A&E Feature Archives
Decent Exposure 04 26 05
MO Fest, sandwiched in between the two weekends of Jazz Fest, gives local artists even more opportunities to show their stuff.
By Alison Fensterstock
Brilliant Disguise 04 19 05
Former New York Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl recounts her many identities and many approaches to writing about food in her new book, Garlic and Sapphires.
By Todd A. Price
Creole Connection 04 12 05
Big Easy Music Heritage Award honoree Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin has been an ambassador for the state's rural Creole culture -- while continuing to nourish it at home.
By Nick Spitzer
Musical Chairs 04 05 05
During the French Quarter Festival, New Orleans' top musicians hustle from gig to gig and genre to genre.
By John Swenson
Stroke of Genius 03 29 05
With his varied approaches in his writing, his own publishing house and other projects, Dave Eggers discusses his staggering workload at this weekend's Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival.
By Anne Gisleson
Slave to the Truth 03 29 05
By David Winkler-Schmit
The Many Miles of Myshkin 03 22 05
New locations and new stimuli have fueled the one-time New Orleanian's muse.
By Alex Rawls
One-Act Wonders 03 15 05
The publication and presentation of Tennessee Williams' lost short plays offer snapshots of a genius in the making.
By Olivia Jane Smith
Ring Leader 03 08 05
Jon Frederic West, the sought-after tenor for the title role of Siegfried, takes a breather from preparing for the marathon opera to explain why Wagner is so fun.
By Natalie Brown
Getting Sedated 03 01 05
The New Orleans Film Festival continues its vital series of indie-film screenings with the rock documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones.
By David Lee Simmons
Dancing All the Way Home 02 22 05
Jenny Thompson's solution to a mid-life crisis? Move to New Orleans and start the NORD/NOBA Center for Dance, which has inspired a generation of students.
By Ian Manheimer
Master Craftsman 02 15 05
Writer John Biguenet translates his short story The Vulgar Soul into a stage play to kick off Southern Rep's New Plays Festival.
By Ed Skoog
Farewell to Ferdinand 02 08 05
A new exhibit at Barrister's Gallery pays tribute to the late outside artist Roy Ferdinand, who died last December but leaves a legacy that included an uncompromising look at New Orleans street life.
By Bill Sasser
Justice in Black and White 02 01 05
In his debut book Desire Street: A True Story of Death and Deliverance in New Orleans, veteran reporter and editor Jed Horne paints a colorful picture of a dark tale.
By Frank Etheridge
Conversation Piece 01 25 05
Keyboardist Robert Walter moved to New Orleans and promptly immersed himself in the city's jam scene.
By Reuben Brody
The Unforgettable Fire 01 18 05
With Funeral, the Arcade Fire has become indie-rock favorites, but that doesn't mean they have to be taken so seriously.
By Alex Rawls
Entertainment Tonight 01 11 05
World-music label Putumayo focuses its spotlight on Kermit Ruffins, the entertainer.
By John Swenson
Hot Club in the City 01 04 05
With its new, self-released album, the Hot Club of New Orleans goes beyond the traditional sound.
By Alex Rawls
Back Home on the Range 12 28 04
New Orleans-born author Elmore Leonard, the Dickens of Detroit, re-releases the works that got him started in literature with The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard.
By Erik Spanberg
Image Conscious 12 21 04
New Orleans' Hazard County Girls find out just how real "reality TV" is when the band appears on The Learning Channel's A Makeover Story.
By Rob Bryant
Pretty Boxes Under the Tree 12 14 04
Recent box sets provide insight into New Orleans and bluegrass music, as well as the careers of the Grateful Dead, Albert Ayler, the Faces and Al Green.
By Jeff Burke, Rob Cambre, Scott Jordan and Alex Rawls
Going (Back) Underground 12 07 04
Peter Holsapple examines the comprehensive Rhino Records box set, Left of the Dial, and recalls life in the '80s indie-rock scene.
By Alex Rawls
Food Networking 11 30 04
A funny thing happens on the way from online food forums -- everyone suddenly becomes an expert on New Orleans dining.
By Todd A. Price
Home for the Holidays 11 23 04
Pianist Michael Wolff brings his musical family to meet his hometown family for Thanksgiving.
