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Film, VideoChristine Paxton Interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-03 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Christine is sales director at Chateau Lemoyne Hotel in the French Quarter in New Orleans. She discusses her work in hospitality in NOLA since the late 1990s. When the COVID shutdown began, Christine was furloughed from Lemoyne and worked part-time jobs until late 2021, when she was offered a new position at Lemoyne.- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Paxton, Christine - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoShaye Hope interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-06 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Shaye is a bartender at Pirate's Alley in the French Quarter, as well as the Chair of English at Delgado Community College. Shaye talks about the upheavals at both workplaces caused by the pandemic; getting COVID at work before and after the shutdown; and cultural, behavior and workplace shifts in the French Quarter. She also talks about the personal impact of staying home as...
- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Hope, Shaye - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoKami Onikosi interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-05 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Kami is a bartender, as well as an actress and children's book author. She talks about moving from Texas to the New Orleans area right before the pandemic, and bartending at Fridays. When COVID started she was a bartender/server at Dab's (a bistro). She stopped working and was at home with her two daughters. She also discusses labor shortages and shifting work expectations post-COVID...
- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Onikosi, Kami - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoAnita Oubre interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-15 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Anita plays a dual role in the New Orleans hospitality industry: she is head of Human Resources at a major downtown hotel and also does gig work as an entertainer for parades, parties and conventions, most notably as a member of the New Orleans Baby Dolls, a popular dance troupe. She discusses the challenges of working in HR during pandemic shifts and the emotional...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Oubre, Anita - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoLuke Bauer interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-10 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Luke is a stilt walker, performer and harpist. He talks about losing work when all the conventions and parades were cancelled and the process of returning. He also talks about his wife being pregnant during the shutdown, having to quickly change wedding plans, and buying a house that needed a lot of work. Hurricane Ida and the "cancelled" Mardi Gras were prominent topics.
- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Bauer, Luke
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoRagan Wicker interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-14 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Ragan has been bartending at The Maple Leaf, an established New Orleans music venue, since 2005. She talks about her workplace as a "family" and how they maintained a sense of community when COVID shutdowns began. She also discusses changes in the venue's operations since reopening in 2022 along with cultural attitudes about the COVID vaccine. The global, collective experience of COVID was also...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Wicker, Ragan
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoShaquita Griffin interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-05 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Shaquita is a stand-up comic and community organizer who also has worked a variety of jobs in the service/hospitality industries. She talks about working in a hotel when COVID hit and losing her job due to getting COVID. She also discusses shifting housing arrangements to adjust to friends' unemployment, and creating community support systems. She also discusses her activist work for young Black women...
- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Griffin, Shaquita - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoB. Ezra Ciereszynski interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-19 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Ezra is a college student who began working as a dishwasher just a few months before the start of pandemic shutdowns. In his interview, he discusses the challenges of working, finishing high school and navigating social life as a young person during the pandemic. Other themes include his parents' challenges as fellow service and hospitality workers, what it was like to move to a...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Ciereszynski, Ezra
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoAshley Kinoshita interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-15 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Ashley was a server at Lilette, an upscale neighborhood bistro, as restaurants reopened in New Orleans starting in 2021 and through 2022. She moved to New Orleans following a challenging pandemic spring/summer 2020 in Seattle, drawn by her love of music and a developing relationship with her now-husband. She currently teaches piano while pursuing a degree in music therapy, and still relies on restaurant...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Kinoshita, Ashley
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoJanine Hayes interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-04 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Janine has been a server at Port of Call in the French Quarter for over 20 years. She was working there when the pandemic started, went on unemployment when the restaurant temporarily closed during the first shutdown, and returned to the same job after vaccines became available. She talks about work and social shifts that resulted from the pandemic.
- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Hayes, Janine - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoJamilah Y. Peters-Muhammad interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-17 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Jamilah Y. Peters-Muhammad is an artist, musician and community leader who also serves as an administrator at a local arts and community center. She discusses the effects of COVID on rooted neighborhood traditions such as second line parades, Mardi Gras Indian gatherings, and the Sunday drum circle at Congo Square. Other highlights include outreach as a healthcare professional and the challenge of being isolated...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Peters-Muhammad, Jamilah Yejide
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoPaulette Callahan interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-07 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Paulette has been bartending in NOLA for 25 years and has worked at The Chart Room in the French Quarter for the last ten years. She also owns a business selling snowballs via pop-ups, following the closing of a brick-and-mortar store. She talks about her experiences before, during, and after the shutdowns at a bar that is popular with locals and other service workers...
- Contributor: Callahan, Paulette - Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Micaroni, Justin - Occupational Folklife Project - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoFredy Garcia interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-16 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Fredy is a trumpet player who grew up in New Orleans among a musical family. He has worked in the city's service industry since serving in the military. During the first year of the pandemic he was in Florida, working multiple restaurant jobs before returning to New Orleans as festivals, restaurants and nightclubs reopened in 2021 and 2022. Key themes include his unique local...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Garcia, Fredy M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoSidney Davis interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-09 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Sidney worked in the kitchen at Acme Oyster Bar and Slice Pizzeria when the pandemic began. He was let go from both places and worked a variety of jobs through the pandemic, including housekeeping at a nursing home. He recently started working at a hotel. He talks about job and housing insecurity, and the impact of Hurricane Ida in September 2021.
- Contributor: Davis, Sidney - Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Micaroni, Justin - Occupational Folklife Project - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoJessica Simmons interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-07 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Jessica, aka DJ Jess, is a full-time DJ in New Orleans. She talks about quitting her job at the end of 2019 to pursue full-time DJ work right before everything shut down. She discusses New Orleans nightlife culture and the changes that happened before, during, and after the shutdowns. She also talks about the personal impact of the pandemic, having asthma, needing to live...
- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Simmons, Jessica - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoLionel Breaux interview conducted by Elise Chatelain and Sara Bernstein, 2023-11-09 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Lionel was a dishwasher and line-cook at Juan's Flying Burrito and Slice restaurants before and during the pandemic. During the shutdown he made a career change and now works for the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board. In addition to talking about the pandemic's impact on work conditions and co-workers, he talks about the relationship and mental/emotional challenges caused by the shutdowns (both good...
- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Occupational Folklife Project - Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Breaux, Lionel
- Date: 2023