New Orleans

Reinventing a Tradition: Dooky Chase’s Restaurant and Holy Thursday during COVID-19

By James Cullen | April 6, 2020

Holy Thursday 2020 was going to be different for Stella Chase Reese and Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, but she never anticipated how different. It was a change that, in some regards, started on Holy Thursday the year before.

Club Couch: How DJ Raj Smoove brings the beats during the quarantine

By Mary Staes | April 4, 2020

In the times of the quarantine, when we’re confined to our homes, a local DJ is spinning up experiences to bring virtual vibes to the public.

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By Clint Durrett | April 3, 2020

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Spending a lot of time inside? Spruce it up with NOLA-based decor

By Mary Staes | April 3, 2020

Home decor from New Orleans-based artists to spruce up your mood inside and remind you of our beautiful city.

Experience NOLA’s charm, history through these 13 albums

By Matt Haines | April 2, 2020

Just because you’re at home acclimating to this new life of social distancing doesn’t mean you can’t go on a journey. These 13 albums will take you on a trip through the very best of the last 120 years of New Orleans music.

Silence on Sundays: the toll COVID-19 takes on second line culture

By Chelsea Brasted | April 1, 2020

Sundays in New Orleans is for second line culture — by definition that means getting together. But in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the streets are now silent.

Haunted NOLA: Slaughter at the Sultan’s French Quarter Palace, Gardette-LePretre House

By Michael DeMocker | March 30, 2020

Blood pouring into the streets, scores of hacked limbs strewn about a stately mansion, a Sultan’s brother buried alive in the garden. Wild parties, foreign intrigue, mass murder, brutal revenge! Sex! Pirates! And in the aftermath, the macabre haunting of one of the French Quarter’s most venerable buildings.

Creative Quarantine: St. Joseph’s Day shows enduring creative spirit of New Orleans

By Matthew Hinton | March 30, 2020

Throughout the city, artists and residents are keeping the culture alive in unique ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

No stranger to challenges, Gabrielle Restaurant’s owners aim to push through pandemic

By Marielle Songy | March 30, 2020

“We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know that we will reopen, and when we do, all of our employees have a job waiting for them. Katrina couldn’t stop us, and this won’t either!”

Growing through a pandemic: How to start a garden, why it can help

By Laura McKnight | March 27, 2020

Digging in the dirt and nurturing plants into blooms has long been recognized as a great way to find relief from stress, among other benefits.