By John Swenson
Good Wood 11 16 04
In writing the liner notes for the DVD releases of Ed Wood's late-career "classics," New Orleanian John d'Addario gives "the worst director of all time" yet another day of infamy.
By David Lee Simmons
Rolling Tome 11 09 04
In Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan gradually begins to separate the myth from the reality of his legendary career.
By Kevin Rabalais
Tangled Up in New Orleans 11 09 04
By Michael Tisserand
Next Verse 11 02 04
Genre-hopping author Barry Gifford turns to poetry in his latest work, Back in America, published locally by Light of New Orleans.
By Alison Fensterstock
Breaking the Law 10 26 04
Writer Jonathan Lethem uses pop culture references to explore growing up in Brooklyn in Fortress of Solitude.
By Alex Rawls
"I Was Thinking of Dickens A Lot": An Interview With Jonathan Lethem 10 26 04
By Alex Rawls
Forward Momentum 10 19 04
The New Orleans Ballet Association looks ahead and back with the return of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
By Olivia Jane Smith
Southern Dexterity 10 12 04
Whether as an author, editor, anthropologist or chowhound, John T. Edge looks at food from every angle.
By Sara Roahen
Underground Sounds 10 05 04
The rappers and DJs on Media Darling Records introduce another vision of hip-hop to New Orleans.
By James Bailey
Cajun in the Pocket 09 28 04
BeauSoleil's Gitane Cajun is its first album of all-new material in five years. On the road, the band is still finding new audiences after 30 years together.
By Alex Rawls
Simplicity Itself 09 21 04
One-time New Orleanian Teedra Moses' Complex Simplicity gives the hip-hop milieu an '80s soul treatment.
By Alex Rawls
Postcards From the Edge 09 14 04
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former McNeese State professor Robert Olen Butler returns to Louisiana with his latest work, Had a Good Time: Stories From American Postcards.
By Ed Skoog
Animal Husbandry 09 07 04
William Ragsdale brings humor and charm to Edward Albee's Tony Award-winning dark comedy, The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?
By Olivia Jane Smith
The Skins Game 08 31 04
Dirty Dozen Brass Band drummer Terence Higgins goes out on his own with his debut album, In the Bywater.
By Alex Rawls
He Got Game 08 24 04
As Spike Lee's latest leading male in She Hate Me, New Orleans native Anthony Mackie is ready to do the right thing.
By David Lee Simmons
Natural Born Storyteller 08 17 04
Gus Weill, everybody's favorite raconteur, finally puts his stories to paper with his new novel, The Cajuns.
By Erik Spanberg
The Last Don 08 10 04
From New York to Las Vegas to Bay St. Louis, Don Rickles is still on the prowl. And that's no insult.
By Michael Tisserand
Street Smarts 08 03 04
If purists think the NBA has completely succumbed to the playground style of play, wait till they get a look at the AND 1 Mix Tape Tour -- a modern-day Harlem Globetrotters set to hip-hop music.
By Cynthia Joyce
Constant Comment 07 27 04
Whether it's his drawings, poetry, or performance art pieces such as MediAmerica, Jose Torres Tama always has something to say about the American Dream.
By Frank Etheridge
A Change Is Gonna Come 07 20 04
The recently released two-disc, 53-track CD of Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change offers an opportunity to focus on the music of the Tony Award-winning musical.
By Cynthia Joyce
Write Place, Write Time 07 13 04
While his latest CD is an occasion to celebrate his musical persona once again, Dr. John should also be appreciated as one of New Orleans' great songwriters.
By John Swenson
Scott Free 07 06 04
Singer Alexandra Scott is at home with delicate ballads and raunchy indie pop on her new album Spyglass.
By Alex Rawls
The Damn Big Book List 06 29 04
Here's summer reading for those with attention-surplus disorder, or the simply anti-social.
By Thomas Bell
Pardon Their French 06 22 04
With the hits and misses that mark most compilation albums, Creole Bred pairs big-timers with Louisiana artists in a tribute to zydeco.
By Michael Tisserand
Southern Hostility 06 15 04
Selah Saterstrom's debut novel, The Pink Institution, demystifies the Old South in its portrayal of four generations of one family.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Love Kills 06 08 04
Bloodlust conquers all in this summer's offerings by The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, Richard III and Macbeth.
By Olivia Jane Smith
The Saint Comes Marching In 06 01 04
Poppy Z. Brite sends up -- and pays tribute to -- New Orleans' ragtag restaurant community in her latest work, Liquor.
