indulgence here's my plug for New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund merchandise.

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R.E.M., Sack Boy and a Voodoo Doll

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Nomrf, New Orleans, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Rem, Voodoo Music Experience, ReDefine 8/29, Dr. John, Happiness, Little Big Planet, Von Dutch, Green Living, Playstation, R.E.M., Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

A random reveler at the Voodoo Music Experience handed me a voodoo doll with a lock of hair and said, "be careful."

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Messageboard for Musicians Fleeing Gustav

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Nomrf, Hurricane Gustav New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Hurricane Gustav, Home News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

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.

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Smokey on the Water: Rock Star Camp Rolls Into New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, Furnishing Our Neighbors, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Global Green, Ringo Starr, Cranston Clements, Shamarr Allen, Mark Hudson, Brad Pitt, Green Living, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

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...

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Green Furniture Program ReDefines 8/29 in New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, New Orleans, Furnishing Our Neighbors, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, ReDefine 8/29, Green News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

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...

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Jammin' Generosity Gets Guitars to Young Rockers

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, NOLA.Com, Chris Rose, Times Picayune, The Giving Life, Nomrf, New Orleans Musicians, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Musicians, Living News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

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...

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ReBuild Your Own New Orleans Garage Band

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 06.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Garage Band, Nomrf, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, New Orleans Charity, Rem, Fender Squier, Dr. John, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

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.

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Steven Paul Mark On Colbert, Writers' Strike

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Writers Strike Opinion Page, Stephen Colbert, Linda Ellerbee, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Cokie Roberts, The Daily Show, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Lou Dobbs, Dr. John, Writers' Strike, Writers' Strike News, George Bush, Home News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

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.

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