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Mary Rickard

(She/Her)
New Orleans
As seen in: Reuters, Gambit, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), emerald insight, 64 Parishes Magazine, Arts and the Market, French Quarter Journal
Covers:  environment, art, dance, media, new orleans, profiles, theater, history
Doesn't Cover: technology, gossip
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Mary Rickard’s Biography

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I am a versatile generalist who can write on a wide variety of topics. I wrote home stories for The Times-Picayune's "Inside Out" and entertainment features and community stories for The New Orleans Advocate, as well as myriad stories about schools, festivals, people, books, artists, sex trafficking, dance, art, photography, the environment and historic renovations. I was theater critic for Gambit Weekly, winning two regional Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade Awards for arts c…

Mary Rickard’s Journalist Portfolio

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Review: Caroline, or Change

Review: Caroline, or Change

Musicals don't often wrestle with weighty societal issues , but Caroline, or Change takes on civil rights, lo…

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Review: On the Road with Bob Hope and Friends

Review: On the Road with Bob Hope and Friends

It would be a tremendous understatement to call Bob Hope a cultural icon. He was a comedian, singer, dancer, …

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Review: The NOLA Project presents Urinetown

Review: The NOLA Project presents Urinetown

Food, clothing and shelter are the most commonly acknowledged basic human needs, but what about the need to p…

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Review: Looped

Review: Looped

"And so Patricia, as I was telling you , that deluded rector..." says Tallulah Bankhead (Elizabeth Bouvier) b…

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Review: JPAS stages Tarzan: The Musical

Review: JPAS stages Tarzan: The Musical

Tarzan: The Musical , based on the Disney film, was created for young audiences, but there is plenty in Jeffe…

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'Tears of joy'

'Tears of joy'

During the first week of August, 230 members of American Baptist Home Mission Societies completed 25 voluntee…

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Articles

Thinking of living part-time in Portugal? A New Orleanian visited, and here's what she found.

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By Mary Rickard
| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Verified
“Why is everyone talking about moving to Portugal?” my friend Haiyan Kahn asked when I explained my plan to explore that option. I had been reading Facebook posts by women traveling solo to one of the safest, most temperate and affordable countries in Europe. The Celts, Carthaginians, Romans, Suebi, Visigoths, and Moors made their homes there long before the British and Americans invaded the small nation, only the size of Maine.
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Everything Under the Sun: The Quorum Club — French Quarter Journal

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By Mary Rickard
| French Quarter Journal Verified
In the early ‘60s, New Orleans' population was still majority white and both public and private institutions, like public schools, City Park, YMCA and the New Orleans Athletic Club were still segregated. Grue laughingly said she once "accidentally" integrated the iconic athletic club by inviting Black poets to speak in its decorous library. As a consequence, whites and Blacks had few opportunities for social encounters.
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The 'magical city' at the heart of Mexico, San Miguel de Allende thrives on art and stunning vistas

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By Mary Rickard
| The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
My first day in San Miguel de Allende, I awoke to bells ringing at Santo Domingo Church a short distance down the hill. Fortunately, there was scant need to know the time nor heed current events in this ancient colonial city. Its year-round, sunny and crisp weather routinely touches 70 degrees with only occasional bursts of rain. Magenta-hued bougainvillea vines clamber over stone walls and drape antique cedar doors.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

I have always been a freelancer.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Definitely - Selectric!

How is social media changing news?

Social media has made information transfer quicker but less accurate. It tends to be reactive rather than thoughtful, but has practical uses.

Awards

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Marian Boruck-Brody

2005 - Creative Feature Writing

Award given to the three best features written by undergraduate and graduate journalism students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I have won 20 other awards for public relations and marketing

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2018 - Arts Criticism

Green Eyeshade Awards for Southeast United States for non-dailies criticism. Third place in 2017 and second place in 2018.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2022 - Travel Writing

First Place, Green Eyeshades

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