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teach-in and discussion re: busking laws

12 Friday Apr 2019

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Street Performers, come learn about your rights! The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans is hosting a FREE teach-in and discussion re: busking laws in New Orleans.

The meeting will provide a discussion and Q&A session for the rights and responsibilities of street performers and law enforcement, which will include participation from a civil rights attorney. This open dialogue looks to establish a safe space for performers to 1) ask questions, 2) express concerns, and/or 3) discuss incidents without enforcement agencies present.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 2 PM – 3:30 PM
Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant

1001 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

In Memoriam: Scotty Cathcart Hill (1947-2018)

02 Saturday Jun 2018

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In Memoriam: Scotty Cathcart Hill (1947-2018)

A lot of people don’t realize that Scotty was an individual that made it possible for everybody to play on the streets,” says trumpeter Gregg Stafford, who began performing with Hill around 1975. “His band was the first band out on the streets of New Orleans,” Stafford continues, as he remembers what a struggle it was for Hill to stand up against complaints from shop owners and harassment by the police to keep his group playing outdoors in the French Quarter. “Many a time we had to go to court, we were issued a summons, arrested and went to jail.”

Hill’s French Market Jazz Band’s spot was on the corner of Royal and St. Peter streets and, according to Stafford, most of the musicians who worked regular gigs on Bourbon Street in the early 1980s would join the group on their days off. “We were making more money in two hours on the street than they’d make in six hours in a club. We were the only band on the street.”

Royal Street clarinetist/band leader wins 2016 Big Easy award

22 Sunday Jan 2017

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                    Best Clarinetist – Doreen Ketchens.

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If you haven’t seen her perform, then get on down to Royal Street most days and be prepared to be blown away.

http://www.offbeat.com/news/winners-last-nights-best-beat-music-awards-photos/

Save Buskers Bunkhouse by Pearl Heart – GoFundMe

06 Friday Jan 2017

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 Buskers Bunkhouse in New Orleans, formerly known as Kamp Katrina, is being reincarnated as a nonprofit in Bywater…The house needs repairs. Ms Pearl’s concern is that she may not be able to meet with the demands for these repairs in time as she is on a fixed income. Fines can reach up to 500 dollars a day for each offense.

Source: Save Buskers Bunkhouse by Pearl Heart – GoFundMe

Word origins

job
1557, in phrase jobbe of worke , perhaps a variant of gobbe "mass, lump" (c.1400, see gob). Sense of "work done for pay" first recorded 1660. On the job "hard at work" is from 1882. Jobber "one who does odd jobs" is from 1706.

gig
1570 "light carriage, small boat." A job usually for a specified time; especially : an entertainer's engagement, first known use 1926

hustle
"To get in a quick, illegal manner" is 1840 in Amer.Eng.; "to sell goods aggressively" is 1887. The noun sense of "illegal business activity" is first recorded 1963 in Amer.Eng.

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African-American organizing airbnb Alton Sterling Banking barter Baton Rouge Big Freedia Bill Lavender Blue Linen Night book review buskers capitalism Carrie Brownstein Cheryl Gerber Cleveland model COVID-19 DIY Doreen Ketchens drinking culture Evergreen Cooperatives Fensterstock festivals French Quarter Gawker Ghalib gig housing hustle illegal economy informal economy intellectual property interviews Introduction Jackson Square job Katy Reckdahl labor organizing MACCNO makerculture makerspace Mardi Gras Indians Marx Mr. Chill Music Under New York New Orleans New York City Nicole Sallak Anderson outsider culture police Reckdahl renters Rich Campanella Rifkin RIP Scotty Cathcart Hill street vending Sweden unemployment Universal basic income Wandergesellen work Xavier Review

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