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In our anxious times with omnipresent negativity abounding on multiple screens all the time, sometimes an escape to more simple pleasures is just what the doctor ordered.   For a holiday from reality this season, set your GPS for the purity of Dollywood, the 150-acre theme park set in Tennessee’s Smokey Mountains.  The award-winning amusement park complex continues to delight travelers year after year...

Much has been said, written, and sung about this city. Some people become enamored with this place because of its rare and enticing culture that allows them freedoms that they can’t experience anywhere else. Others detest the city because they find it too indulgent and vulgar. One way or another, this 300-year-old city knows how to leave a mark on everyone who sets foot within it. Authors, actors, and artists of all kinds have left a...

Producers of the 50th anniversary Jazz Fest have decided to mark the milestone event with something special: the addition of another day of the signature festival celebrating New Orleans music and culture.  Thursday, April 25 will now be the opening day of the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.  Both of the event’s weekends will run Thursday through Sunday, April 25 –...

The New Orleans music scene just got a little bit bigger with the announcement of the opening of The Fillmore, which will be housed within Harrah’s Casino. The Fillmore brand began in 1912 in San Francisco, and that concert hall gave birth to several venues spread throughout the U.S. The Fillmore New Orleans show marketer Alex Rosen explained, “We’ve always viewed New Orleans as one of America’s truly great music...