Things to Do

New Orleans cosplayers explain their origin story and how you can get started

By Wynton Yates | October 30, 2019

Professional cosplayers Kayla Baldonado and Luis Echevarria talk about how they got their start in the world of costumes.

Weekend Picks: Here for the boos!

By Mary Staes | October 23, 2019

It’s the last weekend before Halloween and there’s so much going on to put you (and the kiddos) the spooky spirit!

Your guide to hundreds of movies at the 30th New Orleans Film Festival

By Matt Haines | October 16, 2019

With more than 200 movies to pick from, there are tough choices to be made. An eight-day festival with so much quality programming means there’s a lot of room for FOMO.

Haunted NOLA: Horror and Hauntings in Historic French Quarter Pharmacy

By Michael DeMocker | October 15, 2019

The French Quarter building the phantom pharmacist haunts is actually a New Orleans historical treasure. For over a decade, Dr. Dupas plied his ghastly experiments until he was driven mad and died in 1867. But people say “He’s still here.”

Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum is one room with 1,000 stories to tell

By Steven Melendez | October 11, 2019

Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum is a guided audiovisual tour through jazz and the international musical styles that influenced its birth and development, led by museum founder and Treme native Al Jackson.

Bar Marilou’s speakeasy vibe mixes classic cocktails, sophistication into an exclusive scene

By Leslie T. Snadowsky | October 11, 2019

Bar Marilou, a luxe French apéritif cocktail bar and lounge housed in the former law library of the New Orleans City Hall Annex, started pouring drinks at the beginning of the summer.

PHOTOS: Bioluminescent bacteria light up the night during NOLA professor’s exhibition

By Angela Calonder | October 11, 2019

The glowing designs were placed around the darkened theater and affixed to dancers to complete the ethereal experience.

‘I got a lot of ‘no’s at first’: How New Orleans’ songbird Robin Barnes soared above the odds

By Angela Calonder | October 11, 2019

With two solid EPs under her belt, a hot new single to tease the full-length album she’s got in the works, a successful fitness organization strengthening bodies and souls all around New Orleans, and a baby due in December, it’s safe to say Robin Barnes has a knack for transforming her visions into reality.

Weekend Picks: Gentilly Fest, Mac & Cheese Fest, memories with Morgus

By Mary Staes | October 9, 2019

It’s finally cooler and fall feels like it’s upon us! It’s the perfect time to get out there and celebrate the cool weather and there’s lots to do this weekend.

‘On to New Orleans, Freedom or Death’: More than 500 to march to reenact 1811 slave revolt

By Matthew Hinton | October 7, 2019

With flags flying and chants of “On to New Orleans, Freedom or Death,” marching in tandem to the sound of African drumbeats, a visual artist plans to lead more than 500 reenactors of the 1811 German Coast Slave Uprising from LaPlace to Kenner.