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George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners with Mia Borders at Tipitina’s on Friday, March 29
A man always as busy as he is funky, George Porter Jr. will be playing in the coming months with the Funky Meters, the Meter Men, and Fleur Debris. […]
All-New Orleans Cast Hosts New Play, “Badu-Izms” This Weekend
More than just a tribute show, “Badu-iZms” is a musical revue built around the music and mystique of Erykah Badu. Playwright and local New Orleanian, Pamela Davis-Noland wrote the piece, […]
$5,000 Grant Competition for New Orleans Documentary Photographers Ends This Friday!
Time is running out for unheralded photographic geniuses to get in on the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography’s annual $5000 grant. Documentary photographers, both emerging and established, residing […]
Cowboy Mouth and Flow Tribe bring the noise to Inaugural Infield Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course this Saturday
A whole lot of music will be hitting the New Orleans Fairgrounds next month, but there will also be a big shot of it this weekend. In conjunction with the […]
Neil Barclay Named New Executive Director of the Contemporary Arts Center
Neil Barclay was announced this week as the replacement for Jay Weigel, who will leave as the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center’s (CAC) longest serving director. Formerly of Austin, TX […]
“Culture & Regulation” Public Talk at Old U.S. Mint April 4
The topic of “Culture & Regulation”— in other words, what happens when the issues of “cultural expression” and varying definitions of “quality of life” run up against each other — […]
Jazz Fest 2013 Schedule Cubes, New “Celebration of Native America” Village at Jazz Fest
The annually-anticipated Jazz & Heritage Festival “cubes” were unveiled with proper flourish at the New Orleans Fairgrounds this morning, in the area that Fest-goers will know as the site of […]
RIP Cyril “Big Chief Iron Horse” Green of Black Seminoles
We are saddened to report that Cyril Green, a/k/a Big Chief Iron Horse of the Black Seminoles and a respected figure in the Mardi Gras Indian community, died unexpectedly of […]
Revolution SAPC Second Line Marches Sunday + Photos from St. Joseph’s Night
The Revolution Social Aid & Marching Club annual parade will take place this Sunday (March 24), starting 1:00 p.m. at Armstrong Park (corner of Rampart and St. Phillip Streets) and […]
What Was Satchmo’s Line?
We had to share this priceless clip of a TV moment that happened on this date, March 22, in 1964. That night the quiz show What’s My Line? had a […]
