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Dear friends, How can it be that we’re already at the start of another year? This is always an especially reflective time for me. I don’t often make New Year’s resolutions; instead, I write down a list of goals that I am looking forward to accomplishing. This year, I’m diving deeper into the goals I’ve set in the past: namely, to live each day with gratitude; to be in the moment; and to live a more mindful life. I also want to do more of what I love in my work, which will help me reach more people — this, I feel, is my calling. In order to live more gratefully, I am trying to establish daily habits that help me appreciate what I have. It’s easiest for me to tie these to another daily routine or time of day; for example, before I get out of bed in the morning, I try to simply lie awake for a few moments and reflect on all of the opportunities that the day might bring. This is also a much nicer way to wake up than jumping out of bed with your to-do list racing through your mind! With my hectic schedule, living mindfully is a challenge, but I try to remain aware of how I’m feeling and reacting, no matter what’s going on in my business or personal life. Because awareness is the sole goal of mindfulness, devote yourself to practicing it, and grant This time of year is always an inspiring, this practice helps me gain distance from permission to forgive yourself when you fail. exciting time to make changes, but know and perspective on my gut reactions, that you don’t have to throw yourself into I’m excited to share the January issue of allowing me to choose the way that I impossible resolutions. Just take a small step, with you. It’s filled would like to deal with a given situation New Orleans Living and then another … and then another. You’ll with so many ways to live a full, healthy, — before the way chooses me. find yourself growing slowly, calmly and happy life — from nourishing meal ideas sustainably. Both of these practices are just that: and fabulous fitness centers to inspiring practices. Though they can become athletes and helpful physicians. As always, As we enter another year, let’s keep in mind habitual, new practices are not we shine a light on people changing New that we’re all trying our best, and let’s keep instinctive. To truly integrate a way Orleans for the better. How will you our eyes on our goals past Jan. 31. Happy of thinking into your life, you must join them? New Year!

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4 New Orleans Living l January 2015 JANUARY LIVING IN EVERY ISSUE PUBLISHER’S NOTE...... 4 EDITORIAL LETTER...... 6 MARIA MURO ON THE SCENE...... 8 Publisher and CEO HEALTH AND DOCTOR GUIDE...... 25 PEOPLE AND PLACES...... 63 Barbara Marhafer HOROSCOPE...... 72 Chief Financial Officer EDITORIAL BUSINESS MEET & GREET 43 Misty Milioto DOWNTOWN NOLA...... 10 PEAK PERFORMANCE Editor CEO PROFILE: Lianna Patch Albert Ruesga...... 12 Contributing Editor BUSINESS: Design Your Life Map...... 14 Christine Fontana 44 MOVERS, SHAKERS & Features Editor TASTEMAKERS...... 16 Celebrity Editor Margarita Bergen SPORTS Social Editor GWEN HUFFMAN...... 44 LAWRENCE DODDS...... 46 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 18 BOO WILLIAMS...... 48 Henry Alpert, Carolyn Bufkin, Christine Fontana, Aimée Gowland, SPOTLIGHT Alexis Korman, Lianna Patch, Corrie Pellerin, Kim Ranjbar, Michelle Seiler-Tucker, Cleveland Spears III, 20 Paul Wegmann KENNY STILLS: The Saints Find a CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS New Leading Receiver...... 18 Frank Aymami, Carlton Mickle, David Tompkins, Geovanni Velasquez WELLNESS LIZANNE FALSETTO...... 20 DESIGN AND PRODUCTION HEALTH CHECK: MUROMEDIA ENTERPRISES, LLC Build Better Bones...... 26 ARTS President Maria Muro TOP TEN Places to Get Fit...... 22 ART PICKS: V.P. Information Technology Nick Alamanos EAT SMART: Bite-Size Biennial/Artist/Gallery...... 56 Designer Carter Hooper Improvements...... 32 Web Designer Nick Alamanos FOOD & DINING CHEAT SHEET: Cozy Feasting...... 50 New Orleans Living Magazine DRINK: Libations for Locals...... 52 is published by MUROMEDIA ENTERPRISES, LLC 835 Julia Street, Suite A STYLE New Orleans, LA 70113 Office: 504.265.1130 WELLNESS www.neworleansliving.com 38 68

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January is always a time of re-invention. Whether we seek a healthier Also on our radar are three locals who are changing the lives of others. In lifestyle, better relationships or simply taking more time for ourselves amidst our Meet & Greet section, we introduce you to Gwen Huffman, a personal our busy schedules, the start of the New Year is the time to take on such chef who offers her culinary services to those who want to eat better (but tasks. As we pause to remember 2014, it’s important to remember the good who may not have the time to cook); Lawrence Dodds, a chef who provides times and bad. It’s a way to ensure a better year to come. In this issue of New healthy meals for school children; and Eddie Lee “Boo” Williams, a former Orleans Living, we cover all types of topics that will help you on your path to NFL athlete who now advocates for other contact-sport players who have a brighter 2015. suffered head injuries.

When it comes to health, Lianna Patch has you covered with 10 top gyms Of course, this issue also covers everything from art and culture to food, and fitness studios located throughout the metro area and Northshore, beauty and fashion. As you enter 2015, remember that New Orleans has which are sure to kickstart your New Year. Patch also speaks with our myriad offerings that make this city so special. In our Movers, Shakers & resident nutritionist Julie Fortenberry about small changes that can make Tastemakers column, Cleveland Spears III shares information on a New big improvements to your health. Meanwhile, in our Celebrity Feature, Orleans marketing campaign that invites everyone to discover the many Christine Fontana speaks with model-turned-highly successful entrepreneur gems of our beloved city. As the campaign motto goes, we invite you to Lizanne Falsetto about her thinkThin® protein brand. Falsetto also shares Follow Your NOLA in the days and months to come. Happy New Year! her plans to expand her wellness empire in the coming year.

If you’re one of those individuals who doesn’t believe in New Year’s resolutions, this month’s Business column may be for you. Michelle Seiler- Tucker provides insight on how to create a life plan as a way to elicit positive change.