By Sara Roahen
Justify Your Existence 05 25 04
In his latest novel, Wakefield, poet and commentator Andrei Codrescu sees hungry people.
By Erik Spanberg
The Pursuit of Happiness 05 18 04
Luke Allen's songs on The Happy Talk Band's debut album, Total Death Benefit, highlight New Orleans' unique interplay of self-destruction and Catholicism.
By Cristina Diettinger
Brass Pass 05 11 04
Trumpeter Mike Bucalo prepares for the mammoth challenge that is the LPO's presentation of Mahler's third symphony.
By Natalie Brown
The Voodoo She Did 05 04 04
Martha Ward takes an anthropologist's approach with Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Playing the Legacy 04 27 04
New CDs from The Dirty Dozen and ReBirth brass bands are filled with nods to their mentor, the late Tuba Fats.
By John Swenson
Ridin' the Ponderosa 04 20 04
A scaled-down, more user-friendly Ponderosa Stomp brings back the heroes of rock and soul one more time.
By Brett Milano
Howard's Beginning 04 13 04
With a new lease on Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, Big Easy Lifetime Achievement Award in Theatre recipient Michael Howard approaches his craft one play at a time.
By Natalie Brown
Wrapped in Plastic 04 06 04
The music created by Wynne Greenwood -- the whole of Tracy and the Plastics -- begs the question: Is it art or a multiple personality disorder? Even she's not sure.
By Cynthia Joyce
Kicking Ass 03 30 04
Michael Patrick Welch's semi-autobiographical novel The Donkey Show depicts love in the time of Mardi Gras.
By Alex Rawls
Rise and Shine 03 23 04
With some savvy risk taking and fortunate acquaintances, Perry Martin hopes to present a sparkling production of The Glass Menagerie.
By David Lee Simmons
Telefon-ing Home 03 16 04
With a native New Orleanian and a passion for electronica with a heart, Telefon Tel Aviv returns to town.
By Alex Rawls
Springtime for Alan Ruck 03 09 04
The veteran character actor of Ferris Bueller and Spin City fame returns to the stage for the touring company of The Producers.
By Eliza Strickland
Music With a Message 03 02 04
By Shala Carlson
Rare Bird, Indeed 02 24 04
The CAC's BirdSpace is that exhibit of a different feather -- where postmodernism celebrates nature.
By D. Eric Bookhardt
The Happy Accident 02 17 04
How Professor Longhair, Earl King, Smokey Johnson, Wardell Quezerque and other New Orleans music legends came together for one legendary Mardi Gras song
By David Kunian and Bill Taylor
Voice of a Generation 02 10 04
Raquel Cortina, the Lifetime Achievement Award honoree at this year's Tribute to the Classical Arts, helped make a university sing.
By Eliza Strickland
Love on the Rocks 02 03 04
First-time author Judy Conner mines laughs from heartache in Southern Fried Divorce, a sweet remembrance of "that ex-husband" and a brown dog unleashed in New Orleans.
By Frank Etheridge
Major Label 01 27 04
Ben Jaffe's Preservation Hall Recordings hopes to spread the word of traditional jazz in CD form.
By Cynthia Joyce
Spiritual Journey 01 20 04
Sharon Caulder has traveled from the Northeast to California to west Africa and finally to New Orleans, where she plans to open the voodoo center Chez Vodun in the French Quarter.
By Frank Etheridge
Hue Are You? 01 13 04
Southern Rep's production of Yellowman -- with its focus on light and dark skin -- has special resonance in New Orleans.
By Katy Reckdahl
The Road From Hackberry 01 06 04
A grand new documentary tells the colorful stories of the legendary Hackberry Ramblers.
By Jason Berry
Do You Bonnaroo? 12 30 03
By Frank Etheridge
The Future Is Now 12 23 03
With a different approach and a new co-producer, Galactic finds the right connection with its audience on Ruckus.
By Alan Sculley
Birds of a Feather 12 16 03
Mesmerized by the exploding popularity of the turducken, our restaurant critic decides the only way to understand it is to make one herself.
By Sara Roahen
Musical Heirs 12 09 03
The Viator family on moving to the country, home-schooling and making Creole music as Eh, La-Bas!
