Issue Articles — Mojo Mouth
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
There’s a real groundswell of change in the city of New Orleans. If, as a Jazz Fest lover, you’ve been here before, you can remember what the Fest was like […]
French Quarter Festivals, Inc. names a new Executive Director
The French Quarter Festival is now in its fourth decade. FQF started many years after the Jazz Fest, with none of the same intentions—that is, to preserve New Orleans and […]
Festivals, Festivals, Festivals
Welcome to the OffBeat “spring festival” issue. Since last year, so many new festivals have sprung up: the Fried Chicken Fest, New Orleans Bourbon Fest, Top Taco NOLA, Beignet Fest. […]
What’s Mardi Gras, if not for Bunny?
In 1835, James R. Creecy described New Orleans Mardi Gras in his book Scenes in the South, and Other Miscellaneous Pieces: Shrove Tuesday [Mardi Gras] is a day to be […]
Happy Safe New Year!
New Orleans has experienced one of the more violent months in years. Of course, everyone in the hospitality industry hates when this fact is covered on local media, much less […]
Magical Thinking
I heard early this morning from a staff member that Mose Allison, one of jazz’s great players, had passed away. Of course, we check information before we post or publish it, […]
The Real and The Fake
As I write this, I’m looking out of my Frenchmen Street window watching a “Skull and Bones gang” and a “Mardi Gras Indian” prepare to parade down Frenchmen to Decatur. […]
Oh, the Irony
I had lunch today with a client of ours, who’s the district manager for a large retail operation. We were discussing the problems that every retail operation is facing (declining revenues […]
Nervine
I’m always nervous this time of year because we’re now approaching the so-called “heart” of the annual hurricane season. Everyone in New Orleans who lived through Katrina has the same […]
Dwindling Resources
It’s been a long time coming, but the handwriting is on the wall. For media, that is. Unless you have the resources to operate in multi-media (print, television, radio, video, […]