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We give donors advice RESOURCES FOR GIVING.” and resources for giving.” —ALBERT RUESGA In other words, donors choose the causes and projects they’d like to support, and GNOF supports the donors. As one example, GNOF path of promoting philanthropy, certain core causes, which fall under hoping the new building will give us invests in “donor-advised funds” but Hurricane Katrina made the three overall categories. First, it seeks more visibility, both with locals and on behalf of people and businesses organization realize it needed to to promote economic opportunity with tourists who want to help New who may have a significant amount think bigger. by training and assisting job Orleans.” of money to give away to favorite GNOF decided to put its seekers, and by helping asset-poor causes but who don’t have the Ruesga, who was born in Florida to support and $1 million of its own households save money. Second, means or energy to start their own Cuban parents, moved to Boston to discretionary funds behind the its environmental efforts look to foundations. And GNOF isn’t just attend the Massachusetts Institute of Unified New Orleans Plan. The give communities a voice in coastal for those with thousands of dollars Technology — where he completed federal government would not release restoration and to address flooding or more to give away. Sometimes it’s a B.S. in physics. He stayed on at reconstruction funds without a plan issues. Last, its organizational just $10. M.I.T. to earn a graduate degree in the in place, and, in the end, this plan effectiveness programs assist local philosophy of language. Afterward, he GNOF spearheaded GiveNOLA was approved. New Orleans received non-profit organizations with taught philosophy for several years at Day last May: a single day when $500 million in federal recovery learning how to become effective, a small college in Pennsylvania, but, people were asked to give at least dollars. how to manage finances and how to develop boards. GNOF also has although it was enjoyable enough, he small amounts of money to their “It was a risk we took,” Ruesga says. a grants program called IMPACT, decided that teaching wasn’t for him. choice of 250 local non-profit “Our investment in the planning which awards funding to a number of All the while, he’d been volunteering organizations. The day was incredibly process was substantial, and it could non-profit organizations. for non-profit organizations, and, successful. “We had a goal of raising have flopped if the plan hadn’t been $1 million from 5,000 donors, and when he returned to Boston, he adopted by the city and voted into Despite GNOF’s fast growth noticed a classified ad for a position at we raised $2.25 million from 12,000 law by the City Council.” unique donors,” Ruesga says. And it over the past several years, the the Boston Foundation (the Boston wasn’t just people in New Orleans During that time, Ruesga organization is still headquartered counterpart to GNOF). He got the giving. “Donors came from 48 states,” wasn’t working for GNOF. He in the same K&B Building office job and several career advancements, he notes. “A lot went into putting was recruited in 2009, but the space as when its staff was 75 including a decade spent in the event together. That one day organization has entered a new era percent smaller. But that will soon Washington, D.C., all of which led absorbed our staff for six months.” under his leadership. Around the change. Construction has started on him to his current CEO role in New time of Hurricane Katrina, GNOF a new building on Lee Circle, taking Orleans. GNOF can trace its roots back to had six employees. Now it has 23. over a weedy lot that was once a 1923, when area philanthropists Its assets have grown by about 140 Shell gas station. “In my spare time, I’m always studying created a local community chest, percent. something,” he says. “I like to learn an organization designed to collect “We need more space, but the new foreign languages, and one of my and disburse funds for charitable “It was a nine-ring circus when I building is more than [additional] passions is photography. I’m also giving. The regional United Way arrived,” Ruesga says. “I didn’t just offices,” Ruesga says. “We’ll have an currently writing a historical novel also has roots in that same original dive into promoting philanthropy. [I incubator area for up-and-coming on the Cuban revolution.” Although organization, which split when also focused on] raising money for non-profits and an auditorium for Ruesga has left academia behind, he GNOF came into being in 1983. our own initiatives.” presentations. There will be a coffee clearly remains intensely curious about Over the years that followed, Indeed, GNOF is not just a conduit shop for anyone. A lot of what we the world — and intent on changing it GNOF continued on its established for philanthropy. It also focuses on do is behind the scenes, and we’re for the better. —Henry Alpert