By Jason Berry
History Revised 12 02 03
First-time novelist Tom Franklin brings his work, Hell at the Breech, to this week's Words and Music Festival.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Spreading the Word 11 25 03
With their debut CD, Never No More, the Hazard County Girls are proving they're not your average riot girrrls.
By Cristina Diettinger
Write the Power 11 18 03
Spoken word artist Alix Olson strikes a not-so-predictable feminist pose.
By Cristina Diettinger
Catching a Wave 11 11 03
The newly formed Tsunami Dance Company's debut performance, Fast Forward, continues the renaissance of modern dance in New Orleans.
By Eliza Strickland
Love and Hate 11 04 03
Sex-advice columnist Dan Savage says his latest book, Skipping Towards Gomorrah, is a response to vehement right-wing moralizing.
By Frank Etheridge
In the Zone 10 28 03
Musician Eddie Bo and his sisters opened the Check Your Bucket Cafe as much for themselves as for customers looking for "stress-free" dining and music.
By Sara Roahen
Valley Girl 10 20 03
Susannah Breslin's exploration of the porn industry, You're a Bad Man, Aren't You?, highlights the second annual New Orleans Book Fair.
By Eliza Strickland
Jazz, Love and Violence 10 14 03
In his composition Strange Fruit, Irvin Mayfield uses jazz to address interracial relationships, lynching and the almighty dollar.
By Katy Reckdahl
Homecoming Visit 10 07 03
Hammond native James Wilcox returns to the mythical hometown of his earlier work with his latest novel, Heavenly Days.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Making History Sing 09 30 03
With that rare entity -- a new, commissioned opera -- the New Orleans Opera Association celebrates the Louisiana Purchase with a feisty Pontalba.
By Eliza Strickland
Keeping Their Religion 09 23 03
As R.E.M. tours in support of its second greatest-hits album, guitarist Peter Buck discusses the band's evolution from indie fave to rock giant.
By Cristina Diettinger
Rights and Wrongs 09 16 03
A new book sheds light on the musical genius of Jelly Roll Morton and the corrupt businessmen who took advantage of him.
By Jason Berry
The Ricky And All 09 09 03
Ricky Graham grew up in the Ninth Ward and St. Bernard on Broadway showtunes and NORD Theater auditions. Now he's the quintessential New Orleans theater figure, with a new play celebrating his love of movies.
By Dalt Wonk
Sense of Presence 09 02 03
The naturally gifted Randy Cheramie, starring as Joe Keller in Arthur Miller's All My Sons, can hold the stage like few other local actors.
By Dalt Wonk
Paris in the Summertime 08 26 03
A little help from Danny Barker brought Eddieboh Paris from the streets to the trombone and back again.
By Katy Reckdahl
Third Act 08 19 03
Mystery writer Julie Smith closes the Errol Jaccomine trilogy of her Skip Langdon series with Mean Woman Blues.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Decade Dance 08 19 03
By David Lee Simmons
Double Cross 08 12 03
Miller's Crossing, recently released on DVD, is the best New Orleans movie that's not supposed to be set in New Orleans. But re-viewing the 1990 Coen Brothers film begs the question: Where else could it be?
By David Lee Simmons
Sonic Blast 08 05 03
Three CDs to help make it a less than cruel summer.
Well Suited 07 29 03
Artist and gallery owner George Schmidt was white linen before White Linen Night was cool.
By D. Eric Bookhardt
Beast From the East 07 22 03
Japanese punk rockers Peelander-Z want you to get crazy.
By Cristina Diettinger
Defining Genius 07 15 03
Dave Eggers continues his heartbreaking work with a paperback version of You Shall Know Our Velocity!, the much-anticipated follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Louisiana Stories 07 08 03
New DVD releases of Robert Flaherty's Louisiana Story and Les Blank's J'ai ÉtÉté au Bal highlight the natural and musical splendors of south Louisiana.
By David Lee Simmons and Michael Tisserand
Songbook of the Soul 07 01 03
Nick Hornby's superb Songbook is equal parts music criticism, personal essays and autobiography.
By Scott Jordan
Casualties of War 06 24 03
In something of a departure from his previous work, Hammond native Tim Gautreaux examines both public and private battles in his new novel, The Clearing.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Pigskin and Penzance 06 17 03
Tight end-turned-singing actor Joseph Akin tackles Gilbert and Sullivan for Tulane's Summer Lyric Theatre.
