By Jillian Eskew A glowing dragon swoops playfully into the crowd, scattering laughing parade-goers. Space vikings dance and spin to a thrumming baseline, the glittering accents of their costumes trailing behind them. A UFO, decorated with panels of rainbow LEDS, bathes its entourage in bright flashes of color. This is the bright, nerdy extravagance that… Read More A Mardi Gras for All Stomps of Life
If it is a Carousel Bar passenger’s lucky day, they may just have the fortune of partaking in the musical magic of Lena Prima & Band. The youngest daughter of New Orleans icon-Louis Prima, Lena Prima has graced the Carousel Bar & Lounge for the past 11 years. “I sang as a child with my… Read More Magic at the Monteleone
By Grayson Meckfessel During the spring of 2020, Tulane University closed its campus aquatic center, the Natatorium, with plans to renovate the facility and reopen by that fall. To the best of anyone’s knowledge, the project was on par with meeting its deadline. However, the COVID-19 pandemic would soon impose uncertainties both about the future… Read More A Three-Year Extension: Tulane’s Renovation of the Reily Center Natatorium
By: Meah Matherne Anywhere you walk in New Orleans, they are there. Broken streets, potholes punched in the concrete, and road work that doesn’t seem to do anything but make your life harder. The streets scrape up the bottom of your car as you drive and buckling sidewalks make a walk around the neighborhood an… Read More Look at this Fuckin’ Article
By Rachel Costello There are many things that distinguish Community Book Center from your average bookstore. In addition to featuring books that are mainly by Black authors or cover topics relating to race, the Center also displays various African art and products. However, perhaps what is most responsible for Community Book Center’s uniqueness is its… Read More Community Book Center Centers Truth & Community
By: Isha Goel It is that time of the year. Over a one month span, purple, green, and gold fills every crevice of New Orleans. The town begins to come together in light of the festivities that are ahead. The energy of the people is so up-beat that nothing can bring it down; that is… Read More A More Green Mardi Gras
by Benjamin Patterson Celebrations should be what businesses live for, not die from. Throughout its two-hundred-year history, Mardi Gras has given the New Orleans small business community an annual sigh of financial relief. Despite all the problems that may erode residents’ spirits throughout the year, local businesses feel they can rest easy knowing that their… Read More Skipped Over
By Milo Kashey Friday Night Fights are like nothing you’ve ever seen. The huge courtyard outside the gym fills with over 2,000 people cheering on their local heroes in the red-floored boxing ring illuminated by massive floodlights. Fighters sporting red and blue headgear trade pummeling blows as they battle for glory. It’s a spectacle. Between… Read More Friday Night Fights Under the Friday Night Lights
Audrey Connelly “Treat every customer – and everything you do – as if you are doing it for the person you love most in the world”. That is what Joanne Domilise tells the employees of Domilise’s Po-Boys and Bar day in and day out. Customer service is of the utmost importance to Joanne, her husband… Read More Domilise’s Po-Boy and Bar: Then and Now
By Camilla Stapleton Ascendance is a place where the energy changes. People from all walks of life come together to dance, vibe, and find a community of unadulterated acceptance. Walking up to the Cafe Istanbul promenade, you’re greeted by people who might not look, talk, or act like you. But you are there, so you… Read More Filling Necessary Spaces: Culture and Community Through the Lens of the Zodiac
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