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Mystic Krewe of Barkus Parade 2024
Barkus met Barbie this year with a “Pawsitively Pink” theme for the 2024 parade, which rambled through the French Quarter on what turned out to be absolutely the Best Day.
- photos by Andrew Simoneaux
Krewe of Cork Parade 2024
Demonstrating exceptional stamina, the Krewe of Cork celebrates the world of wine, starting with a three-hour wine luncheon, then spreading all that good cheer through the streets of the French Quarter.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Ser Maurye Aycock: Krewe of Cork's First Lady Lieutenant
King Patrick Van Hoorebeek's bacchanalian Krewe of Cork rolls into 2024 granting knighthood to their first female lieutenant in the organization's history.
-By Kim Ranjbar
Krewe du Vieux Parade 2024
Krewe du Vieux’s creativity elevates satire to a no-holds-barred art form – which is why their annual parade is one of the city’s most popular Mardi Gras traditions.
- photos by Scott Saltzman
Bohème Parade 2024
Bohème is a relative newcomer to the Mardi Gras parade scene, but this year - only their fifth time marching – the absinthe-minded krewe danced its way into the “Don’t Miss” category of Carnival festivities.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Meeting in the Middle: A New Literary Event on the Mississippi Coast
The Mississippi coast plays host to authors from across the state and from nearby New Orleans, as the HOMEGROWN Writers’ Exchange creates a new literary nexus.
Chewbacchus Parade 2024
Although the theme of this year’s Chewbacchus parade was “Nothing to See Here,” our album with 80+ photographs proves differently.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
The Vieux Carre Courier: Guarding the Gates of the Neighborhood
In the early 1970s, a fearless editor for a feisty French Quarter newspaper defends the historic neighborhood, taking inspiration from past preservation battles - both won and lost.
– by Bethany Ewald Bultman
The Vibrant Life and Designs of San Nicholas
The unpublished memoir of San Nicholas reveals the tortured childhood he overcame to become a renowned Carnival costume designer.
– by Frank Perez
Joan of Arc Parade 2024
The Joan of Arc Project celebrates Joan’s January 6th birthday each year with a medieval procession marching merrily through the French Quarter. This year was the krewe’s own birthday - its Sweet Sixteenth. Happily, Joan’s birthday also coincides with Twelfth Night, the official beginning of the Mardi Gras season.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Armstrong Park’s Unexpected Attraction: The Antique Rose Garden
This park adjacent to the French Quarter is home to the legendary Congo Square and statues of New Orleans’ jazz greats, but a rarely noticed antique rose garden provides an unexpected delight.
– by Ellis Anderson
Bridging Artistry and Advocacy: Julia Holt, Esquire
A lifelong musician, this New Orleans native turned her performance career toward advocacy in the arts by specializing in entertainment law.
– by Kim Ranjbar
Patio Planters Holiday Home Tour 2023
The venerable Patio Planters garden club uses proceeds from this annual home tour to help fund the beloved Jackson Square caroling event. This year, seven French Quarter houses, dating back to 1818, decked their halls to welcome visitors.
– photos by Melanie Cole
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
Spring Fiesta Holiday Home Tour 2023
Five fabulous French Quarter and Marigny homes welcomed visitors on December 2nd as part of the annual Spring Fiesta Holiday Home and Patio tour.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Improvisations Gala 2023
This annual fund-raiser for the New Orleans Jazz Museum is one of the city’s most spectacular, featuring Jason Neville Funky Soul Band & Special Guest "Mr. P Funk" George Clinton, New Orleans cuisine and craft cocktails, a Sound Collage lighting display, exhibits and special jazz-related arts installations.
- photos by Melanie Cole
Children’s Hospital Holiday Parade 2023
A downpour drenched parade-goers and marchers mid-way through the second annual Children’s Hospital Holiday Parade, but it couldn’t diminish the sheer delight.
- photos by Ellis Anderson
The Veiled Lady and the Bird Man
The controversial 19th-century naturalist John James Audubon is best known for his artwork in Birds of America - but few have heard of a portrait commissioned by a mysterious New Orleans woman in 1821, a painting that’s been lost to history.
– by Richard Goodman
The Ultimate Outsider: A 1995 Interview with Gypsy Lou Webb
In the 1960s, “Gypsy” Lou Webb and husband Jon Webb worked out of a tiny French Quarter apartment and published ground-breaking work by beat writers like Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Langston Hughes, and Jack Kerouac. Thirty years later, she looks back at her literary life in New Orleans.
-by Dennis Fomento
Passion Lilie x Beatrix Bell: A Chic Collective
Two visionary designers, Katie Schmidt and Beatrix Bell, offer handmade, sustainable, fair trade goods on an artful block of Chartres Street.
-By Hallet Graham