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Originators of basketball style and skilled athletes of the highest order, The Harlem Globetrotters are teaming up with The National Police Athletic League to support hurricane relief efforts in Louisiana. Harlem Globetrotter's Nate "Big Easy" Lofton is more than ready to put his hands to work and tidy up the community. Lofton, along with Jeff Hood, CEO of The National Police Athletic League, will be at the First Baptist Church of...

A New Orleans-based brewery wins gold medal for exceptional beer? We'll drink to that! The 2021 U.S. Open Beer Championship awarded Faubourg Brewing Co. a gold medal for their exceptional craft beer. On September 6, gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded at the U.S. Open Event Center in Oxford, Ohio. Hundreds of breweries nationwide brought their 'A' game for a panel of judges as more than 8,000 beers were blind taste-tested....

Cry Macho is legendary Clint Eastwood's 39th directorial effort (he also did directorial work on the strong 1984 New Orleans-set thriller Tightrope but was uncredited). When you're as prolific an artist as Eastwood is, the quality will range all over the place (see also the novels of Stephen King or the films of Woody Allen). With the exception of 2018's clunky The 15:17 to Paris, he has been on a good run lately with the excellent...

New Orleans has been the birthplace of many legends in the music industry, and Irma Thomas is no exception. On October 4, 2021 at 8 p.m., WYES-TV, New Orleans's PBS station, will be premiering and streaming a new documentary about Thomas's life and career. "Irma Thomas," Image by Rick Olivier The 90-minute-long documentary, titled Irma: My Life in Music, is written and directed by Cilista Eberle and Michael Murphy, as...