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Izzat NOLA Introduces a French Touch to Iberville Street
Tucked behind the U.S. Customs House, a small corner café invites guests to linger over affordable, French-inspired meals or an alfresco evening glass of wine at a sidewalk table.
– by Kim Ranjbar
The Collins C. Diboll Vieux Carré Digital Survey: A “Sporty” Redesign
This extraordinary online library – containing photographs, drawings and records of ownership of every French Quarter building – has received a show-stopping makeover.
- by John S. Sledge
Swampus Parade 2025
Leave it to the Krewe of Krampus – who even manage to make Christmas a little spooky – to host this 2nd annual parade featuring dozens of local marching clubs, all showcasing creepy creativity and alternatives to zombie plastic throws.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Patula Blooms: A New Chapter of Flavor in a Historic Courtyard
Chef Rob Tabone tips his hat to French Quarter history while offering a fresh European-esque menu in a lush Royal Street courtyard.
– by Kim Ranjbar
Naughty by Nature: The New Orleans Storyville Museum
The French Quarter’s newest museum examines the city’s notorious red-light district through an entrepreneurial eye.
-by Doug Brantley
Cover to Cover: Yet She Must Die
A new murder mystery set in New Orleans whisks readers back to the tumultuous ‘70s to follow the engaging Wat Thorne, a Tulane grad student - and amateur sleuth.
– Thomas Uskali
River Fest 2025
For the past decade, this festival at the New Orleans Jazz Museum has offered food, music and educational panels to help educate locals and visitors alike about sustainability and restoration of the Mississippi and our coastal waters.
- photos by Scott Saltzman
Cover to Cover: Charles Whitfield Richards: The Artist and His Circle
This new book follows a dynamic young artist into the Roaring ‘20s French Quarter, where its lively Bohemian colony anchors him for the next sixty years.
By Tom Uskali
Cover to Cover: New Orleans (1970 - 2020), A Portrait of the City
A new book by writer Dalt Wonk and photographer Josephine Sacabo unflinchingly documents a five-decade love affair between the two artists and their abiding passion for New Orleans.
– by Richard Goodman
Full 2025 Faulkner For All Schedule
Welcome! You’ll find the entire schedule for this year’s events below. Bookmark it for easy reference!
Southern Decadence Parade 2025
A later starting time and cooler temps – at least for New Orleans in August– made this celebration one of the most flamboyant yet!
- photos by Cheryl Gerber
2025 Mermaid Parade
This annual benefit by the Krewe Du Fool for the Audubon Institute’s Education Department welcomed little minnows, mermaids and mermen and all things oceanic.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Our Hell in High Water
A writer with deep generational ties to the French Quarter flees the neighborhood in Katrina’s aftermath, only to find the storm strengthened his resolve to return - and to stay.
-by James Nolan
My–Oh–My! A Look Back at Female Impersonator Venues in New Orleans
The first club featuring female impersonators opened in New Orleans in 1933 at the edge of the French Quarter. Read on for a a peek inside some of the most popular.
-byFrank Perez
A Look Inside: Rainbow Fleur de Lis
Frank Perez's new book on New Orleans LGBT+ history bears witness to the value of local journalism, especially when covering minority communities.
-by Claude Summers
The French Quarter’s Last Remaining School Reopens
When the “Little Red Schoolhouse” closed two years ago, the neighborhood feared the historic building would be commercially developed. But this week, officers from the 8th District and “Patch,” their mini-horse mascot, welcomed Lyceé Francais students back to the French Quarter.
- photos by Shawn Fink
Night of 1000 Mona Lisas
When Mona Lisa Restaurant was told they’d have to move because of new building ownership, the community rallied, planning this event in support. Happily, by the time it took place, the restaurant learned it was staying put, making the block party a celebration of the neighborhood icon.
- photos by Shawn Fink
Amtrak Mardi Gras Line: The Inaugural Run
The new Mardi Gras line between New Orleans and Mobile was thirty years in the making, so every city on the route celebrated the inaugural run on August 16th - starting in the Crescent City.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
New & Now: The Nous Foundation
Oh là là! Scott Tilton and Rudy Bazenet’s chic boutique museum is “bringing French back to the French Quarter.”
-by Doug Brantley