Arts and Culture

9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1230+ words) Julien Hudson's 1835 painting "Creole boy with a moth," may have been painted after the child's untimely death. The colorful moth in Julien Hudson's 1835 painting "Creole boy with a moth” may have been a symbol of transition, implying that the portrait…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (816+ words) Composers Now will launch its 15th anniversary season on October 29 with a Dialogues program at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, bringing together three Louisiana-rooted composer-performers for an evening... Explore Our Cities & Metro Areas (A-Z) Composers Now Launches 15th Anniversary Season at New…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (705+ words) This is the front corner of Homewood Mansion, which was located just north of Natchez, Mississippi. It burned in 1940. Growing up in an old New Orleans neighborhood, Halloween was special. Long shadows cast by live oaks on very familiar streets…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (492+ words) The Liquid Lobotomy cocktail is on the Haunting pop-up menu. Holiday pop-up bars have become more popular, and they’ve stretching the appeal to other seasons. Tiki drink guru Jeff “Beachbum” Berry created Sippin’ Santa to share holiday-themed tropical drinks and…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (188+ words) The Louisiana Gumbo Festival, held annually in Chackbay, is coming back to the bayou this weekend. The over 50-year-old festival celebrates all things southern Louisiana, with volunteers cooking up nearly 500 gallons of Gumbo during the festival weekend. The festival has…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1256+ words) At the Sazerac Bar at The Roosevelt New Orleans, history isn't tucked behind glass. It lives in the African walnut bar, the Art Deco murals, the silver pieces behind the bar—and, every night, in the rye, sugar, Peychaud's bitters,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (157+ words) Organizers describe the event’s community in sweeping terms, with the official site stating, “Find your fandom family at FAN EXPO New Orleans. All 30,000 of them.” It’s a figure meant to underscore the scale of the convention’s following, though it isn’t…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (648+ words) Volunteer Mike "Mr. Oktoberfest" Messina pours beer during the Oktoberfest event at the Deutsches Haus in New Orleans, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. The event celebrated over three weekends in October, celebrates the history and culture of German people. German beer, food and…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (353+ words) NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — When he's got his guitar, Fredo Nogueira goes back to the beginning. That's back when he figured he'd make a life and a living with his music. That was then and WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1748+ words) Dawn Richard doesn’t consider her newest album, “Creole Culture,” the cap to a trilogy of solo records released since 2019. She prefers to think of the album as the third panel in a triptych. Each album in the triptych — 2019’s “New…...