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Cross-Cultured at the Historic New Orleans Collection
Two new mirroring exhibits reflect the city’s communal makeup through a decade of oral histories.
-by Doug Brantley
Quarter Rats
A writer with deep generational ties to the French Quarter takes readers back in time, then guides them through a century of change.
– by James Nolan
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Train Service Begins August 18, 2025
On July 1, a progressive series of press conferences moved across the coast of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, when Amtrak announced the start date of its long-awaited Mardi Gras train service between Mobile and New Orleans. Tickets for the first day sold out by late afternoon.
- photos by Scott Saltzman, Gregg Martel, Dena Temple, and Ellis Anderson
Go 4th on the River 2025
The annual Go 4th on the River event brings families, visitors and locals down to the riverfront in the French Market District for fun and fireworks - which never disappoint!
- photos by Shawn Fink
Dedication of the New Up Stairs Fire Plaque
A plaque dedication and second line commemorate the victims of the 1973 UpStairs Lounge fire in New Orleans, which killed 32 people in one of the deadliest attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in U.S. history.
- photos by Cheryl Gerber
Local Archeology: Digging the Quarter
The search to uncover more about this historic French Quarter home’s past gets down to earth with Dr. Ryan Gray and his team.
-by Jane Lowrance-Neal
A Look Inside: Painting the Town
Color me impressed: this new volume from Preservation Resource Center celebrates the many hues of the Crescent City’s architecture.
– by John S. Sledge
Pride Parade 2025
A thunderstorm caused the delay of the Pride Parade, but it rolled on through the rain-cooled streets of the Quarter to the delight of cheering throngs.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
The No Kings Demonstration - New Orleans Style
The No Kings march on June 14 began in the Marigny with an estimated 6500 people and wound its way down Frenchmen to Washington Square Park with brass bands, music and creative signage and costumes.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
On the New Orleans Jazz Museum Beat
From its recently revamped Performance Center to its musician-promoting record label, everything is up-tempo on Esplanade Avenue.
-by Doug Brantley
Celebrating Queer Art
A four-day multi-media series of events honors legendary Louisiana LGBTQ+ artists - and introduces the work of emerging ones.
~ by Claude Summers
Philip M. Core: Torchbearer for Artistic Freedom
Only nine years old when he won a prestigious French Quarter arts competition, New Orleans artist Philip Core used that innate talent to blaze trails for the freedom of artistic expression – across two continents.
~by Bethany Ewald Bultman
A Palette of Place: Michalopoulos’ Hotel Pompadour
This new boutique hotel is as colorful and memorable – and unexpected – as a painting by its artist owner, James Michalopoulos.
~ by Kim Ranjbar
The Great Bubble Project
Concerned about his Porshe’s paint job and stray bubbles in his cocktails, a new resident on the block tries to shut down a French Quarter bar’s bubble machine. On Sunday afternoon, the community rallied in a show of support – for the bar, of course.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
VCPORA’s Mother’s Day Concert 2025
For the 26th year, a neighborhood advocacy group, VCPORA, hosted a Mother’s Day concert in the park - featuring the amazing New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Gallatin Street Fest 2025
In its second year, this free one-day festival at the New Orleans Jazz Museum features Gallatin Alley Records artists to the delight of music lovers from around the world.
Skye Jackson’s “Libre”: An Interview
New Orleans poet Skye Jackson gives candid insights about her life, her writing process and her powerhouse debut book of poetry, “Libre.”
– by Ellis Anderson
Richard Gabriel: The French Quarter’s Cala Man
The long-gone street vendors of the Creole delicacy “calas” were mostly women. But the last one was a man named Richard Gabriel.
- by Laura Guccione
Best Bonnets: French Quarter Easter 2025
The arts of costuming and millinery happily meet up on Easter Day in the French Quarter with three parades of opportunity for krewe members - and parade-goers - to showcase their creative finery!
- photos by Ellis Anderson