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Britain's Princess Charlotte, right, being held by her brother, 2-year-old, Prince George. Charlotte was born May 2 and is fourth in line to the throne.
Britain's Princess Charlotte, right, being held by her brother, 2-year-old, Prince George. Charlotte was born May 2 and is fourth in line to the throne.

Britain’s royal family has released the first official photos of month-old Princess Charlotte, photographed by her mother, in the arms of Charlotte’s brother, Prince George. Kensington Palace released four photos Saturday, taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in mid-May at Anmer Hall, the family’s home in eastern England. They show Charlotte propped on a pillow, cradled by George, who turns 2 in July. Prince George’s official portrait was taken by his grandfather, Michael Middleton, in 2013. Charlotte, the daughter of Prince William and Kate, was born May 2 and is fourth in line to the throne.

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New Orleans native Wendell Pierce is shown in this file photo.

For New Orleans native Wendell Pierce, the approaching 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall marked an excellent time to show Brothers from the Bottom, a play about a neighborhood and family dealing with gentrification and development after the storm. “It’s a perfect time to reflect on what happened,” Pierce said. The actor, who starred in the HBO series The Wire and Treme — also about life in post-Katrina New Orleans — stars in and helped produce the play. Playwright Jackie Alexander, who grew up in the city, wrote the play in 2009. It has been shown in New York, but its Friday debut was the first time audiences in New Orleans were able to see it. The show runs through June 28 at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Brothers from the Bottom details the tensions between two brothers in a New Orleans neighborhood over the merits of a development project in the years after Hurricane Katrina. It’s a topic New Orleans has been wrestling with in the years since Katrina devastated the city. In the past 10 years, New Orleans has enticed new businesses and residents and rebuilt historic neighborhoods. But rents and property values have skyrocketed, and many residents feel pushed out of older neighborhoods. “We can’t look at the rejuvenation as a success until we know that everyone is made whole,” Pierce said. Pierce and Alexander said the play is firmly rooted in the New Orleans experience. “I hope I captured the feel of what I grew up with because that is what I wanted to put on,” Alexander said.

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