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Kidstown After School Program
Uptown Music Theatre announces its first implementation of "Kidstown After School" at Kipp Central City in New Orleans, LA. [more]

Uptown Jazz Orchestra Premieres with Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite
My father Ellis and I recently began rehearsing with a new jazz orchestra consisting primarily of New Orleans musicians, called the Uptown Jazz Orchestra. [more]

Under the Radar Foundation Benefit Features CJ Chenier and Delfeayo Marsalis on November 23rd
In spring 2007, Twin Cities philanthropist/jazz fan Barbara Applebaum Portnoy established The Under the Radar Foundation... [more]

Cool School at the Green Charter School
It’s a mild spring morning at Samuel J Green Charter School in uptown New Orleans where leap testing has just concluded a few days before. [more]