New Orleans

How to spook up your house with things from Walmart, Home Depot, Michael’s and more during a Pandemic

By Clint Durrett | October 20, 2020

After traversing the neighborhoods of the Bywater, Lower Garden District and Treme, we found some similar items among them all. One of which was skeletons, but also webs, streamers and more. And while we ALWAYS shop local first, there are some places you can hop to in order to get your haunting happening from the big stores nearby. Here’s what you need to know before heading out to a store in Phase 3-point-whatever. 

Put your morals where your mouth is by buying your groceries from Local Cooling Farms

By Matt Haines | October 19, 2020

Local Cooling Farms is a 16-acre property on the Northshore where Kate Estrade and her husband, Grant, raise livestock including pigs, cattle, chickens and goats. They also act as a distributor for more than a dozen other local farmers and producers — selling approximately 100 items from milk and jam, to ice cream and vegetables.

Haunted NOLA: Blood still drips from the attic of the Griffon House

By Michael DeMocker | October 19, 2020

Cruel experiments. Suicide, murder and looting. Blood dripping from the ceilings of a Garden District home.

Here’s a list of Halloween movies set in (and around) New Orleans

By Marielle Songy | October 19, 2020

What’s better than a scary movie that you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home? While there are a lot of classic horror movies out there, there are actually quite a few set in New Orleans and surrounding areas.

What’s Happening in (virtual) New Orleans This Week: Oct.19-23

By Matt Haines | October 19, 2020

New Orleans is slowly opening back up, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online until we’re 100%! Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.

What’s happening in (virtual) New Orleans this weekend: Oct. 16-18

By Matt Haines | October 15, 2020

New Orleans is slowly opening back up, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online until we’re 100%! Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.

From Angela Davis to Cardi B, this local uses an embroidery needle to pay homage to strong women

By Alex Galbraith | October 13, 2020

JayTee Barbour claims she sort of fell into embroidery while trying to create a low-cost wedding gift for a friend, then kept it up as a way to deal with the stress of fighting for sexual assault survivors. 

Virtua Mall is a colorful video game escape to the past fueled by two local musicians

By Alex Galbraith | October 13, 2020

The Virtua Mall video game is a neon temple dedicated to community, complete with the cornerstone businesses that brought in stragglers and strollers during the real-world mall boom. There’s a movie theater that plays local music videos. There’s the arcade where you can drop a few quarters and blast aliens. There’s a club that hosts hologram performances. In the game, it seems like a perfect place for cyberpunk mallrats of a cleaner, brighter future to come together.

What’s happening in (virtual) New Orleans this week: Oct. 12-16

By Matt Haines | October 12, 2020

New Orleans is slowly opening back up, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online until we’re 100%! Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.

What’s Happening (virtually) this weekend in New Orleans: Oct. 9-11

By Matt Haines | October 8, 2020

New Orleans is slowly opening back up, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online until we’re 100%! Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.