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Believe that effective, because people approach you will achieve your ambitions, and them incorrectly. It’s all about visualize that celebratory moment perspective. If you can change the way of accomplishment. Always review you think about what you want, you Draw Your Life Map: your life map, and share it with a are empowered to transform your life. “Why” Marks the Spot positive sphere of influence. Try to My suggestion is to bury the cliché avoid negative people. The saying goes, ■ New Year’s resolutions with the past, Ask yourself, “What do I want my tombstone to say?” “Negativity in, negativity out.” Wrong. and, instead, resolve to make a life ■ Discover your “why” and make sure it serves a higher purpose. Negativity gives birth to triplets! plan in the present moment that you ■ Identify your end game; know your current destination Check in with yourself daily. Start can live for in the future. People don’t and reverse-engineer your path to success. a journal or make lists, and review plan to fail; they fail to plan. ■ Evaluate your life plan daily, and remember that your thoughts and reflect upon them frequently. lead to your behaviors; your behaviors lead to your actions. Self-empowerment begins with self- This allows you to note mistakes and ■ knowledge. Ask yourself, “What do Stick to a timeline, or risk having time fly by. to correct them accordingly. Do not I want?” But, more importantly, ask ■ A life plan means your resolutions lead you to desired results. wander off from the path or attempt “Why?” These two questions are the to detour. Refuse to take shortcuts. first step toward discovering what There are no shortcuts in life. Do your ideal is. If you can identify your something right, or don’t do it at why, then you can use your mind to It is imperative to consider your desired all. Shortcuts may seem good on a build the life you desire. 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Authors will typically desired result, it is time to plan you share your innermost thoughts accomplish the what. Remember, your write the ending of their story first and implement. Building a life and beliefs, they begin to materialize. why needs to be bigger than yourself; and the beginning last. Know your plan is like constructing a new Inform trusted ones of your end it needs to serve a higher purpose. If end game; reverse-engineer it; and building. It requires the application game and your intentions behind the your reason isn’t powerful enough, design your life map to obtain your of scientific, economic, social and goal, and temper your expectations then you will never be motivated and why in the quickest amount of time practical knowledge in order to to something reasonable. Engage and determined enough to overcome all possible. create something that is sustainable invite your inner circle to share your of the obstacles in your way. The why While you do need to know the as well as substantial. Most people dreams, assist with them and hold you helps us to not just go around the coordinates of your destination, start planning their successes at the accountable to them until completion. brick walls — it provides us with the it is equally important to also beginning of their journeys and work Happiness is proportionate to how strength and power to move and go know where you are located in the their way forward. A more effective much we challenge ourselves and how through the brick walls. present. It is impossible to reach strategy is to use your life map and much of a difference we make in the lives of others. The win is important What do you ultimately want your a specific point on a map unless to start at your end point, working in on our scorecards, but it is on the legacy to be? 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When opportunity presents itself but it also reminded them that Stills at the door, hopefully preparation is an ascendant talent. In addition, is there waiting. Having seen Stills appeared just when the Saints the Saints go through a spate of needed him — as in the two games roster challenges in October and immediately following Cooks’ November — including losing injury. Stills caught 13 passes for rookie sensation Brandin Cooks for 260 yards and a touchdown. the year and occasionally missing Against the Baltimore Ravens, in an oft-limited Jimmy Graham — the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, by December, fans may have been Stills saw his offensive snaps wondering if they had found a hero immediately double to 70 percent. to step into such big, speedy shoes. He took over a good part of the And although the eternal Marques passing game formerly directed Colston has kept rocking along with toward Cooks, including some plays solid catches and one of the NFL’s that were not previously part of greatest catch radii, he could not Stills’ repertoire (such as screens seize every pass by himself. It was and plays involving movement along against that backdrop that second- the back of the offensive formation). year wide receiver Kenny Stills It is worth remembering that Cooks leapt forward to take hold of the reins. By mid-December, Stills had studied the game and done so in become the Saints’ receiving yardage WITH HIS SKILL SET, HE’S A PLAYER THAT CAN RUN. such a thorough fashion that he has leader. That is correct — Stills had IT’S IMPORTANT, THE WAY HE’S ABLE TO GET OUT shown the ability to handle almost more receiving yards than Colston, “OF CUTS. FOR THAT FIRST YEAR, HE WAS ABLE TO the full load once carried by the very Graham or Cooks. versatile Cooks (who, of course, was DIAGNOSE WHAT WE’RE DOING IN A PRETTY SHORT Drew Brees and Stills developed a a prized first-round pick this year). special connection in 2013 as the PERIOD OF TIME. —SEAN PAYTON As stated by head coach Sean pair had their first breakout game Payton, “The first thing that’s versus the New England Patriots. was on his way to a 100-catch,” This big-play performance continued helped him is he’s someone that With time running down in the 1,000-yard receiving season, which, in the third quarter when Stills picks things up quickly. With his fourth quarter and in desperate in and of itself, requires running a made a beautifully executed double skill set, he’s a player that can run. need of a big play, Brees hit Stills wide variety of routes. But again, move — in conjunction with his 4.3 It’s important, the way he’s able to with a beautiful 34-yard bomb into Stills’ specialty was the long ball speed — as he blew the doors off his get out of cuts. For that first year, the end zone to give the Saints a — and he had the play of the game, defender on the way to a wide-open, he was able to diagnose what we’re sudden and shocking lead in the and one of the best of the season, 69-yard catch-and-run touchdown. doing in a pretty short period of most difficult of venues. Ultimately, when he stole a deep pass from Brees time. I think others helped him, the play served as a reminder that right over the back and out of the By the end of that Steelers game, especially Lance [Moore] and some the Saints’ offense could score from hands of the Ravens defender who Stills had become the Saints’ leader of the veteran players he has been any point on the field: a key feature was covering him. It was a brilliant in receiving yardage, which is a with. I would say those two things of head coach Sean Payton’s offenses catch that almost seemed capable considerable accomplishment, as — he’s really smart and has the skill ever since his arrival. This year, again of turning the tide in the Saints’ he was just the 17th wide receiver set you’re looking for.” Ultimately, just when the Saints needed it, as favor that night. Stills escalated his selected overall in the 2013 draft. Stills has landed in the right place their playoff hopes seemed to be game even further the next week In college, while playing for the — he has been able to increase his hanging in the balance in the midst against the Pittsburgh Steelers; Oklahoma Sooners, Stills showed a knowledge with his studies under of their game against the Detroit again, his fate (and that of the Saints’ similar pattern as he improved his Payton, while honing his route and Lions, Brees hit Stills on a 46-yard passing game) seemed inherently yards and receptions each year he timing skills with Brees. It may touchdown pass. Stills had beaten intertwined. In Pittsburgh, Stills was there. It has been often assumed not have been intended this way, his cornerback down the middle of delivered an exciting performance, by fans that Stills was drafted to but, when Cooks returns next year, the field with straight-line speed. beginning with a crucial 44-yard be a replacement for the departing Payton will then have two very This pass — more than any other catch on third down in the midst Devery Henderson, who was largely versatile receivers who will offer — restored public confidence (and of blanket coverage, seemingly known for his deep speed and for myriad play-calling possibilities for that of opposing defenses) in the propelling the Saints’ offense being used primarily in the long his ever-creative mind. continuing strength of Brees’ arm, forward when they most needed it. game. However, Stills has clearly —Paul Wegmann 18 New Orleans Living l January 2015 MORE THAN FITNESS.

