New Orleans

What’s Happening This Week (Virtually) in New Orleans: June 22-26

By Mary Staes | June 22, 2020

Things are slowly returning to normal, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online if you’re not quite ready yet! Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.

Riders use light-up bikes to cruise the Crescent City

Put the pedals to the pavement: what you need to hit the bike trails in New Orleans

By Very Local Staff | June 22, 2020

Ever since we’ve been quarantined, we appreciate outside so much more. Sure, walking is cool, but biking is it. You cover more ground, you feel the breeze in your hair and best of all, it’s just plain fun.

Allways Lounge

A window with a view: how the peep show at Allways Lounge is more than just a show

By Marielle Songy | June 22, 2020

What started as a way to continue a serving at a neighborhood bar has now turned into a way to give back to the community with more than a drink.

Too Hot to Handle: Nine Louisiana candle makers you can support today

By Very Local Staff | June 22, 2020

Sure, you can grab them from any store, but shopping local keep the dollars in our community AND helps local merchants keep making delicious scents like Zulu coconut.

PHOTOS: Babydolls celebrate socially distant Juneteenth at Congo Square

By Matthew Hinton | June 21, 2020

The Baby Dolls formed a prayer circle underneath the Ancestor Tree in Congo Square at Louis Armstrong Park to observe Juneteenth on Saturday June 20, 2020 in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans.

What’s Happening (Virtually) This Weekend in New Orleans: June 19-21

By Matt Haines | June 18, 2020

Things are slowly returning to normal, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online if you’re not quite ready yet! Here are some of the events we’re most looking forward to in Virtual New Orleans this week.

Community nonprofit program aims to create an oasis in New Orleans’ food deserts

By Matt Haines | June 17, 2020

Locally grown fruits and veggies delivered to your door? Top Box Foods, Louisiana is a community-based nonprofit organization with the declared mission of making healthy food affordable and accessible to all. 

City Park

From the Couturie Forest to Big Lake: everything you need to survive a day in City Park

By Mary Staes | June 17, 2020

City Park is over a thousand acres of nature ready and waiting for you to explore! From the isolation of the Couturie Forest to the community space at Big Lake, here’s everything you need for a great day at City Park.

New plant parent? Here are a few things to help with your new garden

By Mary Staes | June 17, 2020

I’m a reluctant plant mom starting from scratch, but here are a few things that’ve really helped me out since my home garden has taken root.

What’s Happening in (virtual) New Orleans This Week: June 15-20

By Matt Haines | June 15, 2020

Things are slowly returning to normal, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had online if you’re not quite ready yet!