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Black Power Afro pick sculpture part of traveling exhibit
By DOUG MACCASH, THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE
Wed,06/22/22-3:04PM , 143 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The gigantic steel sculpture of an Afro hair pick that appeared on St. Charles Avenue in the CBD last weekend is everything a public artwork ought to be.
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Street performer Robyn Barrett, right, stands with his business partner Jimmy Thibodaux, an imitation mime, near Jackson Square in New Orleans. Tourists pose for pictures with the scruffy, gnome-like, metallic personage with the hoodie, sunglasses and ZZ Top beard. (Doug MacCash/The Advocate via AP)

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Has the French Quarter's fake silver mime fooled you?
By DOUG MACCASH, THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE
Thu,04/28/22-5:26PM , 247 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jimmy Thibodaux is a fake.

He might look just like one of the silver-painted mimes you see on the streets of the French Quarter. And he might pose just as motionlessly, like a living statue. But here’s the thing, Jimmy isn’t living.
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