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And Falsetto and how we can stay strong while she hated the homemade bread!” of my bars. She was holding them hosts Yahoo’s new radio show, building muscle, and how we can Falsetto says, laughing. “My whole like they were her baby. I don’t say called Business Rockstars. “I’ve deliver great food to the table, and life was about gardening and anything to people, but I just love always wanted to start mentoring keep our families full with protein watching my grandfather mulch; seeing them enjoy my products! It’s females, because, when I started and keep them functioning at a high he was one of the best mulchers in a great feeling.” my business, I didn’t have any help level. Both of my children, a teen Seattle! 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NewOrleansLiving.com 25 Health Check Build Better BONES Calcium, exercise and other factors contribute to a healthy skeleton. Don’t Forget Quit Smoking 3 Vitamin D 5 With all of the emphasis placed on our outward appearances, Did you know that tobacco Our bodies produce Vitamin D consumption is associated with loss it can be possible to forget that a healthy body begins with when our skin is exposed to the your bones. Low bone mass, classified as osteopenia, can of bone mineral density? According sun, and this vitamin aids in bones’ to the University of Pittsburgh develop into osteoporosis — a disease characterized by absorption of calcium. However, Medical Center, smoking impedes brittle, fragile bones that fracture easily. So, as you renew your if you don’t get outside much, or your bones’ ability to absorb calcium, commitment to becoming your best self this year, give your if you prefer to stay in the shade, which can result in brittle or fragile bones a little love, too! you can get the Vitamin D you bones that are more likely to fracture. need from your diet (think fortified orange juice) or from a supplement. In addition, estrogen, a naturally 6 WAYS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR BONES Dr. Andrea Sikon, at the Cleveland occurring hormone, helps the bones Clinic’s Center for Specialized hold calcium and other strengthening Women’s Health, notes that most minerals — and smoking lowers While you can dive right in to these tips to improve bone health, consider adults need 1,000 to 2,000 IU of estrogen levels in both women getting a bone-density scan first. This painless X-ray procedure measures bone Vitamin D daily to help absorb and men. It’s never too late to quit density, helping your doctor determine your risk for osteoporosis or fracture. calcium. smoking and start reaping positive health benefits. Kick up Your Take a Calcium 1 Calcium Intake Supplement Consider 4 Hormone Therapy Ever since you were a kid, you’ve According to the Cleveland Clinic, 6 or Medication probably heard, “Milk makes most people in their 20s, 30s your bones grow big and strong!” and 40s should aim to consume Women experiencing menopause Well, dairy isn’t the only part about 1,000 milligrams of calcium stand an increased risk of developing of a calcium-rich, balanced diet. per day. However, your calcium osteopenia or osteoporosis. Spinach, kale and okra are just a few requirement Hormone therapy to veggies high in calcium; white beans increases with replace estrogen lost and some types of fish also contain age, especially if during menopause high percentages of this important you’re a woman! can benefit bones, mineral. If you’re just not while several other Exercise! getting enough prescription medications 2 calcium from your can either slow the daily diet, add breakdown of old bone, Along with improving a supplement. or promote the growth blood pressure and lowering your Keep in mind that of new bone. Your doctor risk of diabetes, heart attack, stroke your body can will help you choose the and so many other health concerns, only absorb up to right approach for you. exercise helps keep your bones 500 milligrams healthy. Weight-bearing workouts of calcium at a –Lianna Patch — like running, aerobics, basketball time, so spread and dancing — are best. However, if supplements you’ve already been diagnosed with throughout the osteopenia or osteoporosis, start by day for maximum walking or gently using an elliptical. effectiveness. Always consult your doctor before beginning a new exercise regimen.

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K DIANE TRIEU, M.D. PHYSICIAN PROFILE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Dr. Morse earned her medical degree at Iowa’s Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine. “The school was what you think of as your traditional, medical school-based practice,” she says. “But we were also taught osteopathic manipulative medicine, which is a form of … manipulation of your bones and your body structure to help with disease processes.” In search of a field that offered opportunities to pass her knowledge on to patients, Dr. Morse decided to There are so specialize in obstetrics and gynecology. “ After taking a friend’s advice to visit many patients New Orleans, she moved here to do her residency at Louisiana State that want University Health Sciences Center. to educate “I came down here on a whim,” she remembers. “A friend told me I’d really themselves like it. I was probably that hard-headed transplant.” about birth. I Now, she sees patients at Crescent really support City Physicians’ Bienville Street and St. Claude Avenue clinics, where she often my patients in uses massage techniques in tandem with musculoskeletal adjustments to trying to keep help pregnant patients with aches and them educated pains. “I can actually teach my patients or their partners,” she says. “There are and learning. so many patients that want to educate ” themselves about birth. I really support — Dr. Tara L. Morse my patients in trying to keep them educated and learning.” Dr. Morse points to the da Vinci Surgical System — a robot — as one advance that’s made gynecological surgery easier. She also sees more patients taking an increased interest in their birth plans. “Women are much more involved in their childbirth process,” she says. “With the advent of blogs and social media, women can access Dr. Tara L. Morse so much more information … We’re trying to make that birth experience more pleasurable and align it with their choices.” A local OB-GYN specializes in hands-on She welcomes patients who are searching for a nonconventional birth experience, helping them stay healthy during pregnancy, while respecting treatment to help pregnant patients their dietary choices and birth plans. “Patients like that I’m very open- with aches and pains. minded to some of their views — wanting to have a doula, being a vegetarian or vegan patient,” she says. “I have two vegan patients right now.” Originally from Phoenix, Dr. Tara L. Morse didn’t see herself becoming a physician until she took a class in college that exposed her to different The best part of her job, Dr. Morse says, is watching her patients’ families types of medical schools. “I thought I would follow in my father’s footsteps grow. “Being able to be a physician, and having family members allow me and become a teacher,” she says. “That’s kind of what we do as doctors to be a part of the birth and the start of their family, is such a privilege,” — combining love for science and health with teaching.” she says. “That’s one of the most beautiful things.”

