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Michael Tisserand Documents a Day at the World Chess Table and Wandering the FQ with Jude Acers
For the full article by Michael Tisserand, please follow this link.
Throwback Thursday: In the spirit of Paul Morphy – Don “The Mon” Westfall’s Smothered Mate
Originally published November 9, 2018. Jude Acers was busy making sure the recently arrived participants who will compete in the Paul Morphy Memorial Chess Tournament were paired off to play countless, practice games. Two days of intense chess competitions awaited everyone. Jude admonished: you need the practice now! Not later […]
Throwback Thursday: “we were chess players”
Originally published at JudeAcers.com July 15, 2015. By Dennis Fritzinger we were chess players once, and young; our songs are sung, our bells are rung. our names, that once tripped off the tongue, are now less than a heap of dung. while victory strews her wreaths among the present gen […]
Time Running Out — Vote NOW for LYNN DRURY 1
Vote in the Offbeat “Best of the Beat” Music Awards for Jude Acers’ favorite New Orleans singer/songwriter, Lynn Drury. And keep an eye out: Lynn Drury’s new album, “High Tide,” is out April 5, 2024. She will have a release party at 8 p.m., April 13, at the Maple Leaf […]
Happy Visitors to “The Man in the Red Beret” Screenings at Zeitgeist Theater & Lounge
JudeAcers.com encourages all readers to bookmark Zeitgeist Theater & Lounge’s website (www.zeitgeistnola.org) and check out its amazing array of programming. The next screening of “The Man in the Red Beret” will be at 5:45 p.m., Saturday, January 13, 2024, at the Abita Springs International Film Festival.
The Great Adrian L. McAuley
For more on McAuley, check out this Oral History interview with Jude Acers.
Throwback Thursday: Jude Acers Proclaims THE IMMORTAL EIGHT: “THE GREATEST STOP-THE-CAR-NOW-I-GOTTA-HEAR-THIS”
Originally published Oct 22, 2018 THE SOUNDS THAT ELECTRIFIED IN SYMPHONIC ROCK … your car just SHOOK … Yes, the haunting whispers of time … Even your grandmother was shocked/adored every moment … the immortal eight live in your car for all time: “ODE TO L.A”/THE RAVONETTES … so good […]
Gambit Promotes ‘The Man in the Red Beret’ Screening
For the full article by Will Coviello, go here. P.S. A couple factual errors in the article: Acers graduated high school in Mandeville, not Kenner. And he was 6-years-old, not 4, when he mother perished in an airplane crash.
