The great documentarian Les Blank died last weekend, and we recall his showing a rare film at Ponderosa Stomp… I’m proud to say that the great documentarian Les Blank nearly had me thrown out of a film showing in the fall of 2010. The occasion was that year’s Ponderosa Stomp, and Blank was at One-Eyed [...]
Tag Archives: Mardi Gras
New Orleans Celebrates Women’s History Month with Baby Dolls
March 20, 2013 – 6:24 pm
The legendary Baby Dolls of Mardi Gras are the subject of a talk Friday as part of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (NHP) series to celebrate Women’s History Month. March marks Women’s History Month and the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is celebrating the importance of female musicianship with live jazz performances [...]
Big Events, Big Dollars
March 1, 2013 – 12:02 am
After a year of the city cracking down on bars and clubs that present music, it’s been awfully quiet lately. I suppose the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras squelched the naysayers who don’t want music in their neighborhoods but who have little to say when it means a lot of money coming into the city—either [...]
Mardi Gras should mean more
February 13, 2013 – 5:08 pm
Did you have a good Mardi Gras? I did. The bad weather held off. My family and friends had a blast at our house, midway between St. Charles and the Mardi Gras Indians. Passersby were dancing on the sidewalk and street in front of our house; we had music all day and we got people [...]
Mardi Gras Indian Gang Guardians of the Flame Parade Route Announced
February 8, 2013 – 11:00 am
The venerable Mardi Indian Krewe, Guardians of the Flame, founded by Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. and carried on by his son Donald Harrison, Jr. and other members of his family, announced its 2013 parade route for Mardi Gras Day, beginning on Independence Street in the Ninth Ward. Schedule for Mardi Gras Day 2013 Guardians [...]
Ticket Giveaway EDM-G Edition: ZOOLU 19 and NeonGLOW Paint Party
February 7, 2013 – 3:41 pm
There’s no time to waste. The future of Mardi Gras is here as we know it, and OffBeat and the folks at Ampersand want to make sure you do it with a little bit of a wobble in your strut. Beginning with tomorrow (February 8) night’s Mardi-Gras-themed NeonGLOW Paint Party and continuing on through the [...]
Mardi Gras Throws I Have Known and Loved
February 7, 2013 – 9:49 am
Everyone in New Orleans has their own Mardi Gras rituals: costuming with friends and family; visiting the Backstreet Cultural Museum for breakfast with the Northside Skull and Bone Gang, and an all-day street party with the Skeletons, Indians, and Baby Dolls. Then there are the regular and spur-of-the-moment parties and open houses; going to the [...]