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As we face the New Year — 12 whole months packed with unknown opportunities — it’s tempting to make promises to ourselves that we If nothing else, just pay can’t keep. But if any of those promises have to do with your diet, it’s better to start small. attention to what you’re eating. “Do something that’s realistic for you — not something that “That’s a really big step that everyone else is doing,” says registered dietitian Julie Fortenberry. She suggests starting by bringing mindful attention to what you eat and most people don’t do. drink. Interested in doing a little more? Read on for Fortenberry’s small-step suggestions. —Julie ”Fortenberry Keep a Drink More Water Form Good Cut Back Bit-By-Bit Food Journal Are you dehydrated? You might not Shopping Habits “Evaluate what you’re doing, and realize it. Instead of immediately Resist temptation by making a find small areas where you can make Simply writing down everything you aiming to drink 64 ounces of grocery list and not straying from a change,” Fortenberry says. “If eat each day can highlight hidden water per day — the amount that list when you shop. you’re drinking two sodas a day, can habits. “If nothing else, just pay recommended by the Mayo Clinic you cut that back to one instead of attention to what you’re eating,” and other health authorities — try Fortenberry also suggests prepping cutting out soda cold-turkey? If you Fortenberry says. “That’s a really big starting with a few food right after you get home from eat fried foods a lot, maybe say, ‘My step that most people don’t do.” sips before your the store, which makes it much solution is to only eat fried foods first bites of easier to throw together healthy once a week.’” –Lianna Patch a meal. meals during busy weeknights. “Go Set Regular Goals ahead and chop your fruits and “I always talk to people about setting vegetables, and your meat,” she short-term goals,” Fortenberry says. says. “Try a new recipe once a Visit your “For example, ‘This time next week, week for you and your family.” local farmers’ markets as all I want to have done is have gone grocery shopping, and make sure I often as you can. “That way, have healthy food in the house.’” you can learn to shop what’s in season,” Fortenberry says. She Tying goals to dates or events throughout the year also helps keep also suggests giving seasonal you on track. “Make small changes produce as host and hostess and be accountable to something gifts — for example, a basket later in the year,” Fortenberry says. of bright, fresh Louisiana “‘By Mardi Gras, I’m going to make satsumas. another change, and, by Easter, I’ll make another change.’ That way, you’re not setting yourself up for disappointment.” 32 New Orleans Living l January 2015 Join Today! LiveWellLouisiana.com A new year, a fresh start. Make Winn-Dixie your first stop on the road to a healthy New Year.

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1386-14_LiveWellLA-WD-Jan.indd 1 12/17/14 11:26 AM PHYSICIAN PROFILE INTERNAL MEDICINE EFFECTIVE EXERCISE Set yourself up for success. “One of the things that holds people back with trying to exercise, if they have not been exercising, is that they feel like they need to join a gym, or join some type of exercise class, or that they need special clothing or equipment,” Dr. Springgate says. But these are all extras; start with just a pair of tennis shoes, and see where they take you. Start slow. “Start with something as simple as walking 15 minutes a day, or 15 minutes three to four times a week, and then build up from there,” Dr. Springgate says. Focus on time, not distance. Pick an activity you love. “Maybe that means participating in gardening, if you enjoy gardening at your house,” Dr. Springgate says. “Or maybe it means participating in some type of sport.” Bring a buddy. Getting active with a friend, co-worker or family member is a great way to build in accountability. “You don’t want to let down that other person,” Dr. Springgate says. LONG-LASTING WEIGHT LOSS Make small changes. It’s important to start gradually with any dietary changes. “I try to encourage people to focus on the notion of making a change that they can maintain,” Dr. Springgate says. Keep your eyes on this week. Dr. Springgate points out that if you lose just one pound per week by focusing on your daily efforts, you’ll be 24 pounds lighter in six months. “We’re not setting an unrealistic goal of ‘I want to lose 10 pounds in two weeks’ — that’s not healthy,” he says. “You may end up doing something that could hurt you and your health.” Don’t be drastic. “I encourage people to maintain a well-rounded diet, and not to wholesale-eliminate an entire food group,” Dr. Springgate says. AVOIDING SMOKING AND PROBLEM DRINKING First, acknowledge the challenge if you’re a smoker. “Tobacco cessation is very difficult, and there are studies that show that nicotine is extremely addictive,” Dr. Springgate says. “It’s one of the most difficult habits that impact health for someone to quit.” Take advantage of local resources. “There are a lot of really helpful tools that are available now that perhaps weren’t available the last time someone tried Dr. Benjamin to quit,” Dr. Springgate says. The Smoking Cessation Trust (1-800-QUIT-NOW), an organization that provides resources, education and support — including smoking Springgate cessation products, and counseling — is a helpful resource for longtime smokers. Set a date to quit. “Maybe it’s Jan. 1 or Jan. 15,” Dr. Springgate says. “Start telling your friends and family. Go ahead and call the Smoking Cessation Trust before then.” Set your health goals and Inform your doctor of your plans, too. stick to them this year. Rule out temptation. “People know that when they hang out with certain friends, or spend time at a specific place, they’re going to smoke or drink,” Dr. Springgate says. If you’re thinking of improving your health this year, internal medicine “It’s really a matter of also breaking some of the patterns of behavior and the activities specialist Dr. Benjamin Springgate has some expert advice for you. that are associated with the habits that you want to cut back on.” “Frequently, when we think about health-conscious New Year’s In setting any new health goals, it’s important to remember your No. 1 ally: your resolutions, they tend to fall into three or four principal areas,” says Dr. primary care physician. “That’s where developing a positive relationship with your Springgate, who recently joined the team at LSU Health Network. Here, doctor about your interest in trying to achieve these healthy goals can be really Dr. Springgate addresses diet, exercise, smoking and problem drinking — positive,” Dr. Springgate says. “You have a coach; you have a cheerleader; you have and reminds readers that their primary care physicians are great resources. someone who’s on your team.”

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34 New Orleans Living l January 2015 ASK THE PHARMACIST

