Culture
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Where Y'at Chat - July 2019 at The Rivershack
Where Y'at Chat Questions (July 2019): When is the last time you did your best to help someone? What would be the best "National Day of...." that you'd...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Tips for a Hurricane Evacuation
Should I stay or should I go? Every year since Katrina, we have this same discussion. Right up to and through Katrina, I acted a fool and never even considered an evacuation. Being...
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10 "Classic" Films Set in New Orleans
Many different people have a different answer when asked what they consider to be a classic movie. For me, I've always identified "classic" with the date a film was released:...
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Unusual Museums Around New Orleans
While some museums in New Orleans get plenty of international attention, like the National World War II Museum or the New Orleans Museum of Art, others with more specialized...
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Westbank Treasures: Discovering Gretna
Tucked out of sight-and, in consequence, out of mind-from the upbeat and mildly chaotic downtown New Orleans, lies Gretna. exactly how her residents intended. In recent years,...
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Antique Shopping in New Orleans
It should be no surprise that a 300-year-old city is home to plenty of places to shop for antiques, but New Orleans antique stores don't just focus on high-priced relics from the...
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The Greatest French Quarter Bachelorette Party Ever: 12 Restaurants, Bars and Nightlife Venues
So, you're getting hitched and planning the ultimate destination bachelorette party? First off, congratulations! Secondly, the French Quarter in New Orleans should be at the top of...
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Where Y'at Chat - June 2019 at The Library
Where Y'at Chat Questions (June 2019): It's Where Y'at's Summer Restaurant Guide Issue! If you are what you eat, what are you?
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The New Orleans Must-Do List
A city steeped in Southern hospitality, New Orleans is one of the hottest destinations to visit in the whole United States. A hearty mix of culture, traditions, and modern...
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Be Worldly with the Foundation Room at the House of Blues
Most people know the House of Blues as one of New Orleans's coolest and most popular concert venues-but it's that and so much more. Because when the music leaves the stage, it...
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Celebrate Local Culture at Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo
The 14th annual Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo festival will take place this weekend in Bayou St. John. Beginning today, Friday, May 17, this three-day festival invites people of...
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Where Y'at Chat - May 2019 at NOLA Cantina
Where Y'at Chat Questions (May 2019): It's Jazz Fest, and you're the last performance. What song do you sing? It's Cinco de Mayo! What Spanish name would you...
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In Your Own Backyard
Welcome to week two of our Jazz & Heritage Festival. And on behalf of all the locally owned small businesses, we thank you for being here in our town. You guys truly get us and...
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Who's On First? OR They Cancelled
So, it's the second weekend of the Fest, and you were gonna see the Stones. Too bad, so sad. You settled for Fleetwood Mac-guess again. Now they say it's gonna be Widespread Panic....
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Nearer My God OR Walk it Off
Okay, Sparkles, you’ve made it to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival gates, or, simply put (like a native), “Yer at da Fest!” There’s really only...
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Golden Jazz: A Chat with Jazz Fest Producer Quint Davis
One of the Crescent City’s most iconic events is reaching a historic milestone this spring. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is celebrating its hallowed golden...
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Festin' With Frenchy: The King of Oak Street is New Orleans's Favorite Live Painter
New Orleans artist Randy Leo “Frenchy” Frechette, the artist behind the 2015 Jazz Fest poster, has made a name for himself in the art world. An illustrator and painter,...
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How Jazz Fest Came To Be
It all started in 1970. At that time, the now-massive two-week-long music festival was just an idea being discussed among several city and business leaders who wanted to start...
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Keeping Your Jazz Fest Experience Stress-Free
Carnival is long over, but no need to cry. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is on its way and, this year, is filled with new acts, new rules, and new things to see and...
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The Fashion of Jazz Fest: BayouWear
BayouWear, “A Funky American Fashion Brand Flowing from the Bayou” What comes to mind when you think of Jazz Fest? Is it the smell of crawfish etouffée...
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An Open Letter to Jazz Fest Newbies
Dear “new” New Orleanians and virgin Festers, If you are one of our many new citizens to pick this town to be your home, I want to welcome you. And if you are...
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The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company Has a New Play and New Digs
The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company New Orleans (TWTC) is gearing up for the closing weekend of their latest play, Suddenly Last Summer. This rendition of the famous Tennessee...
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Amen, I Say, OR Children of a Lesser God
Oh God, I think that it’s time for me to start my own religion. I’ll call it New Orleans Culinary Pagan Buddhist Hokey Pokey (that’s what it’s all about!)...
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Great New Orleans Authors to Revisit This Year
The city of New Orleans has long been the inspiration for some of the world’s greatest authors, who put pen to paper gleefully from the unparalleled comforts of a metropolis...
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Where Y'at Chat - April 2019 at Ugly Dog Saloon & BBQ
Where Y’at Chat Questions (April 2019): It's the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival! Instead of screaming "STELLA!" what would you...
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A Banquet of Memories
Dining out was something my parents believed in. Oh, make no mistake, my mom was a fabulous cook, but eating out was a pleasure, a treat, a must! Even when my dad lost his...
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Cooking Up Satire and Plot Twists with Barbecue, the New Play by the Radical Buffoons
This past weekend, the Radical Buffoons hosted their opening weekend of Barbeque. Deemed a “F#@%ed up family comedy,” this dark, witty, hysterical satire follows the...
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Click Here For Your 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Cubes!
The complete, daily schedule for the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, with performance times and stage assignments, has been released. Festival fans can now start...
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Lenten Lessons
You know ya need to embrace a Lenten sobriety when an impending dread of this 46-day period of denial is felt as early as August. Yep, if not being able to partake of my evening...
