Musician Evan Christopher shares fest-season news, from bicycle parking for musicians to special programs and events for the cultural workforce.

NolaVie, a non-profit website that publishes original content about New Orleans culture at nolavie.com, as well as at our online partner NOLA.com, is holding a very cool event Friday night. The 11.11.11 Art PopUp party promises to be a night [...]

Ever since moving to New Orleans, people have been asking why I – someone who swore I’d never again live in the South, who is a fan of neither heat nor humidity – moved here. I’ve never really [...]

“New Orleans is the only place I know of where you ask a little kid what he wants to be and instead of saying, ‘I want to be a policeman,’ or ‘I want to be a fireman,’ he [...]

Scott Gold, author of "Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers," has been accused of purveying food porn. Sit back down. It's just a term that refers to spectacular visual presentations of cooking or eating. And where better to gather [...]

I can remember the days when the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival music cubes were available only on paper. Nowadays, the official event site has interactive music schedules, Webcasts, smartphone apps. And there's no shortage of bloggers and [...]