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Born and raised in New Orleans, Sean Johnson “ended up going to a liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington,” he says. There, he tried his first yoga class — and didn’t enjoy it. “I signed up for HIS FUEL a series and went to my first class, and Johnson calls himself mostly the teacher ended up yelling at me,” he vegetarian. “I lean pretty hard in the remembers. “I thought that was yoga. I vegan direction, but I’m not militant thought, ‘When you go to yoga, people about it,” he says. “I don’t believe yell at you.’” that diet is something we should be Johnson didn’t plan to try again, until judgmental about.” He occasionally another professor announced that her indulges in seafood, and notes that he’s class included a regular yoga practice. fortunate to be married to a holistic This time around, something clicked. health counselor and yoga teacher who “She had a completely different loves to cook healthy meals. approach, and it resonated with me,” he says. “It was more mindful, and a little bit more meditative. Those first yoga experiences introduced me to a completely different way of being in my body and with my breath.” SUCCESS STORY Nearly 20 years later, Johnson owns and Wild Lotus Yoga’s eight-month, teaches at Wild Lotus Yoga, a beloved interdisciplinary teacher-training studio with two New Orleans locations. program, Soul School, offers Johnson “As my practice and my teaching evolved the opportunity to watch yoga over the years, I started teaching students transform into teachers. vinyasa yoga and bhakti yoga,” he says, “It’s a yoga teacher-training program explaining that the goal of bhakti yoga that really helps people to cultivate is to “bring a little bit more of a heart a deeper relationship to their own connection to the practice through soul and their imagination,” he says. creativity and imagination, and music “Along with that comes the fitness: and storytelling.” the flexibility and strength.” He sees himself as an “ambassador for New Orleans yoga,” traveling to conferences, workshops and festivals worldwide to teach and play kirtan, a type of devotional music, with his group, Yoga can be a practice that can help us enhance the Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band. “ joy of life, and really feel and celebrate and savor Wild Lotus Yoga offers a range of classes in different styles, with difficulty levels life more vividly. —Sean Johnson spanning from “mellow” to “spicy” — named this way so they sidestep the ” natural hierarchy of numerical labels. The studio also hosts a number of free or donation-based community classes. they’re there, and that they come back “It’s been important to us to be able to again and again — it motivates me.” ! offer yoga to folks who may not be able In his teaching, as well as in his to afford it,” Johnson says. “We’ve been a personal practice, he focuses on WISE WORDS pioneer in that way — with community ON STAYING overcoming the natural human “The first thing to share is to let and sliding-scale classes.” He estimates MOTIVATED tendency to become complacent. beginners know there’s many that before Hurricane Katrina, New “One of the things that really keeps “Yoga can be a practice that can different styles, and levels of Orleans was home to just four or five me motivated is our community,” help us enhance the joy of life, and intensity and personalities,” Johnson yoga studios, including Wild Lotus. The Johnson says. “We’re going on 13 years really feel and celebrate and savor says. He encourages new yogis to “try community has grown so much since now as a studio, and we’ve built up life more vividly,” he says. “It can out some different teachers, different then, that, in Nov. 2011, Yoga Journal a really incredible staff of teachers also be a practice that can help us schools and different styles to try to named New Orleans one of “10 towns and [a] pool of students who’ve been move more gracefully through the find the place where they feel that with top-notch yoga.” coming to us for years. Knowing that challenges of life.” connection.” wildlotusyoga.com –Lianna Patch 38 New Orleans Living l January 2015 Join Today! LiveWellLouisiana.com LOOK YOUNGER WITH

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Gwen HUFFMAN CULINARY CALLING Complete nutrition is always on the menu for personal chef Gwen Huffman.

ome of us are lucky enough to know what we want to do from an early age. Personal Most people just want to eat healthy meals. I cook Schef Gwen Huffmanis one of these fortunate few. “I became interested in cooking “ their meals, and I package them up, and, when when I was a child, actually,” she says. “When I got married, I had three sons. I was a stay-at- they get home from their busy day, all they have to home mom and just loved cooking.” do is heat them up and enjoy them. —Gwen Huffman Hundreds of home-cooked meals later, her lifelong enthusiasm for the kitchen spurred ” Huffman to learn more. “I decided to start when they get home from their busy day, all has told her she’s the “‘fuel that feeds the body,’” taking classes at Delgado [Community College],” they have to do is heat them up and enjoy them.” she says. “I can’t take credit for it, but it is fun.” she says. “I took several cooking and catering Bonus: She also takes care of the dishes. Huffman’s business offers her plenty of chances classes at Delgado in the evenings, and started The chef particularly enjoys working with to connect with her clients, which she says is one a catering company in 2002 with a cousin.” The clients who have dietary restrictions or special of the best parts of the job. “I love what I do,” company was called Bon Vivant Catering; when nutritional requirements. “I’ve gotten into this she says. “I love working with different people; the partners parted ways, Huffman set out to niche of cooking for people with particular meeting people from all walks of life. I’ve been make the cooking experience more personal for needs,” she says. “My clients have the option of working for some families for years, and I get her clients. “We split, and I decided to do my choosing their own menus, and I have some that close to the children and watch them grow up.” own thing as a personal chef,” she says. “I’ve been have health restrictions or dietary restrictions She often cooks multiple meals per day, visiting doing that since — and cooking for families, from their doctors.” She’s recently noticed an Whole Foods and other markets to pick up children, people with health issues, athletes.” uptick in the number of clients eating gluten-free fresh ingredients prior to arriving at her clients’ She founded Foodtique in 2008, offering her and paleo diets. homes. Lately, she’s been considering how culinary services to anyone who wants to eat Huffman also cooks for local athletes, including to grow her business, while maintaining the better but may not have time to cook. Clients New Orleans Saints players Mark Ingram and personal touch that makes Foodtique unique. can choose from different menus or create their Brandin Cooks. “I was watching a Saints game “I work as a personal chef, so I cater to people’s own, and they receive neatly labeled, delicious with some friends and family, and Mark Ingram personal needs,” she says. “So, doing that, I can dishes that can be easily reheated. “Most people was doing particularly well,” she recalls. “They only have a set number of clients. But I have been just want to eat healthy meals,” Huffman says. were all joking, ‘I don’t know what you’re feeding thinking of expanding and growing my business “I cook their meals, and I package them up, and, him, but I’d love to get some of that!’” Ingram to serve more people with the same needs.” foodtiquenola.com —Lianna Patch 44 New Orleans Living l January 2015 The First NBC Bank 2015 Tuition Auction is proud to announce the following open houses throughout the Gulf South this winter: JAN 12 JAN 13-14 JAN 22 JAN 26-30 JAN 26-27 7 pm 13th. - 7 pm 7-9 pm 9-11am 26th. - 5-7pm 14th. - 9 am 27th. - 9am-noon

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New Orleans Public Television Ashton J. Ryan, Jr. President & CEO of First NBC Bank meet + greet Lawrence DODDS NATURAL NUTRITION Lawrence Dodds cooks healthy meals for New Orleans kids.

