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
by Grace Blankenhorn “People plan vacations every year to come to Mardi Gras. For us, it’s kind of the opposite of that.,” explains McKinley Eastman, managing partner at Superior Grill, a well established Mexican restaurant in Uptown, New Orleans. Eastman has worked as the managing partner of Superior Grill since 1977, never missing one parade… Read More Behind the Scenes of Superior Grill: How one New Orleans Restaurant Prepares for Mardi Gras Madness
By Alexia Narun Celebrating its 37th anniversary, the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is trying something different this year, moving the iconic Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest from the closing of the festival weekend to a kickoff position. From March 22 to 26, the five-day, nonprofit festival will celebrate more than just Tennessee… Read More TW Fest brings new awareness to iconic scene
Samantha Baron The night was colder than an average New Orleans evening, but the vendors seemed refreshingly unbothered. Perhaps their nervous excitement warmed them. Located in the chic Baldwin & Company courtyard on Elysian Fields Ave, The New Orleans bookstore and wine bar resides in the heart of the Marigny neighborhood and opens up every… Read More Beneath the String Lights: Who and What is going on at NOLA Art Bar’s “Market Fridays?”
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