No one missed the irony – poetic justice? divine intervention? – of the Dalai Lama’s visit to New Orleans on the heels of the Mother’s Day shooting here that wounded 19 victims. Least of all the Dalai Lama [...]

"This is my idea of heaven," Keith Marshall, owner of Madewood Plantation, said recently. "A celebrity chef meal and a concert by internationally acclaimed performers in the ballroom at Madewood, and all I have to do is show [...]

More than 900 works of art, including sculptures, antiques, woodworks, jewelry, pottery and mixed-media pieces by local and nationally renowned artists, will be available for preview beginning Sunday. The works will be part of the 31st annual WYES [...]

Tibetan prayer flags have popped up all over New Orleans to welcome the Dalai Lama, including outside the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, where a weeklong series of films is celebrating the visit of the spiritual leader. More information at www.zeitgeistinc.net. Photographer [...]

To hear Sharon Litwin's interview with Ronald Marks on WWNO radio, click here. By now, most New Orleanians know that the Dalai Lama is in town this week. They may know that this Nobel Peace Prize Laureate will [...]

When my mother was a widow in her mid-70s, a series of small strokes made it necessary for her to go into an assisted-living facility in a town two hours north of where she and Daddy had lived [...]