Mary Staes
Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.
504 Day aims to start conversation, gain common ground in culture clash
With festival season in full swing, we’ve yet to have a 504 Day celebration… until now.
Shopping Small: Home Malone brings work of more than 100 local artists to its store
If home is what you make it, Home Malone takes that feeling to heart. The store features items by more than 100 Southern artists and recently expanded to a second location.
Weekend Picks: Jazz Fest Round Two, Cinco De Mayo
Every day this weekend is packed with fun, even if you don’t head to the fest. There’s May the Fourth for you nerds out there. and Cinco De Mayo Parties across the city.
Geaux Forth and Fest: Our Picks for May
Bayou Boogaloo, Greek Fest and of course the last weekend of Jazz Fest are all packed into May.
From City Park to Tulane: A guide to Mid-City’s Carrollton Avenue
If you find yourself in this stretch, you’ll also find more than enough to fill your day.
NOCCA offers young musicians the chance to play Jazz Fest
Two seniors talked to us about performing at Jazz Fest and the unique education NOCCA provides them.
Old gas station turned outdoor venue is Bar Culture owner Nick Reed’s newest venture
After missing out on his favorite evening hangout, entrepreneur Nick Reed seized an opportunity to fill that void.
Crawfish for Cancer touts open bar, unlimited mudbugs for a good cause
Other places with the festival include New York City, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago.
7602 Coach: How a mom birthed her own business with her newborn in her lap
“The last thing you want to do when going through a divorce is to get clients to coach them when your life is falling apart, but I stuck to my passion.”
Weekend Picks: Roasts, Tours and JAZZ FEST!
Jazz Fest is upon us! But if crowds aren’t your thing, there’s still lots to do.