The quality of locally produced films is starting to catch up with the quantity, as evidenced by the top films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Of the 22 films from across the world selected for competition, five [...]

Musician Evan Christopher wants musicians to start talking about what they want, and what they expect from the community they serve.

Today's column asks one of the most pressing questions of our times:  Why has no one ever made a TV show about French Quarter hotels? I mean, think about it: Alex McMurray reminds us that you've got to [...]

Jenga Mwendo wrote this response the New York Time Magazine article "Jungleland," published March 21, 2012. Read Sharon Litwin's interview with Mwendo here.   Recently the New York Times Magazine ran a story on my home, New Orleans’ [...]

Jenga Mwendo, 34, is one of those dynamic New Orleanians who came back after Hurricane Katrina to help make things better. A graduate of McMain High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, she went off [...]

FRIDAY / A Swinging Good Time: Do you need to go back to school for a cocktail education? Brush up on your mixology? At the World Cocktail Week Swing Ball, do so while you nosh on snacks provided by Arnaud's, [...]