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Camel Toes for Roots: Lady Steppers Host Annual 12th Night Fundraiser For Roots of Music
Celebrating their 10th anniversary during last year’s 2013 Mardi Gras season, the Camel Toe Lady Steppers krewe are marching straight on into their second decade in the all-female Mardi Gras […]
New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: January 09 – 15, 2013
Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of January 09 – 15, 2014 featuring: Helen Gillet, the Lost Bayou […]
Art Gumbo Featuring 21 Louisiana Artists Opens Friday, January 17, 2014
From 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2014, Art Gumbo, a group exhibit featuring 21 Louisiana artists’ handicraft, opens in the Exchange Center’s first-floor lobby and gallery. Presented […]
Tulane Professor Nicholas Spitzer Receives James William Rivers Prize
Congratulations are in order for Tulane University professor and American Routes radio host Dr. Nicholas Spitzer, the recipient of 2013’s James William Rivers Prize in Louisiana Studies. Established in 1992, […]
Ex-SNL Weekend Update Anchor Colin Quinn to Perform Unconstitutional at Joy Theater
On Thursday, January 9 at the Joy Theater, comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Colin Quinn will tear the country’s moral fabric to shreds with his latest bit, […]
Minos The Saint: Baton Rouge Chamber Folk Quartet Starts New Orleans Residency
If you haven’t been to the House of Blues’ Voodoo Garden in a while, on every Friday throughout the month of January, there’s a fresh new reason to spend happy […]
Photos: The New Mastersounds Featuring Nigel Hall, Joy Theater, 12.31.2013
On New Year’s Eve British funk crusaders the New Mastersounds took the stage at the Joy Theater and took in 2014 New Orleans style with show that showcased the Nigel […]
RIP: Tabby Thomas, Renowned Baton Rouge Bluesman, Dies at 84
Louisiana blues guitarist, Tabby Thomas, father of Chris Thomas King and owner of Tabby’s Blues Box, a legendary home of blues music in Baton Rouge, died this morning, a few […]
B.B. King at the Civic Theatre on Thursday, January 16, 2014
Now that James Brown has passed on to the Big Payback in the Sky, B.B. King may well take over title of hardest-working man in showbiz. He’s slowed down a […]
Silly Hats for Pat Jolly’s Bornday
Celebrating the lives of our most colorful culture-bearers is one of the New Orleanian’s favorite past times. This Saturday, January 4, one and all are invited to adorn silly hats […]
