In Hurricane Season, the soaring poetry Pennimann and Garcia have collectively created and simultaneously deliver is at once a diatribe against injustice in its many forms, but it is also the beginning of a dialogue that will continue far beyond the night’s end. For one evening, the Off-Center was transformed into a sacred space of listening and participation....

Hurricane Season: The Hidden Messages in the Water brings to life the struggles and strengths of New Orleans natives through an energetic amalgam of spoken word, video projection, dance, shadow art, and sound collage of personal testimonies. Electrifying spoken word activists Naima Pennimann and Alexia Garcia go straight to the core of the issues affecting the nation and the globe that have been ignited by the needless destruction of America’s most spirited and magical city....

Hurricane Ike was still over 150 miles away from Galveston this afternoon and already generating surges 8-feet-tall and rising. The Category 2 hurricane, which has an unusually large footprint, is still expected to escalate to a level 3 status before it makes landfall sometime Saturday morning....

Ike Projected Path, courtesy Weather Channel Currently pummeling Cuba with sub-80-mph winds, Hurricane Ike is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico later today, most likely picking up momentum and intensity as it heads towards Texas. It's anticipated to hit the Texas coast on Friday or Saturday.......

Image from The Weather Channel All eyes are on Dolly as the feisty tropical storm makes its way past the Gulf of Mexico this week. The Weather Channel suggests that atmospheric conditions are optimal for this storm to intensify to hurricane status by tomorrow, and while she's expected to make landfall by mid-week, it's still anyone's guess where she'll eventually end up. A hurricane watch is now in effect from Brownsville up to Port O'Connor.......