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.
A 300-foot-long Parkway shrimp po-boy? Come and get it.
Yes, it’s dressed, and free to boot.
Yes, our city had a second line for a cat because… New Orleans
While Zap Cat’s antics caused a power outage for more than 7,500 people on a Monday morning, that didn’t stop a crowd from coming out to celebrate his life.
New Orleans’ Prince of Wales second line celebrates 90 years with style
Blue and gold were on full display under the St. Charles Avenue oaks Sunday.
NOBO PICKS: Fall is the season for new movement
This month New Orleans dancers are moving with a new groove! These artists tell original stories, battle for a title, perform contemporary and classical styles in theaters, churches, and non-traditional spaces.
We know we aren’t the only ones who miss the old Kanye
Let us all gather together and remember the old Kanye, that College Dropout Kanye, that that-that-that-don’t-kill-me-Stronger Kanye, over mimosas and benedicts.
Q&A: ‘That Actor Guy’ Martin Bats Bradford on ‘Tales from the Hood 2’ and 50 Cent
You’ve seen him in a movie before. You just don’t know his name, yet.
Your guide to Gentilly Fest
Our top picks for with to hear (and eat) at Gentilly Fest.
Weekend Picks: Fests from one side of the river to the other
This weekend, you can literally fest from one side of the city to the other.
NOLA Sounds: the Neo-Soul of Xeno Moonflower and Nondi
Gearing up for Voodoo Fest? NOLA Sounds is featuring some of the smoothest local talent with Xeno Moonflower and Nondi