Diane Mack
Producer & Host"This is NPR's Morning Edition, at 89.9 WWNO. Good Morning, I'm Diane Mack."
Many of you awake to that greeting each morning as Diane brings you the day's news as WWNO's host for NPR's Morning Edition. Diane is a native New Orleanian with a background in television broadcast journalism. She is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications.
Diane has worked in various markets around the state. She started at KATC-TV in Lafayette as reporter and morning news anchor. Diane moved back home to New Orleans in 1982 where she joined the news staff of WDSU-TV as a general assignment reporter. In 1993, Diane joined WWNO's staff, hosting news programs, a classical music show, and the "Friends of Music" concert series. She is also an award-winning producer for the station's cultural arts radio feature Inside the Arts.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about two upcoming performances: ‘Madame Butterfly’ at the New Orleans Opera Association and ‘Night of the Iguana’ brought by the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company. Plus, we get an update on the future of the Homer Plessy Community School in the French Quarter. -
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about BirdFoot Festival’s upcoming performances as it celebrates its 11th season with chamber music in venues across New Orleans. Plus, performances of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof continue at Le Petit Theatre in conjunction with the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans, and we hear about a team of attorneys and advocates that have been visiting detention centers in Louisiana to teach detainees about their legal rights.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the New Orleans Ballet Association’s upcoming performance. Plus, we learn about the 26th annual French Film Festival coming to the Crescent City this weekend, and hear about the 58th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the Tony-award winning Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof, debuting in New Orleans tonight. Plus, we learn about the upcoming Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival and get an inside look at prisons where attorneys are guiding immigrants through the asylum process.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we check in with acclaimed trombonist and composer Delfeayo Marsalis to learn about his latest album of carnival hits. Plus, we hear about the Marigny Opera Ballet’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire. And, Shalina Chatlani reports on medical interventions taking place at churches.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about an upcoming service that combines New Orleans jazz with spirituals and hymns. We also get a sneak peek of a musical tribute to Tina Turner, and take a look inside one of Mississippi’s pregnancy resource centers.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, the star of “The Color Purple,” at Le Petit Theatre tells us about the timelessness of the musical story. Plus, we hear what’s on deck at the Musaica Chamber Ensemble and explore Mardi Gras morning with the Northside Skull and Bones Gang.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, New Orleans bounce artist Big Freedia tells us about her new TV series coming this summer. Plus we hear about a new collection of music catered for those in need of healing. And we learn how healthcare staffing shortages are changing emergency care and ambulatory services.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, The New Orleans Opera follows the dream of a jazz icon with its debut of Charlie Parker’s Yardbird. And Italian Mezzo-Soprano Mattea Musso returns to the Marigny Opera House for a concert performance of the Salve Regina.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about two exhibitions by and about Latin American artists. Plus, we hear stories about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from those who met him.
