New Orleans

10 things to make the best of your home office experience

By Very Local Staff | May 7, 2020

If you’re like us, the quarantine has made you realize your home office is a really big deal.

12 board games to kill a lot of quarantine time at home

By Clint Durrett | May 7, 2020

If you need to kill some time, and I mean A LOT of time, here are some games you can play with your family while you work on not getting at their throats over little nothings.

What’s Happening (Virtually) This Weekend: May 8-10

By Matt Haines | May 7, 2020

What’s Happening (Virtually) This Weekend: May 8-10

So you think your NOLA pad is haunted? Here’s some things you can get to check

By Clint Durrett | May 6, 2020

In New Orleans, we know a thing or two about hauntings. Whether you believe or not, here are 10 things that claim to be able to help. 

Liven up your virtual world with these 9 New Orleans Zoom video backgrounds

By Clint Durrett | May 6, 2020

Pictures say 1,000 words, some say. So that must mean video can say … (does maths) … a lot more.

A list of NPR Tiny Desk performances from New Orleans artists to ease being indoors

By Sabrina Stone | May 6, 2020

This isn’t just a roundup of Tiny Desk performances. It’s a spotlight on our musicians, of the many times we’ve brought the sound of New Orleans to Washington D.C. and, now, this is a small way to bring that sound back into our homes, in lieu of going out to a night at Chickie Wah Wah’s or The Spotted Cat.

Here are 29 Zoom backgrounds that only people in New Orleans will appreciate

By Clint Durrett | May 5, 2020

From sitting in a pothole to random places across New Orleans, here are a bunch of backgrounds you can download and use for your Zooming. 

UNO researchers want your help writing the history book of life during COVID-19

By Chelsea Brasted | May 4, 2020

It’s a weird collection of thoughts, notes, photos, correspondence and signage, but these are the things that may, one day, help piece together the real, lived experience of the coronavirus in New Orleans and throughout the world.

Spinning into social: DJ Soul Sister turns to Spotify, creates playlists for every mood

By Chelsea Brasted | May 4, 2020

Sometimes there are nights when she, like all of us, just lies awake and finds that doing nothing is a task unto itself. The New Orleans artist, who’s most at home behind a turntable and in front of a dancing crowd, has learned new ways to get new editions of her weekly WWOZ show on the air.

Curbside crawfish: Here’s where you can get your mudbug fix

By Marielle Songy | May 4, 2020

Lots of places are boiling up the good stuff to-go for quick and easy ordering and pickup. Here are some spots that are offering crawfish (and other seafood) curbside.