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Satchmo Summerfest 2025
The annual festival celebrating Louis Armstrong’s birthday celebrated its own 25th anniversary this year – in a wonderful world kind of way.
- photos by Scott Saltzman and Odette Harmsen
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
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 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.
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
French Quarter Fest 2025
Four days, four photographers and 12 dozen amazing photographs - yep, we’ve published more than 150 in this epic album that showcases the best of New Orleans and the French Quarter!
French Quarter Secret Gardens Tour 2025
A stormy start didn’t deter those wanting a tour of hidden French Quarter courtyards during this annual Patio Planters event, – a benefit to help produce the beloved Caroling in the Square each year.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
St. Joseph’s Day in the French Quarter
Every March 19th, the neighborhood once called “Little Palermo” celebrates the saint – that legend says ended a terrible famine – by creating elaborate altars, then sharing food, blessings and goodwill.
photos by Ellis Anderson
The Life of a Writer – with Help from Tennessee Williams
En Avant! Before he became a national celebrity, Tennessee Williams struggled with hardships, rejection and disappointment, yet this personal mantra kept him moving “onward” - with an exclamation point!
– by Richard Goodman
Otis Fennell: Mayor of Frenchmen Street
What began in 1978 as the first gay bookstore in the South is still thriving as Frenchmen Art & Books thanks to four nurturing owners – including the late Otis Fennell.
– by Frank Perez
A Labor of Love: Caroling in Jackson Square
A mid-century gardening club’s seasonal gathering has become one of New Orleans’ favorite holiday traditions, now hosting thousands of carolers each year.
– by Dean M. Shapiro
The Last Forgerons
In 1920, the last in a line of French Quarter forgerons put down their hammers, never again to create the wonderfully detailed wrought iron fences and balconies of New Orleans.
– by Michael Warner
New in the French Quarter: A Camera on Every Corner
While the new “public safety” cameras may lend a dismaying dystopian look to the city’s oldest neighborhood, Vieux Carré residents and businesses are hopeful they’ll help deter crime.
- by Frank Perez and Ellis Anderson
Confessions of a Recalcitrant Declutterer
Stuff + lack of closet space = the French Quarter dilemma. But once you’ve committed to downsizing your wardrobe, what’s the best way to be rid of your cast-offs?
– by Bethany Ewald Bultman
Voodoo on rue Dumaine: Connecting with the Invisible
VOODOOFEST celebrates its 25th anniversary this Halloween, welcoming all-comers to learn and experience some of the many facets of this ancient religion – for free.
– by Melanie Cole
Red Dress Run 2023
Although thousands of runners participated in the annual charity run, by the time they reached the home stretch the record heat had most of them walking.
– by Ellis Anderson
Dirty Linen Night 2023
Art lovers seemed unphased by the record heat during Dirty Linen Night in the French Quarter, Saturday, August 12. Perhaps the fact that 60+ galleries on Royal and Chartres Street participated, an air-conditioned island of art was never far away.
– by Ellis Anderson