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November 2011

Katherine Klimitas on "Looking Up"

11/28/11

Katherine Klimitas on "Looking Up"

Twenty-two-year-old Katherine Klimitas is the author and graphic designer of the book Looking Up. During this holiday season, Katherine sends an inspirational message to all of us just by being herself and sharing her story. Katherine, who was born with Brittle Bone Disease (Osteogenesis Imperfecta), has a unique perspective on life. At 31 inches tall, she has no choice but to always have to look up. However, Katherine uses her unique worldview to see life through a positive lens. "It's all about your attitude", Katherine says. She points out the importance of family and shares her conviction that we must look at what we have instead of focusing on what we lack.

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Audio Interview with Robert Tannen

11/21/11

Audio Interview with Robert Tannen

Robert Tannen is a local artist and organizer of Art House on the Levee; he has promoted the visual arts in New Orleans for many years. In his latest venture, Tannen is renovating a double shotgun in New Orleans' lower Ninth Ward to educate people about art and highlight its importance in our lives. This art studio, called The Art House on the Levee, will host a family day on Saturday, November 26, 2011. The free event will feature music, games, prizes, art making and many other activities. Robert describes the interactive, family-centered event and talks about the rich world of art that infuses New Orleans' culture with energy and vitality. Listen here!

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Audio Interview with NOFD's Mike Gowland

11/14/11

Audio Interview with NOFD's Mike Gowland

Captain Mike Gowland has been a New Orleans firefighter for almost 20 years. In 2008, The New Orleans Firefighters Foundation began producing a yearly calendar, "Fire Fighters Look Hot."  Mike is the cover model for the 2012 firefighter calendar. The Fire Department will use the money from calendar sales to purchase thermal imaging equipment. Thermal imagers are valuable tools that firefighters use to identify hot spots or detect people inside burning buildings. In this podcast, Mike shares some of his more memorable experiences as a firefighter. Listen here!

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Fifty Years at the Pharmacy

11/07/11

Fifty Years at the Pharmacy

Audio interview with Robert Cousins of Deblanc Pharmacy

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About This Blog

Craig Kraemer grew up on Lowerline Street across from the Carrollton Cemetery and watched countless Jazz Funerals wind their way into the cemetery long before Jazz Funerals became cool. He remembers Hurricane Betsy and Mayor Vic Schiro’s famous quote to panicked citizens: “...don’t believe any false rumors unless they come from me...”

He lives now in Faubourg Saint John. (He calls them "faubourgs," not "neighborhoods" - he is proud of our city’s French heritage.) Although they were German, the Kraemers adopted Cajun culture and traditions. (His mother's family came straight from Paris.)

Kraemer's day job is as a freelance graphic designer, which he has been doing since age 20. Following Hurricane Katrina, he began a new business filming such things as the New Orleans Opera productions and symposiums for the Historic New Orleans Collection. He later started New Orleans PodCasting as a community service four months after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans was in dire need of positive stories after the devastation of the storm. The national media were taking care of the negative stories. Those who had stayed, who were still in the city, or who had just returned were eager to talk about the good things that were happening, however small they were.

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