By Frank Etheridge
Fail Me Not 06 10 03
With his award-nominated stage work, Karl Lengel is showing he's more than just a pretty voice.
By Dalt Wonk
Talk Soup 06 03 03
The sports radio show Sports Gumbo is gaining a cult following for airing the frank opinions of its hosts and callers.
By David DuBos
Renaissance Men 05 27 03
The triumphs and tribulations of New Orleans' Renaissance Records label
By Michael Patrick Welch
In Session 05 20 03
NOCCA/Riverfront dance chair Miguel Lopez gears up for summer school as the Riverfront Arts Institute begins its second season.
By Heidi Braden
Feeling the Need 05 13 03
Writers turned editors Kevin Rabalais and Jennifer Levasseur offer secrets to literary success with their new book of writer interviews, Novel Voices.
By David Winkler Schmit
Spinal Chord 05 06 03
Comedian and part-time New Orleanian Harry Shearer reunites once again with his Spinal Tap bandmates in A Mighty Wind.
By David Lee Simmons
The Silver Screen 04 29 03
Local artist Terrance Donnels specializes in what he calls "ephemeral masterpieces" -- drawings made on a Etch A Sketch.
By Katy Reckdahl
Once Mo', With Feeling 04 22 03
New Orleans' own Vernel Bagneris returns from New York City to present his mini-musicals, One Mo' Time and Jelly Roll: The Man and His Music, at Jazz Fest.
By Dalt Wonk
Mister Fixture 04 15 03
Harold Evans, the recipient of the Big Easy Entertainment Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award in Theatre, has built a brilliant career in an offhanded way.
By Dalt Wonk
Even Flow 04 08 03
Pearl Jam might have lost some of its star power a decade after its initial burst of success, but the band's new album suggests a better balancing act.
By Alan Sculley
Fear of Self-Loathing in Los Angeles 04 01 03
The Late Late Show's Craig Kilborn, who comes to town this week for the Final Four, makes no bones about it: he likes himself.
By David Lee Simmons
Property Values 03 25 03
By Shala Carlson
Quarter Write 03 18 03
Josh Clark found a way to stay in New Orleans by assembling the impressive anthology French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Upon This Bach 03 11 03
With his lead role in Jesus Christ Superstar, former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach continues his transubstantiation into a man of the musical theater.
By Shala Carlson
Pretty Lady 03 04 03
Helen Koenig -- Miss Helen to those who know her -- has been keeping Mardi Gras Indians looking good for more than three decades.
By Katy Reckdahl
Candy's Land 02 25 03
Horrormeister Clive Barker returns to writing for children for the first time in a decade with an ambitious four-part series starting with Abarat.
By Deborah M. Stein
Noteworthy Beginnings 02 18 03
A new box set spotlights the small-band jazz work of trumpeters Louis Prima and Wingy Manone.
By Harvey Pekar
Rock Around the Bach 02 11 03
Peter Schickele's life work is devoted to the music of the mysterious P.D.Q. Bach.
By Manny Lander
Pulling the Strings 02 04 03
For more than two decades, Tribute to the Classical Arts Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dean Angeles' work has been music to Loyola's ears.
By Frank Etheridge
Hot Sounds on Cold Nights 01 21 03
A trio of new Louisiana CDs for the season
By Scott Jordan and Tom McDermott
Case Studies 01 14 03
Veteran actor Graham Thatcher serves up a historical overview (and some class credit) with his one-man show Clarence Darrow: Crimes, Causes, and the Courtroom.
By Garry Boulard
Green With Envy 01 07 03
When the Boston Celtics play the New Orleans Hornets at the Arena on Wednesday, they should do a double take. The Hornets look more like the Celtics of old than the Celtics themselves, thanks to head coach Paul Silas.
By David Lee Simmons
Nowhere to Run 12 31 02
As the Nokia Sugar Bowl approaches, a once-proud FSU alumnus realizes it's not easy being garnet and gold.
By David Lee Simmons
Solo Practice 12 21 02
Twenty years ago, Dr. John single-handedly recorded one of the best albums of his career.
By Tom McDermott
Tasty Reads 12 17 02
Our restaurant critic offers some food for thought while shopping for the right holiday gift.
