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Gearing up for inaugural weekend balls often means getting ready to stand in lots of lines for some not-so-awesome food. But if you want to say goodbye to the rubber chicken brigade, these foodcentric inaugural balls might be a better bet.

Illustrator Michael Arthur's drawings catch musicians in the act of a live performance. Bob Boilen caught up with him in New York at globalFEST.

Elizabeth Colbert-Busch — a.k.a. Stephen Colbert's big sister — shook things up in South Carolina Friday, with the news that she will seek the House seat that was recently vacated by Sen. Tim Scott. The field already includes former Gov. Mark Sanford and Teddy Turner.

After combing through 95,000 images in its archives, the White House News Photographers Association has put together an exhibit of candid presidential moments — some well-known, some locked away for decades.

New Orleans is about to pick a new mayor to replace the controversial Ray Nagin. The candidates, including Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, who just entered the race, promise a departure from the past eight years of escalating crime and corruption.

Mayor Ray Nagin says local bureaucracies are slowing down efforts to disburse federal recovery monies in New Orleans. He also tells Ed Gordon that there is a need to balance the city's economic development with economic justice.

Saturday's mayoral election in New Orleans results in a run-off between incumbent Ray Nagin and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu. The two candidates now have four weeks to persuade voters to support their vision of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Mayor Ray Nagin and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu will meet in a May runoff election to decide who will serve the next term as mayor of New Orleans. John Mercurio of the National Journal discusses post-Katrina politics in the Big Easy with Debbie Elliott.

President Bush visits the Gulf Coast again, pledging to help clean up the region. Also, Vice Admiral Thad Allen, director of federal relief efforts, discusses plans being developed for Hurricane Rita, damage to New Orleans' levee system and clashes with Mayor Ray Nagin.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin calls for a mandatory evacuation and authorizes law enforcement officials to force all those left in the flooded city to leave. Nagin cites danger from at least four fires and from highly polluted floodwater.