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We talk a lot about musical instruments in New Orleans, so much so that it feels like our music dates back thousands of years. But the santur, a…
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Often, movies and TV shows just can’t seem to get New Orleans right. But Garden District, a new TV series written by local playwright Rosary O’Neill,…
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LOUD is a New Orleans theater company centered on queer youth. It’s a space where students explore new modes of self-expression, as well as traditional…
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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…
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Filmmaking often requires the efforts of a small army, from the actors and director to the lighting and sound crew. With Louisiana’s film industry booming…
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In a city so culturally invested in creativity, New Orleans artists are often faced with a lack of financial investment in their creations. That was part…
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New Orleans is getting a lot more colorful lately. Local and national artists are turning blank brick and concrete walls into massive outdoor artworks,…
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John Pope has built a reputation in New Orleans by writing about local luminaries and unsung heroes after their deaths. In this second and final…
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John Pope covered several different beats over more than 4 decades at the Times-Picayune. But he’s best-known as the city’s pre-eminent writer of…
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The road to Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is long and isolated. It sets the plantation-turned-prison back from lush and hilly West Feliciana…