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Franco Alessandrini: Italian Master Sculptor and His New Orleans Studio
We follow Alessandrini's significant public works along the river and through the Quarter, then visit with the artist in his Howard Avenue studio.
Keeping Their COOL(inary)
There's one thing New Orleanians look forward to during the depths of the summer doldrums: the incredible special menus at some of the city's best restaurants.
Lion in Winter: A Tribute to Stewart Butler
Stewart Butler's biographer marks the March 2020 passing of this legendary New Orleans LGBT+ activist.
Palm & Pine Pivots and Perseveres
Palm & Pine Pivots and Perseveres: Flexibility learned as pop-up chefs proves invaluable to restaurant owners Amarys and Jordan Herndon in Palm and Pine's first year.
-Kim Ranjbar
Plywood Pop: Josh Wingerter
Plywood Plop: Josh Wingerter: Philosophy and philanthropy drive the creative process of local artist and "universe kind of cat," Josh Wingerter.
-Reda Wigle
New Salon Series Continues Literary Legacy
New Salon Series Continues Literary Legacy: The literary salon tradition continues with an online twist, thanks to an innovative partnership between the Tennessee Williams Festival and the Beauregard-Keyes House.
-Christy Lorio
The 2020 Up Stairs Lounge Fire Memorial Service
On the 47th anniversary of an arson fire that killed 32 LGBT+ people in the French Quarter, the weather reflected the mood of the mourners.
– photography by Andrew Simoneaux
The Queer Quarter: A Moveable Feast
The Queer Quarter: A Moveable Feast: In the 1900s, LGBT+ people from around the country were drawn to the French Quarter's shifting centers of queer gravity, which offered both a spicy nightlife scene and an evolving culture.
-Frank Perez
The Up Stairs Lounge Fire Memorial Service
The Up Stairs Lounge Fire Memorial Service: On the 47th anniversary of an arson fire that killed 32 LGBT+ people in the French Quarter, the weather reflected the mood of the mourners.
-Andrew Simoneaux
Jackson Square Protest - June 5
Jackson Square Protest - June 5: Friday evening, much of New Orleans waited with bated breath in hopes the protest in the French Quarter would be peaceful. The rest of the city attended. Thousands rallied in front of Jackson Square in a remarkable show of solidarity against racism.
-Ellis Anderson
A Conversation with Jericho Brown
A Conversation with Jericho Brown: The Louisiana writer opens up about his Pulitzer Prize win, the power of transformation and the moment he realized he was a poet.
-Skye Jackson
The $50 Loan With 30 Year Terms
The rise of homelessness during the pandemic reminds a French Quarter writer of a luckless time in youth, when a spontaneous act of generosity turned the tide.
– by Ellis Anderson
On Richard Sobol & Quarter Culture
On Richard Sobol & Quarter Culture: Darlene Fife, co-founder and editor of the 1960s French Quarter underground newspaper NOLA Express, looks back at the late Richard Sobol's defense of civil rights and Quarterites.
-Ellis Anderson
Fancy Footwork at the FQF
Fancy Footwork at the FQF: The traditional opening day for French Quarter Fest finds entertainment director Greg Schatz dancing with a very fickle future.
-Nan Parati
"Lafitte the Pirate" Turns 90
​In 1930, French Quarter resident Lyle Saxon cooked up a savory gumbo of fact and fiction that's become a New Orleans classic.
- by John Sledge
Interview: John Warner Smith, Poet Laureate of Louisiana
The state's former Secretary of Labor is now its Poet Laureate. In lieu of hearing Smith speak at the Tennessee Williams Fest this year, we offer this profound and insightful interview.
- by Skye Jackson
Tennessee Williams and the French Quarter
Tennessee Williams and the French Quarter: A look at the famous playwright's complex and lifelong relationship with the neighborhood where he brought "A Streetcar Named Desire" into being.
​- by Richard Goodman
Famine to Feast
If you can't feast at a celebration this St. Joseph's Day, at least you can feast your eyes with a virtual visit to three different St. Joseph's altars in the Quarter.
-By Reda Wigle
Served Straight Up: The Sazerac
Served Straight Up: The Sazerac: A trip to the new Sazerac House interactive museum and distillery leads to sampling the classic cocktail at five favorite French Quarter bars.
- story by Kim Ranjbar
Harriette's Hourglass
Harriette’s Hourglass: As she's closing her gallery and packing to move, Harriette Prevatte reflects on four decades spent as a working artist in the French Quarter.
- story and photos by Ellis Anderson