was born in South Africa, and I moved to England when I was 11 — where I continued my schooling,” says chef Lawrence Dodds. “Then, I went to culinary “Ischool for four years.” After graduating, he entered the world of fine dining, taking a position at the prestigious Waterside Inn, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Bray, England. “I became executive chef at about 27 years old, and I was like, ‘What else is out there?’” he says. “What else” turned out to be food-manufacturing product development — in other words, Dodds began creating fresh, readymade meals and sides, which were sold at clothing and home-goods retailer Marks & Spencer and served aboard some Virgin Atlantic flights. Within a couple of years, Dodds joined Virgin full-time to develop in- flight meals for a number of the international airline’s routes. “That was an unbelievable job,” he says. “I was responsible for all food development onboard all flights out of the UK, inbound from Africa and inbound from India, as well as all kosher food.” Unfortunately, "9/11 took care of that position,” Dodds says. “Food development was then outsourced.” He returned to retail, this time focusing on the customer side. “I was an inspiration chef for Sainsbury’s, meaning that I worked closely with the buyers to bring new product lines to the supermarket,” he says. Dodds might have remained in England, creating readymade meals, but romance intervened. “Whilst I was in London, I met a Metairie girl,” he says. After getting married, the pair backpacked around the world for seven months, planning to buy a house in New Orleans at the close of their journey — in summer 2005. “The last day of our trip was actually in Rio,” Dodds says. “We sat in front of the TV, watching Katrina come in with tickets to New Orleans in our hands.” The couple changed their flights to Baton Rouge and came to Louisiana anyway, buying a house in Mandeville nine days later. Dodds opened a restaurant, The Hungry Forager, where he cooked and taught culinary classes for several years. “In that time, I had two kids, and decided that wasn’t the lifestyle for me and two young kids,” he says. He went back to fine dining, working with chef Scott Boswell at the now-shuttered Stella! Restaurant — where he was almost immediately thrown into the position of chef de cuisine — and at Boswell’s commissary kitchen, The Paint Factory. “I learned a lot,” Dodds says. The chef’s last cooking class at The Hungry Forager included an HR director for Volunteers of America, who mentioned that the organization planned to expand its food services. “When it came around [a year later], she sent me an email,” he says. He We have a lot of New Orleans interviewed and accepted a position as the program director of Fresh Food Factor — “favorites on our menu — Volunteers of America’s venture to overhaul unhealthy school food. “We opened up on May 13 last year,” Dodds says. “We went straight into summer camps to practice and to jambalaya, dirty rice, gumbo. get an understanding of the schools’ food systems.” We use a non-oil-based roux Fresh Food Factor focuses on cooking healthy meals with which kids are familiar. “One of the things that we try and do here is cook recognizable food in a healthier way,” in the gumbo, and we don’t Dodds says. “We have a lot of New Orleans favorites on our menu — jambalaya, dirty use added” fat. We try to keep rice, gumbo. We use a non-oil-based roux in the gumbo, and we don’t use added fat. We try to keep everything as true as possible to its original form.” everything as true as possible The number of schools and educational programs signing on for fresh meals has grown to its original form. steadily. “This year, we increased our capacity by double,” Dodds says. “We’re doing just short of 2,000 meals a day — 1,000 breakfasts and 1,000 snacks.” — Lawrence” Dodds Positive responses from parents and teachers have been plentiful, but Dodds and his staff are mainly focused on students’ reactions. “The biggest thing is actually them eating what we serve,” he explains. “That’s what Volunteers of America is about. That’s why we went into this business in the beginning. With that, our goal is to give as many children as possible a nutrient-based meal that is sufficient for them on a daily level.” freshfoodfactor.org —Lianna Patch

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Boo WILLIAMS AFTER THE GAME Former NFL athlete Boo Williams champions care for retired players.

ince his retirement from the NFL after have a community outreach program where we the 2006 season, former New Orleans We’re helping a lot of take the athletes out to children’s hospitals [and] SSaints tight end Eddie Lee “Boo” Williams athletes to get their self- homeless shelters,” Williams says. “Helping other has been anything but inactive. “Most of my “ people becomes healthy for you. That’s part of the time, I’m back and forth from San Diego to worth back — helping rehabilitation process. We’re doing everything Mandeville,” he says. In California, he works possible to rehabilitate these guys’ minds.” with the Crosby Center, a rehabilitation clinic a lot of guys to see Previously, Williams founded the Boo Williams offering brain scans and neurological treatment, what exactly is going Athletic Academy, a facility on the Northshore as well as psychotherapy, for mental health with an after-school program that helped kids disorders and addictions. on inside their brains. finish their homework and athletic practice Williams has personal experience battling the —Boo Williams before their parents arrived to pick them up. “It demons of depression, anger and anxiety. After ” was basically a training and educational center,” nearly taking his own life in 2011, he spent four punishing plays has taken a toll on their bodies Williams says. “We had 100 computers for the months at the Crosby Center, undergoing brain and minds. “The NFL does not give a damn after-school programs. Kids came in and did all scans to pinpoint areas of potential brain injury about these athletes after they’re finished, their studies … after that, they would train.” and participating in therapy to manage his because they’re finished,” Williams says. “If they In helping kids complete these two time- depression. can’t work, how are they supposed to make a consuming activities before dinner, the after- Now, Williams works with the center to living? Everyone tells you they make a million school program aimed to give families more time advocate for NFL athletes and other contact- dollars — well, they don’t. You only have your to connect at home. “Now you can sit down and sport players who have suffered concussions insurance five years out of the league, and then talk to your kids; see what’s going on in school,” and other head injuries. The effects of traumatic you don’t have insurance.” Williams explains. “These days, kids don’t get a brain injury can include depression, anxiety, The Crosby Center’s NFL-athlete program chance to talk to their parents.” In the interest of attention deficit disorder, eating disorders, post- brings in 15 former football players at a time for a “big career move,” he closed the academy, but traumatic stress disorder and what Williams a three- to four-week rehabilitation program. hopes to open another center in New Orleans. calls “Hulk Syndrome” — uncontrollable, Some athletes, like Williams, stay longer. “The educational part is definitely needed in New inexplicable rage that can have a debilitating “They’re housed [and] fed three to four times a Orleans,” he says. effect on players and their loved ones. day,” Williams says. “They have acupuncture; Williams has four kids ranging in age from “It’s a program for mental health, basically,” he they have massage; they have yoga; they have 10 months to 13 years old, and he’s currently says. “We’re helping a lot of athletes to get their training three times a week.” A legal team helps expecting a fifth. “I love kids,” he says. “When I self-worth back — helping a lot of guys to see athletes document their injuries so they can grew up, I had sisters, but it was such an age gap. what exactly is going on inside their brains.” He qualify for settlement compensation. I want all my kids to be around the same age, so describes the Crosby Center as a “one-stop shop” During treatment, athletes also get involved they can grow up and play together.” for athletes whose participation in physically with the local community. “Every Saturday, we —Lianna Patch 48 New Orleans Living l January 2015

