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Two Years Later: New Orleans After Katrina

It's been two years to the day since Hurricane Katrina blew through the Big Easy and left only destruction in its path. But if anyone in this country knows how pick up the pieces (and throw a party), it's the residents of New Orleans.

Sure they'll be the standard moment of silence to remember those who died. But New Orleans has always been a place to celebrate the living, which may be why there's more to the anniversary than an overflow of tears. Jed Horne, a former reporter for The Times-Picayune and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will join others in Jackson Square for a talk about the city's effort to maintain its character post-Katrina. And last night, at the stroke of midnight, musicians, artists, filmmakers and actors gathered for a night of expression at the Landmark Canal Place Cinema Theater.

But no New Orleans memorial-turned-celebration is ever complete without a serious focus on the food. That's why Chef Scott Boswell--of Stella and Stanley restaurants--will offer $5 charcoal-grilled cheeseburgers--just as he did days after Hurricane Katrina hit. We would have expected crawfish or gumbo. But for the second anniversary, his burgers just feel right.

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