Where Y'at

If you had asked me one year ago, I would have scoffed at the idea of a “staycation.” Why would I pay $300-plus to stay somewhere five miles from home for a night, when I already pay $1,500 a month for an apartment? Until recently, I didn’t even think it was a real word, just some truncated millennial gibberish. (Fun fact: the first known use of the word appeared in 1944 as part of a national travel campaign; this was also...

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 all ages to come and spend some of their weekend celebrating fabulous musicians, eating delicious food, and admiring local art. With four stages, 30+ musicians, 25+ food vendors, and the artwork of 60+ local artisans, this small-scale music festival offers something...

Seeing a huge band in a smaller venue is always a special treat. A few months ago, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, and Chris Shiflett were set to ring in the Grand Opening of The Fillmore. Sadly, an injury kept that from happening. As promised, however, they returned this week for two insane sold-out shows. Night one was nearly three hours by most calculations, and the evening I attended-night two-was just as long...

During an early scene in John Wick: Chapter 3-Parabellum, an image of the great silent film star Buster Keaton appears on a jumbotron. While Keaton's films were comedies, with Keaton doing his own spectacular stunts, and the John Wick films are blood-soaked action helped along by excellent fight choreography, digital trickery, and slick editing, they both are visceral and visually thrilling.

John Wick 3 has some...