By Sara Roahen
Suite Relief 12 10 02
Blues scholar, poet and WWOZ DJ John Sinclair captures the artistry and history of blues musicians with his latest work, Fattening Frogs for Snakes: The Delta Sound Suite.
By David Kunian
Best Foote Forward 12 03 02
Eighty-six-year-old Horton Foote -- who highlights this weekend's Words and Music Festival -- has spent his career writing scripts that make winners out of his characters.
By David Lee Simmons
'Sad and Beautiful World' 11 26 02
Jim Jarmusch's 1986 film Down by Law, now out on a Criterion Collection DVD, may have captured New Orleans better than any other film.
By David Lee Simmons
Voice of Dissent 11 19 02
One decade after Ishmael, author Daniel Quinn returns to 'rattle people's brains' again with his latest novel, The Holy.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Morning Erudition 11 12 02
By Eileen Loh Harrist
Screaming Dixie 11 05 02
Under Mirabel Piza's ownership,The Dixie Taverne has become a punk-rock haven.
By Michael Patrick Welch
Hip-Hop Chemist-ry 10 29 02
Jurassic 5 DJ Cut Chemist brings everything from middle school hip-hop to psychedelic rock to his progressive mixes.
By Cristina Diettinger
The Full Voodoo 10 29 02
A complete look at the schedule for the Voodoo Music Festival and Voodoo After Dark
Impulse Buy 10 22 02
Whether it's Southern Sweet Potato Pies, Cup of Gold snack bars or good old Hubig's, register food is always there when you need it -- or think you need it -- most.
By Sara Roahen
Poster Children 10 15 02
The New Orleans Film Festival's salute to film noir this week precedes the upcoming release of a vibrant coffee-table book, The Art of Noir.
By David Lee Simmons
Kosher Country 10 08 02
New Orleanian Brian Bain explores his Jewish and Southern roots in Shalom, Y'all.
By David Lee Simmons
Pitch Perfect 10 01 02
Life is a cabaret for singer Karen Akers, whose rare two-weekend stand at Le Chat Noir starts Friday.
By David Lee Simmons
A Matter of Conscience 09 24 02
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills' latest work, Why I Am a Catholic, attempts to explain his church connection.
By Jason Berry
Pirner's Paradise 09 17 02
Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner makes a new musical and spiritual home in New Orleans.
By Cristina Diettinger
The Global Jukebox 09 10 02
Twenty years ago, historian Douglas Brinkley -- then a drifting cable guy -- first met the indefatigable David Amram at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colo. This week, Amram comes to New Orleans to premiere Giants of the Night, a concerto commissioned by Si
By Douglas Brinkley
He Is, He Said 09 03 02
Neil Diamond might be performing his big show this week -- but to local karaoke fans, Jimmy Diamond is forever.
By Michael Tisserand
Puppets on a String 08 27 02
A new theater company gets all up in the Tony Award winner Amadeus.
By Frank Etheridge
Hitting a Homer 08 20 02
With The Kid Stays in the Picture, filmmakers Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein have preserved the myth of Hollywood legend Robert Evans.
By David Lee Simmons
Survival of the Fittest 08 13 02
Do you believe in life after Cher? Considering her career, does it really matter?
By John d'Addario
Taking Stock 08 06 02
Nathaniel Stone captures his trek from New York to Louisiana in the travelogue On the Water: Discovering America in a Rowboat.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Big Man on the Square 07 30 02
For years, music on Jackson Square has been the heart of New Orleans jazz. And at the heart of the Square has been Tuba Fats.
By Katy Reckdahl
Sizing Up Satchmo SummerFest 07 30 02
Novel Approach 07 23 02
Romance writer-turned-romantic-suspense writer Erica Spindler turned an obsession into a career.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Power Trio 07 16 02
Suplecs gains national recognition while continuing their local mission of bringing metal to the Marigny.
By Michael Patrick Welch
Now You See 'Em 07 09 02
John Preble used to just have an attic filled with stuff. Now he's the curator of Louisiana's most unique museum.
By Keith Pandolfi
One Tough Cookie 07 02 02
Meshell Ndegeocello brings her visionary music and outspoken ways to the 2002 Essence Music Festival.
By Cristina Diettinger
Full Essence 07 02 02
The complete schedule of music acts performing at the 2002 Essence Music Festival
Willy Come Lately 06 25 02
Gavin Mahlie might be a late-blooming Shakespearean actor, but he's making up for lost time at The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane.
