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🌱 Patch AM: How New Orleans honored Katrina’s 21st anniversary this weekend

Also check out The Phantom Ballerina in New Orleans - Outdoor Exploration Game on the New Orleans Patch calendar

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Good morning New Orleans! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How New Orleans honored Katrina's 21st anniversary this weekend
  • What actually happened at Ye's much-debated Superdome concert?
  • Why was a controversial political figure pulled off a plane in New Orleans?

Also on today's calendar: The Phantom Ballerina in New Orleans - Outdoor Exploration Game and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 77 degrees.
  • Monday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 77. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 91 and low of 76 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 'New Orleans never forgets': 21st anniversary of Katrina marked with memorials (wwltv.com) — New Orleans residents gathered Saturday at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial and other sites to mark 21 years since the storm, honoring more than 1,400 Louisianans who died. City Council President JP Morrell and St. Bernard Parish leaders stressed keeping victims' stories alive, including the recent identification and reburial of Dorothy Taquino, underscoring how Katrina's impact still shapes the region's memory and identity.
   

2. Ye, aka Kanye West, was innovative, inscrutable, non-controversial at New Orleans show (nola.com) — Tens of thousands packed the Caesars Superdome Friday night for Ye's visually stunning, largely controversy-free concert in New Orleans. Despite his troubled recent history and local concern from Jewish leaders, the show leaned on elaborate staging, prerecorded tracks, and a career-spanning setlist that kept Ye mostly silent and masked, yet still delivered a memorable spectacle for the Dome crowd.
   

3. Milo Yiannopoulos Deported to UK After ICE Detention in New Orleans (complex.com) — New Orleans readers may recognize Louis Armstrong International Airport as the point where federal agents detained far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos before transferring him to a Louisiana holding facility and deporting him to the UK. Officials say he overstayed his visa and missed an immigration hearing, leading to a final removal order. He had been in town tied to a Kanye West show at Caesars Superdome.
   

4. Pixel Scroll 8/29/26 One Pixel Makes You Larger, And One Pixel Makes You Small (file770.com) — A wide-ranging sci‑fi and fandom roundup briefly notes that right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by ICE at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport this week. The rest of the piece focuses on convention news, tributes to Tim Curry, and genre commentary, but the airport arrest ties a small slice of the story directly to the New Orleans area.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday August 30
  • Slidell, LA(Solo acoustic) →
    The Brass Monkey Slidell, 230 Cousin St, Slidell
    8:00 pm
    • Monday August 31
  • United Way Resources
    Saint Bernard Parish Library 2600 Palmisano Blvd, Chalmette, LA 70043
    10:00 am
    • Tuesday September 1
  • Multi Company Drill (FETA) →
    Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar, 3221 River Road, Bridge City
    9:00 am
  • Volleyball - Away - Thomas Jeff
    Chalmette High Chalmette, LA 70043
    4:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The Uptown place called the Batture has really caught my attention.
    It is a great place to go to meditate, relax and watch the Mississippi River flow. Besides that; there are some good food trucks and a farmer's… (Nextdoor Upper Rickerville)
  • My fiancé saw this four foot alligator last night around 2:30 AM in the middle of the road by the corner of Wilson and Roseland in Harahan.
    He waited for a cop to come out to deal with it. The JPSO deputy had to call in "Alligator going southbound down Roseland" when it started walking up… (Nextdoor Riverside Park)
  • Loyola University New Orleans posted a job opening for Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management and Director of Admissions in New Orleans. Apply here.
  • Crunch Fitness posted a job opening for Janitorial/ Maintenance Attendant in New Orleans. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Orleans here.

Ok New Orleans! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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