Sometimes, in order to know where one is, one has to look back, just for a frame of reference or, maybe, a sanity check. For me, driving along Wisner Boulevard the other day in a somewhat sour mood, [...]

THURSDAY / Naming rights: What if Hurricane Katrina were a Kevin, or a Kyle, or a Kedrick? The Louisiana State Museum presents Tulane University Ph.D. Candidate in History Liz Skilton in a poised and clever look at the [...]

Six years. Can it really be? In some ways, Hurricane Katrina seems to have happened yesterday. I still drive past gutted houses whenever I venture into the heart of Gentilly. I continue to read about Go Zone money, [...]

As we reminisce of that fateful storm on August 29, 2005, the agony of loss and the trials that followed will echo through the community again, but only in retrospect. Ever stronger and alive, the City of New [...]

The V Side offers these offbeat entertainment options for the weekend from NolaVie: Thursday / Katrina redux: In conjunction with the 6th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, playwright Jose Torres-Tama’s “The Cone of Uncertainty” will be remounted in full [...]

Have you heard the latest about Susana Baca? Do you even know who she is? Didn’t think so. She is, in fact, the recently appointed minister of culture for the new populist government of President Ollanta Humala of [...]