By Dalt Wonk
Family Feud 06 18 02
In his much-anticipated debut novel, Oyster, John Biguenet offers an accessible tale set in late-1950s Plaquemines Parish.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Heroine Chic 06 11 02
A newly politicized Sandra Bernhard makes a rare trip to New Orleans with her show Hero Worship.
By Michael Tisserand
Disc-overies 06 04 02
Spinning a trio of new New Orleans CDs
By Cristina Diettinger and Scott Jordan
Company Man 05 28 02
Activist and funnyman Rich Mackin keeps corporate America on its toes during his Storytime for Deviants Tour.
By Frank Etheridge
Bacchus in the Bywater 05 21 02
By opening Bacchanal, Chris Rudge hopes to turn a New Orleans neighborhood into an oasis for oenophiles.
By Sara Roahen
Physician, Write Thyself 05 14 02
Dean Paschal's short-story collection By the Light of the Jukebox shows an emergency-room doctor turned author using the emotions he often has to set aside when healing the sick.
By Keith Pandolfi
All His Children 05 07 02
Kitchen Witch owner Philip Lamancusa's collection of cookbooks makes him the literary/culinary go-to guy of the French Quarter.
By Sara Roahen
The Man From Madagascar 04 23 02
Rajery, master of Madagascar's valiha, comes to Festival International de Louisiane and gets jazzy at UNO's Sandbar and Snug Harbor this week.
By Joshua Clegg Caffery
Passion Player 04 16 02
Father Ernest Ferlita's extensive work in Jesuit drama has earned him the Big Easy Entertainment Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award in Theatre.
By Frank Etheridge
Tasting Success 04 09 02
Profiling the Zagat Survey's picks for the city's top unrated new restaurants
By Sara Roahen
Rapped Attention 04 02 02
Ausettua Amor Amenkum's hip-hop dance classes are crammed with Tulane students looking for a lesson in motion.
By Frank Etheridge
Honoring Ike 03 26 02
Influential Mardi Gras Indian Isaac 'Ike' Edwards joins the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame
By Geraldine Wyckoff
No Place Like Home 03 19 02
Tennessee Williams Festival author Martin Pousson says he doesn't want to be a sell-out Cajun.
By David Winkler-Schmit
Tennessee Titans 03 19 02
Rare Breed 03 12 02
With his passion for restoring obscure early 20th century music machines, including the Violano Virtuoso, New Orleanian Bobby Skinner is truly one of a kind.
By James Marler
Balancing Act 03 05 02
After success and burnout in New York City, Ryan Rilette returns home to get his groove back and tackle the original version of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth.
By Keith Pandolfi
Cutting-Edge Counselor 02 26 02
Doyle Hanson, better known as the Knife Guy, cuts to the chase when it comes to staying sharp in the kitchen.
By Sara Roahen
A Life at the Opera 02 05 02
Teaching and directing opera to students and the community has just come natural to David Morelock, winner of the Tribute to the Classical Arts' Lifetime Achievement.
By Frank Etheridge
Now Hear This 01 29 02
WWNO harks back to the golden age of radio variety shows with its pilot program Crescent City.
By Michael Tisserand
Dolemite's Revenge 01 22 02
Rudy Ray Moore, the baddest mother around, is back with reissued material, a new movie, a new CD and a fresh take on his popular nightclub act.
By David Lee Simmons
Twainspotting 01 15 02
A new Ken Burns documentary illustrates how Mark Twain found his name in New Orleans and his voice in the Wild West.
By Frank Etheridge
Highs and Dolls 01 08 02
The New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain carries on a formidable legacy.
By Alison Fensterstock
Hey There, Georgie Grrl 01 01 02
Local promoter Georgie Friedman has made indie-rock safe for women since forming She Loves Me/Loves Me Not.
By Alison Fensterstock
Here Comes Trouble 12 25 01
Rhythm and blues bad boy Andre Williams rings in the New Year in New Orleans.
By David Kunian
The Duke of Dixieland 12 18 01
Trumpeter Duke Heitger wants to bring early jazz to younger audiences.
By Alison Fensterstock
Keeping His Promise 12 04 01
Jazz pianist Cedar Walton isn't resting on the laurels of his legendary career.