Cheat Sheet The weather may be frightful, but you can still Cozy Feasting make your weekend delightful! Fridays Saturdays Sundays REVIVE AT Start your day on the Avenue with a hot cuppa joe at Krewe du Brew, a coffeehouse whose name is a play on words of the raucous Krewe du Vieux parade that rolls through the French Quarter early in the Mardi Gras season. Local trio John Hagan, Eugene Anderson and Adrian Guy opened this comfy cafe over a year ago, serving espressos, mochas and lattes made from local roaster Try- Me Coffee Mills. They also feature both sweet and savory pastries, bagels from Laurel Street Bakery, breakfast sandwiches and paninis. It’s the perfect place to relax outside on a well- cushioned chair, while sipping a white mocha latte and watching the St. Charles streetcar rumble by. 1610 St. Charles Ave., (504) 522-1530, Pork Debris Sandwich at Baie Rouge Banh Mi Bo Kho at Namese krewedubrewnola.com Julia Street is without a EXPLORE AT doubt the anchor of the LUNCH AT A space that used to be a small New Orleans Arts District. In the eight-block BRUNCH AT Both the bright pink building convenience store serving strip from Convention Center Boulevard to St. and a crazy commercial have Chinese takeout has been completely rebuilt and Charles Avenue, you’ll find some of the most singled out Baie Rouge as a restaurant apart from redesigned to become a Vietnamese restaurant — stunning fine-art galleries our city has to offer. the rest, but there’s more to get excited about. dubbed Namese — on the corner of Tulane and S. Take a mini-walking tour to explore the work Owner Kimble Donnington-Smith and his partner, Carrollton avenues. Sibling team Hieu Doan and exhibited at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, LeMieux chef Michael Capiton, opened this uber-casual his sister Denise have come back to their roots, Galleries, Arthur Roger Gallery, Octavia Art eatery to offer European-inspired cuisine with a serving classic Vietnamese cuisine in a casual Gallery and more. In the same central area, you Southern flair. Head to Baie Rouge on Magazine and contemporary atmosphere. Enjoy a lunch can also visit the Louisiana Children’s Museum, Street to enjoy a brunch laden with delicious of marinated and grilled shrimp spring rolls, a the Contemporary Arts Center and the National dishes, like their ever-popular Brie fries, bacon fantastic filet mignon pho and someca phe (hot WWII Museum. neworleansartsdistrict.com beignets, crispy duck and waffles, and a smoked Vietnamese coffee served with condensed milk). salmon sandwich with Creole tomato, zesty cream 4077 Tulane Ave., (504) 483-8899, namese.net cheese and capers on fresh sourdough. 4128 Magazine St., (504) 304-3667, baierougenola.com SIP AT When you’ve reached the building where a large mural displays an TAKE IN A FLICK AT Watch the featured angry diver glaring at a huge squid, you know flick at New you’ve arrived at Twelve Mile Limit. Located on Orleans’ oldest operating movie theater, Prytania the corner of Baudin and S. 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NewOrleansLiving.com 53 SHOP WINN-DIXIE FOR A HEALTHIER YOU!

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Find more information learned that she loved the South while artists, no one could blame you exhibition’s goals have always and a map (you’ll need it!) at attending school in Savannah, Georgia, and for not getting to all of it yet. included highlighting the culture prospectneworleans.org. later, in Atlanta. “After finding myself back north working at a set fabrication shop in New York, I was really missing the slower pace of the South, as well as having a tight-knit community Get to Know of friends and artists,” she says. In 2009, she came to New Orleans, teaching after-school art classes while continuing to NOCCA develop her own artistic style. “I describe The New Orleans Center for my work as existing in a realm of magical realism, while creating an emotive narrative Creative Arts opens a new woven in between the layers of memory, loss gallery, showcasing faculty and time,” she says. “I work in mixed media, including painting, paper cutouts, photography, Salutations grand opening and alumni artwork. show and event installation, sculpture, video and sometimes sound.” Named for its street address, neighborhood, including an Hanrahan enjoys creating large-scale mural straddling the Bywater and Marigny artists-in-residence program works and other projects that transform the 5 Press Gallery neighborhoods, for the school, and public space around viewers. “Constantly inspired is the NOCCA Institute’s latest concert and literary series,” by my students, I am always looking to carry project. “5 Press Gallery focuses Cassingham-Bardwell says. through and translate, in what I create, a sense on professional practicing visual The gallery’s first few shows of wonderment and imagination,” she says. artists with a connection to the New have aimed to introduce Recently, she created a piece called “Alivia’s Orleans Center for Creative Arts, visitors to NOCCA alumni including present and former faculty, Birds” for Terratour, a collaborative P.3+ and faculty whose work can project. "Terratour is an ongoing interactive visiting artists and alumni,” says be seen throughout New gallery director installation by different artists, combining “5 Press Gallery focuses Orleans. “Coming up, we Amanda sculpture, painting and movement,” she on professional will have several themed explains. “For my piece, I created a tiny, Cassingham-Bardwell, a exhibitions, group and solo shows of alumni and practicing visual artists NOCCA alum whose work interactive house in collaboration with one of faculty, and shows organized by guest curators,” my 7-year-old students.” The piece features with a connection to the was on view in the gallery’s Cassingham-Bardwell says. inaugural show. paper birds made by Alivia, Hanrahan’s student; New Orleans Center for This month, 5 Press Gallery will host a show of other parts of Terratour include Hanrahan’s Creative Arts, including Along with supporting NOCCA alumni work centered around “themes mixed-media work and photography. present and former the careers of NOCCA or critical dialogue that are interesting in the The artist also collaborated onExhibitBE, faculty, visiting artists artists and creating a public context of Mardi Gras,” Cassingham-Bardwell an enormous street-art exhibition curated by presence for the school’s says. “We will have a themed show, Twelfth Night, artist Brandan Odums at a blighted apartment and alumni.” visual arts programs, that opens on Jan. 6. 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