Folks celebrate Halloween across the country with trick or treating, pumpkin carving and parties. But in New Orleans, of course, there's also a parade. In its 19th year, the Krewe of BOO! parade, which takes place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, is the ce... See more
New Orleans' lengthy Mardi Gras code is sprinkled with hundreds of rules related to the city's big party. As the years pass by, some of those regulations become obsolete and require revision. On Sept. 17, the City Council voted to update a dusty edict tha... See more
A hay-strewn lot on Cypress Acres Drive on the West Bank was the site of a high-spirited celebration Friday, as the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale Mardi Gras parading organization broke ground on a new $4 million headquarters facility. The 20,000-square-foo... See more
When the Audubon Nature Institute's Riverfront Park opened this spring, it became possible to saunter along the mighty Mississippi, all the way from deep in the Bywater to the Riverwalk mall. If you haven't yet strolled this picturesque promenade, you cer... See more
At the top of a long, steep staircase in The Historic New Orleans Collection research center in the French Quarter hang a pair of precious, newly acquired, 19th-century portraits. They are artifacts of a peculiar part of Louisiana's 19th-century social sy... See more
