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Top 504: The five most influential women in New Orleans history

By Very Local Staff | March 18, 2024

March is Women’s History Month. To honor that, I wanted to spend some time contemplating who were the five most influential women in New Orleans history. I thought this would be a relatively easy task, but it turns out there are far more than five women who have shaped our city.

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Meet New Orleans TikToker Alex Robinson

By Domonique Tolliver | October 10, 2022

Need a new restaurant to try? Alex Robinson’s social feed features content showcasing New Orleans’ arts, food and culture.

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A guide to the best tattoo shops in New Orleans

By Matt Haines | September 9, 2022

Maybe you’re ready to get your first tattoo and you don’t know where to go. Maybe you’re ready to add to your collection. Here’s a list of the best tattoo shops in town.

New book dives into life, recipes of entrepreneur Al Copeland

By Jyl Benson | August 31, 2022

While you will not find any Popeyes recipes in the book, but there are a great many of them from Copeland’s New Orleans and the Copeland Family.

Threadz Nola Binds Three Generations of Black Women Designers

By Jyl Benson | August 12, 2022

Threadz NOLA is a thriving Black woman-owned upholstery and furniture design firm. Owner Andreina Salazar Snyder has even worked with Oprah.

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Step inside one of the top bead shops in the country on Magazine Street

By Aura Bishop | July 11, 2022

The Bead Shop caters to everyone from trending hobbyists to Mardi Gras Indians.

From the Ivory Coast to Gentilly Woods – Eburnieya brings West African flavors to New Orleans

By Marielle Songy | June 8, 2022

Owner Ashley NDakpri’s endeavor is the only restaurant in New Orleans that serves Ivorian cuisine.

Queen Trini Lisa’s Ascension to New Orleans’ Caribbean Soul Food Throne

By Tami Fairweather | June 7, 2022

Lisa Nelson didn’t plan on being a chef. She didn’t anticipate becoming a queen either, but true to the most beloved of royalty, the people made her one.

Chef Dee Lavigne expands the only Black-owned cooking school in New Orleans

By Marielle Songy | May 11, 2022

Deelightful Roux School of Cooking is the only African American-owned cooking school taught by a New Orleans native, and her class is a guide to New Orleans’ food culture.

The Meeting of Baroness, Micaela Almonester de Pontalba, and the Nightingale, Jenny Lind

By Kate Taylor | May 4, 2022

These two women were able to meet only because of their equally extraordinary talents and their will to survive even the harshest circumstances.