Helen Gillet steeled herself against the January chill as she stood on a bright Marigny street corner right down Dauphine Street from Hubig’s bakery. Despite the cold, Helen was having too much fun trying out various costumes for a photo shoot to complain. “I really love dressing up,” says Gillet in a faux French outfit, [...]
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Additional Photos from OffBeat’s February 2010 Issue
February 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
Catch the shots that didn’t make it into our February 2010 issue. Includes photos taken for the stories “Framed”, about Quintron and Miss Pussycat’s show at NOMA; “A Good Fit”, the Helen Gillet cover story; and this month’s The Gravy, “In the Kitchen with Debbie Davis”. All photos taken by Elsa Hahne.
Slideshow: Righteous Fur Fashion Show at Marigny Theatre/All-Ways Lounge
January 11, 2010 – 3:37 pm
This past Friday night, the Marigny Theatre played host to a rather, er, unusual fashion show, even for New Orleans’ standards. The Righteous Fur Fashion Show celebrated Louisiana’s favorite rodent, the nutria—particularly the animal’s luscious, luxurious mane. Luckily, OffBeat‘s Tom Macom was on hand to document the night of fashion, fun & fur with photos [...]
Is Boudreaux Chanel Next?
January 8, 2010 – 10:42 am
It’s time to break out your nutria furs: it’s getting down right cold in New Orleans. Maybe slip into your nutria ball gown if you’re feeling fancy or don your nutria bikini if you’re feeling a little risqué. While temperatures will be sub-freezing outside, these furry fashion innovations and more will be taking center stage [...]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Helen Gillet
June 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
I was born in Belgium and my family is from Verviers, which is very close to where the fry originated. It started in the Meuse Valley—the Meuse is a river in Southeastern Belgium—but the origin of the fry is from 1680, which is before Belgium was even a country. Poor inhabitants of that area used [...]
Leroy Jones, Sweeter than a Summer Breeze (Spirit of New Orleans)
April 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In 2005 during a joint interview with Kermit Ruffins and Maurice Brown, Irvin Mayfield noted that the best trumpet cutting session he’d ever heard was between Wynton Marsalis and Leroy Jones. That anecdote reflects the esteem Jones is held in by local musicians, notoriety that hasn’t entirely filtered through to the general public. This may [...]