By Geraldine Wyckoff
Triple Threat, Double Time 11 27 01
While juggling his lives between the Big Apple and the Big Easy, actor/playwright/director Barret O'Brien is constantly making theater 'outside the school walls.'
By Frank Etheridge
Unconventional Invention 11 20 01
Author S. Frederick Starr captures a writer's love affair with a city in Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn.
By D. Eric Bookhardt
Incredible Journeys 11 13 01
As children's author Whitney Stewart sees it, the most important place a kid can go is to the 'mind place.'
By David Winkler-Schmit
Fashion Statements 11 06 01
Ashton Ramsey's handmade costumes and hats are a reflection of New Orleans.
By Geraldine Wyckoff
Irma's Story 10 30 01
Irma Thomas steps onto a new stage in the musical Simply Irma.
By Scott Jordan
Karl Denson's Expanding Universe 10 23 01
Saxophonist Karl Denson bridges the gap between jazz and funk.
By Frank Etheridge
That Voodoo You Do 10 23 01
Falling under the spell of the Voodoo Music Experience
Creative Spirit 10 16 01
Musician and promoter Rob Cambre wants to free your mind through 'creative music.'
By Cristina Diettinger
War of the Words 10 09 01
The publishing industry goes through upheaval as readers search out books that can explain what happened before, on and after Sept. 11.
By Garry Boulard
'A Modern-Day Lon Chaney' 10 02 01
Character actor Bob Edes, a study in versatility, tackles two distinctly different roles in Spiritual Gifts.
By David Lee Simmons
Pigskin Pages 09 25 01
Two new football books look at opposite ends of the dream season of the 2000 New Orleans Saints.
By Scott Jordan
Blount Language 09 18 01
He's written about sports, rednecks and his mama. Now, Southern humorist Roy Blount Jr. finds out what's so funny about Robert E. Lee.
By Frank Etheridge
Jolly Good Time 09 11 01
A venerable social and pleasure club is ready to parade again.
By Geraldine Wyckoff
Autumn Audio 09 04 01
Three local CDs give a taste of what's to come this fall.
Travels With Charlie 08 28 01
Rick Bragg goes deeper into his family history for his new book, Ava's Man.
By Scott Jordan
Byrne-ing Down the House 08 21 01
David Byrne's new CD, Look Into The Eyeball, shows that the former Talking Head frontman is still making sense.
By David Lee Simmons
Meeting of the Minds 08 14 01
What happens when an elder jazz statesman meets two young hip-hop artists?
By Karen Celestan and Janelle Perrilliat
Beat Writer 08 07 01
Author Charles Suhor was a pioneer of New Orleans music journalism.
By Geraldine Wyckoff
Freaked Out 07 31 01
A spring invasion of modern-day side shows like Bindlestiff Family Circus forces the question: Is the freakishness today more a state of mind than body?
By Alison Fensterstock
Collaborative Effort 07 24 01
In the new book The Algeria Hotel, local writer Adam Nossiter explores the memory and the amnesia of the French people regarding World War II.
By Jason Berry
In Like Flynn 07 10 01
He's criss-crossed the country, cross-pollinated pop-cultural influences and cross-dressed characters. Now actor and Running With Scissors co-founder Flynn De Marco hopes to cross over with Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
By David Lee Simmons
The Good Book 06 26 01
The latest edition of the American Heritage Dictionary struggles with both social changes and Mardi Gras arcana.
By John Desplas
The Secret Life of Walter Mosley 06 19 01
The Fearless author comes to town and discusses the Louisiana- and Texas-born characters that populate his work.
By Michael Tisserand
Talking the Walk 05 15 01
Kitty West shows dancers how to strut their stuff as part of this weekend's Tease-O-Rama burlesque convention.
By Eileen Loh Harrist
Revival of the Dumbest 03 27 01
Dissecting The Darwin Awards
By David Winkler-Schmit
Top Dawg 03 20 01
Mandolin virtuoso David Grisman created his own musical genre.
By Scott Jordan
Hall Monitor 03 13 01
Al Jackson and Paul Sylvester hope to transform the old Negro Musicians Union space into a museum and gallery celebrating its storied past.
By Geraldine Wyckoff
Bon Mots for Bon Temps 03 06 01
Rex Duke, the world's first and foremost Mardi Gras parade critic, once again proclaims Carnival's best.
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