Angela Calonder
Angela Calonder is a globetrotting photographer and blogger who is happy to call New Orleans home.
New Orleanians: Fleeting melodies from Mobile Music Box NOLA bring moments of wonder during pandemic
Kyoto, Zambia, the Canary Islands — all the travels of two women brought them to New Orleans. Their friendship birthed the Mobile Music Box, an ethereal and unique way to bring music to the people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
#GeauxLocal: Here’s a list of NOLA-based artists, stores for social distancing retail therapy
If online shopping is your quarantine solution, consider supporting some of these local makers virtually!
Going green: a neighborhood guide to some of the best NOLA vegan spots
There are actually plenty of plant-based options available to satisfy even the strictest of diets if you know where to look. Here’s our neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to the best vegan food in town.
Dianne Honoré: breast cancer diagnosis sparked the warrior instinct with a Carnival twist
A survivor, a Baby Doll, an Amazon and a woman of the culture, Dianne Honore’ wears many cultural hats.
PHOTOS: Bioluminescent bacteria light up the night during NOLA professor’s exhibition
The glowing designs were placed around the darkened theater and affixed to dancers to complete the ethereal experience.
‘I got a lot of ‘no’s at first’: How New Orleans’ songbird Robin Barnes soared above the odds
With two solid EPs under her belt, a hot new single to tease the full-length album she’s got in the works, a successful fitness organization strengthening bodies and souls all around New Orleans, and a baby due in December, it’s safe to say Robin Barnes has a knack for transforming her visions into reality.
PICS: Spooky season kicks off at Scout Island Scream Park
Welcome fall and get in the Halloween spirit by visiting this spooky wonderland, complete with carnival rides, a haunted swamp, and a zombie battlefield.
Storyland ready for liftoff with fresh, vibrant look after renovations
The Storyland theme park first opened in 1956 as one of many similar smaller children’s parks across the nation. It is now one of the few still open.
Living Art: Local scientist turns petri dishes into paintings with bioluminescent bacteria
Dr. Hunter Cole is taking paintings with a special strain of blue-green bacteria and bringing them to life in a special exhibit.
#GetOuttaTown: Avery Island – the Home of Tabasco Sauce
Just over two hours west of New Orleans in the coastal marsh of Iberia Parish lies Avery Island. It is not an island in the true sense, but rather a geological formation known as a “salt dome,” and it is here that Ned McIlhenny — of McIlhenny Co. — first began producing Tabasco sauce in 1868.