Continuum presents dance music that may have been heard in The Garden of Mirth (a garden of love) from the 13th Century poem, The Romance of the Rose, a medieval French poem styled as an allegorical dream vision. It is a notable instance of courtly literature. The work's stated purpose is to both entertain and to teach others about the Art of Love. At various times in the poem, the "Rose" of the title is seen as the name of the lady, and as a symbol of female sexuality in general.

The way we experience the past and the present is changing, and that extends to how people experience tours. Alyssa and Trevor Scott of Spectral City Tours are launching what they call a Surreal History Party, which will have guests interacting with history all from the comfort of their home. NolaVie’s Kelley Crawford invite them into the studio to learn more.

In 2017, we created a program called “Guilty Pleasures.” Actually here in New Orleans “guilty” is not often used as an adjective for pleasure, but in the rest of America a guilty pleasure is liking something you’re not supposed to like or that’s not cool to like.  That has really never been our philosophy on American Routes. We revel in the freedom to create an eclectic flow in these days of algorithmic radio. For “Guilty Pleasures Vol. 2,” we asked listeners to make suggestions, and then we built segues around them. 

You can eat like a king anywhere if you can pay a king’s ransom. But one blessing of New Orleans has long been how well you can eat on the cheap. Is that still true, in our age of trendy concepts and avocado toast?

I set out to find out, with a quest for the $5 lunch.

This week on Inside the Arts, internationally acclaimed tenor Brenden Gunnell is headed to New Orleans to perform Gilded, a new song cycle by rising star composer Tucker Fuller. The work was written specifically for Gunnell who will be accompanied by the Polymnia String Quartet in concert at the Marigny Opera House. Gilded, is inspired by both the wandering lieder of the Romantic era and today's free-market sensibility, with text by award-winning poet Megan Levad.

This week on Thinking Outside the Book: Joe Phillips of Crescent City Books and Black Widow Press talks about some of the more unusual items he's come across in a career of antiquarian bookselling.

This week on Le Show, Harry presents It’s a Smart World, Land of 15,000 princes, News of Inspectors General, News of the Olympic Movement, the Apologies of the Week, and more.

This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with J. Richard (Rick) Gruber, director emeritus of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and author of "Dusti Bongé: Art and Life: Biloxi, New Orleans, New York." We’ll also hear from novelist Monique Truong, whose new book, based on the life of Lafcadio Hearn, is “The Sweetest Fruits."