By Andrew Winston “One of the things people think about is, well if you let Pointe-Au-Chien go, who’s next right?” said Patty Ferguson-Bohnee with a bit of uneasiness in her voice. It is pronounce “PON-A-SHAN” I soon learned after speaking with Patty, who is a member of the Pointe-Au-Chien Indian tribe. What still remains of the… Read More The Incoming Impact: Pointe-Au-Chiens Fight for Preservation
By Daryan Rose-Havens On October 14th, 2017 the city of New Orleans, Louisiana will hold one of its most important and influential elections: the mayoral election. Serving as the city’s chief executive officer, which entails the responsibility of proposing the city’s budget, signing legislation into law, and overseeing the city’s daily doings, the mayor is one… Read More From French Quarter Tycoon to Elected Official
By Soren Ramsey Alcohol wipes sheen the lines of purple ink that show where the shoulder blade stretches the most. A first-time flyer prepares to suspend from hooks as piercer Michael Peterse pulls up his surgical mask. A pinch of the skin, and a deep breath in. An exhale, a smooth, hard shove, a practiced hand… Read More New Orleans’ Flying Circus
By Jacob Freedman Oak Street has returned to its position as the backbone of the Carrollton neighborhood in New Orleans. The Main Streets Project and the Oak Street community worked to drastically change the street after the 1970s, contrasting decades of decline. Now, Oak Street is peppered with shops, restaurants, and bars. The streets around Oak… Read More The Evolution of Oak Street
By Emily Ahmad In a year full of political tension and transformation on a national scale, the city of New Orleans will experience its own political shakeup. Come this fall, residents of New Orleans will vote for a new mayor of their city, as current Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s term comes to an end. Landrieu, who is… Read More Off to the Races
By Anne Moore Jazz music was born and raised in the Crescent City, so much so that the term “traditional jazz” refers to more songs from New Orleans than from almost anywhere else. Created by a combination of slave tunes and musical instruments, jazz blossomed in New Orleans and has been an integral part of the… Read More Bringing Tap Dance to New Orleans
By Madeline Brenner If tradition holds, Ty Siddiqui can be found on Friday night, surrounded by her fellow Pagans celebrating the Sabbath. Ty stands, smiling, indistinguishable among the buzzing crowd. Her unruly black hair sways in the breeze. Her eyes shift slowly from person to person, appraising every face. As the sky grows dark, marking the… Read More Changing Perceptions: Paganism and Activism in the Crescent City
By James McClendon At 11, Daniel Tapia starting selling drugs on the streets of New Orleans to help support him and his mother. At 13, he was convicted of his first distribution charge. At 14, he was listed as a career criminal. At 15, he went to juvenile detention for 3 years. And at 18,… Read More The Parolee and the Parole Officer
By Julia Hale What’s the first thing you think of when someone says Mardi Gras? There’s a good chance you picture the colorful plastic beads that have become a universal symbol of Carnival season in New Orleans. But do you know where they came from? Do you care? “It’s not that we don’t care – some… Read More The Dark Side of Mardi Gras
By Sasha Salk Tarriona “Tank” Ball described her life right now as “definitely changing.” Yours might too, if you listen to her band Tank and the Bangas. This New Orleans-based group creates a sound that breaks musical barriers. Soulful, yes. Funky, yes. Rocking, yes. But they are also animated, energetic, hip-hoppy, lyrically playful, rhythmic, and… Read More Tank to the Top
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