Tonight, community theater authority New Orleans Fringe hosts their second run of “Fringe Pillow Talk and a Shot”, an intimate, interesting, and free discussion series at Lost Love Lounge. The evening’s topic, “Hip-Hop, Rock and Soul: Music As Theater”, will revolve around how theater artists and musicians blur the line, combining the two forms of [...]
No boys allowed. That’s the stipulation for Ingrid Lucia’s upcoming compilation of present-day female New Orleans singers. “There is not a single compilation out there that represents any of the female vocalists that are either living or dead,” Lucia says. “People ask about it all the time and there’s nothing there.” Gal Holiday, Meschiya Lake, [...]
Abita Springs has more than just water and beer. The annual Abita Springs Music and Art Festival is in its third year, and is fortuitously set on April 22, the weekend between French Quarter Fest and Jazz Fest. The Abita Springs Opry, an organization that devotes itself to preserving and presenting Louisiana roots music, hosts [...]
The Sacred Music Festival will bring together pastors, priests, Tibetan monks, Native Americans, rabbis and all things spiritual. The festival will host not just gospel music performances, but also Jewish sacred music, Hindu music, Aruban prayers, drum circles, Vodou ceremonies, African ballet and even spontaneous local jazz. “We’re going to have different, diverse faith leaders [...]
Andrew Zimmern has yet to encounter a culinary specialty in Louisiana that he didn’t fall in love with. The region is known for its unusual fare compared to many other foodie destinations, but there isn’t much that shocks Zimmern’s taste buds. “I didn’t realize I would wind up making a show that was basically snuff [...]
The Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone is ready to take on Mardi Gras, the Final Four and the Super Bowl. The historic French Quarter hangout has just received a full makeover, a project that had been in the works and finally came to fruition with its unofficial reopening on New Year’s Eve. “It’s something [...]
If Lykke Li could go anywhere with anyone for the rest of time, it would be on a sailboat going into the unknown with all her best friends and family. She doesn’t even really know how to sail. “I just imagine it would be quite romantic,” she says. This tendency towards the sentimental and poetic [...]
The New Orleans Fringe Festival starts Wednesday, November 16 with its fourth year of unconventional theatre, but with more than 70 mostly-unheard-of shows, a Yard Art Tour, trunk show, and free-for-all tent, it can be difficult to choose what to attend. The shows include everything from puppetry, improvisational, and spoken word to dance, burlesque, and [...]
The po-boy is our signature comfort food for good reason. There’s nothing like flaky bread stuffed with proteins as recognizable as fried shrimp or roast beef, or as eccentric as grits or paté. The innovations are endless. All this in a sandwich? Loyal foodies have came out in droves for the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival [...]
Chaz Bundick, better known by his stage name Toro y Moi, is mild mannered and even a little shy. His recently released EP, Freaking Out, moves away from his previous work and shows more confidence with its ‘80s dance vibes. For someone who has been pigeonholed into the lo-fi electro/synth genre called “chillwave,” Bundick is [...]
