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A New Voice and Vision at the Marigny Opera House

September 10, 2026 No Comments

Ukrainian-born tenor Bogdan Mynka brings fresh vision to the Marigny Opera House as its newly appointed executive artistic director. “I jokingly said to myself when I moved to New Orleans: If there’s not much going on, I’ll start something myself. I didn’t realize how serious that was. “But that is […]

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Though she was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kim Ranjbar took her passion for the written word and dragged it over 2000 miles to flourish in the city she loves. For well over a decade, she's been eating, photographing and writing about food (and more!) in New Orleans, her work appearing in local publications such as French Quarter Journal, Where Y'at Magazine, New Orleans Living Magazine, NewOrleans.com and Louisiana Kitchen & Culture.

After over 20 years as a transplant — surviving hurricanes, levee failures, oil spills, boil water advisories and hipster invasions — Kim hopes to eventually earn the status of local and be welcomed into the fold.

Feel free to contact her at kimranjbar@gmail.com

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